Jerusalem Controversy

JERUSALEM (AP) Former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky has been awarded Israel's prestigious 2020 Genesis Prize for a lifetime of work promoting political and religious freedoms, organizers announced Tuesday. The $1 million award is granted each year to a pe…

The Genesis Prize Foundation announced Tuesday that the winner of its $1 million 2020 prize is former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky, citing his “lifelong struggle for human rights.” “The award recognizes Sharanskys extraordinary lifelong struggle for huma…

Joins Michael Bloomberg and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as Recipient of Prestigious Jewish Award JERUSALEM, Dec. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today The Genesis Prize Foundation (GPF) announced Natan Sharansky, the legendary advocate for freedom, democracy and hu…

The Jewish Democratic Council of America has denounced President Trump's 'vile and bigoted remarks', calling him the 'biggest threat to American Jews' after he 'used anti-Semitic stereotypes to characterize Jews as driven by money and insufficiently loyal to …

Posted December 08, 2019 06:07:42 One of the oldest cities in the world and filled with heritage sites, Jerusalem has for centuries been captured, divided, conquered, destroyed and rebuilt many times over by various empires and nations to this very day. K…

Jason D. Greenblatt is a former assistant to the president and special representative for international negotiations in the Trump administration. Follow him on Twitter at @GreenblattJD. The views expressed in this commentary are his alone. View more opinion o…

This is true no matter if the elections outcome is a National Unity Government composed of Likud (minus Netanyahu) and Benny Gantzs Blue and White party, or a narrower coalition formed by Gantz. There could be ameliorations, of course. A Gantz-led government …

I was about to devour one of the great joys of Israel, its breakfast, when the tour guide, Ofer, broke the news. Rockets launched from Gaza the night before had struck the south. We were in the tree-lined tea house gazebo of the Port and Blue Hotel in Tel Av…

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The Women of the Wall have asked the police to increase their protection and protection during the prayer they intend to hold at the Western Wall of the Temple in Jerusalem on Friday to mark the beginning of the Hebrew month of Kislev. A letter to the David …