Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

New Orleans – Man Faces Life In Prison For Stealing $31 Worth Of Candy

New Orleans – Man Faces Life In Prison For Stealing $31 Worth Of Candy

New Orleans – A Louisiana man accused of stuffing $31 worth of candy bars into his pockets faces a possible sentence of 20 years to… Read More ›

If you build it, they won’t come: Abandoned architectural marvels in China’s largest ghost town

If you build it, they won’t come: Abandoned architectural marvels in China’s largest ghost town

  Once intended to accommodate over one million residents, the new town of Kangbashi in northern China is today home to just one-tenth of its… Read More ›

Diversionary program for model Stephanie Seymour in DUI case

Diversionary program for model Stephanie Seymour in DUI case

  Model Stephanie Seymour, arrested in January on a drunken driving charge, will enter a diversionary program that could result in the charges being dismissed,… Read More ›

Serbia returns seized property of Holocaust victims to Jews

Serbia returns seized property of Holocaust victims to Jews

Over seven decades later, Serbia passes law offering some belated redress to its now tiny Jewish community after seizing and incorporating most Jewish property during… Read More ›

Bayit Yehudi minister accused of delaying funds

Bayit Yehudi minister accused of delaying funds

Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel allegedly has refused to transfer NIS 42 million to Israeli communities on the Gaza border because other funds have been withheld… Read More ›

Report: German intelligence spying on Netanyahu’s office

Report: German intelligence spying on Netanyahu’s office

Israeli PM is just one of the BND’s targets, which also include the interior ministers of Austria and Belgium, the British Ministry of Defense and… Read More ›

Report: Survivors faced challenges in obtaining restitution in post-war UK

Report: Survivors faced challenges in obtaining restitution in post-war UK

Over 900 files related to the program have this far been released, illustrating what the paper characterized as an overly strict process which excluded many… Read More ›

Cease-fire challenged ahead of Syria talks

Cease-fire challenged ahead of Syria talks

Syria’s opposition seeks a transitional governing body for Syria that does not include Assad – a “nonnegotiable” position, according to its leadership.   WASHINGTON –… Read More ›

Netanyahu to Kerry: Israel thoroughly investigating Hebron incident

Netanyahu to Kerry: Israel thoroughly investigating Hebron incident

Abbas says he is ready to meet Netanyahu “at any time.”   Amid an unusual public spat with a senior US senator, Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Canadian politician Jean Lapierre and 6 others die in crash flying to funeral

Canadian politician Jean Lapierre and 6 others die in crash flying to funeral

  Former Canadian Parliamentarian Jean Lapierre and several members of his family were among seven killed in a plane crash Tuesday off the coast of… Read More ›

Israeli companies to build smart city in Brazil

Israeli companies to build smart city in Brazil

Croatá Laguna Ecopark, a high-tech city for low-income Brazilians, will boast Israeli solutions for security, landscaping and engineering   RIO DE JANEIRO — Three Israeli… Read More ›

ADeri names self as politician at center of ‘severe’ corruption probe

ADeri names self as politician at center of ‘severe’ corruption probe

Attorney general approves preliminary investigation into interior minister and an associate in two separate cases   Authorities have been investigating two senior Israeli politicians in… Read More ›

Obama’s Jewish liaison, earning thanks for a thankless job, says goodbye

Obama’s Jewish liaison, earning thanks for a thankless job, says goodbye

After three years – or six Hanukkah receptions, as he measures it – of handling Iran deal criticism and fights with Netanyahu, Matt Nosanchuk steps… Read More ›

Channel 2 newscasters feud on-air

Channel 2 newscasters feud on-air

A discussion on Channel 2 News’ flagship Friday evening newscast slipped into controversy, leading to journalist Dana Weiss accusing veteran Arab affairs analyst Ehud Yaari… Read More ›

Rivlins bring Purim gifts to neighbors

Rivlins bring Purim gifts to neighbors

The Israeli President and his wife surprised three young men living across the street from the Presidential Residence by turning up with a Purim gift… Read More ›

BDS leaders call on EU to boycott Yedioth Ahronoth conference

BDS leaders call on EU to boycott Yedioth Ahronoth conference

Boycott movement leaders urge EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini to forbid the union’s ambassador to Israel from attending Yedioth Ahronoth’s anti-BDS conference, set to… Read More ›

UN body to compile blacklist of settlement businesses

UN body to compile blacklist of settlement businesses

The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva approved a resolution to compile an updated list of all companies, Israeli and foreign, operating in any… Read More ›

Volunteer IDF soldiers with special needs exhibit special spirit at Rivlin meeting

Volunteer IDF soldiers with special needs exhibit special spirit at Rivlin meeting

Rabbi Mendy Blinitzky, CEO of Lend a Hand to a Special Child, said the IDF is the only army in the world that accepts volunteer… Read More ›

Soldier who shot subdued terrorist: ‘I did the right thing, at the right time’

Soldier who shot subdued terrorist: ‘I did the right thing, at the right time’

After human rights NGO B’Tselem uploaded a video showing a medic from the Kfir Brigade shooting a terrorist who was already neutralized, the soldier has… Read More ›

Obama admits defeat, but Kerry says Mideast peace is still on the agenda

Obama admits defeat, but Kerry says Mideast peace is still on the agenda

US officials tell The Jerusalem Post there is a general gap in interest between Obama and Kerry on whether to proceed with any process at… Read More ›