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Israel – Over Half Of Religious-Zionist Women Want Female Halachic Adviser

Israel – Over Half Of Religious-Zionist Women Want Female Halachic Adviser

Israel – More than half of religious-Zionist women would like a female spiritual leader in their community with whom they could consult on matters of… Read More ›

Clinton to Netanyahu: I’ll oppose any outside solution to conflict

Clinton to Netanyahu: I’ll oppose any outside solution to conflict

At NY meeting with Israel’s PM, Democratic nominee vows to fight one-sided UN motions and BDS, seek further strengthening of defense ties Democratic presidential nominee… Read More ›

Trump to Netanyahu: If I’m president, I’ll recognize undivided Jerusalem

Trump to Netanyahu: If I’m president, I’ll recognize undivided Jerusalem

Prime minister meets Republican candidate at his Manhattan office, will sit down with Hillary Clinton later Sunday Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Prime Minister… Read More ›

Happy Rosh Hashanah: data finds 186,923 babies born over last Jewish year

Happy Rosh Hashanah: data finds 186,923 babies born over last Jewish year

The Population Immigration and Border Authority issued new data regarding the general Israeli public; In addition to the number of bouncing babies born in Israel,… Read More ›

Jewish officials briefed on terror threats ahead of High Holy Days

Jewish officials briefed on terror threats ahead of High Holy Days

Jewish institutions urged to keep up morale in the face of recent attacks in the US.   WASHINGTON – In a pre-Rosh Hashanah briefing, Jewish community… Read More ›

Study shows US Jewish votes could play decisive role in swing states

Study shows US Jewish votes could play decisive role in swing states

Unprecedented state-by-state research indicates Jews are mostly Democrats, not necessarily ‘liberal,’ could swing election in a tight race   BOSTON (JTA) — A new study,… Read More ›

Berlin – Holocaust Survivor Max Mannheimer Dies In Germany At Age 96

Berlin – Holocaust Survivor Max Mannheimer Dies In Germany At Age 96

Berlin –  Holocaust survivor Max Mannheimer, who dedicated his life in post-war Germany to fighting anti-Semitism, has died. He was 96. German Chancellor Angela Merkel… Read More ›

Trump adviser: Israel can annex West Bank and remain Jewish

Trump adviser: Israel can annex West Bank and remain Jewish

David Friedman claims Israel would remain 65% Jewish even if it assimilated Palestinians in Judea and Samaria; official numbers tell a different story   Republican… Read More ›

Only 30% of Israelis think police treats everyone equally

Only 30% of Israelis think police treats everyone equally

A Central Bureau of Statistics survey shows that public trust in the law enforcement establishment is low, with just 39% of Israelis holding a positive… Read More ›

TV presenter attacked in Mea Shearim

TV presenter attacked in Mea Shearim

Hila Korach came to film a segment in the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood and was attacked by youths. Korach claims she and her crew were surrounded,… Read More ›

Alternative wedding revolution underway in Israel

Alternative wedding revolution underway in Israel

A real drama is taking place under the Chief Rabbinate’s radar, as a secret movement of private halachic marriages is coming out of the shadows… Read More ›

First Israeli New York assemblywoman will continue to fight boycotts and antisemitism

First Israeli New York assemblywoman will continue to fight boycotts and antisemitism

Rozic proudly keeps an Israeli flag at her desk in the assembly, but her connection is not just symbolic.   NEW YORK – When NY… Read More ›

PA official: Netanyahu’s invitation to address Knesset ‘bluff’

PA official: Netanyahu’s invitation to address Knesset ‘bluff’

In apparent rejection of overtures, Palestinian source says PM’s address was ‘predictable’ and aimed at Israelis   A Palestinian Authority official late Thursday dismissed an… Read More ›

NY bombing suspect’s Orthodox neighbors seem resigned to backyard terror

NY bombing suspect’s Orthodox neighbors seem resigned to backyard terror

Another attack is not far off, say Jews of Elizabeth, New Jersey, with some comparing spate of attacks to situation in Israel   ELIZABETH, New… Read More ›

Palestinian President Abbas calls to return to 1947 Partition lines

Palestinian President Abbas calls to return to 1947 Partition lines

Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Abbas asserted that Israel should return land conquered in the 1948 War of Independence, and called on the UK… Read More ›

The battle for Susya

The battle for Susya

The Land of Israel Caucus is mounting a campaign to convince the gov’t to uphold High Court’s decision to demolish the illegally-built Palestinian village; Palestinians… Read More ›

Arab-Israelis and elite IDF unit partner to promote new start-ups

Arab-Israelis and elite IDF unit partner to promote new start-ups

Arab-Israelis are also often geographically isolated from the center of Israel’s startup culture – Tel Aviv – and lack the essential contacts most Jewish- Israelis… Read More ›

3D tech proves Hebrew Bible ‘unchanged for 2000 years’

3D tech proves Hebrew Bible ‘unchanged for 2000 years’

Digital analysis of X ray scan allows researchers to ‘read’ ancient, charred Ein Gedi scroll too fragile to unwrap   JERUSALEM (AP) — The charred… Read More ›

Analysis: Six takeaways from another smiling display of mutual Obama-Netanyahu frustration

Analysis: Six takeaways from another smiling display of mutual Obama-Netanyahu frustration

Netanyahu hails ‘Barack,’ as Obama hails Shimon Peres; Netanyahu focuses on ‘unremitting fanaticism,’ while Obama worries about settlements   There were smiles and handshakes and… Read More ›

Analysis : Why Netanyahu remains unfazed by Obama’s settlement critique

Analysis : Why Netanyahu remains unfazed by Obama’s settlement critique

PM believes that in the conflict, as in the Mideast as a whole, circumstances are inclined to change. And time, he is convinced, is on… Read More ›