January 25, 2017
12:39 pm

2 journalists arrested covering anti-Trump riot face felony charges

If convicted, Evan Engel of Vocativ and Alex Rubinstein of RT America could be imprisoned for 10 years, fined $25,000

By Stuart Winer  

January 25, 2017
10:09 am

Dutch Jewish comedian rips Trump in viral video

Greg Shapiro, of Amsterdam’s Boom Chicago comedy club, addresses the new president in his own terms

By Cnaan Liphshiz  

January 25, 2017
9:50 am

Anti-Semitism seen on the rise in Poland

University of Warsaw researchers discover sharp spike in negative attitudes, acceptance of hate speech toward Jews

By AFP  

January 25, 2017
9:10 am

US Jewish day school coach revives collapsed player

At Chicago basketball game, Ida Crown Jewish Academy’s Steven Greenberg grabs a defibrillator and restarts a student’s heart

By JTA  

January 25, 2017
6:41 am

At dawn of the Trump era, two Jewish tribes descend on Washington

The inauguration Friday and the ‘women’s march’ Saturday showed a nation deeply divided and an American-Jewish community at odds over its future

By Ron Kampeas  

January 25, 2017
6:19 am

London’s Muslim mayor urges zero tolerance for hate crimes after anti-Semitic incidents

Sadiq Khan calls on Londoners to report all incidents, ‘no matter how trivial’

By JTA and Times of Israel staff  

January 25, 2017
5:38 am

Who is Jared Kushner’s brother, and could his $2.7b company fail under Trump?

Joshua Kushner owns a tech company that sells health care through the Affordable Care Act, which the president has vowed to repeal

By Gabe Friedman  

January 25, 2017
4:19 am

Trump moving forward with border wall, weighs ban on refugees

President reviewing proposals for Mexico wall, suspension of visas for people from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen

By AP and Times of Israel staff  

January 25, 2017
1:19 am

In a ‘what do I do now’ moment, Jewish college students work to build cross-cultural bridges

Gutted by uptick of faith-driven hate crimes, Interfaith Youth Core provides tools to combat divisiveness and intolerance on hundreds of US campuses

By Renee Ghert-Zand  

January 24, 2017
10:31 pm

Nazi hunter pans Israel for ‘abdicating its duty’ on Croatia Holocaust silence

Wiesenthal Center’s Efraim Zuroff says Netanyahu missed key opportunity to challenge Balkan state over growing revisionist trends

By JTA  

January 24, 2017
10:14 pm

After stormy debate, mostly Jewish Maryland golf club invites Obama to join

In email to members, Woodmont County Club chief says invitation was offered after ‘many hours considering this matter’

By JTA  

January 24, 2017
10:06 pm

Anger at Croatian school’s snub of Anne Frank exhibit

Head teacher drops exhibition because it included panels on crimes committed by country’s World War II pro-Nazi regime

By AFP  

January 24, 2017
8:52 pm

Senators to push bipartisan bill to curb European anti-Semitism

Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican Marco Rubio reintroduce measure to make State Department monitor incidents against Jews in Europe

By Eric Cortellessa  

January 24, 2017
8:41 pm

Non-Jewish Germans who preserve local Jewish history awarded

Teachers, museum curators and archivists honored as part of events marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day

By JTA  

January 24, 2017
7:41 pm

Natalie Portman gets Oscar nod for ‘Jackie’ biopic

Andrew Garfield up for best actor for gritty WWII film ‘Hacksaw Ridge,’ for which Mel Gibson also garners best director nomination

By Times of Israel staff and JTA