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For 41% of UK Jews, faith is an issue in the workplace

For 41% of UK Jews, faith is an issue in the workplace

According to survey by UK chief rabbi’s Shabbat initiative.   For out of 10 British Jews feel that their faith has been an issue in… Read More ›

Hillary Clinton becomes first woman on cover of popular haredi magazine

Hillary Clinton becomes first woman on cover of popular haredi magazine

Though the image is distorted, the photo is still significant since it does not publish pictures of women.   The Orthodox Jewish weekly Mishpacha has put… Read More ›

Documents missing from Duma attack investigation

Documents missing from Duma attack investigation

Defense charges that missing documents would shed light on material that Shin Bet (Israeli Security Agency) investigators gave the court before issuing indictment against the… Read More ›

London college criticized for lax response to violent anti-Israel protest

London college criticized for lax response to violent anti-Israel protest

Pro-Palestinian protestors trapped Jewish students in a lecture hall where an Israeli guest was speaking.   The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America… Read More ›

A torn Jewish community in the Lone Star State

A torn Jewish community in the Lone Star State

Texas’s small but politically active Republican-Jewish community has remained largely inactive this year at the presidential level.   WASHINGTON – No greater electoral stronghold exists… Read More ›

US Jewish camp chided for posting promotional IDF-like training video

US Jewish camp chided for posting promotional IDF-like training video

“I am completely shocked that there are Israelis involved in this who think this is about pride and not a profound insult to the service… Read More ›

Few Republican Jewish Coalition leaders open wallets for Trump

Few Republican Jewish Coalition leaders open wallets for Trump

Just 9 out of group’s 55 members on board of directors have donated to nominee’s campaign   NEW YORK (JTA) — The Republican Jewish Coalition… Read More ›

HBO refuses comment on status of Ari Shavit book documentary

HBO refuses comment on status of Ari Shavit book documentary

“I am ashamed of the mistakes I made with regards to people in general and women in particular.”   HBO is not discussing the status… Read More ›

Israel to build new settler homes in Shiloh, despite US objections

Israel to build new settler homes in Shiloh, despite US objections

US: “This settlement’s location deep in the West Bank… would link a string of outposts that effectively divide the West Bank and make the possibility… Read More ›

Incoming UNHRC less stacked against Israel than outgoing one

Incoming UNHRC less stacked against Israel than outgoing one

The biggest plus for Israel on the new council is the US, returning to the council following a mandatory one-year absence after serving two consecutive… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel High Court: Haredi Parties Must Explain Why Women Are Banned From Party Lists

Jerusalem – Israel High Court: Haredi Parties Must Explain Why Women Are Banned From Party Lists

  Jerusalem – The High Court of Justice has ordered haredi political parties United Torah Judaism and Shas, along with the Party Registrar, to explain… Read More ›

Alexander Levlovich’s murderer receives 9 years

Alexander Levlovich’s murderer receives 9 years

One year after the deadly attack, a minor involved in the death of Alexander Levlovich, whose name became synonymous with the inception of the wave… Read More ›

Political victory for Hezbollah expected in Lebanon election

Political victory for Hezbollah expected in Lebanon election

Aoun’s impending election is “a political victory for Hezbollah,” said Benedetta Berti, an analyst at the Institute for National Security Studies.   Lebanon is poised… Read More ›

UNHRC official: ‘Israel’s status at UN depends on ending the occupation’

UNHRC official: ‘Israel’s status at UN depends on ending the occupation’

“The UNHRC has been taken over by some of the worst human rights violators in the world, Israel said, adding “The council has long abandoned… Read More ›

Uzbek envoy says Israel will have more friends in Muslim states

Uzbek envoy says Israel will have more friends in Muslim states

One of the Jewish state’s longest serving ambassadors, Oybek Eshonov is proud of his country’s rich Jewish heritage.   Israeli politicians with Utopian fantasies about… Read More ›

New York – Long Tenured Rabbi Of Brooklyn Synagogue Passes Away at 87

New York – Long Tenured Rabbi Of Brooklyn Synagogue Passes Away at 87

Brooklyn, NY – A beloved Brooklyn rabbi who is reputed to have been the longest serving rabbi in Brooklyn at a single synagogue passed away… Read More ›

Bennett brings ‘Regulation Bill’ to a vote

Bennett brings ‘Regulation Bill’ to a vote

Bayit Yehudi Leader Naftali Bennett announces he will bring the bill, intended to allow Amona’s settlers to remain on the land, before the Knesset’s Constitution,… Read More ›

Top Jewish GOP donor: I don’t care who Trump kissed or didn’t kiss

Top Jewish GOP donor: I don’t care who Trump kissed or didn’t kiss

The self-described rational-centrist says this election is a battle of good and evil.   NEW YORK- Since a dozen women came forward in recent weeks… Read More ›

Right-wing politicians call to rescind Palestinian building permits in Area C

Right-wing politicians call to rescind Palestinian building permits in Area C

The security cabinet gave the approvals at an October 5 meeting. Its deliberations and decisions are generally kept secret, but on Thursday Haaretz reported on… Read More ›

Among Cleveland’s Orthodox voters, reluctance reigns

Among Cleveland’s Orthodox voters, reluctance reigns

Both candidates will draw votes from the community, but few sound enthusiastic when discussing the people who could be their next leader   JTA —… Read More ›