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Analysis: No matter who wins, the Jews lost this election

Analysis: No matter who wins, the Jews lost this election

This election has clearly unsettled no small number of Jews in the U.S., and a share of those watching it unfold from abroad, as well.… Read More ›

How key US Senate races are shaping up for Israel

How key US Senate races are shaping up for Israel

A number of important US Senate races are also up for grabs, and they could have a huge impact on the Jewish community in general… Read More ›

Erdan admits government discriminates against Jews on Temple Mount

Erdan admits government discriminates against Jews on Temple Mount

Public security minister says their safety comes first.   The government discriminates against Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount out of concern for their safety,… Read More ›

Anti-Semitism unleashed by Trump followers chills Jewish voters

Anti-Semitism unleashed by Trump followers chills Jewish voters

For many Americans who thought bigotry and prejudice against Jews were ailments of the distant past, the 2016 race has been a bitter wake-up call… Read More ›

Amos Oz presents prize to Breaking the Silence

Amos Oz presents prize to Breaking the Silence

At an award ceremony at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Breaking the Silence was awarded an alternative cash prize after being denied the Berelson Prize… Read More ›

I don’t think I can live through four years of Trump’s America’

I don’t think I can live through four years of Trump’s America’

Will a Republican win on Tuesday see mass aliya?   As the 2016 US presidential election campaigns have gotten increasingly grisly, talk of Americans seeking… Read More ›

Nissenkorn will not interfere with gov’t decision on public broadcasting

Nissenkorn will not interfere with gov’t decision on public broadcasting

Which of the two Israeli broadcasting entities will go, which will stay or will they merge.   After threatening last week to call a national… Read More ›

Canadian Jews press government to accept Yazidi refugees

Canadian Jews press government to accept Yazidi refugees

Yazidi families fleeing IS brutality are being privately sponsored by Jewish donors to come to Canada   In June, the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, Manitoba,… Read More ›

Senior MK says he’ll bring up UNESCO vote with Russians

Senior MK says he’ll bring up UNESCO vote with Russians

Avi Dichter leading Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee delegation to Moscow to mark 25 years of diplomatic ties   The chairman of the Foreign Affairs… Read More ›

Trump campaign fires back at ADL over ad criticized for anti-Semitic tones

Trump campaign fires back at ADL over ad criticized for anti-Semitic tones

Spokesman for GOP nominee accuses anti-hate group of playing partisan politics, says it should focus on ‘real anti-Semitism and hatred’   WASHINGTON — The Trump… Read More ›

Comptroller report sheds light on failures to retrieve Holocaust survivor’s property

Comptroller report sheds light on failures to retrieve Holocaust survivor’s property

The report shows that just 15% of the assets found to have been taken from Holocaust survivors were returned to their owners by the Hashava… Read More ›

Why the Jewish vote is so important to US presidential candidates

Why the Jewish vote is so important to US presidential candidates

50% of the financial donations to the Democratic Party and 25% of those to Republicans come from Jews. Ten US senators are Jewish, as are… Read More ›

Clinton aide: ‘Florida is going to be a 1% state’

Clinton aide: ‘Florida is going to be a 1% state’

Clinton’s Jewish director to ‘Post’: We need everyone to go out and vote.   WASHINGTON – The Clinton campaign is suffering from nightmares over the… Read More ›

Friends of the IDF gala raises $38 million for soldiers

Friends of the IDF gala raises $38 million for soldiers

Hosted by Israeli-American business mogul Haim Saban and his wife, the FIDF gala saw celebrities and well known Jewish philanthropists donate millions to help IDF… Read More ›

Birthright participant saves Israeli woman’s life

Birthright participant saves Israeli woman’s life

After putting his bone marrow on a national registry, New Yorker Peter Schottenfeld was called upon to save the life of Israeli Eti Brazilai; two… Read More ›

Is the Israeli educational system failing haredi students?

Is the Israeli educational system failing haredi students?

Tens of thousands of men, educated in the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) system, are not taught English or math past the fourth-grade level.   Like many bright… Read More ›

A look at Cuba’s dwindling Jewish community

A look at Cuba’s dwindling Jewish community

At its height, Cuba was home to roughly 20,000 Jews. Now that number teeters around 1,000, depending on whom you ask.   From afar, these… Read More ›

Pro-Israel European alliance prepares to fight massive anti-Israel campaign in 2017

Pro-Israel European alliance prepares to fight massive anti-Israel campaign in 2017

Swiss MP warns that Israel will be “maligned as an apartheid state.”   A European organization dedicated to rallying support for Israel announced Thursday it… Read More ›

Was Moses tripping when he saw the burning bush? Should you try?

Was Moses tripping when he saw the burning bush? Should you try?

A growing number of Jews are using psychedelics to reach spiritual highs, and you might be surprised to learn some Orthodox don’t frown upon the… Read More ›

3 Palestinians arrested for Molotov cocktail attack

3 Palestinians arrested for Molotov cocktail attack

In a joint arrest operation between the Shin Bet, IDF and Israel Police, three Palestinians are arrested for a 2015 Molotov cocktail attack that injured… Read More ›