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Victory of Orthodox Judaism is everyone’s defeat

Victory of Orthodox Judaism is everyone’s defeat

Op-ed: A moment before Yom Kippur, it seems we have never been further away from Judaism as a basis of collective identity—a myth, tradition and… Read More ›

Seeking forgiveness, on behalf of Israel’s rabbis

Seeking forgiveness, on behalf of Israel’s rabbis

Op-ed: Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau writes about Yom Kippur and the need to preserve Israel’s Jewish nature—for the generations to come. It is… Read More ›

The Knesset speaker speaks his mind

The Knesset speaker speaks his mind

Yuli Edelstein hopes MKs will do some introspection on the High Holy Days and start setting a better example for their voters.   Along with… Read More ›

UNESCO to vote on resolutions ignoring Jewish ties to Temple Mount

UNESCO to vote on resolutions ignoring Jewish ties to Temple Mount

A bi-partisan group of 39 US Congressmen wrote a letter this week to the Executive Board members asking them to vote against the latest resolution.… Read More ›

Israel thwarts Hamas suicide bombing plot on bus in Jerusalem

Israel thwarts Hamas suicide bombing plot on bus in Jerusalem

The Shin Bet stated that the terror plot bears witness to Hamas’s unceasing efforts to initiate terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank.  … Read More ›

Thousands flock to Jerusalem for pre-Yom Kippur ceremony

Thousands flock to Jerusalem for pre-Yom Kippur ceremony

Worshipers pray at Western Wall for selichot; Old City will be blocked off from late Monday until after sundown Wednesday   Thousands of worshipers flocked… Read More ›

Israel has one of lowest pension payouts in OECD

Israel has one of lowest pension payouts in OECD

An OECD report has brought to light that Israel pays fourth lowest amount in pensions, only paying more than Chile, Mexico, S. Korea; children are… Read More ›

The sickness of narrative thinking

The sickness of narrative thinking

Op-ed: In recent years, the truth has fallen casualty to storytelling; the Palestinian narrative of the Nakba must not over ride the truth that the… Read More ›

Report: Majority of West German Justice Ministry officials were ex-Nazis following WWII

Report: Majority of West German Justice Ministry officials were ex-Nazis following WWII

The report added that the number of senior ministry officials who were former Nazis was greater in 1957 than during the 1933-45 period when the… Read More ›

Oren: Debates don’t work in Israel

Oren: Debates don’t work in Israel

Zionist Union’s Shai disagrees, says PM has prevented them from taking place   Israel should not hold American- style televised debates because they do not… Read More ›

Terrorist used his final day of freedom to kill

Terrorist used his final day of freedom to kill

An Israeli-Arab from Jerusalem who was a part Hamas and who killed two people while injuring five was supposed to begin a four month long… Read More ›

Israeli minister due in Turkey as rapprochement warms up

Israeli minister due in Turkey as rapprochement warms up

Energy Minister Steinitz to attend World Energy Congress in Istanbul; unclear if he will meet with his Turkish counterpart   ISTANBUL — A senior Israeli… Read More ›

Israeli authorities face questions over failure to thwart Jerusalem terrorist

Israeli authorities face questions over failure to thwart Jerusalem terrorist

Killer was supposed to be in prison for assaulting officer, had served time, and was reportedly detained five times in past two weeks   As… Read More ›

After deadly terror attack, police chief urges ‘return to normal’

After deadly terror attack, police chief urges ‘return to normal’

Roni Alsheikh hails resilience of Jerusalemites, assures residents law enforcement is ‘densely’ deployed in capital   Israel Police Commissioner Roni Alsheikh on Sunday urged Jerusalemites… Read More ›

Abbas’s Fatah party honors Jerusalem killer as ‘martyr’

Abbas’s Fatah party honors Jerusalem killer as ‘martyr’

PA leader’s faction declares day of mourning for terrorist who shot dead two Israelis; Hamas leader congratulates his parents in phone call   The political… Read More ›

Lieberman calls for boycotting Joint List

Lieberman calls for boycotting Joint List

Campaign to boycott Knesset speeches by members of the Joint List following their refusal to partake in Shimon Peres’s funeral approved by Prime Minister Netanyahu;… Read More ›

Shaked’s ‘Jewish revolution’ raises MK uproar

Shaked’s ‘Jewish revolution’ raises MK uproar

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Bayit Yehudi)recently laid down her vision for a libertarian, hands-off government and judicial system over the weekend, arousing respect but also… Read More ›

Sara Netanyahu’s appeal rejected

Sara Netanyahu’s appeal rejected

Like an earlier ruling by the same court for a different employee, the court ruled that she had no basis to appeal.   The National… Read More ›

Activists in Jerusalem insist Trump still fit to be President

Activists in Jerusalem insist Trump still fit to be President

Perhaps unsurprisingly, there were no women among the volunteers, although several women passing by expressed their opposition to Trump and the campaign stand itself.  … Read More ›

Bennett: Pardon Hebron shooter immediately if found guilty

Bennett: Pardon Hebron shooter immediately if found guilty

Leader of nationalist Jewish Home party says Elor Azaria ‘shouldn’t sit a single day in prison’ for killing disarmed Palestinian assailant   Jewish Home party… Read More ›