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Iraq’s Last Jewish Doctor, Who Treated The Poor For Free, Dies In Baghdad

Iraq’s Last Jewish Doctor, Who Treated The Poor For Free, Dies In Baghdad

BAGHDAD (JNS) – Iraq’s last Jewish doctor and one of Baghdad’s last Iraqi Jews died at the age of 61, according to reports on Tuesday.… Read More ›

US and China trade barbs after Blinken warns of need to respect global order or face a ‘more violent world’

US and China trade barbs after Blinken warns of need to respect global order or face a ‘more violent world’

A first face-to-face meeting between US and Chinese officials got off to a heated start in Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday as US Secretary of State… Read More ›

IDF: ‘Snunit’ crash was probably due to rare phenomenon

IDF: ‘Snunit’ crash was probably due to rare phenomenon

There is a high probability that there was no technical error in the plane, and it was serviceable during the entire flight.   The Grob… Read More ›

Netanyahu versus Abu Yair

Netanyahu versus Abu Yair

Opinion: An uninformed visitor to Israel on eve of elections could be forgiven for thinking the PM is was running as head of an Arab… Read More ›

US sees near-doubling in distribution of white supremacist propaganda — ADL

US sees near-doubling in distribution of white supremacist propaganda — ADL

Watchdog documents 5,125 incidents in past year, nearly twice the figure from 2019; national average was 14 incidents a day, though just 5% of cases… Read More ›

After Atlanta Massacre, Jewish Groups Rally On Behalf Of Asian Americans

After Atlanta Massacre, Jewish Groups Rally On Behalf Of Asian Americans

  ATLANTA (JTA) — Jewish groups are rallying in support of Asian Americans following a string of murders Tuesday at massage parlors in Atlanta that… Read More ›

Fetishized, sexualized and marginalized, Asian women are uniquely vulnerable to violence

Fetishized, sexualized and marginalized, Asian women are uniquely vulnerable to violence

Of the eight people who were killed when a White man attacked three metro Atlanta spas, six were Asian women. Investigators said it was too… Read More ›

Alleged Israeli airstrikes target sites near Damascus

Alleged Israeli airstrikes target sites near Damascus

The last alleged Israeli airstrike reported in Syria was on Feb. 28, with strikes targeting Iranian targets near Damascus.   Syrian air defenses responded to… Read More ›

Day of reckoning for the ultra-Orthodox community

Day of reckoning for the ultra-Orthodox community

Opinion: While Liberman’s statement that he would send the Haredim and Netanyahu to the nearest dump’ is deplorable, the ensuing outcry draws focus from real… Read More ›

Iran now using advanced new centrifuges to enrich uranium at Natanz plant

Iran now using advanced new centrifuges to enrich uranium at Natanz plant

Leaked atomic watchdog report says Iran has installed 174 highly advanced IR-4 machines at underground site in further violation of nuclear deal, and plans on… Read More ›

Repairs Underway To Save Historic Warship Taking On Water

Repairs Underway To Save Historic Warship Taking On Water

  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Keeping the Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park from going under during the pandemic has been hard enough… Read More ›

Here’s what we know about the metro Atlanta spa shootings that left 8 dead

Here’s what we know about the metro Atlanta spa shootings that left 8 dead

Atlanta – At least eight people were found dead at three different massage parlors in the metro Atlanta area Tuesday. Investigators told CNN they are… Read More ›

Tackling sexual abuse among ultra-Orthodox is especially difficult – analysis

Tackling sexual abuse among ultra-Orthodox is especially difficult – analysis

  The harrowing details of the allegations of rape and sexual abuse against Zaka founder Yehuda Meshi-Zahav have made for horrifying reading in recent days.… Read More ›

The buck stops with Bibi

The buck stops with Bibi

Opinion: Netanyahu does deserve credit for his successes in responding to the pandemic, but as head of the last two governments he is also responsible… Read More ›

Police said to suspect ZAKA officials hushed reports of founder’s alleged crimes

Police said to suspect ZAKA officials hushed reports of founder’s alleged crimes

Members of emergency services organization to be questioned by investigators, report says; public figures knew about alleged misconduct, kept quiet   Police reportedly suspect public… Read More ›

3 Die When Car Hits 9 People In San Diego; Driver In Custody

3 Die When Car Hits 9 People In San Diego; Driver In Custody

  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A driver lost control and veered onto a sidewalk Monday dotted with homeless tents in downtown San Diego, killing three… Read More ›

Brazil will get its fourth health minister since the pandemic began

Brazil will get its fourth health minister since the pandemic began

  Sao Paulo – Brazil is getting its fourth health minister since the coronavirus pandemic began. President Jair Bolsonaro announced Monday night that the crucial… Read More ›

Coronavirus: Only 8% of hospitalized cases received both Pfizer vaccines

Coronavirus: Only 8% of hospitalized cases received both Pfizer vaccines

According to N12, out of 1,003 patients in Israeli hospitals, 83 were infected with the virus after receiving both vaccines.   Only eight percent of… Read More ›

Israel’s Arabs and Jews must redefine their relationship

Israel’s Arabs and Jews must redefine their relationship

Opinion: Despite deep-rooted animosity towards each other, Israelis of both sectors must create a social contract to change long-held paradigms that have proven to be… Read More ›

For over 40 years, this ‘Passover goy’ bought millions of dollars of NY’s hametz

For over 40 years, this ‘Passover goy’ bought millions of dollars of NY’s hametz

From 1977 to 2019, real estate agent John J. Brown bought leavened bread products from the congregants of dozens of synagogues in and around New… Read More ›