Jewish scientist among three recipients of Nobel Prize for medicine
(JNS) – A Jewish scientist was one of three professors jointly awarded on Monday, Oct. 5. the 2020 Nobel Prize in…
Mike Pompeo’s Yom Kippur visit to Thessaloniki posed ‘dilemma’ for Greek Jews
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ (JTA) — Any other day of the year would have been easier for the head rabbi of…
UAE and Bahrain officially ink ties with Israel
(JNS) WASHINGTON – The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed historic agreements at the White House on Tuesday, Sept. 15,…
The Red Cross is aiding hundreds of Jewish pilgrims who have amassed at Ukraine’s closed borders
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – On the border of Belarus and Ukraine, Avremi Vitman tried to shake…
Turkey’s bid to return to Ottoman-era glory endangers Israel and the region
By ISRAEL KASNETT (JNS) – Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has high ambitions. He wants to take his country back…
Bahrain will normalize ties with Israel, Trump announces
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — Bahrain will normalize ties with Israel at a White House ceremony, Donald Trump said…
Saudi Arabia’s king tells Trump his country will not pursue normalization with Israel until there is peace with Palestinians
By MARCY OSTER NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – The king of Saudi Arabia has thrown cold water on the assurances of…
Hezbollah under increased scrutiny now in wake of Beirut blast
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON (JNS) – Lebanon is in a deep crisis on many levels following the two explosions, one…
‘This will completely change Jewish life in Austria’: Thousands of Jews around the world expected to apply for Austrian citizenship
BY TOBY AXELROD NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – Caroline Wellbery’s father, the late German literary scholar Egon Schwarz, fled Austria…
Group of 700-plus individuals from India slated to make aliyah after High Holidays
By JOSH HASTEN (JNS) – Israel’s Minister of Aliyah and Absorption Knesset member Penina Tamanu-Shata announced in August that in…