The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society urged Congress not to cut off funding for Supplemental Security Income, which helps elderly and disabled refugees and other immigrants pay for food and shelter.Read More
The mental health needs of the Orthodox community are not being sufficiently addressed, according to a new study from Yeshiva University.Read More
A man being called a “person of interest’ in a series of killings and attacks in three states was arrested as he was about to board a flight to Tel Aviv.Read More
Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar Shlomo Amar on Thursday criticized Reform Jews whom he said are trying to impose a more liberal lifestyle on Israel.Read More
An Iranian website that uses cartoons to deny the Holocaust was launched by a nongovernmental cultural organization in the country.Read More
Two members of the U.S. Congress independently placed holds on military aid to Lebanon.Read More
Outstanding scientists who return to Israel as part of a project to establish centers of excellence at local universities will receive up to NIS 2 million in research grants. The grants will be spread out over five years, up to NIS 400,000 a year, based on new rules drawn up by the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the Israel Council for Higher Education.Read More
The United States plans to sell F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, but made clear to an anxious Israel that it won’t include long-range weapons systems.Read More
For the second consecutive year, the protest group Queers Against Israeli Apartheid will march in Montreal’s Gay Pride parade.Read More
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a panel investigating the Gaza-bound Turkish flotilla incident that Israeli commandos acted in accordance with international law.Read More
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