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Mexico City has elected a Jewish woman mayor Sunday, which represents two firsts for the largest city in North America. A woman was been appointed interim mayor in 1999 but Claudia

El Al Israel Airlines has announced that they will immediately remove any passenger who refuses to sit next to another passenger for any reason after NICE System, a major Israeli tech

Romania’s parliament has passed an additional law to help combat anti-Semitism but a leading activist says the problem is that the current laws are not being enforced. The new law

On a day last week when he visited two Teach NYS schools and announced a new state grant for school security, Governor Andrew Cuomo was presented with a 3D-printed mezuzah

A new study published by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) and the Board of Deputies of British Jews indicates that high birthrates among Haredi Orthodox Jews are responsible

A Palestinian has told Israeli investigators that Hamas paid the family of his infant cousin to say that she died during clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli troops. Eight-month-old Layla al-Ghandour

The battle over ownership of the Touro Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in the United States, is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a

I am writing to update you on the Orthodox Union’s engagement and advocacy in the current debate over the U.S. government’s immigration enforcement policies at the border with Mexico. The

In recent years, Orthodox women have sought a greater voice in Torah scholarship and learning, prompting the OU to fund a number of Women’s Initiative Challenge Grants to meet growing

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Wednesday came to the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns & Rockaway in Lawrence to announce awards under a state grant that makes $25 million