World Jewish News

After the Nationality Law passes in Knesset, 100 Druze reservists lament the country doesn’t treat them as equals; say law that declares only Jews have… Read More ›

Opposition lawmakers blast contentious legislation passed overnight, say it is designed to divide Israeli society   Reactions to the Knesset’s passage overnight Wednesday of the… Read More ›

Op-ed: International condemnation for the Nationality Law didn’t come just from Israel’s haters, but also from some of its biggest supporters among Diaspora Jewry. It… Read More ›

PA and Hamas officials claim ‘dangerous and racist legislation’ violates international law, will sanction discrimination against Arabs   Top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat panned a… Read More ›

Israel is more than child-friendly, it is child-obsessed.   On Sunday, demonstrations organized by the LGBT community were held at sites around the country protesting… Read More ›

There is no religious coercion in Israel, the Tisha B’Av mourning is part our identity as Israeli Jews. This is a warning call. We, the… Read More ›

Istanbul says law is racist and ‘disregards the rights of Palestinian citizens of Israel’ as EU also calls for rights of minorities to be respected… Read More ›

Watchdog joins other US Jewish groups in concern over Jewish state’s treatment of minorities, but backs law’s determination of state symbols   The Anti-Defamation League… Read More ›

  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu succeeded in passing the controversial Jewish Nation-State law Thursday and immediately received a cold shower in criticism from American Jewish organizations, the… Read More ›

Protesting ‘I’m not a criminal,’ Haifa’s Dov Haiyun was brought in pre-dawn by cops; opposition denounces Orthodox grip on marriage, lost religious freedom for Jews… Read More ›

Op-ed: A unilateral nationality law contradicts the vow we made to ourselves and to the world in the Declaration of Independence, which says the state… Read More ›

After hours of furious debate, Knesset narrowly approve quasi-constitutional Basic Law, which critics say discriminates against Arabs and other minority communities   The Knesset overnight… Read More ›

Op-ed: There is a growing acceptance and support of extreme right-wing views demonstrated by support for the defendants in the Duma terror trials. The practical… Read More ›

IfNotNow participants state that they knew they could not go to east Jerusalem with Birthright, so were leaving the group to do so.   Six… Read More ›

Sanctioning of Jewish-only communities struck out in favor of more generic clause that urges ‘the development of Jewish settlement’ as ‘a national value’   Prime… Read More ›

Right-wing legal aid group Honenu praises judge for weighing move; 20-year-old is awaiting trial for role in deadly 2015 attack on Palestinian family   A… Read More ›

UN Watch made the accusation in a report it presented at a special event at the Knesset.   The United Nations has failed to seriously… Read More ›

  Jerusalem –  Three female tourists were barred from riding a cable car down the Manara Cliff in northern Israel because a group of haredi… Read More ›

Who is Yossi Daitch – the haredi sector’s ‘most official unofficial mayoral candidate’?   He will be turning 50 in a few days; married to… Read More ›