World Jewish News

Majority of Senate pushes Obama to boost Israel aid

Majority of Senate pushes Obama to boost Israel aid

Eighty-three signatories call upon Obama to ‘support and help provide Israel the resources it requires to defend itself’ in initiative led by Republican Lindsey Graham… Read More ›

Soldier jailed after cocking weapon and aiming it at Israeli Arab

Soldier jailed after cocking weapon and aiming it at Israeli Arab

Netzah Yehuda soldier was on leave from the army and wearing civilian clothes when the incident occurred; investigation found there was no apparent reason for… Read More ›

PMO to Jordan on Temple Mount: Jerusalem is acting responsibly, and Amman knows that

PMO to Jordan on Temple Mount: Jerusalem is acting responsibly, and Amman knows that

PMO: There is absolutely no basis to Jordanian claims that Israel is violating Temple Mount status quo.   One day after 13 Jews were removed… Read More ›

Right-wing politicians call to annex Judea and Samaria

Right-wing politicians call to annex Judea and Samaria

“We have to connect Judea and Samaria to the State of Israel. We have returned to our land, so that we will never again have… Read More ›

Hamas releases video of Jerusalem bus bomber in fatigues

Hamas releases video of Jerusalem bus bomber in fatigues

Palestinian terror group still avoiding direct claim of responsibility for attack last week   Hamas on Sunday released a video showing the terrorist who carried… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Women Of The Wall Perform Partial Priestly Blessing, Angering Rabbi

Jerusalem – Women Of The Wall Perform Partial Priestly Blessing, Angering Rabbi

  Jerusalem – A liberal women’s group held a special Passover prayer service on Sunday at a Jerusalem holy site, drawing criticism from the site’s… Read More ›

Israel celebrates Passover with heavy traffic and jam-packed sites

Israel celebrates Passover with heavy traffic and jam-packed sites

On first day of Chol HaMoed, tens of thousands of Israelis flock to the country’s nature reserves and national parks, with some sites reaching full… Read More ›

NYU graduate student workers union passes BDS resolution

NYU graduate student workers union passes BDS resolution

Graduate employees union at New York University passes BDS resolution and requests university cut relations with Tel Aviv University; NYU refuses. The Graduate Student Organizing… Read More ›

Israeli children rank near bottom of OECD

Israeli children rank near bottom of OECD

A new UNICEF report reveals that Israeli children are not only the poorest children in Western countries, but their parents also suffer from the greatest… Read More ›

Poll: Israelis believe next president will be better than Obama

Poll: Israelis believe next president will be better than Obama

Clinton seen more favorably than Trump   Fifty-one percent of Israelis believe the next president of the US will be better for Israel than President… Read More ›

Bennett tells ‘Post’: Boycotts haven’t hurt Israel

Bennett tells ‘Post’: Boycotts haven’t hurt Israel

Still, the education minister said he cooperates with the Strategic Affairs Ministry’s efforts to fight boycotts.   Talk of anti-Israel boycotts is overblown and Israel… Read More ›

New York – WATCH: NYPD Officers Eat Matza for the First Time – Earning a Dry Response

New York – WATCH: NYPD Officers Eat Matza for the First Time – Earning a Dry Response

New York – The New York Police Department took a few minutes from their day protecting the Big Apple to get in the holiday spirit… Read More ›

Israel plans to improve conditions at ‘shameful’ West Bank crossings

Israel plans to improve conditions at ‘shameful’ West Bank crossings

Finance Ministry project part of larger bid to let in thousands more Palestinians workers, for whom efficient checkpoint arrangements must be made   As part… Read More ›

Police: MKs, ministers banned from Temple Mount on Passover

Police: MKs, ministers banned from Temple Mount on Passover

Spokesman says prohibition ‘for security reasons’ only applies to lawmakers; extra forces deployed to capital for holiday   Knesset members and ministers are banned from… Read More ›

Kneeling Hitler sculpture could fetch over $10m at auction

Kneeling Hitler sculpture could fetch over $10m at auction

A controversial sculpture of a kneeling Hitler by the edgy Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan is among the highlights of a special sale at Christie’s auction… Read More ›

Suicide in Israel on decline

Suicide in Israel on decline

The Ministry of Health’s annual report on suicide and attempted suicide in Israel reveals an overall reduction in the phenomenon; immigrants and men more likely… Read More ›

Did the Exodus really happen?

Did the Exodus really happen?

Archeological researchers find no evidence that the biblical Exodus as recounted in the Passover story happened, but rather the Egyptians ruled Israel during that period… Read More ›

Commemoration marking 101 years to the Armenian Genocide held in Jerusalem

Commemoration marking 101 years to the Armenian Genocide held in Jerusalem

Commemorative events will be held throughout the world this year under the shadow of the ongoing violence between Armenia and Azerbaijan.   Some 300 people… Read More ›

Passover camp for bereaved children a ‘living memorial’ to Koby Mandell

Passover camp for bereaved children a ‘living memorial’ to Koby Mandell

Seth and Sherri Mandell founded the camp following the loss of their son Koby, who was stoned to death together with his friend Yosef Ish… Read More ›

The Eilat casino gamble

The Eilat casino gamble

If casinos are opened in Eilat, will they really boost the city’s employment and well-being?   THE GAMBLING known as business looks with austere disfavor upon… Read More ›