The Ma’an News Agency reports that 40 of the 400 current Waqf employees are banned from entering the holy site

Belgium to detain Mehdi Nemmouche another three months; lawyer says ‘no direct proof’ he was at scene of May terror attack

Deputy foreign minister says Tehran received permission from Baghdad to strike Islamic State, but didn’t coordinate with US

Ernest Perce of East Pennsboro, PA, has petitioned the school district to ban son’s teacher’s Jewish necklace

Virginia rabbi leaves advocacy group after 10 months, but doesn’t elaborate why

‘A community lives and dies by where the women are,’ says Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project head Lori Palatnik

Washington Post: Recent rise in anti-Israel activism prompts communities to up defenses against possible hate crimes

Six-foot black woman Ilana Kaufman sometimes gets strange looks when representing the San Francisco Jewish Community Federation