Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

Des Moines, IA – Marines Investigating Claim About Men In Iconic Iwo Jima Photo

Des Moines, IA – Marines Investigating Claim About Men In Iconic Iwo Jima Photo

  Des Moines, IA – The Marine Corps says it has begun investigating whether it mistakenly identified one of the men shown raising the U.S.… Read More ›

Brooklyn, NY – No Trees Please, Says Hikind

Brooklyn, NY – No Trees Please, Says Hikind

Brooklyn, NY – Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg may have had ambitious goals when he announced his intention to plant one million trees in New York… Read More ›

New York – Free To Speak, Stop-and-frisk Judge Claims Some Victories

New York – Free To Speak, Stop-and-frisk Judge Claims Some Victories

New York – Tossing the gavel aside, feisty Judge Shira Scheindlin is speaking out, declaring victory over critics in the battle over police stop-and-frisk tactics… Read More ›

Israelis leave behind 1,000 tons of litter at end of Passover holiday

Israelis leave behind 1,000 tons of litter at end of Passover holiday

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis take advantage of the warm weather to go out into nature on the last day of Passover holiday, filling up… Read More ›

Report: Germany considering stopping ‘unconditional support’ of Israel

Report: Germany considering stopping ‘unconditional support’ of Israel

Der Spiegel reports senior officials in the German government believe Netanyahu is ‘instrumentalizing’ Berlin’s friendship, while the magazine quotes Merkel as saying she understands ‘why… Read More ›

Israelis celebrate the Mimouna: ‘A holiday that unites all’

Israelis celebrate the Mimouna: ‘A holiday that unites all’

The Moroccan tradition for the day after Passover has become popular among all ethnic groups in Israeli society; the Jews of Northern Africa open their… Read More ›

Police: Double suicide in Ma’aleh Adumim due to wife’s terminal illness

Police: Double suicide in Ma’aleh Adumim due to wife’s terminal illness

Around 9 a.m. on Thursday morning, police received a call from the couple’s son, who told them he found his parents badly wounded and lying… Read More ›

On Macedonia border, Syrian migrants hope for open door

On Macedonia border, Syrian migrants hope for open door

Conditions have improved since this empty meadow, under the gaze of several distant casinos, turned from a scrum of desperately fleeing victims of war into… Read More ›

Institute warns Israel it could lose Jewish majority; Recommends easing conversion policy

Institute warns Israel it could lose Jewish majority; Recommends easing conversion policy

Halevy, Norman warn that the country could lose its Jewish majority within decades.   Unless the State of Israel changes its policy on converting immigrants from… Read More ›

Trump vows to put ‘America first,’ criticizes Obama for ‘snubbing’ Israel

Trump vows to put ‘America first,’ criticizes Obama for ‘snubbing’ Israel

In his largely anticipated formal foreign policy speech, the US Republican presidential hopeful laid out a policy putting his country before others and slammed the… Read More ›

From freedom to enslavement

From freedom to enslavement

Op-ed: The incitement against Israel these days is reminiscent of the incitement against Jews in the 1930s. But there is a difference: This time, many… Read More ›

Red alert siren sounds in Gaza border communities

Red alert siren sounds in Gaza border communities

No injuries or damage were initially reported.   A rocket alert siren sounded in the Eshkol Regional Council on the border with the Gaza Strip… Read More ›

Senior Israeli official: Chemical weapons capability for ISIS is a red line

Senior Israeli official: Chemical weapons capability for ISIS is a red line

There have been multiple reports of ISIS using chemical weapons in battle in Syria.   Israel will not refrain from taking action against Islamic State… Read More ›

Analysis: Are US, Israel winning or losing newest cyber battles

Analysis: Are US, Israel winning or losing newest cyber battles

As part of its “cyber bomb,” the US has placed implants within ISIS’s networks so it can mimic their behaviors and orders.   Keeping track… Read More ›

Erdan: Female terrorists want to meet shahids in paradise

Erdan: Female terrorists want to meet shahids in paradise

Public security minister tells Likud members that Palestinian female terrorists revealed their desire to reunite with ‘handsome martyrs’ in paradise. Minister of Public Security Gilad… Read More ›

Majority of Senate pushes Obama to boost Israel aid

Majority of Senate pushes Obama to boost Israel aid

Eighty-three signatories call upon Obama to ‘support and help provide Israel the resources it requires to defend itself’ in initiative led by Republican Lindsey Graham… Read More ›

Soldier jailed after cocking weapon and aiming it at Israeli Arab

Soldier jailed after cocking weapon and aiming it at Israeli Arab

Netzah Yehuda soldier was on leave from the army and wearing civilian clothes when the incident occurred; investigation found there was no apparent reason for… Read More ›

PMO to Jordan on Temple Mount: Jerusalem is acting responsibly, and Amman knows that

PMO to Jordan on Temple Mount: Jerusalem is acting responsibly, and Amman knows that

PMO: There is absolutely no basis to Jordanian claims that Israel is violating Temple Mount status quo.   One day after 13 Jews were removed… Read More ›

Greece bracing for new surge of Syrian refugees

Greece bracing for new surge of Syrian refugees

In a call among the leaders of France, Britain, Germany, Italy and the United States, all agreed to consider ways to pressure Russia and Iran… Read More ›

Right-wing politicians call to annex Judea and Samaria

Right-wing politicians call to annex Judea and Samaria

“We have to connect Judea and Samaria to the State of Israel. We have returned to our land, so that we will never again have… Read More ›