February 16, 2017
4:32 am

President Donald Trump, second from right, and wife Melania, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and wife Sara, left, at the South Portico of the White House, Feb. 15, 2017. (Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images)

Some Jewish groups express dismay as Trump says he can ‘live with’ one-state solution

Organizations reaffirm support for two states as White House signals it’s not expressly committed to particular outcome

By JTA

February 16, 2017
3:50 am

Demonstrators walking beneath Israeli and American flags at a pro-Israel rally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in New York City, April 7, 2002. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Poll: Most Americans maintain favorable view of Israel

More than 70% of Americans give Jewish state favorable rating for 4th consecutive year, Gallup survey finds

By JTA

February 15, 2017
6:40 pm

Members of USY celebrating at the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism’s 2015 convention. (Andrew Langdal, via JTA)

Pew: Jews are best-liked religious group in America

On a scale of 1 to 100, Jews rank at a warm 67 degrees, followed by Catholics at 66; Muslims are at 48

By JTA

February 15, 2017
6:29 pm

Israel ambassador to Russia Gary Koren (YouTube screenshot)

In rare criticism, Israeli envoy raps Russia for blocking anti-Semitism definition

Gary Koren singles out Moscow as sole country not to adopt Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe statement

By JTA

February 15, 2017
6:17 pm

This file photo taken on January 31, 2017 shows Venezuelan Vice-President Tareck El Aissami gesturing during a rally with workers of PDVSA state-owned oil company in Caracas. (AFP PHOTO / Juan BARRETO)

US bars entry to Venezuelan VP accused of Hezbollah, Iran ties

Tareck El Aissami played a major role in international drug trafficking, Washington says

By JTA

February 15, 2017
5:13 am

Cartoon by undergraduate political science major Felipe Bris Abejon in the UCLA student newspaper The Daily Bruin.

Campus, civic groups condemn cartoon in UCLA newspaper seen as anti-Semitic

Critics say depiction of Netanyahu with stone tablets inscribed with Ten Commandments crosses line between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism

By JTA

February 14, 2017
11:20 pm

Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds (Screen capture: YouTube)

US Senate bill seeks to honor POW in WWII

Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds in line for posthumous Congressional Gold Medal for refusing to identify Jews to the Nazis

By JTA

February 14, 2017
11:09 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, speaks with Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern, left, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, second left, and Swiss Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, second right, on the opening day of the Gotthard Rail Tunnel in Erstfeld on June 1, 2016. (AFP/Peter Klaunzer/Pool)

Austrian chancellor praises railway for Nazi resistance

In statement for exhibition at Tel Aviv University, Christian Kern hails the ‘continuous and organized resistance’ of rail workers

By JTA

February 14, 2017
6:14 pm

White House chief strategist Steve Bannon attending the swearing in of Nikki Haley as US ambassador to the United Nations in the Vice President's Ceremonial Office at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)

Jewish Dems co-sponsor bill to oust Bannon from NSC

New York representative cites ex-Breitbart chair and Trump aide’s association with anti-Semitism, lack of qualifications

By JTA

February 14, 2017
6:53 am

Boxes moving along a conveyor belt at an Amazon fulfillment center in Tracy, California, January 19, 2015. (File: AFP PHOTO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / JUSTIN SULLIVAN)

On its US, UK sites, Amazon sells books that deny Holocaust

Anne Frank Center director calls for boycott of company to stop ‘worldwide embarrassment to human decency’

By JTA

February 13, 2017
11:36 pm

Igor Sadikov (McGill Arts Undergraduate Society)

McGill student leader doubles down on ‘punch a Zionist today’ message

Igor Sadikov refuses to retract previous call, says Jews are not ‘a legitimate ethnic group’

By JTA

February 13, 2017
10:47 pm

Newly elected German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier delivers a speech after the presidential election at the Bundesversammlung federal assembly Bundestag (lower house of parliament) on February 12, 2017, in Berlin. (AFP PHOTO / Axel Schmidt)

German Jewish community welcomes new president Steinmeier

Umbrella group hails ex-FM as strong Israel supporter, ‘most upright and staunch advocate of our democratic values’

By JTA

February 13, 2017
9:39 pm

Demonstrators protest agaist President Trump's executive immigration ban at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on January 28, 2017. (AFP/ Joshua LOTT)

Muslim, Jewish families share Sabbath meal after protest

Turkish Yildirims join Jewish Bendat-Appells after meeting during anti-Trump travel ban protest in Chicago

By JTA

February 13, 2017
7:08 pm

Jewish American singer Matisyahu performing at the Rototom SunSplash festival in Spain, August 22, 2015 (screen capture: YouTube)

Spanish courts reverse two pro-BDS municipal rulings

Judges approve criminal probe into possible discrimination by music festival that tried to bar reggae star Matisyahu

By JTA

February 13, 2017
6:58 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks via a satellite feed during the American Israel Public Affairs Committee 2016 Policy Conference at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, March 22, 2016. (AFP / SAUL LOEB)

More Americans support – and oppose – Netanyahu than ever, poll finds

Gallup survey finds PM enjoys nearly 50% favorability rating, but also record 30% thumbs down; Americans divided on Palestinian statehood

By JTA and Times of Israel staff

Writer: JTA

Some Jewish groups express dismay as Trump says he can ‘live with’ one-state solution

Organizations reaffirm support for two states as White House signals it’s not expressly committed to particular outcome

Poll: Most Americans maintain favorable view of Israel

More than 70% of Americans give Jewish state favorable rating for 4th consecutive year, Gallup survey finds

Pew: Jews are best-liked religious group in America

On a scale of 1 to 100, Jews rank at a warm 67 degrees, followed by Catholics at 66; Muslims are at 48

In rare criticism, Israeli envoy raps Russia for blocking anti-Semitism definition

Gary Koren singles out Moscow as sole country not to adopt Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe statement

US bars entry to Venezuelan VP accused of Hezbollah, Iran ties

Tareck El Aissami played a major role in international drug trafficking, Washington says

Campus, civic groups condemn cartoon in UCLA newspaper seen as anti-Semitic

Critics say depiction of Netanyahu with stone tablets inscribed with Ten Commandments crosses line between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism

US Senate bill seeks to honor POW in WWII

Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds in line for posthumous Congressional Gold Medal for refusing to identify Jews to the Nazis

Austrian chancellor praises railway for Nazi resistance

In statement for exhibition at Tel Aviv University, Christian Kern hails the ‘continuous and organized resistance’ of rail workers

Jewish Dems co-sponsor bill to oust Bannon from NSC

New York representative cites ex-Breitbart chair and Trump aide’s association with anti-Semitism, lack of qualifications

On its US, UK sites, Amazon sells books that deny Holocaust

Anne Frank Center director calls for boycott of company to stop ‘worldwide embarrassment to human decency’

McGill student leader doubles down on ‘punch a Zionist today’ message

Igor Sadikov refuses to retract previous call, says Jews are not ‘a legitimate ethnic group’

German Jewish community welcomes new president Steinmeier

Umbrella group hails ex-FM as strong Israel supporter, ‘most upright and staunch advocate of our democratic values’

Muslim, Jewish families share Sabbath meal after protest

Turkish Yildirims join Jewish Bendat-Appells after meeting during anti-Trump travel ban protest in Chicago

Spanish courts reverse two pro-BDS municipal rulings

Judges approve criminal probe into possible discrimination by music festival that tried to bar reggae star Matisyahu

More Americans support – and oppose – Netanyahu than ever, poll finds

Gallup survey finds PM enjoys nearly 50% favorability rating, but also record 30% thumbs down; Americans divided on Palestinian statehood

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