Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

Analysis: Biden wraps up Mideast tour without any significant diplomatic breakthroughs

Analysis: Biden wraps up Mideast tour without any significant diplomatic breakthroughs

There’s little question the moves announced during Biden’s trip were ‘modest,’ but some represent ‘positive signs of perhaps something bigger to come,’ says one analyst… Read More ›

Liz Cheney: Committee informed DOJ that Trump attempted to contact a witness not yet seen in the hearings

Liz Cheney: Committee informed DOJ that Trump attempted to contact a witness not yet seen in the hearings

  The revelation that the House January 6 committee notified the Department of Justice of an alleged attempt by former President Donald Trump to contact… Read More ›

Biden: My Flight From Israel To Jeddah ‘Small Symbol Of Budding Relations’ Between Israel And Arab World

Biden: My Flight From Israel To Jeddah ‘Small Symbol Of Budding Relations’ Between Israel And Arab World

  NEW YORK — In advance of his upcoming trip to the Middle East, President Biden published an article in the Washington Post detailing his… Read More ›

Japan votes in election billed as ‘defense of democracy’ as police admit security ‘problems’ during Shinzo Abe assassination

Japan votes in election billed as ‘defense of democracy’ as police admit security ‘problems’ during Shinzo Abe assassination

  Tokyo – Japanese voters headed to the polling stations on Sunday for an election billed as a defense of democracy, just two days after… Read More ›

Nearly one billion people in China had their personal data leaked, and it’s been online for more than a year

Nearly one billion people in China had their personal data leaked, and it’s been online for more than a year

  A massive online database apparently containing the personal information of up to one billion Chinese citizens was left unsecured and publicly accessible for more… Read More ›

Israel Shoots Down Hezbollah Drones Over Mediterranean

Israel Shoots Down Hezbollah Drones Over Mediterranean

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military on Saturday said it shot down three unmanned aircraft launched by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah heading toward an… Read More ›

Deep in the eastern Ukrainian forest, this group of volunteers waits as Russia’s military creeps closer

Deep in the eastern Ukrainian forest, this group of volunteers waits as Russia’s military creeps closer

Near Slovyansk, Ukraine – Maxym is waiting. For just over a month, he and his comrades have been sleeping in earthen dugouts, eating from cans… Read More ›

109 live animals found in women’s luggage in massive airport wildlife trafficking bust

109 live animals found in women’s luggage in massive airport wildlife trafficking bust

This incident, while dramatic, is not unusual. The Bangkok Post identified the women as Nithya Raja, 38, and Zakia Sulthana Ebrahim, 24.   Two women… Read More ›

Israel’s elections reawaken U.S. Jews’ trauma

Israel’s elections reawaken U.S. Jews’ trauma

Opinion: While many Israelis dismissed ‘government for change’ as nothing more than a marketing stunt, most U.S. Jews welcomed what they considered a major change… Read More ›

Google engineer identifies anonymous faces in WWII photos with AI facial recognition

Google engineer identifies anonymous faces in WWII photos with AI facial recognition

While visiting the POLIN museum in 2016, Daniel Patt realized he could be walking by his own relatives without knowing it, so he designed a… Read More ›

A series of 19th-century murders connects an Argentine writer to his family’s past

A series of 19th-century murders connects an Argentine writer to his family’s past

When Javier Sinay learned that his great-grandfather was a fellow journalist who covered the killing of shtetl immigrants, he connected with his Jewish roots –… Read More ›

Fictitious Wedding Without Bride And Groom Takes Place At Sadigura Shul In Bnei Brak

Fictitious Wedding Without Bride And Groom Takes Place At Sadigura Shul In Bnei Brak

  JERUSALEM — The Sadigura chasidim will hold a huge wedding celebration tonight in Bnei Brak attended by all of the chasidim but without the… Read More ›

Israel set for possible fifth election in four years as PM Bennett moves to dissolve parliament

Israel set for possible fifth election in four years as PM Bennett moves to dissolve parliament

  Jerusalem – Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has effectively called time on his premiership after just a year in the job. Along with his… Read More ›

Study: World’s first cultivated fruit trees planted 7,000 years ago in Jordan Valley

Study: World’s first cultivated fruit trees planted 7,000 years ago in Jordan Valley

Analysis of charcoal from Tel Tsaf dig reveals olive and fig tree wood, indicating first examples of orchards by an advanced, wealthy society   The… Read More ›

The danger of Iranian despair

The danger of Iranian despair

Opinion: Tehran has been taking one blow after the other, both financially and militarily, but as the Mullah regime feels the earth shaking under its… Read More ›

Woman killed, husband injured in suspected murder-suicide attempt in Haifa

Woman killed, husband injured in suspected murder-suicide attempt in Haifa

Couple found stabbed in an apartment; woman dies of her wounds in hospital   A woman died Sunday at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa shortly… Read More ›

Hezbollah chief says can stop Israeli gas extraction from disputed field

Hezbollah chief says can stop Israeli gas extraction from disputed field

Nasrallah says Lebanese terror group ‘not afraid of war’ if Israel goes ahead with offshore gas production; Jerusalem rejects Lebanon’s claims amid protracted maritime border… Read More ›

IDF Announces Measures To Improve Integration Of Ethiopians Into Military

IDF Announces Measures To Improve Integration Of Ethiopians Into Military

The Israel Defense Forces announced a series of measures this week to improve the integration of Ethiopian-Israelis into national military service. IDF Spokesperson, Brig. Gen.… Read More ›

US takes action against two private planes owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich

US takes action against two private planes owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich

  A US judge approved the seizure of two of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s private planes, valued at more than $400 million, for violating US… Read More ›

Ukraine’s hopes of reaching this year’s World Cup end with defeat against Wales

Ukraine’s hopes of reaching this year’s World Cup end with defeat against Wales

  Cardiff City Stadium, Wales – It is on occasions such as this that sport’s significance and insignificance are highlighted in equal measure. Ukraine has… Read More ›