Hannah Rosenthal, the State Department envoy on anti-Semitism, was recognized for her work by the Haiti Jewish Refugee Legacy Project.
President Barack Obama emphasized his deep concern about the Syrian government\’s use of violence against civilians in a phone call Thursday with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, the White House said.
A U.S. federal judge has ruled that a Jewish inmate in a New York jail does not have a constitutionally protected right to matzah and grape juice.
Tehran\’s City Council reportedly will name a street for Rachel Corrie, the Jewish-American pro-Palestinian activist who was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer in Gaza.
A hearing to discuss political redistricting in the Baltimore area was rescheduled to accommodate Jewish Sabbath observers.
Yeshiva University gave its doctorate in Talmud to a woman, Shana Strauch Schick, 30, for the first time.
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