Stories published through the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, an international not-for-profit news agency and wire service that covers issues of interest to Jews.
JTA
The Latest
-
Fast Forward ACLU Urges Senators To Reject Anti-BDS Bill
NEW YORK (JTA) — The American Civil Liberties Union called on U.S. senators to oppose a measure targeting boycotts of Israel and its settlements. The Israel Anti-Boycott Act, introduced in March by Sens. Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, would expand 1970s-era laws that bar complying with boycotts of Israel sponsored by governments — laws inspired…
-
Fast Forward Supreme Court Gives Israel Two Months To Rethink Gay Adoption Policy
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Supreme Court has given the government two months to reconsider its opposition to allowing same-sex couples to adopt in the country. The decision Tuesday comes a day after the state told the court Monday that the government remains opposed to allowing same-sex couples to adopt, claiming that their decision “takes into…
-
Fast Forward Schumer Calls Anti-Zionism A Form Of Anti-Semitism On Senate Floor
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a speech on the Senate floor that anti-Zionism is a form of anti-Semitism. Schumer, the minority leader in the Senate and currently the highest-ranking Jew in government, added his remarks on anti-Zionism to a speech he was giving on health care, saying at the end of…
-
Fast Forward Only Kosher Slaughterhouse In Holland Faces Closure Over Export Ban
(JTA) – The only kosher slaughterhouse in the Netherlands is facing closure because of a government-introduced ban on exporting its produce, the abattoir’s lawyer said. Herman Loonstein made the assertion in a letter he sent last week on behalf of the Slagerij Marcus abattoir to leaders of the Dutch Jewish community. A clause in the…
-
Fast Forward The First Medic To Respond To Temple Mount Attack Was Muslim
JERUSALEM (JTA) – When Nedal Sader first heard the crackle of automatic weapon fire Friday morning, he couldn’t believe it was coming from the Temple Mount. As a Muslim, he regarded the complex just outside his apartment as a sacred and peaceful place. He prayed there nearly every week. But as a seasoned first responder,…
-
Fast Forward Photos Of Jewish Woman Comforting Autistic Boy On Plane Go Viral
(JTA) — A Hasidic woman comforting a distressed child was captured in heartwarming photos that quickly gained traction on social media. The photos show Chabad emissary Rochel Groner holding and comforting the young boy on a flight from Brussels to New York. About an hour into the flight on Friday, the young boy started crying…
-
Fast Forward Chicago Dyke March Article Cost Me My Job, Reporter Says
NEW YORK (JTA) — The journalist who first reported the ejection of three Jewish women from Chicago’s Dyke March tweeted that she was removed from her reporting job because of that article. In a tweet Monday, Gretchen Rachel Hammond wrote to Dyke March’s Twitter account that “You attacked, humiliated and robbed me of a job.” Hammond…
-
Fast Forward Knesset Committee Approves Bill Requiring Supermajority To Divide Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Knesset committee has approved a bill that would make it difficult to divide Jerusalem in a peace deal. The Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved an amendment to an existing Basic Law that would require a majority of at least 80 Knesset members to pass a decision to give up land in…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward Unarmed man who tackled Bondi Beach Hanukkah attacker identified as Ahmed al-Ahmed
- 2
Fast Forward After MIT professor’s killing, Jewish influencers spread unverified antisemitism claim
- 3
Opinion I grew up believing Australia was the best place to be Jewish. This Hanukkah shooting forces a reckoning I do not want.
- 4
Fast Forward First Puka Nacua, now Mookie Betts: Why do sports stars keep getting antisemitic around a Jewish streamer?
In Case You Missed It
-
Holy Ground One of America’s first Jewish farms was nearly lost to history. Now these Brooklyn parents are risking everything to keep their family’s legacy alive.
-
Fast Forward Liberal Zionist groups criticize Trump administration’s travel ban on those with Palestinian Authority passports
-
Fast Forward Richmond mayor facing resignation calls over posts calling Sydney massacre ‘false flag’
-
Fast Forward Mamdani appointee resigns over past antisemitic online posts about ‘money hungry Jews’
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
