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Playing the blame game

Playing the blame game

Op-ed: The question we should all be asking is not how the current train work crisis will be solved, but what the next battleground between… Read More ›

Dutch ex-PM: Netanyahu should be tried for war crimes

Dutch ex-PM: Netanyahu should be tried for war crimes

Van Agt said in 2012 that Jews should have had a state in Germany instead of the Land of Israel.   Former Dutch prime minister… Read More ›

‘Post’ poll: Majority backs Katz in dispute with PM over Shabbat work

‘Post’ poll: Majority backs Katz in dispute with PM over Shabbat work

Transportation minister still has job after train shutdown, but Netanyahu maintains threat to fire him amid turmoil with haredim.   Only a quarter of Israelis support… Read More ›

From matzo balls to footballs, two Jewish brothers recount their NFL journey

From matzo balls to footballs, two Jewish brothers recount their NFL journey

The lumbering linemen are as comfortable in the kitchen as they are on the field — not to mention badass at the bimah   KANSAS… Read More ›

Pro-Israel Dems who backed Iran deal feel the heat in 2016 races

Pro-Israel Dems who backed Iran deal feel the heat in 2016 races

Prominent supporters of Jewish state are being attacked for not ‘standing with Israel,’ while some in Jewish community warn against using the deal as a… Read More ›

Ultra-Orthodox press praises Netanyahu, criticizes Katz

Ultra-Orthodox press praises Netanyahu, criticizes Katz

The controversy over Shabbat work on train lines has led the ultra-Orthodox media in Israel to berate the transportation minister, who supported the Shabbat renovations,… Read More ›

Detroit – Trump Tells Black Churchgoers In Detroit Visit Is ‘To Learn’, Receives Hebrew Prayer Shawl

Detroit – Trump Tells Black Churchgoers In Detroit Visit Is ‘To Learn’, Receives Hebrew Prayer Shawl

  Detroit –  Donald Trump swayed to songs of worship, read scripture, and donned a Jewish prayer shawl Saturday during a visit to a predominantly… Read More ›

Opinion: Civil war on the horizon?

Opinion: Civil war on the horizon?

Pardo didn’t specify who his comments were aimed at, but it is safe to assume that he was referring to the settler movement.   Tamir… Read More ›

Bernie Sanders’ new movement endorses candidates with a range of Israel views

Bernie Sanders’ new movement endorses candidates with a range of Israel views

Our Revolution issues postures close to those of ex-presidential candidate, including a call on Israel to end settlement activity, blockade on Gaza   A Florida… Read More ›

Jews favor Clinton over Trump, 52-23 percent, new survey shows

Jews favor Clinton over Trump, 52-23 percent, new survey shows

Only religious group with stronger favorability ratings for Democratic nominee is Muslims, by 64% to 9%, Gallup poll says   WASHINGTON — Jewish voters favor… Read More ›

An Israeli and Palestinian win Student Oscars

An Israeli and Palestinian win Student Oscars

Israeli director Maya Sarfaty won the Student Academy Award for her documentary ‘the Most Beautiful Woman’; another winner in the Animation category was Ahmad Saleh,… Read More ›

Dani Dayan: The idea settlements are main obstacle to peace is ‘nonsense’

Dani Dayan: The idea settlements are main obstacle to peace is ‘nonsense’

Dayan: “I am a person who, if I may for a second take the diplomatic hat off, fully identifies with the current government. I don’t… Read More ›

British Jews laud success of appeal to help Syrian refugees

British Jews laud success of appeal to help Syrian refugees

World Jewish Relief raises £944,000 for migrants in Turkey, Greece.   Exactly one year after Britain’s World Jewish Relief launched an emergency appeal for refugees… Read More ›

School starts: Bennett stresses core, Zionism

School starts: Bennett stresses core, Zionism

Overcrowding in classes, socioeconomic and sectorial gaps, poor student performance – these are only a few of the many problems facing the education system.  … Read More ›

Why Tel Aviv is so crazy about dogs

Why Tel Aviv is so crazy about dogs

Kelaviv dog festival displays high-tech and boutique products for pooches, highlights city’s canine charms   JTA — It’s not every day you see a dog… Read More ›

School strikes feared just hours before children return from summer holidays

School strikes feared just hours before children return from summer holidays

Education Minister Naftali Bennett faces mounting pressure over numerous threats of strikes across Israel; reasons range from failure to pay teachers’ salaries to shortage of… Read More ›

Celebrating Kedumim’s 40th, Bennett calls to annex Area C

Celebrating Kedumim’s 40th, Bennett calls to annex Area C

He told the thousands of people that he imagined how in a few short years he would be able to state: “We promised the imposition… Read More ›

Anti-immigrant and white supremacist, maybe. But is the alt-right anti-Semitic?

Anti-immigrant and white supremacist, maybe. But is the alt-right anti-Semitic?

Analysis: The movement is nudging its way into the American mainstream as it attaches itself to Trump’s success, and while some of its followers are… Read More ›

Howell, NJ – Good Samaritans Rescue Lakewood Baby Left In Parked Car While Orthodox Jewish Mom Shopped

Howell, NJ – Good Samaritans Rescue Lakewood Baby Left In Parked Car While Orthodox Jewish Mom Shopped

  Howell, NJ – A Orthodox Jewish woman was arrested Tuesday after allegedly leaving her infant in the car for more than half an hour… Read More ›

Who’s afraid of the Jewish state?

Who’s afraid of the Jewish state?

Op-ed: Many Israelis support the demand that the Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state; but why aren’t we demanding the same from our own… Read More ›