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A Bridge Too Far: Peres’s grand vision for the Middle East

A Bridge Too Far: Peres’s grand vision for the Middle East

The limits of the Zionist revolution, which the younger Shimon Peres repeatedly stretched, humbled him in his quest for a New Middle East.   The… Read More ›

Israeli embassy says antisemitic German teacher incites hate

Israeli embassy says antisemitic German teacher incites hate

BDS Berlin activists urged customers in front of the Berlin department store, Galeria Kaufhof, to boycott Israeli products.   Israel’s embassy in the German capital… Read More ›

35-year-old Jewish Dem’s surprise challenge in Missouri could determine Senate control

35-year-old Jewish Dem’s surprise challenge in Missouri could determine Senate control

Jason Kander, former Army captain, calls Republican rival Sen. Roy Blunt a ‘Washington insider’ in battle shaped by presidential race   KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP)… Read More ›

Another UNESCO panel to vote on text erasing Jewish ties to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount

Another UNESCO panel to vote on text erasing Jewish ties to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount

Agency’s World Heritage Committee set on Wednesday to approve resolution that makes no mention of Jewish or Christian links to holy city   Just a… Read More ›

Italian PM says he’ll seek to change EU minds on future UN votes

Italian PM says he’ll seek to change EU minds on future UN votes

In phone call, Netanyahu thanks Matteo Renzi for criticizing UNESCO resolution on Jerusalem, says self-respecting nations should avoid ‘theater of absurd’ at world body  … Read More ›

Visiting parliamentarian rejects UNESCO’s Jerusalem vote

Visiting parliamentarian rejects UNESCO’s Jerusalem vote

In a resolution they issued from Jerusalem on Tuesday said that the resolution seeks “to deny Jerusalem’s Jewish origins and Christian beliefs and heritage.”  … Read More ›

More than 250 women rabbis sign letter condemning Trump ‘hate speech’

More than 250 women rabbis sign letter condemning Trump ‘hate speech’

GOP nominee’s ‘concept of the human person and the human body’ is incompatible with Judaism’s teachings, say spiritual leaders   WASHINGTON — More than 250… Read More ›

The final debate: RBG, Soros and Iran lost amid concession outrage

The final debate: RBG, Soros and Iran lost amid concession outrage

Trump has taken flak from commentators for invoking, in a sinister way, prominent Jewish figures   JTA – Donald Trump wants to keep us in… Read More ›

TA roads temporarily close Friday as city bike race gets underway

TA roads temporarily close Friday as city bike race gets underway

For the eighth year, roads will be closed from the early hours of Friday morning as thousands of cyclists ride the streets of Tel Aviv… Read More ›

Protestors in Amona: They’ll need to drag us from our homes

Protestors in Amona: They’ll need to drag us from our homes

Thousands take part in a protest rally against the evacuation of the West Bank outpost of Amona, due to take place in two months; Deputy… Read More ›

Importance of undecided Jewish voters dwindles as White House race widens

Importance of undecided Jewish voters dwindles as White House race widens

Private polling firms have not surveyed the American Jewish community – either nationwide or on a state-by-state basis – since the end of the summer.… Read More ›

Clinton more reliable for Israel than Trump– and Obama, Lieberman says

Clinton more reliable for Israel than Trump– and Obama, Lieberman says

Clinton’s consistency on Israel over the course of her lifelong career in public service is at the heart of Lieberman’s pitch to voters.   NEW… Read More ›

Trump, Pence to give video addresses at GOP rally in Jerusalem

Trump, Pence to give video addresses at GOP rally in Jerusalem

Duo at top of Republican ticket to appear via satellite at gathering near Temple Mount that will highlight unity of the city   Donald Trump… Read More ›

ADL: US elections driving antisemitic harassment online against journalists

ADL: US elections driving antisemitic harassment online against journalists

Disproportionate number of abusers are Trump backers.   Online antisemitism against journalists has risen over the past year, and has been driven by rhetoric in… Read More ›

Boy named Daud swallows Star of David, saved by doctors

Boy named Daud swallows Star of David, saved by doctors

Six-year-old Daud from Rahat in southern Israel was playing with a small piece of jewelry in his home, and accidentally swallowed it; he was taken… Read More ›

Europeans ignoring antisemitism at their peril, says EU human rights commissioner

Europeans ignoring antisemitism at their peril, says EU human rights commissioner

“The hate that begins with Jews never ends with Jews.”   The Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights Nils Muižnieks delivered an urgent call… Read More ›

Harlem’s new Jewish renaissance

Harlem’s new Jewish renaissance

With prices rising around the city, there’s a return to a neighborhood that once boasted one of the largest Jewish communities in New York —… Read More ›

Austrian government to demolish house of Hitler’s birth

Austrian government to demolish house of Hitler’s birth

Though the plan must be formalized by the parliament, the Interior Ministry has announced the plans to eliminate the property’s significance for neo-Nazis as a… Read More ›

Altalena memorial to be redesigned and reopened

Altalena memorial to be redesigned and reopened

The new model, which will be unveiled on October 27th in a government ceremony, is set to commemorate the 16 Irgun fighters who were killed… Read More ›

Don’t quit over Jerusalem vote, Israel tells Mexico’s Jewish UNESCO envoy

Don’t quit over Jerusalem vote, Israel tells Mexico’s Jewish UNESCO envoy

Carmel Shama HaCohen praises Andres Roemer for walkout over his country’s support for anti-Israel resolution, but urges him to rethink ‘premature’ resignation   Israel’s ambassador… Read More ›