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May 28, 2014
2:39 pm

Yeshiva University, New York (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Montefiore to take over Yeshiva U.’s medical school

Move comes two months after Moody’s warned that Y.U. at risk of running out of money

By JTA

May 28, 2014
1:45 pm

A building displaying indigenous Mayan art in San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala (Chixoy, CC-BY-SA, via wikipedia)

Residents of small Guatemalan town want Jews to leave

There are 10 Jewish families in San Juan La Laguna. Indigenous Mayans want to ‘defend their rights’ against the ‘ill will’ they’re purportedly causing

By Natalie A. Schachar

May 28, 2014
12:36 pm

A Holocaust survivor seen during a ceremony at the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp in Poland. (photo credit: Isaac Harari/Flash90)

In first, Poland to pay pensions to Shoah survivors abroad

Procedural change will allow some 50,000 Israelis of Polish descent to apply for allowances of about NIS 470 per month

By Raphael Ahren

May 28, 2014
12:11 pm

People hug at a public memorial service on the Day of Mourning and Reflection for the victims of a killing spree at University of California, Santa Barbara on May 27, 2014 in Isla Vista, California. (photo credit: AFP/David McNew/Getty Images)

Santa Barbara rabbi on front lines in wake of deadly rampage

UCSB Hillel Rabbi Evan Goodman consoles and counsels school’s large Jewish population after Elliot Rodger murdered six on campus Friday

By Renee Ghert-Zand

May 28, 2014
10:38 am

JDC board president Penny Blumenstein in Jerusalem. (Sasson Tiram)

JDC president says volunteers never hit a glass ceiling

In Israel for the Joint’s 100th anniversary, Penny Blumenstein predicts women are heading for an era of more equality

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

May 28, 2014
10:37 am

The Times of Israel Chinese

Huanying and welcome to The Times of Israel Chinese

Interaction between China and Israel is burgeoning, especially in the fields of high-tech and innovation. Hence the need for our new Chinese website

By David Horovitz

May 28, 2014
10:36 am

People pay their respects in front of a makeshift memorial at the entrance of the Jewish Museum in Brussels, on May 25, 2014. photo credit: AFP/GEORGES GOBET)

Belgian Jewish activist says he received death threat

Head of League Against Anti-Semitism had spoken out after attack on Brussels museum that left four dead

By JTA

May 28, 2014
8:20 am

Detail from a photograph of the Jobar Synagogue in Damascus, including a handwritten sign indicating the picture is recent (photo credit: courtesy)

Pictures said to show historic Damascus synagogue destroyed

After numerous reports of damage from civil war, Jobar’s Eliyahu Hanabi Synagogue ‘flattened’ in attack by Assad’s forces on capital’s suburb

By JTA and Times of Israel staff

May 28, 2014
4:28 am

Michael Bloomberg, right, receives the Genesis Prize from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Genesis Prize Chairman Stan Polovets looks on, May 22, 2014. (photo credit: Haim Zach/GPO/Flash90)

Russian philanthropists take Bloomberg to the ball

Billionaire debutants behind the Genesis Prize look to influence the wider Jewish world and inspire pride among young Jews

By Ami Eden

May 28, 2014
2:15 am

The photograph shows the recipients of the 2014 Katz Award and committee who selected them, alongside President Shimon Peres and Marcos and Adina Katz at a reception held Tuesday at the President's Residence in Jerusalem (photo credit: courtesy)

2014 Katz Award recipients named

Four leading Jewish figures recognized for their application of Halacha in modern life

By Times of Israel staff

May 28, 2014
12:30 am

Illustrative photo of supporters of the Greek ultra nationalist party Golden Dawn (photo credit: AFP/ARIS MESSINIS)

Greek Jews anxious over neo-Nazis’ electoral gains

‘We are the upcoming Greece,’ jailed Golden Dawn leader tells followers after his party garners 3 seats in European Parliament

By JTA

May 27, 2014
11:55 pm

Frazier Glenn Cross Jr., also known as Frazier Glenn Miller Jr., appears at his arraignment in New Century, Kansas, April 15, 2014. (photo credit: AP/David Eulitt)

Kansas City shooter faces new charges

Frazier Glenn Miller slapped with 3 counts of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, criminal discharge of a weapon

By JTA

May 27, 2014
10:42 pm

Maccabi Tel Aviv’s US guard Tyrese Rice , MVP of the Final Four (Winner of the Euroleague Final Four Most Valuable Player Award), celebrates his team's victory after their Euroleague 2014 Gold medal Final Four basketball game on May 18, 2014 at the Mediolanum stadium in Assago. (photo credit: Olivier Morin/AFP)

Israeli sports official slammed for racist slur

‘Kushim’ helped Maccabi Tel Aviv beat Real Madrid in the Euroleague basketball final, National Council for Sport chair says

By Yifa Yaakov and Adiv Sterman

May 27, 2014
9:30 pm

(From L-R) Leader of Rome Jewish community, Ricardo Pacifici, Minister of Justice Annemie Turtelboom, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, French President Francois Hollande and Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo pay tribute to the victims of a shooting at a Jewish museum in Brussels, on May 27, 2014. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / BELGA / NICOLAS MAETERLINCK)

European leaders pay homage at Brussels Jewish Museum

Following attack, France’s President Hollande and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi meet with Jewish leaders at site

By AFP

May 27, 2014
9:23 pm

This handout picture released by the Poroshenko press service shows Ukrainian independent presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko (R) being greeted by supporters during an election campaign rally on May 18, 2014, in the industrial Ukrainian city of Nikopol, in the Dnipropetrovsk region. (photo credit: AFP/POROSHENKO PRESS-SERVICE/MYKOLA LAZARENKO)

Ukraine’s Jewish leaders celebrate defeat of far right

Community heads say Petro Poroshenko’s sweeping victory sends important message of unity

By JTA

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