Washington, D.C. – In the latest round of a legal dispute that dates back over a decade, a federal judge on Thursday ordered Russia to pay a $43.7M fine for failing to return the Jewish books and documents collection known as the Schneerson Library over to the Brooklyn-based Hasidic Chabad-Lubavitch group.
ranian President Hassan Rouhani took to Twitter on Sunday to wish Jews a Happy New Year in honor of the holiday of Rosh Hashanah.
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday wished a “very sweet new year” to the Jewish community in Britain and around the world ahead of the Jewish High Holy Days.
Russian President Vladimir Putin wished Russian Jews a Shana Tova, a sweet new year, in honor of the Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) holiday on Sunday, in a letter published to the Kremlin website.
As the High Holy Days approach, Israelis of all religious backgrounds are cognizant of a more spiritual atmosphere in the country and that includes IDF soldiers, who during the past several weeks have been taken to meet some of the Jewish world’s most prestigious spiritual leaders.
Jerusalem – A man and a woman in their fifties were found dead in their apartment in Jerusalem on Tuesday morning after what was thought to be a suspected gas leak.
Ukrainian nationalists destroyed a tent city erected by Hasidic Jews in Uman, ahead of the annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage.
Three people are dead in an upstate Sullivan County collision.
The child who was run over in Jerusalem has been declared dead.
Australia’s prime minister angered some Jewish leaders on Thursday by suggesting that the Islamic State movement was worse than Nazis during World War II.