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Allen Fagin and Rebbetzin Dr. Adina Shmidman speaking at the RCA convention on the challenges that face the OU-RCA community.     

The Orthodox Union has praised an Icelandic parliamentary committee for its recommendation this week that a proposed bill that would ban male circumcision be dismissed. The move against the legislation

The executive board of Germany’s Music Industry Association (BVMI) that it had decided to discontinue the Echo Awards after the prize was awarded to two rappers whose song contains anti-Semitic

Thousands gathered in Tel Aviv to mourn the ten teens who were killed in flash floods during a trip organized by a pre-military preparatory program. Ariel Konkol, 17, said that

At a meeting with Jewish leaders, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman criticized the Palestinian leadership for rejecting opportunities to make peace with Israel. According to the prince, the Palestinians

Following a call for German Jews to stop wearing yarmulkes in the interest of safety, Aviv Zonabend, the Jewish deputy mayor of the French city of Toulouse, said that the

IDF, police, and other professionals and volunteers launched an urgent search effort after a group of school children fell victim to torrential rains in the Negev during a school trip.

A Jewish man was beaten and choked while walking home from Sabbath services in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The victim reports saying “good afternoon” to a man smoking a cigar on a

Britain is undergoing a period of rising anti-Semitism and Harry Potter series author J.K. Rowling has chimed in via Twitter. The writer, who is not Jewish, has 14.4 million followers on the

Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) and Rep. Elliot Engel (D-NY) of the House Foreign Relations Committee have authored a letter urging Iceland to stop the “intolerant bill” that would criminalize religious circumcision. The