JTA Breaking News

Madoff won’t appeal sentence

2009-07-09T18:42:00-05:00

Bernard Madoff will not appeal the 150-year jail sentence he was given earlier this month, his attorney said.

2009-07-09T18:18:00-05:00

Israel's army praised the job Palestinian security forces have been doing in the West Bank.

2009-07-09T17:48:00-05:00

Egypt arrested 26 alleged al-Qaida operatives accused of plotting attacks on foreign ships sailing through the Suez Canal.

2009-07-09T17:36:02-05:00

Four members of the Jewish Defense League were arrested in Paris for ransacking a pro-Palestinian bookstore.

2009-07-09T14:55:00-05:00

A leader of the anti-Zionist Satmar Chasidic movement praised President Obama's Middle East policy.

2009-07-09T14:48:00-05:00

The Hillel at Harvard University was defrauded of more than 780,000 by its accountant, the school's newspaper reported.

2009-07-09T14:12:00-05:00

Two operators of Jewish vocational schools settled a lawsuit over which can use the ORT name for fund raising in the United States.

2009-07-09T13:43:00-05:00

Six nongovernmental organizations and academic institutes demanded that Germany keep its promise to create a commission to combat anti-Semitism.

2009-07-09T13:39:00-05:00

The United States denied a report that it would allow the completion of 2,500 housing units in the West Bank as part of a compromise on settlements.

2009-07-09T13:35:00-05:00

Two Palestinians confessed to killing an Israeli taxi driver for revenge.