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Zionist Union MK warns Europe against letting in terrorism

Zionist Union MK warns Europe against letting in terrorism

“There is no doubt that the recent flood of refugees to Europe can be manipulated by terrorist organizations,” says Hilik Bar.   Europe must take… Read More ›

Medical inequalities noted between the Center and the Periphery

Medical inequalities noted between the Center and the Periphery

A new Ministry of Health report shows immense differences in the quality of medical care between the periphery regions of Israel and the Center; minister… Read More ›

Orthodox band’s family men defy stereotypes to rock out

Orthodox band’s family men defy stereotypes to rock out

Combining hip-hop talent with a love of Torah, Ramat Beit Shemesh band Shtar shows things in Israel aren’t as black and white as its members’… Read More ›

New Jersey – Cleaning Woman Arrested For Stealing Jewelry From Jewish Family In Lakewood

New Jersey – Cleaning Woman Arrested For Stealing Jewelry From Jewish Family In Lakewood

New Jersey – The Lakewood Police Department is asking homeowners to check their valuables after a 31 year old Toms River resident was found to… Read More ›

Israel’s responsible adult

Israel’s responsible adult

Op-ed: The muezzin’s call for prayer is a nuisance that has to be taken care of, but this matter can be handled through an understanding… Read More ›

Keith Ellison vows to resign House seat to lead Democratic party

Keith Ellison vows to resign House seat to lead Democratic party

Minnesota congressman removes one of the key internal objections to his bid for DNC chair, but criticism on his Israel record and past ties to… Read More ›

Palestinians urge security council session over bill to legalize outposts

Palestinians urge security council session over bill to legalize outposts

“You can’t legalize a crime,”says Raji Sourani, director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.   Palestinian leaders reacted angrily Tuesday to the Knesset’s passage on… Read More ›

Haredim boycott speech of slain girl’s father

Haredim boycott speech of slain girl’s father

Haredim refuse to attend a speech given by Uri Banki, father of Shira Banki, who was murdered by Yishai Schlissel at the Jerusalem LGBT Pride… Read More ›

ANALYSIS: In opposing Obama, Netanyahu played a risky hand — and won

ANALYSIS: In opposing Obama, Netanyahu played a risky hand — and won

Six weeks before Inauguration Day, doomsday predictions about shattered relations and the outgoing president’s wrath striking Israel at the Security Council appear to have been… Read More ›

Bennett: Netanyahu must tell Trump what Israel wants as settlement in region

Bennett: Netanyahu must tell Trump what Israel wants as settlement in region

There is no freedom of religion for Jews in Israel, says Lapid.   Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid on Monday lamented the delay in implementing… Read More ›

Today’s counter-culture Millennials increasingly turn off, tune in, and go analog, says author

Today’s counter-culture Millennials increasingly turn off, tune in, and go analog, says author

In new book, David Sax reports on comeback of real things and explains why it matters to people of all ages   When author David… Read More ›

Brooklyn, NY – Sassoon Children To Be Memorialized In Flatbush Family Center

Brooklyn, NY – Sassoon Children To Be Memorialized In Flatbush Family Center

  Brooklyn, NY – Almost two years after losing seven of her eight children to a catastrophic fire caused by a faulty hotplate, Gayle Sassoon… Read More ›

Dutch police nab several jihadists who plotted synagogue attack

Dutch police nab several jihadists who plotted synagogue attack

Two main suspects and additional accomplices had planned to attack the synagogue in Amsterdam last year.   AMSTERDAM – Dutch police arrested several suspects in… Read More ›

Austria’s Nazi past encroaches on election campaign

Austria’s Nazi past encroaches on election campaign

As elections in Austria approach Sunday, politicians are superimposing rivals’ faces onto likenesses of Adolf Hitler; Austria has only come to terms with its Nazi… Read More ›

Kurdistan in Iraq commemorates Jewish history

Kurdistan in Iraq commemorates Jewish history

Regional gov’t hosts event for second year recalling Iraq’s discrimination against Jews in 1940s.   “Kurdistan has always believed in living peacefully and with respect… Read More ›

The anti-Zionist right

The anti-Zionist right

Op-ed: Instead of having the state’s best interest in mind, Likud Knesset members are insisting on enacting damaging laws in order to gather a few… Read More ›

When a Muslim MK beseeched Israel to fund a Moroccan synagogue

When a Muslim MK beseeched Israel to fund a Moroccan synagogue

In impassioned plea, Zouheir Bahloul says Jewish state has ‘duty’ to support upkeep of holy places abroad, but local Jewish community ‘surprised’ by request, says… Read More ›

Jewish Democrats cry hypocrisy over US general’s Israel remarks

Jewish Democrats cry hypocrisy over US general’s Israel remarks

Gen. James Mattis, contender for Trump’s defense secretary, said settlements could lead to ‘apartheid.’   WASHINGTON – After defending US President Barack Obama’s credentials on… Read More ›

Top US firefighters ‘dropped everything’ to help Israel battle the blazes

Top US firefighters ‘dropped everything’ to help Israel battle the blazes

39 firefighters, mostly not Jewish, answered Israel’s call for help through the Emergency Volunteers Project   TEL AVIV (JTA) — Call them Israel’s American volunteer… Read More ›

Israeli Jews of Iraqi descent meet Abbas in Ramallah

Israeli Jews of Iraqi descent meet Abbas in Ramallah

“The hostility must end, and we want people to live in peace with everyone, whether [Mizrahi] or Ashkenazi,” Abbas remarks, adding, “We will one day… Read More ›