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Observant Jewish voters will participate in a special caucus in today’s Republican contest in Nevada, where polls show Mitt Romney is far ahead.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is worried by the collapse of the Middle East peace talks brokered by Jordan and by the Palestinians’ drive for UN recognition

Philadelphia’s Jewish newspaper is in a flap with organizers of a boycott, divestment and sanctions conference over the disinvitation of one of its reporters from the event.

Staffers discuss little Ayelet Galena’s tragic struggle, why Jews may be moving toward the Republican Party, and Benjamin Netanyahu’s win in Israeli primary elections.

Bowing to widespread outrage, Susan G. Komen for the Cure reversed its decision to stop funding breast cancer screenings carried out by Planned Parenthood.

Rabbi Menachem Youlus, who was dubbed the “Jewish Indiana Jones” for his remarkable tales of rescuing Holocaust-era Torah scrolls, pleaded guilty to fraud charges.

Adam Levine, Ashley Tisdale, Sam Gold, Daniel Radcliffe, Sarah Goldberg

Jared Loughner is not yet competent to stand trial, according to the court-appointed psychologist in the case of the shooting that wounded Gabrielle Giffords.

On the eve of Tu Bishvat, two of the country’s leading ecological groups are feuding over the character of open spaces in northern Israel.

Army reservists may have been forced to dismantle their “suckers’ compound” due to stormy weather this week, but they did succeed to vent their rage over the draft exemptions given to the ultra-Orthodox in the Knesset.

Iran is trying to strike Israeli targets around the world in a bid to stop the assassinations of its nuclear scientists, the head of the Shin Bet security service, Yoram Cohen, said Thursday.

FORWARD EDITORIAL: Is the public, both American and Israeli, ready for the consequences of a possible military strike on Iran? Recent polls say the answer is clear: No way.

Leonard Saxe proposes that creating a Jewish scholarship fund, supported by a progressive tax. The tax would be paid by organizations that pay salaries above a set amount.

In the case of Jewish nonprofits, the owner of the organization is the Jewish community, as a whole, or at least that portion of the community that the organization aspires to serve.

There are several things we can do to ease the shortage of first-rate executive directors of Jewish groups. The most important is to make taking on the mantle of leadership more attractive to capable people.

There is nothing wrong with CEOs being well paid if they are doing extraordinary work on behalf of their mission and constituencies. But Shifra Bronznick asks, what are these salaries actually based on?

Donor-advised funds are a growing and controversial form of philanthropy. Critics say they make it easy for donors to get a tax deduction without money actually going to charity.

On Super Bowl week, not everyone thinks mixing football and religion is such a bad thing. Yeshiva University has produced a half-hour halftime show on spirituality and sports.

Seventy-one Ethiopians arrived in Israel accompanied by lay leaders from the Jewish Federations of North America.

The Oakland, Calif., chapter of the Occupy movement overwhelmingly endorsed a proposal in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel.