Pilgrims have flocked to the Holy House of Loreto since the 14th century to stand inside the walls where tradition holds the Virgin Mary was born, raised, and greeted by the angel Gabriel.

After years of war, world’s oldest synagogue paintings are revealed as intact in Damascus Jewish sites and synagogues suffered lootings and bombardment over the course of the war, which followed the ...

FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker says concerns over antisemitic rhetoric and protest responses led him to resign ...

A pro-Palestinian protest outside a New York City synagogue last week has sparked accusations of antisemitism and underscored the balancing act Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani faces on Israel. The debate ...

LONDON (RNS) — First came the protest outside the Park East Synagogue in New York as it hosted an event promoting immigration to Israel. Then on Sunday (Nov. 23), anti-Zionist protesters rallied ...

(RNS) — When Jew-haters take to the streets, they remind us of why Israel was necessary in the first place. (RNS) — When houses of worship become staging grounds for political rage, nothing good comes ...

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s ambivalent response to last week’s protests against an Israeli immigration event at an Upper East Side synagogue pleased no one. But his words were ...

The US Department of Justice says it is investigating a protest outside a New York City synagogue last week. During the protest, around 200 demonstrators gathered outside the Park East Synagogue in ...

More stunning scenes have been uncovered at the site of a fifth-century synagogue in Israel, where archaeologists have been excavating an ornate mosaic floor since 2012. The discoveries at Huqoq, a ...

Review & Outlook: Mayor-Elect Mamdani has convinced Jessica Tisch to stay on despite the NYPD Commissioner's 'quality of life' policing approach being at odds with his own progressive outlook. On ...

JTA — Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s mayor-elect, has responded to a protest targeting an event promoting immigration to Israel at an Upper East Side synagogue, suggesting that the event was an ...

The shaken Holocaust-survivor rabbi of the historic city synagogue targeted by a menacing anti-Israel protest this week says he’s worried what could have happened to the Jews there without the police.