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New York – Starbucks Cholov Yisroel Test In Ten Stores Greeted With Enthusiasm

New York – Starbucks Cholov Yisroel Test In Ten Stores Greeted With Enthusiasm

New York – Ten days after the changeover to exclusively cholov yisroel products at ten Starbucks locations in the metropolitan New York area, stores are… Read More ›

Zionism didn’t cause the Farhud, Israel didn’t cause Sarona

Zionism didn’t cause the Farhud, Israel didn’t cause Sarona

Op-ed: 75 years later on, the motives behind the pogroms on Baghdad’s Jews are the same as the Sarona Market and Orlando attacks: murderous hatred;… Read More ›

Who owns the diary of Anne Frank?

Who owns the diary of Anne Frank?

On the occasion her 87th birthday, an update on the world’s latest commercial incarnations of the human face of Holocaust victims   BOSTON — World-renowned… Read More ›

United Nations – France: Israel’s Ban On Palestinians Could Escalate Violence

United Nations – France: Israel’s Ban On Palestinians Could Escalate Violence

  United Nations –  France’s foreign minister warned Friday that Israel’s ban on Palestinians entering its territory following the “abominable” attack on a popular cafe… Read More ›

Head of Jewish LGBTQ group fears for Muslims after attack

Head of Jewish LGBTQ group fears for Muslims after attack

Idit Klein, head of Keshet, says the first calls of solidarity after Orlando shooting came from Muslim leaders   The first calls and emails Idit… Read More ›

US Jewish groups call for unity after Orlando attack

US Jewish groups call for unity after Orlando attack

ADL links Orlando, Tel Aviv attacks, expresses concern over possible backlash against American Muslims   WASHINGTON – US Jewish groups called for national unity Sunday… Read More ›

From cottage cheese to Kahlon

From cottage cheese to Kahlon

Five years after Israel’s 2011 social protests, government policy hasn’t moved an inch, while consumerism and public discourse have managed to become more attuned to… Read More ›

UN: 2015 was most violent year in West Bank, Israel in the last decade

UN: 2015 was most violent year in West Bank, Israel in the last decade

  Last year saw the highest number of Palestinian and Israeli casualties in the West Bank and Israel since the UN began recording such data… Read More ›

MK Odeh slammed for asking UN to investigate Israel while working with Palestinian mission

MK Odeh slammed for asking UN to investigate Israel while working with Palestinian mission

Odeh said that “so long as Israel occupies another people it can’t be a true egalitarian democracy.”   NEW YORK – The Israeli mission to… Read More ›

Women of the Wall director arrested for smuggling Torah scroll to Kotel

Women of the Wall director arrested for smuggling Torah scroll to Kotel

Rabbi of Western Wall calls Lesley Sachs’s act a “provocation” and “desecration of God;” Reform movement: Majority of Jews in Israel and Diaspora stand with… Read More ›

Fear of terrorism leads young Paris Jews to parlor games

Fear of terrorism leads young Paris Jews to parlor games

Moishe Houses have become a lifeline for Jewish residents seeking social gatherings in a safe place   PARIS (JTA) — When David Harroch moved from… Read More ›

Ancient ‘Freedom of Zion’ coins from the Maccabean Period found in Modi’in

Ancient ‘Freedom of Zion’ coins from the Maccabean Period found in Modi’in

An archeological excavation uncovered a treasure of coins and a manor from the Maccabean period; the site also found evidence that points to the inhabitants’… Read More ›

Analysis: The terrorists who slipped through the net

Analysis: The terrorists who slipped through the net

Security forces are not able to stop every killer before he or she attacks.   A way from the spotlight, security forces have, in recent… Read More ›

UNIQUE PARTERNSHIP WITH ISRAEL CREATES NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTMENT IN PUERTO RICO

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Israeli paramedics organize food drive for Ramadan

Israeli paramedics organize food drive for Ramadan

Hundreds of meals donated to Magen David Adom as part of effort to provide meals to needy Muslim families during fast days of Ramadan; Modeled… Read More ›

Thousands of items belonging to Auschwitz victims newly uncovered

Thousands of items belonging to Auschwitz victims newly uncovered

Jewelry, cutlery, brushes among last belongings of Jews led to their death in Nazi camp in Poland during Holocaust   The Auschwitz museum said Tuesday… Read More ›

In Russian media blitz, PM warns Israel won’t let Iran open Golan front

In Russian media blitz, PM warns Israel won’t let Iran open Golan front

Ahead of Putin meeting, Netanyahu says Tehran cannot be allowed to use Hezbollah as a proxy to attack Jewish state   Israel will not let… Read More ›

Ties with Israel have never been closer, says Russian chief rabbi

Ties with Israel have never been closer, says Russian chief rabbi

Moscow and Jerusalem are both ‘snubbed’ by the world and have finally found each other, but there are risks, warns Berel Lazar   MOSCOW –… Read More ›

Undivided: Jerusalem by the numbers

Undivided: Jerusalem by the numbers

Op-ed: Forget the cliche’s. A quick look at the numbers clearly shows that East and West Jerusalem cannot be split from each other. The West… Read More ›

Senate holds hearing for bill to help Holocaust survivors recover looted art

Senate holds hearing for bill to help Holocaust survivors recover looted art

Actress Helen Mirren invokes film role in her DC testimony.   NEW YORK – The Senate Judiciary Committee heard on Tuesday arguments in favor of… Read More ›