Billionaire philanthropist George Soros will give Human Rights Watch $100 million to expand its work throughout the world.

An interfaith summit of Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders denounced anti-Muslim bigotry.

Making peace with the Palestinians "will not be easy," Israel's prime minister said in a Rosh Hashanah message to Diaspora Jewry.

Mahmoud Abbas said he will not compromise during peace negotiations on core issues such as final borders and the status of Jerusalem.

Lisa Goldman, quoting Ha’Ir, was the first English-language blogger to expose evidence that Saber Kushour, the Palestinian convicted of rape by deception—the charge was that he presented himself as a Jewish man—was actually guilty of rape, period.

President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will consult with Jewish leaders on the eve of Rosh Hashanah.

Three activists, including an Israeli lawmaker, heckled actors during a performance at a theater in Tel Aviv.

A new documentary chronicling the journey of a group of American cantors to Poland will be screened simultaneously in nearly 500 movie theaters.

One of Hungary's oldest synagogues has been given new life.

In a pre-Rosh Hashanah sit-down with the Jewish media, Israel's ambassador to Washington reflects on why many Israelis have a negative view of President Obama -- and says they are not giving the U.S. leader enough credit.

A New York politician and former cop has pledged to purchase bulletproof vests for a Jewish citizens' patrol group.

Sderot residents were awakened in the middle of the night when a rocket fired from Gaza exploded at the city limits.

The conversions to Judaism of perhaps thousands of Israeli soldiers that were performed by the military rabbinate are not valid, a state attorney said.

It is the Israeli Chief Rabbinate thwarting democratic principles by stifling the Reform and Conservative movements in Israel, and the opposition in America to the proposed Israeli conversion bill is heartfelt, write the Reform and Conservative leaders in response to a JTA Op-Ed by the Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel.

By opposing a Knesset bill that would ease the conversion process for some 300,000 non-Jewish Israelis, the U.S. Conservative and Reform movements and the Jewish Federations of North America are flouting democratic principles, practicing hypocrisy and endangering Israel, writes Israel's Sephardic chief rabbi.

Jewels of Elul 28: The Art of Beginning... Again from Rabbi Billy Dreskin

Perpetuating the myth that the Claims Conference has a billion dollars at its disposal misleads needy Holocaust survivors and makes negotiations with foreign governments even more difficult, Claims Conference chairman Julius Berman writes.

A Palestinian man accused of rape by deception for posing as a Jew forcibly raped the victim, according to her testimony.

Immigration to Israel rose by 18 percent in the Jewish year 5770, according to the Jewish Agency for Israel.

Jewels of Elul 27: To Hear God’s Call from Rabbi Rebecca L. Dubowe

Twelve U.S. Jewish day schools finished in the top 20 of a competition on Facebook and each will receive $500,000.

A pro-Palestinian group says it will break Israel's blockade of Gaza by flying a planeload of aid into the coastal strip.

More than 150 American television and film artists have signed a letter in support of an Israeli artists' boycott of performing in the West Bank.

Israeli President Shimon Peres in a Rosh Hashanah message called on Jews in the Diaspora and Israel to work together.

Japan imposed new sanctions on Iran.

Plans for a conference on a nuclear-free Middle East reportedly have been scuttled over disagreements between Israel and Muslim states.

The United States temporarily banned its diplomats from traveling to the West Bank and Jerusalem's Old City because of shooting attacks.

On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, Israel's population stands at more than 7.6 million.

Jewels of Elul 26: The Physicist As Novelist from Alan Lightman

Hillary Rodham Clinton, the U.S. secretary of state, believes it’s critical that the leaders now trying to forge an Israeli-Palestinian peace have grassroots support.