When he was 13, Akon told us, the government-backed militia came to his village in southern Sudan. “They started killing people and burning their houses,”

Darfur has become a symbol of burned villages, rape and murder, but the region of western Sudan that gives its name to genocide in Africa

Equally well known in Washington’s corridors of power as at government tables in far-flung countries including North Korea, Cuba, Pakistan, China and Russia, American businessman

Signs of Jewish renewal are flickering across southern Italy, especially at Rabbi Barbara Aiello's Ner Tamid del Sud congregation, which has now joined the Reconstructionist movement.

An acclaimed author, journalist and lecturer, Yossi Klein Ha­levi, 55, moved to Israel from New York 26 years ago. He serves as a senior fellow

Atlanta is the new frontier for young Jews looking for jobs, low cost of living, a progressive civic society and a full-service Jewish community. If

Unlike in earlier times, Israel’s chief rabbinate is measuring potential converts to Judaism with the strictest halakhic yardstick. A new rabbinic fellowship begs to differ.

The ‘Who is a Jew’ dispute has become even more contentious since Israel’s chief rabbinate has begun questioning conversions made under Orthodox auspices. Nearly two