The California State Assembly unanimously approved a resolution calling on University of California campuses to condemn all forms of anti-Semitism.
The United Nations’ cultural agency has designated the east bank of the Jordan River as a World Heritage Site, saying Jordan’s side of the river is “believed to be” the place where Jesus was baptized.
Hadassah: The Women’s Zionist Organization of America has elected Ellen Hershkin, currently a national board member, as its new national president.
Donald Trump has had a rocky (though high polling) start to his presidential campaign.
President Barack Obama heralded a nuclear agreement with Iran on Tuesday as an opportunity to shift direction in the Middle East, and warned he would veto any attempt by deeply skeptical Republican lawmakers to overturn the deal.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who is one of two dozen Republicans racing for the White House, on Tuesday challenged Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who will become the Senate Democratic leader in 2017, to turn his back on President Obama and help kill the Iran deal.
I suppose all hatred has an element of irrationality. Yet some hatreds are more irrational than others. For thousands of years, hatred of Jews has been unique.
It was just a few weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks and suddenly U.S.-Israel tensions were erupting.
The group of Jewish-Israelis sat in a semicircle on the thick, red carpet of the mosque.
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