A man being called a \”person of interest\’ in a series of killings and attacks in three states was arrested as he was about to board a flight to Tel Aviv.
A Montreal teenager pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of his 14-year-old sister.
Hispanic gunmen allegedly shot a Chasidic man in the stomach in Brooklyn.
France\’s interior minister called boycotts against Israeli products in France \”a crime.\”
The U.S. State Department is sending the imam at the center of plans for a mosque near Ground Zero on an outreach trip to the Middle East.
Canada\’s post office has suspended mail delivery to the Gaza Strip.
Incumbent Michael Bennet topped Andrew Romanoff to win Colorado\’s Democratic senatorial nomination in a fierce battle between two liberal candidates with Jewish roots.
The Germany city of Bremen will help the local Jewish community pay for repairs to the historic cemetery in Hastedt, which was damaged by unknown vandals.
The U.S. House of Representatives approved the extension of vital Medicaid funding, which was a top priority of the Jewish community.
One should not assume that the anger expressed by American voters in recent weeks is somehow limited to a fringe element of this society. While Jews are generally not identified with the Tea Party crowd, there has been a corollary Jewish response these days to the events unfolding in the Middle East and elsewhere. Someone has suggested that this countercultural response could be labeled as a contemporary version of the Maccabees, namely, a revolt against the existing order.
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