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Shloime Rand says he is thankful he survived after being stabbed during the attack in north London on Wednesday.

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate has been in detention since she was ousted in a military coup in 2021.

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate has been in detention since she was ousted in a military coup in 2021.

(JTA) — A Jewish man was assaulted on Monday evening behind a Los Angeles synagogue in what police say is being investigated as a hate crime. The assault, which took place behind Adas Torah, an Orthodox synagogue, in the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Pico-Robertson, occurred after the victim says he was followed for a short... The post Attack on Jewish man outside Los Angeles synagogue investigated as hate crime appeared first on The Forward.

Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to house arrest, state media reported on Thursday, over five years after the country’s military ousted a civilian government led by the Nobel laureate and imprisoned her. Suu Kyi, 80, has been detained by ‌the junta since and her whereabouts have been unclear amid a deadly civil war that was triggered by the February 2021 coup that has engulfed much of the impoverished Southeast Asian nation. “… the remaining portion of Daw Aung...

He had considered running as an independent candidate, telling his congregation that he could bridge partisan divides

(The Center Square) - The accused shooter at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on Saturday will remain in federal custody while awaiting a trial, a judge said on Thursday.

(The Center Square) - The accused shooter at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on Saturday will remain in federal custody while awaiting a trial, a judge said on Thursday.

Alexander Cashford was attacked on a Kent beach by three teenagers who thought he was a paedophile.

(JTA) — The Jewish Theological Seminary has named Rabbi Mike Uram as its next chancellor, elevating a Jewish educator best known for his time as executive director of the University of Pennsylvania Hillel to lead Conservative Judaism’s flagship university and rabbinical school. Uram, 49, will succeed Shuly Rubin Schwartz, who is stepping down at the... The post Jewish Theological Seminary names campus innovator Rabbi Mike Uram as next chancellor appeared first on The Forward.

The House is expected to vote Thursday on a Senate-passed bill that would much of the Homeland Security Department, ending the record 75-day shutdown of the sprawling federal agency.

We meet a senior volunteer with Philadelphia Corporation for Aging, who helps a senior neighbor in the community not only live independently, but thrive.