US & Canada
Defiant Israeli Owner of Ohio Restaurant Attacked by Machete-Wielding Assailant Says He Will Now Wear Star of David
The owner of the Columbus, Ohio restaurant in which four people were wounded in a machete attack last week said he will not let the incident deter...
Pro-Israel Students Launch Coalition to Oppose Latest BDS Motions at McGill
A new coalition of students has united to oppose efforts by activists to boycott and divest from Israel at McGill University, The Algemeiner learned on Sunday. "This year, we intend on launching a broader movement #EnoughisEnough in light of the repeated...
Jewish Groups Denounce Choice of Antisemite to Headline ‘Freedom to Read Week’ Event in Toronto
Two major Jewish groups gently ripped into the Canadian branch of the international organization PEN -- which campaigns on behalf of writers persecuted or imprisoned for expressing themselves freely – for inviting a highly controversial...
Jackie Mason Suggests Anti-Gun Michael Bloomberg Should Be Protected by Rabbis With Pastrami Sandwiches
Renowned Jewish comedian Jackie Mason “continues to be one of this election cycle’s more amusing political pundits,” said the New York Post’s "Page Six" on Sunday. Describing Mason taking figurative aim and shooting at former New...
Netanyahu Says US Vice President Biden Considering Visit to Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says staffers for U.S. Vice President Joe Biden are arriving...
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Found Dead at Texas Ranch
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, the outspoken leader of the Supreme Court's conservative bloc, was found dead...
Oscars’ $55,000 Israel Trip Slammed by BDS Activists
JNS.org - Palestinian activists from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement are criticizing the voucher...
Ted Cruz Campaign Defends Pastor Mike Bickle Amid Stir Over Hitler Comments
JNS.org - Jewish Democrats criticized Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) for promoting an endorsement...
Democrats Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders Battle Over Warming Ties With Iran
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Rodham Clinton sharply differed over whether to establish diplomatic relations with...
Defiant Israeli Owner of Ohio Restaurant Attacked by Machete-Wielding Assailant Says He Will Now Wear Star of David
The owner of the Columbus, Ohio restaurant in which four people were wounded in a machete attack last week said he will not let the incident deter his...
Pro-Israel Students Launch Coalition to Oppose Latest BDS Motions at McGill
A new coalition of students has united to oppose efforts by activists to boycott and divest from Israel at McGill University, The Algemeiner learned on Sunday. "This year, we intend on...
Jewish Groups Denounce Choice of Antisemite to Headline ‘Freedom to Read Week’ Event in Toronto
Two major Jewish groups gently ripped into the Canadian branch of the international organization PEN -- which campaigns on behalf of writers persecuted or imprisoned...
Jackie Mason Suggests Anti-Gun Michael Bloomberg Should Be Protected by Rabbis With Pastrami Sandwiches
Renowned Jewish comedian Jackie Mason “continues to be one of this election cycle’s more amusing political pundits,” said the New York Post’s "Page Six" on...
Netanyahu Says US Vice President Biden Considering Visit to Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says staffers for U.S. Vice President Joe Biden are arriving in Israel ahead of a possible Biden visit. At his weekly...
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Found Dead at Texas Ranch
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, the outspoken leader of the Supreme Court's conservative bloc, was found dead at a Texas ranch Saturday morning. "I am saddened to report...
Oscars’ $55,000 Israel Trip Slammed by BDS Activists
JNS.org - Palestinian activists from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement are criticizing the voucher for a $55,000 all-expenses-paid trip to Israel that is being...
Ted Cruz Campaign Defends Pastor Mike Bickle Amid Stir Over Hitler Comments
JNS.org - Jewish Democrats criticized Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) for promoting an endorsement from evangelical Christian Pastor Mike Bickle, who has said that God...
Democrats Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders Battle Over Warming Ties With Iran
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Rodham Clinton sharply differed over whether to establish diplomatic relations with Iran. Meeting in Milwaukee Thursday night for the latest debate in...
McGill Undergrads Weigh 3rd BDS Motion in Under 2 Years
The McGill University undergraduate association is raising a measure in support of divestment from Israel for the third time in 1.5 years, the Canadian Jewish...
US Jewish Groups Call on Ted Cruz to Explain Backer With Controversial Views on Jews
American Jewish groups have demanded that presidential hopeful Ted Cruz clarify his position on his provocative endorsement of an evangelical leader whose views on Jews...
US Jewish Leaders Meet With El-Sisi in Egypt, Following Talks With Turkey’s Erdogan
US Jewish leaders met in Cairo with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Thursday, Israel's Channel 10 reported. The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations delegation was led...
Jewish Group Offers $5,000 Reward to Locate Stabber of Son of Prominent Brooklyn Rabbi
An international Jewish organization is offering a cash reward for information leading to the arrest of the perpetrator of Wednesday's stabbing attack against an Orthodox Jew in Brooklyn, New...
Orthodox Union Asks for Absentee Ballots for Shabbat-Observant Democrats in Nevada
The largest Orthodox umbrella organization in the US called on the Democratic Party in Nevada to accommodate Jewish voters who observe the sabbath and therefore cannot participate...
