Jewish World

AJC: Rabbi Sacks was a towering figure of great intellect, principle and moral clarity, whose legacy will forever live on as an inspiration to future generations.

Initially geared to help educators, the free program was designed to help everyone from parents, grandparents, clergy of all faiths, youth-group leaders and the general public seeking a way to begin to understand what really happened.

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks succumbs to cancer at age 72. President Reuven Rivlin: Israel will always remember his warning against violence in the name of God and his belief that we can heal a fractured world.

#LetThereBeLight campaign to project personal messages of hope on walls of Jerusalem's Old City, Frankfurt synagogue in show of solidarity with battle against anti-Semitism, hatred. Sharing his message of hope for the campaign, President Rivlin says his prayer is for humankind to "learn from history, lest we repeat it."

“As has always been the case, Jews in the United States committed themselves to our civic process, voting and working for candidates of both major parties,” said Eric Fingerhut, head of the Jewish Federations of North America.

Head of Conference of European Rabbis issues rare call for control over houses of worship after deadly Vienna shooting.

Grand Rapids police officers find six headstones spray-painted with red paint at the Ahavas Israel Cemetery. Investigation underway.

Democratic presidential nominee vows to ensure Israel's security and pursue "lasting security of two-state solution."

New research from the London-based Institute for Jewish Policy Research puts the Jewish population of the continent, including Britain, Russia, and Turkey, at the same number cited by famed Jewish traveler Benjamin of Tudela in 1170.

"Each of us was on his side of the fence – me on the side of the victims, and he on the side of the executioners," survivor Simon Gronowski says.