US again condemns Israeli settlements in West Bank
In an unusually strong statement, the State Department called plans to construct a ‘significant’ new settlement of up to 300 housing units and establish an… Read More ›
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Ateret Cohanim: There is “no force or coercion used in any circumstance – only free sale, free will and financial payments.” Ateret Cohanim, a… Read More ›
Jerusalem – Holocaust Survivor And World’s Oldest Man To Celebrate 113th Birthday With Bar Mitzvah In Israel
Jerusalem – The world’s oldest man, who turned 113th on Thursday, plans to mark his birthday by celebrating his bar mitzvah in the Israeli city… Read More ›
Nobel Prize winners in physics announced
A trio of scientists, one of them Jewish, were announced to be the winners of the 2016 Nobel prize in physics; their work deals with… Read More ›
Israel leading Europe in childhood obesity
The World Health Organization’s upcoming report on worldwide obesity has terrible data on Israel, which is only second to the USA for childhood obesity. An… Read More ›
Bank of Ireland shuts down anti-Israel BDS accounts
The termination of the pro-BDS group’s accounts took place in Ireland and Northern Ireland in late September according to the Irish news outlet RTÉ. … Read More ›
Hungarian Jews say government anti-migrant campaign ‘like Nazi propaganda’
Community members say public discourse on refugees has crossed line into hate speech as referendum results deal blow to populist PM Members of Hungary’s… Read More ›
Public deeply unhappy with Israel’s religious policies, study shows
Ultra-Orthodox grip on government over issues of religious freedom and equality rankles a clear majority of Israelis JERUSALEM (JTA) — The haredi Orthodox parties… Read More ›
Jordan defends Israel natural gas deal
Minister tells local TV that deal wouldn’t make Hashemite kingdom dependent on Jewish state, but would cut $600 million from energy bill Jordan on… Read More ›
Unusual start to new SCOTUS term: No arguments on Rosh Hashanah
Normally, the US Supreme Court begins its term on the first Monday in October, but this year, arguments will be delayed until Tuesday with three… Read More ›
Politics from the pulpit: A no-no for rabbis on Rosh Hashana?
As the 2016 presidential campaign has been at the center of many discussions and debates for over a year now, it is also likely to… Read More ›
Duterte spokesman tries to clarify Philippines leader’s Hitler remarks
The spokesman for Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte sought to clarify the leader’s controversial comparison of his war against suspected drug offenders to Adolf Hitler’s extermination… Read More ›
All-night prayers for forgiveness keeping up the locals
Selichot tours through the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem’s Old City before the High Holy Days are interfering with the residents’ sleep. All-night prayers for forgiveness,… Read More ›
Muscovite synagogue security guard seriously wounded by attacker
A man with a container of gasoline and a gun reportedly came to the Moscow Choral Synagogue and asked to meet with the chief rabbi;… Read More ›
Still no peace between Peres and Rabin
On one side, a decorated IDF chief of staff; on the other, an experienced politician; from day one to that fateful moment when three shots… Read More ›
Comment: The funeral of Shimon Peres as a snapshot of Jewish history
Before moving to Israel, Peres’s grandfather Rabbi Zvi Meltzer hugged him and said, “My child, be a Jew.” In August 1942, Shimon Peres’s grandfather… Read More ›
Fearing disturbances, police nab extremists ahead of Peres funeral
Several Jews and Arabs detained day before ceremony for late president Shimon Peres, though no specific threat mentioned; security upped for Abbas Police rounded… Read More ›
Clinton on Peres: ‘When he spoke, it could be like listening to a psalm’
On a Rosh Hashanah call with American Jewish leaders, Democratic candidate says she ‘made it clear’ to Netanyahu she’ll defend Israel WASHINGTON — Democratic… Read More ›
Israel, world leaders set to bury founding father Shimon Peres
Large parts of Jerusalem shuttered amid ‘unprecedented’ security measures as dignitaries from 70 nations gather to pay their respects Shimon Peres, Israel’s ninth president… Read More ›
The unmistakable dreamer, Shimon Peres
Op-ed: Many laud Shimon Peres’s limitless optimism, but behind this optimism hid a stubborn hope that the wisdom, the words and the effort would change… Read More ›
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