World Jewish News

In Israel’s first decades, phone access was a luxury. Now, 96 percent of Israelis own cellphones.   When Israel entered its 1948 War of Independence,… Read More ›

Israel is not isolated. What it is, however, is badly misunderstood and not universally loved, and both those conditions leave us often wringing our hands.… Read More ›

Making sure Israeli students learn math and science at the highest levels will ensure Israel can meet any threats it may face, Education Minister Naftali… Read More ›

Fiamma Nirenstein cites ‘personal reasons’ for pulling out as Israeli ambassador-designate to Rome   Israel’s ambassador-designate to Italy has withdrawn her candidacy for the role… Read More ›

Muhammad Awieda of East Jerusalem allegedly drove Bashar Massalha, who killed US citizen Taylor Force, to scene of terror attack   An East Jerusalem man… Read More ›

IDF announces shutdown just hours before it goes into effect; exceptions to be made for ‘humanitarian cases’   Israel closed off the West Bank and… Read More ›

After initially saying ‘threat of an Israeli military rescue operation’ was what brought Egyptian forces to Israeli embassy, where security staff were besieged by demonstrators,… Read More ›

The ceremony was organized by Combatants for Peace Movement in cooperation with the Parents’ Circle – Families Forum.   Some 3,000 Israelis and Palestinians, including… Read More ›

Dermer rejected the criticism that Netanyahu’s decision to go ahead with the speech against the Iran deal despite US President Barack Obama’s bitter opposition was… Read More ›

Danny Yatom: Hamas dragged Israel into a conflict, and Israel failed to understand this   Former Mossad Director Maj.-Gen. (res.). Danny Yatom said on Tuesday… Read More ›

CBS data shows that not only has the Israeli population grown exponentially over the 68 years since the Jewish state’s establishment, but it has also… Read More ›

Two women in their 80’s were stabbed Tuesday morning on the Golden Promenade in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood in Jerusalem Two women in their 80’s… Read More ›

The Defense Ministry said there were 68 casualties in the past year, and 58 disabled IDF veterans died of their wounds.   Israel will remember… Read More ›

IDF hands out citations for bravery, including a posthumous citation to St.-Sgt. Maj. Tuvia Yanai Weismann, who was killed trying to stop knife attackers in… Read More ›

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

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 ›