Articles by: JewishNews-Ilan

Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ returns to German shelves, sparking war of words

Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ returns to German shelves, sparking war of words

New printing of Nazi leader’s ultranationalistic anti-Semitic book heavily annotated to refute author’s ideology, but not everybody ready to see its return   BERLIN (AP)… Read More ›

Sandy Hook families to share $1.5M from estate of shooter’s mother

Sandy Hook families to share $1.5M from estate of shooter’s mother

  Families of those killed during the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut have finalized a $1.5 million settlement, a source with… Read More ›

Brazil warns against pregnancy due to spreading virus

Brazil warns against pregnancy due to spreading virus

Rio de Janeiro – Brazilian health officials are dishing out some unusual advice these days: Don’t get pregnant. That’s the message for would-be parents, especially in… Read More ›

UK Muslims with Disneyland plans: We were barred from plane due to religion

UK Muslims with Disneyland plans: We were barred from plane due to religion

  A Muslim man in London says his family was barred because of their religion from boarding a plane bound for Los Angeles, where they… Read More ›

Pita, hummus, and a side of politics in the Netherlands

Pita, hummus, and a side of politics in the Netherlands

A Jew from Tel Aviv and an Arab-Israeli from Nazareth have opened the most controversial — and successful — hummus bar in the Haugue  … Read More ›

It’s looking a lot like 2015 will be the best year ever for US auto sales

It’s looking a lot like 2015 will be the best year ever for US auto sales

  In about two weeks, December 2015 US auto sales will be reported, and we’ll know whether the total tops the previous all-time high, set… Read More ›

New York City will offer its employees a generous benefit most companies in America do not

New York City will offer its employees a generous benefit most companies in America do not

  In the US, only 12% of employers offer paid parental leave, according to the Society for Human Resource Management. That number gets even smaller when… Read More ›

A rule tweak could dramatically shake up the next GOP debate

A rule tweak could dramatically shake up the next GOP debate

  As few as six candidates could stand on the main stage of the next Republican presidential debate, according to qualification rules released by the… Read More ›

France is Israel’s largest source of aliyah for 2nd straight year

France is Israel’s largest source of aliyah for 2nd straight year

7,328 French immigrants in 2015; Russia saw most dramatic increase in immigration, according to Jewish Agency figures   For the second consecutive year, France is… Read More ›

7 things Miriam Adelson does — besides back GOP candidates

7 things Miriam Adelson does — besides back GOP candidates

Casino magnate’s wife believes she and her husband presage collapse of democracy, is key decision maker over campaign donations to presidential candidates   JTA –… Read More ›

Which Netanyahu should we believe?

Which Netanyahu should we believe?

Op-ed: Overseas, the prime minister voices his support for all Jewish denominations; in Israel, he appoints a chief rabbi who criticizes the education minister for… Read More ›

Czech Parliament rejects labeling of products from Israeli settlements

Czech Parliament rejects labeling of products from Israeli settlements

One Czech lawmaker says decision “may evoke awkward reminiscence of marking Jewish people during World War II.”   The Czech parliament passed a resolution on… Read More ›

Paris synagogue goers mildly poisoned by toxin smeared on lock

Paris synagogue goers mildly poisoned by toxin smeared on lock

Members of the Jewish community of Bonneuil-sur-Marne poisoned by a toxin applied to keypad of lock of synagogue .   Fourteen people were mildly poisoned… Read More ›

‘Russia open to Assad’s ouster as part of Syrian peace process’

‘Russia open to Assad’s ouster as part of Syrian peace process’

Diplomat says Russia privately accepts that Assad will have gone by end of transition period in Syria.   UNITED NATIONS – Russia has made clear… Read More ›

Obama: Islamic State lost 40% of territories it captured in Iraq

Obama: Islamic State lost 40% of territories it captured in Iraq

American president says US and its allies are hitting ISIS harder than ever, killing five senior leaders since the spring. WASHINGTON – US President Barack… Read More ›

Netanyahu instructs to fortify bus stops in Jerusalem

Netanyahu instructs to fortify bus stops in Jerusalem

Following vehicular attack that left 11 wounded, concrete barriers to be placed in front of 300 bus stations in the capital, after the measure proved… Read More ›

Abbas calls terror attacks ‘justified popular uprising’

Abbas calls terror attacks ‘justified popular uprising’

Polls finds two-thirds of Palestinians support knife attacks and say intifada would ‘serve Palestinian national interests in ways that negotiations could not,’ while three-quarters oppose… Read More ›

Analysis: Turkey’s Israel charm offensive is all about Russia

Analysis: Turkey’s Israel charm offensive is all about Russia

Skepticism remains if Erdogan wants rapprochement.   Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s latest charm offensive toward Israel and his country’s Jews seems to show how… Read More ›

Two Palestinian families in capital’s Silwan neighborhood served with eviction notices

Two Palestinian families in capital’s Silwan neighborhood served with eviction notices

Court finds for NGO that homes were illegally inhabited via ‘absentee property.’   Government officials served two Palestinian families residing in east Jerusalem’s Silwan with… Read More ›

Reporters notebook: ‘I struggled to believe it was actually gunfire’

Reporters notebook: ‘I struggled to believe it was actually gunfire’

A Jerusalem Post intern recounts his experience at the scene of Monday’s car ramming attack.   En route to a doctor’s appointment in Har Nof… Read More ›