World Jewish News

Red Army Jews in pre-war Soviet Union

Red Army Jews in pre-war Soviet Union

Yad Vashem’s Zeltser: To be a Soviet and a Jew was their natural state, they didn’t question it.   In the prewar period, Soviet Jews… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Haredim Demonstrate Over Arrest Of Draft-dodging Yeshiva Student

Jerusalem – Haredim Demonstrate Over Arrest Of Draft-dodging Yeshiva Student

Jerusalem – Several hundred young haredi men associated with an extremist haredi faction rioted on Sunday against the arrest of a yeshiva student caught by… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel Indicts Nuclear Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu

Jerusalem – Israel Indicts Nuclear Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu

  Jerusalem – Israel has indicted Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordecai Vanunu for meeting with American citizens in Jerusalem and violating other court-ordered restrictions. Vanunu is… Read More ›

Indigenous activist advocates for Israelis’ ‘Native’ rights

Indigenous activist advocates for Israelis’ ‘Native’ rights

A self-proclaimed Zionist, Alberta-based Ryan Bellerose urges Jews to unflinchingly maintain control and access over their ancestral lands   It’s time the world — and… Read More ›

Martin Luther King III awards Israeli activists

Martin Luther King III awards Israeli activists

Son of famed civil rights leader presented the 2016 Unsung Hero Award to three Israeli activists for their work on behalf of Ethiopian Jewish immigrants… Read More ›

After UN snub, terror victim’s husband speaks out

After UN snub, terror victim’s husband speaks out

Natan Meir writes strongly worded letter to Ban Ki Moon decrying lack of humanity at the Security Council after being ignored by every UN Security… Read More ›

Right-wing NGO threatens to sue Netanyahu over Palestinian incitement

Right-wing NGO threatens to sue Netanyahu over Palestinian incitement

Shurat Hadin has accused Israel of facilitating PA incitement to genocide against its own Jewish citizens.   Shurat Hadin – Israel Law Center on Sunday… Read More ›

Israel concerned about expected US settlement criticism

Israel concerned about expected US settlement criticism

New Quartet report will attack Israel’s West Bank policies.   The Quartet – the international entity charged with brokering peace between Israel and the Palestinians… Read More ›

Heroic mountain climber summits 10th tallest mountain

Heroic mountain climber summits 10th tallest mountain

Nadav Ben Yehuda, a holder of the Presidential Medal of Honor, has become the first Israeli to climb Annapurna 1 in Nepal, planting the flag… Read More ›

In new memoir, resolution of mother-daughter conflict is in the cards

In new memoir, resolution of mother-daughter conflict is in the cards

‘The Bridge Ladies’ draws attention to strong suits of Silent Generation’s Jewish women   They say you can’t go home again, but that’s exactly what… Read More ›

Ken Livingstone: ‘Creation of Israel was fundamentally wrong’

Ken Livingstone: ‘Creation of Israel was fundamentally wrong’

The former Labour mayor of London calls Israel a ‘mistake,’ argues there was no anti-Semitism in the Arab world until founding of the Jewish State… Read More ›

An Eilat renewal?

An Eilat renewal?

The numbers of foreign tourists flying into Eilat have dropped significantly in the past two decades. Will a new airport be enough to bring the… Read More ›

UN leader on PM’s invitation to Jewish history lesson: No thanks

UN leader on PM’s invitation to Jewish history lesson: No thanks

After Netanyahu offered a seminar for all UN personnel in Israel on the Jewish people’s historical connection with the land, their leader replied with a… Read More ›

‘Green Prince’ to speak at Jerusalem Post Conference in NY

‘Green Prince’ to speak at Jerusalem Post Conference in NY

Son of Hamas leader was made famous by 2014 documentary.   Mosab Hassan Yousef, known as “The Green Prince” after the award-winning documentary made about his… Read More ›

Erdan: ‘We have a broad government program to fight boycotts’

Erdan: ‘We have a broad government program to fight boycotts’

Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan has good news: The anti-Israel efforts are mostly failing.   • By LAHAV HARKOV Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan is… Read More ›

Netanyahu brought about Iran nuke deal, says ex-Mossad head in last interview

Netanyahu brought about Iran nuke deal, says ex-Mossad head in last interview

In final media sit-down before his death, Meir Dagan slams PM, accuses him of making an enemy of Israel’s closest ally   The man who… Read More ›

Sympathy for Palestinians over Israel up sharply among younger Americans

Sympathy for Palestinians over Israel up sharply among younger Americans

Pew study finds threefold rise in past decade of millennials who say they’re more sympathetic to Palestinians than Israel   NEW YORK (JTA) – Democrats… Read More ›

Obama: US stands with Jews who face hatred around the world

Obama: US stands with Jews who face hatred around the world

President says world has duty to to counter ‘rising tide of bigotry and hatred that threaten the values we hold dear’   US President Barack… Read More ›

Supreme Court urges return of Palestinian terrorists’ bodies

Supreme Court urges return of Palestinian terrorists’ bodies

In an non-binding recommendation, Israel’s highest court advised the government to return the bodies of Palestinians killed carrying out terrorist attacks to their families before… Read More ›

Hadar Goldin’s father calls on government to withhold humanitarian aid to Gaza

Hadar Goldin’s father calls on government to withhold humanitarian aid to Gaza

Simcha Goldin appeals to government to make release of his son’s body condition of receiving humarian deliveries, ‘We cannot allow soldiers to be left behind… Read More ›