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Risking threats, NYC Sheikh leads Muslim interfaith visit to Israel

Rowe, who has engaged in interfaith dialogues in the UK, said it was necessary to find deeper commonalities than just rejection of violence.

New York City Sheikh Musa Drammeh, Shireena Drammeh, Aish U project president Rabbi Daniel Rowe, and Aish CEO Rabbi Steven Burg at a panel during an interfaith dinner with the Muslim leaders, Aish Hatorah leadership, and World Zionist Congress Aish Ha'am slate delegates.
Troy Miller, president and CEO of the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB).

NRB’s Troy Miller: ‘Mainstream media has no love for Christians, Jews, or Israel' - feature

American Jewish actor and comedian Michael Rapaport visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City on a trip to Israel in December 2023.

Who are the October 8th Jews? The Jews changed forever by Hamas's attack

Pro-Palestinian demostrators storm Toronto venue.

Anti-Israel activists storm Toronto student event with IDF veterans, one wounded


NYC Jews cautious, others jubilant, following Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral win

Major Jewish organizations issued a joint statement calling on the mayor-elect to govern with respect for the city's diverse views.

Democratic candidate for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani's Jewish supporters hold posters as they gather outside the venue of an election night watch party, after Mamdani won the 2025 New York City Mayoral race, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, US, November 5, 2025.

New York Jews voting for 'Jew-hater' Zohran Mamdani are stupid, Trump says in fiery attack

"Any Jewish person that votes for Zohran Mamdani, a proven and self professed JEW HATER, is a stupid person!!!," the US president wrote on Truth Social.

(L-R:) US President Donald Trump; Zohran Mamdani

The Jewish Agency and Class Action Foundation Launches $18M Grant Program

Introduced at The Jewish Agency’s Board of Governors meeting, the program will provide grants of up to 20,000 shekels (over $6,000) to war-affected businesses owned by reservists’ spouses

Leadership from The Jewish Agency, the Class Action Foundation, and the Administrator General

NYC mayoral election day looms in vote of consequence for city’s Jews

The city's Jewish community has been divided in its support of Mamdani, with some rabbis arguing that those in favor of the Muslim candidate are voting for him despite his anti-Israel history.

People walk towards a polling site during early voting in the New York City mayoral election in Manhattan in New York City, US, October 27, 2025.

'It's like 1939': Israeli Jewish tourist suffers brain bleed after NY attack - interview

"I'm not afraid for myself, but I'm worried about my brothers," he told the 'Post'. "It was in the middle of Manhattan, middle of the city, in the middle of the day."

Israeli educator and lecturer in the IDF, Rami Glickstein, 59, suffered a vicious antisemitic attack while in New York.

Antisemitic graffiti defaces Sofia synagogue, fallen soldiers memorial in Bulgaria

The Bulgarian Central Israelite Religious Council said that the graffiti, which painted "Free Palestine" over a fallen soldiers mural, was the latest of three vandalism attacks against Jews.

Bulgarian Jewish community members attend a pray during a commemoration ceremony paying tribute to the victims of Hamas' October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel, on the first anniversary of the attack, at the Sofia synagogue on October 7, 2024.

Pope Leo XIV and Nostra Aetate still matter to the Jewish people, even 60 years later - opinion

The Church’s open respect for Judaism also opened wide the gates for interfaith dialogue with other religions over the last six decades since the release of the Nostra Aetate document.

Pope Leo XIV gives a blessing during the weekly general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, October 29, 2025.

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Iran threatens Azerbaijan into cancelling European rabbi conference

The Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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We have your back: Mossad’s expose of IRGC urges stronger action against Iranian terror - editorial

The Mossad detailed a network that recruited foreigners and criminals, used covert communications, and sought to leave “no Iranian fingerprints.”

 Iranian spy in intelligence agency control room uses military tech to identify threats during Arab Israeli conflict. Mossad secret agent uses software to do war covert operations

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