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Appointed IDF chief rabbi to High Court: ‘I never said it’s okay to rape’

Appointed IDF chief rabbi to High Court: ‘I never said it’s okay to rape’

In response to halting his appointment to chief rabbi of the IDF, Rabbi Eyal Karim issues an affidavit to the High Court, saying, ‘One must… Read More ›

Jewish Trump voters are ready for their party to get started

Jewish Trump voters are ready for their party to get started

After tough, divisive campaign — and with 75% of their fellow American Jews voting the other way — those who voted for the brash billionaire… Read More ›

Israel against using term ‘Polish death camps’

Israel against using term ‘Polish death camps’

Israeli-Polish governments hold joint meeting in capital.   Israel is opposed to the use of the term “Polish death camps” to describe the Nazi concentration… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israeli Museum Concert Shows Holocaust’s Lesser Known Legacy

Jerusalem – Israeli Museum Concert Shows Holocaust’s Lesser Known Legacy

  Jerusalem – For the first time in Yad Vashem’s 63-year history, live music echoed through the halls of Israel’s national Holocaust memorial in a… Read More ›

On Poland trip seeking roots, Canadian actor finds wife and new life

On Poland trip seeking roots, Canadian actor finds wife and new life

Michael Rubenfeld makes theater piece from quest to repair difficult relations with his second-generation Holocaust survivor mother   Michael Rubenfeld grew up in Winnipeg, Canada,… Read More ›

Bannon rejects, and supplies ammunition to, those who label him anti-Semitic

Bannon rejects, and supplies ammunition to, those who label him anti-Semitic

In first series of interviews since accepting top White House role, Trump’s chief strategist continues to advance ‘globalist’ conspiracy theories that echo anti-Semitic libels  … Read More ›

Polish ambassador lauds Warsaw’s ties with Jerusalem

Polish ambassador lauds Warsaw’s ties with Jerusalem

Envoy also highlights Jewish renaissance in Poland: “It’s a phenomenon which you will not find anywhere else in Europe.”   Less than a week before… Read More ›

US Jews grapple with election-year eruption of anti-Semitism

US Jews grapple with election-year eruption of anti-Semitism

After Trump’s election, donations to ADL jump 50-fold, while many Jews express anxiety over spike in anti-Jewish vitriol and abuse   NEW YORK (AP) —… Read More ›

Sanders demands Trump drop far-right adviser Bannon

Sanders demands Trump drop far-right adviser Bannon

Vermont senator says appointment of ‘racist individual’ totally ‘unacceptable’; Elizabeth Warren co-authors letter to financial industry calling for denunciation of Trump’s new chief strategist  … Read More ›

Cape Town – One Million Jews In Over 1,000 Cities Take Part In Global Shabbat Project

Cape Town – One Million Jews In Over 1,000 Cities Take Part In Global Shabbat Project

  Cape Town – This year’s global Shabbat Project encompassed 1,150 cities in 94 countries around the world, drawing a record number of participants as… Read More ›

When Israel banned Nazi-inspired ‘Stalag’ porn

When Israel banned Nazi-inspired ‘Stalag’ porn

As the Knesset prepares a bill to ‘filter’ Internet pornography, a peek at the Jewish state’s 1963 show-down with Holocaust-infused comics   To view the… Read More ›

Settler leaders to Lieberman: Government that freezes settlement construction will fall

Settler leaders to Lieberman: Government that freezes settlement construction will fall

Samaria regional council leader Yossi Dagan calls on the defense minister to renounce his assertion that Israel should only build in the major settlement blocs;… Read More ›

Jerusalem Municipality orders demolition of 14 illegal Arab homes

Jerusalem Municipality orders demolition of 14 illegal Arab homes

Order follows High Court’s Amona ruling; Move would displace 40 families.   Following the High Court’s ruling on Amona, the Jerusalem Municipality has approved the immediate… Read More ›

Netanyahu calls on Obama not to back any new peace moves as term ends

Netanyahu calls on Obama not to back any new peace moves as term ends

PM tells US Jewish leaders he hopes outgoing president will stick to policy of leaving resolution of conflict up to Israelis, Palestinians   WASHINGTON —… Read More ›

Jews, Muslims unite to fight impact of campaign rhetoric

Jews, Muslims unite to fight impact of campaign rhetoric

“What’s happened as a result of the poisonous atmosphere that Trump has created is that American Muslims are desperate for allies.”   NEW YORK –… Read More ›

Jews, Muslims ramp up alliances in wake of Trump’s election

Jews, Muslims ramp up alliances in wake of Trump’s election

Religious groups come together to fight for shared domestic concerns after upset victory of president-elect   JTA — For years, whenever Jews and Muslims engaged… Read More ›

Mensch on the bench: Israel to play in World Baseball Classic

Mensch on the bench: Israel to play in World Baseball Classic

For the first time ever, Israel will play in the 2017 World Baseball Classic after defeating the United Kingdom in September; with players and coaches… Read More ›

State Attorney insists on upholding High Court Amona ruling

State Attorney insists on upholding High Court Amona ruling

Hours after the High Court rejects a state request to delay evacuation of Amona settlement, State Attorney Mandelblit criticizes government’s attempt to pass the Regulations… Read More ›

Residents of Amona should not have to pay for state’s mistakes

Residents of Amona should not have to pay for state’s mistakes

Op-ed: Settler leaders are responsible for the Amona failure too, but it was the state’s messengers who were involved in the construction and development of… Read More ›

Human Rights Watch founder: Trump win encouraging European anti-Semites

Human Rights Watch founder: Trump win encouraging European anti-Semites

Trump, a Republican who defeated Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the Nov. 8 election, fought allegations during the campaign of encouraging racism and xenophobia.  … Read More ›