Taking seat at Australian Supreme Court, Orthodox Jew makes history with prayer
Marcus Solomon concludes the swearing-in ceremony by reciting a traditional Jewish blessing typically said to celebrate new experiences.
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Bahrain celebrates first bar mitzvah in 16 years
The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities facilitates the ceremony as part of a continued effort to build Jewish life in ...
Alexander Hamilton was raised Jewish by convert mother, historian claims
Professor Andrew Porwancher said he believes Hamilton’s mother, Rachel Faucette, born a Christian in the British Caribbean, converted to Judaism ...
Report: Major corporations 'fail to protect' Jewish employees from rising antisemitism
Out of the 25 companies surveyed, 17 received a rating of "D" or "F," including Unilever and Google, with only ...
Foreign Ministry officials: Lapid's stance on Poland is wrong, will be very costly
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki slams Foreign Minister Yair Lapid's decision to downgrade relations with Poland over a new property ...
Poland passes law that would cut off Jewish property claims
The law would prevent Holocaust survivors and their descendants from regaining property expropriated by the country's communist regime. The law ...
Antisemitism is increasingly politicized in US, report says
In his report "The Discourse on Antisemitism in the United States in the Mainstream Media in 2020," Lior Sirkis of ...
Jews, Catholics in Portugal step up efforts to battle antisemitism
The heads of the Jewish and Catholic communities in Oporto, Portugal, announced proceeds from their joint project, a film ...
NY pitcher becomes first Orthodox Jew drafted to MLB
Jacob Steinmetz, a 6-foot-5, 222-pound, 17-year-old fireballer from Long Island, eats only Kosher food and will only pitch on the ...
Suspect in stabbing of rabbi faces hate crime charges
Khaled Awad, who stabbed Rabbi Shlomo Noginski in Boston on July 1, arrived in the US with biased views against ...