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Netanyahu proposes his own version of ‘Jewish state bill’

Netanyahu proposes his own version of ‘Jewish state bill’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will present his own version of the controversial “Jewish state bill” to the cabinet on Sunday. Netanyahu said that the “Jewish… Read More ›

Israeli official: Erdogan rhetoric befits Tehran or Damascus, not a NATO capital

Israeli official: Erdogan rhetoric befits Tehran or Damascus, not a NATO capital

Israel’s “barbaric” attack on al-Aksa is an attack on Turkey, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday in remarks immediately slammed by Israel as “malicious… Read More ›

More than 135,000 Ethiopians living in Israel at end 2013

More than 135,000 Ethiopians living in Israel at end 2013

At the end of 2013 the Ethiopian population in Israel stood at some 135.5 thousand people – 85.9 thousand who were born in Ethiopia and… Read More ›

Tel Aviv are scared after Jerusalem massacre

Tel Aviv are scared after Jerusalem massacre

Panic gripped a stretch of Ben Yehuda Street in Tel Aviv on Tuesday night, when a series of callers told police dispatchers they heard shouts… Read More ›

Orthodox Jewish man attacked at Brooklyn train station

Orthodox Jewish man attacked at Brooklyn train station

Three brutes beat a man while hurling anti-Semitic insults at him at a Brooklyn train station, cops said Tuesday. The 53-year-old Orthodox Jewish man was… Read More ›

Four Jewish Victims

Four Jewish Victims

JERUSALEM — The car crawled slowly through the streets of Har Nof, a loudspeaker on its roof, broadcasting psalms and announcing the funeral at 2… Read More ›

Israeli CEOs open London Stock Exchange

Israeli CEOs open London Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange was today opened by a delegation of chief executives of Israeli companies and UK ambassador to Israel Matthew Gould. The Israeli… Read More ›

Warner Brothers optioned Rabbi David’s new book, “David: The Divided Heart”

Warner Brothers optioned Rabbi David’s new book, “David: The Divided Heart”

Rabbi David Wolpe of L.A.’s Sinai Temple was pleasantly surprised when the call came that Warner Bros., along with Gulfstream Pictures, was optioning his new… Read More ›

Jews and non-Jews join in historic project

Jews and non-Jews join in historic project

The small group of American tourists followed their guide into the main square of Kazimierz, the historic Jewish district in Krakow, Poland’s second-largest city. “Before… Read More ›

Republican Landslide Forces Jewish Activists To Downsize Goals

Republican Landslide Forces Jewish Activists To Downsize Goals

After sounding a collective oy vey over the Republican landslide, Jewish communal activists began looking for ways to make lemonade out of what they perceive… Read More ›

Concerns Over European Anti-Semitism

Concerns Over European Anti-Semitism

Antwerp – The stabbing of a Belgian Jew in the neck on Saturday has led to increased calls for action against rising anti-Semitism in Europe,… Read More ›

Frank-Walter Steinmeier call for calm over Jerusalem  tensions

Frank-Walter Steinmeier call for calm over Jerusalem tensions

A Palestinian state can only be established through negotiations with Israel, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Saturday in Ramallah, as he met with… Read More ›

Israeli Economy Shrinks For The First Time In Five Years

Israeli Economy Shrinks For The First Time In Five Years

Tel Aviv – Israel’s government says the country’s gross domestic product shrank by 0.4 percent in the third quarter of 2014, the first time the… Read More ›

Lee Zeldin becomes Congress’ sole Jewish Republican as GOP retakes Senate

Lee Zeldin becomes Congress’ sole Jewish Republican as GOP retakes Senate

WASHINGTON (JTA) – Results showed Republicans winning control of the United States Senate as well as wins for fresh faces with close Jewish and pro-Israel… Read More ›

Jerusalem mayor cancels his trip to London

Jerusalem mayor cancels his trip to London

The Mayor of Jerusalem has called off a visit to London next. The cancellation comes after weeks of escalating tensions between Israel and the Palestinians… Read More ›

Anti-Semitism Is All the Same

Anti-Semitism Is All the Same

Nothing is as boring as anti-Semitism, at least for Jews. You rule the world, they have heard non-Jews telling them for the last 2,000 years,… Read More ›

New Jerusalem Council

New Jerusalem Council

The success enjoyed by the dati leumi community in the Jerusalem Chief Rabbinate elections is now turning its focus on rebuilding the Jerusalem Religious Council… Read More ›

Jewish Day School Enrollment Spikes

Jewish Day School Enrollment Spikes

More American Jews are sending their children to Orthodox day schools, as total enrollment is up 12 percent from 2008, according to statistics from a… Read More ›

Holocaust Survivor Plays For Crowd At Lincoln Center

Holocaust Survivor Plays For Crowd At Lincoln Center

Emily Kessler, a 97-year-old Holocaust survivor, treated 350 guests to a stringed instrument concert on Monday at Lincoln Center.  Kessler, who escaped the Nazi invasion… Read More ›

Bronx Woman Awarded For Rescuing Jews During World War II

Bronx Woman Awarded For Rescuing Jews During World War II

Bronx resident Berta Davidovitz Rubinsztejn was awarded the Jewish Rescuers Citation by B’Nai B’Rith on Thursday for helping Jews out of Nazi-occupied Hungary during World… Read More ›