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MPs have backed an amendment to the government's Animal Welfare Bill which mandates a committee to review policy decisions to uphold religious traditions such as shechita. In a move that was hailed by Shechita UK, the Commons voted on…

dark comedy about white privilege" that "revels in discomfort" as director Gary Abrahams describes it, Admissions asks, "what are you really willing to sacrifice for your ideals?" Described as "surprising and daring" by The New York…

This story was published on February 17 by striker. Register here to receive the latest Forward stories each morning. When American Jewish University announced earlier this month that it planned to sell its campus, there were, as you…

The Jewish-American refugee agency HIAS and its Ukrainian partner are preparing for a possible humanitarian crisis if Russian troops invade Eastern Europe. A Russian incursion or occupation could result in the mass displacement of…

The brother of the British terrorist who attacked a Texas synagogue on January 15 and took four people hostage said his brother had been radicalized by "religious lunatics" and called on Muslim community leaders and authorities to…

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, which aims to dedicate a century of cinema to Hollywood, has come under criticism for its exhibits excluding Jewish filmmakers who played a key role in launching the industry.…

JTA - As Danny Tenenbaum prepares to open debates in the Montana Legislature on March 29, he said to himself: better keep it short. So he sang the Shema prayer. He had other ideas for the invocation, he told the Jewish Telegraphic…

BETHLEHEM, West Bank - For the second year in a row, the West Bank city of Bethlehem, which normally attracts Christians from all over the world, is considering the possibility of a Christmas season with barely any tourists. As he…

Hours after Syrian media accused Israel of hitting the port city of Latakia, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday that the military was constantly fighting "evil forces" in the Middle East. "We push back the forces…

Orthodox synagogues in New Jersey that hosted National Synagogue Youth Conference events in the 1970s and 1980s, and the youth group's professional counselors and volunteers during this time, are at potential legal risk due to a…

WASHINGTON - The Biden administration aims to get people to work together to emerge from an economy hit by COVID. This could explain why the first menorah lit by a Jewish spouse to a vice president came from the home of a businessman…

Matthew Falcone remembers the first time he saw the majestic stained glass shrine of the Rodef Shalom congregation in Shadyside. Falcone moved to Pittsburgh about 12 years ago and, although he is familiar with the dark and often…

As the New South Wales Parliament begins to debate the legalization of assisted suicide, the New South Wales Rabbinical Council (RCNSW) is giving the community the opportunity to hear the Jewish perspective. Doctor and Jewish medical…

SÃO PAULO, Brazil (JTA) - As you stroll down Rua Martinho Prado in downtown São Paulo, it's hard to miss Beth-El Temple. The small hexagonal building, adorned with Hebrew scriptures on its walls, which has…

The words of the Shema prayer, arguably the most fundamental liturgical statement in Judaism, are generally not associated with the art of magic. But the arrival of a 1,500-year-old silver armband bearing some of the words from the…

Monday October 18 marked the 25th yahrzeit of Itshak Rabin, killed 26 years ago on 12 Cheshvan. Next Thursday, November 4, will mark the secular anniversary. Yigal Amir killed Yitzchak Rabin. It is not disputable. Even today, 26…

JTA - Days after calling on rally organizer to remove three Jewish rights groups from rally because of their Zionist beliefs, Sunrise DC, Washington, DC, affiliated with the national youth-led organization focusing on tackling…

CARACAS, Venezuela (JTA) - The collapse of the Champlain Towers building in Surfside, Florida has been hit a range of communities whose members lived in the diverse Miami-Dade region: immigrants from all over Latin America, retired…

I write these words as I reflect on when I might get my sukkah at the end of Sukkot. I love Sukkot for the natural elements that make it a unique fall harvest, for the spiritual impulses that allow us to invite guests from centuries…

A majority of Jewish Israeli parents - 57% - would agree to vaccinate their children aged 5 to 11 against the coronavirus if the FDA approves a vaccine for that age group, according to the results of an investigation released…

Israel is set to launch a new initiative to reach expats living in the United States, seeking to strengthen Jewish and Israeli identity within a growing community that has traditionally had little formal contact with the government…

After the discovery of Nazi graffiti in a Jewish cemetery in Argentina last week, the local Jewish community wanted to do more than just repaint it. So, on Friday, the local Jewish community in Sante Fe, a province about 300 miles…

Brent North MP Barry Gardiner was a surprise attendee at the Labor Friends of Israel conference reception on Tuesday night at the Brighton Hilton Hotel. Gardiner made his support for Israel known in the pre-Jeremy Corbyn years. But…

DUBAI - Israel is preparing to participate in Expo 2020 Dubai when the World Expo opens on Friday, a spokesperson said, a year after relations between the UAE and the Jewish state normalized. "We are very happy to be here," Menachem…

Hate crimes are underreported, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and its new campaign, "Stop the Hate," was created to urge victims to report incidents to law enforcement. The campaign will include a variety of…

Israel will not budge to stop fuel shipments from Iran to Lebanon amid the severe economic and energy crisis in the neighboring country, according to a senior military official and a TV report on Thursday. Dozens of trucks carrying…

In the deadly shadow of COVID-19, Israel sent its children back to school on Wednesday morning. Contagion levels of the virus have reached an all time high, with more than 11,000 new cases recorded on Monday, and close statistical…

Government ministers on Sunday approved a plan to lower the age at which members of the ultra-Orthodox community can be exempted from military service, pushing through a compromise to potentially end part of a legislative standoff…

“Julia Haart” was born at 42 years old. After more than two decades as Talia Hendler, the pint-sized power has drifted away from her marriage and her strict Orthodox Jewish community in Monsey,…

The Bennett-Lapid government was sworn in on June 13, now a month old. It is an unprecedented coalition: more ideologically diverse than ever, containing no less than eight factions and holding only the thinnest parliamentary…

JTA - Many of Twitter's cryptocurrency fanatics are often notorious trolls, but one thought leader in particular stands out above the rest. He happens to be a rabbi. “People on Twitter use it to yell at each other…

UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has warned that it may become "unsustainable" for Jews to live in Northern Ireland due to an upcoming ban on imports of chilled meats from Britain, as part of the country's Brexit deal with the European…

“The Brothers Silver” by Marc Jampole (Owl Canyon Press, June 15, 2021) "The Brothers Silver," the story of two brothers who grow up as a result of intergenerational family trauma, is the haunting…

JTA - The median age of American Jews has fallen from 52 to 48 since 2013, according to a massive survey of Americans and religion, making Jews one of only two religious groups to be rejuvenated on average. All other religious…

Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman on Wednesday announced plans to introduce new conditions for receiving child care subsidies for children up to age 3, effectively ending them for some 21,000 children whose fathers are students full…