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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 ›

‘Tell us how you made Israel,’ the technological juggernaut

‘Tell us how you made Israel,’ the technological juggernaut

  Surrounded by an inhospitable mix of barren desert and malaria-ridden swampland, the fledgling State of Israel had little food with which to sustain its… Read More ›

‘Southern Israel is secure, but Hamas is getting ready’

‘Southern Israel is secure, but Hamas is getting ready’

Since the end of the 2014 war, the Eshkol region has experienced a population growth of around 8%, as new families move to the area.… Read More ›

Israelis believe Clinton will push them harder on peace, back her anyway — poll

Israelis believe Clinton will push them harder on peace, back her anyway — poll

Survey shows Israelis may have given up on peace, but not peace talks; Arab Israelis more optimistic than Jewish counterparts about state’s future   Last… Read More ›

Posters in Mea Shearim ask women to avoid main street

Posters in Mea Shearim ask women to avoid main street

After the High Court of Justice banned the use of partitions on public streets of the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood, pashkevils were posted telling women to… Read More ›

Mossad listened in on Arab states’ preparations for Six-Day War

Mossad listened in on Arab states’ preparations for Six-Day War

King Hassan II of Morocco, who didn’t trust his guests from the Arab League, secretly recorded the discussions at a 1965 summit. It was the… Read More ›

UK parliamentary report slams Labour’s ‘failure’ to deal with anti-Semitism

UK parliamentary report slams Labour’s ‘failure’ to deal with anti-Semitism

Cross-party report charges Corbyn with “lack of consistent leadership” on issue.   A British cross-party report released Sunday accused the Labour party of consistently failing… Read More ›