World Jewish News

London – Britain’s Labour Party Launches Anti-semitism Inquiry

London – Britain’s Labour Party Launches Anti-semitism Inquiry

  London – Britain’s opposition Labour party has launched an inquiry into how to tackle anti-semitism after suspending former London mayor Ken Livingstone days before… Read More ›

Israeli envoy to UK: Labour ‘in denial’ about anti-Semitism

Israeli envoy to UK: Labour ‘in denial’ about anti-Semitism

In jab at party leader Corbyn, Mark Regev says those who fail to condemn anti-Jewish hatred should themselves be condemned   Israel’s new ambassador to… Read More ›

Too soon? New documentary probes Holocaust humor

Too soon? New documentary probes Holocaust humor

In ‘The Last Laugh’ comedians, the Anti-Defamation League, and a stalwart survivor analyze the darkest jokes of the 20th century NEW YORK (JTA) — In… Read More ›

Israelis leave behind 1,000 tons of litter at end of Passover holiday

Israelis leave behind 1,000 tons of litter at end of Passover holiday

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis take advantage of the warm weather to go out into nature on the last day of Passover holiday, filling up… Read More ›

Report: Germany considering stopping ‘unconditional support’ of Israel

Report: Germany considering stopping ‘unconditional support’ of Israel

Der Spiegel reports senior officials in the German government believe Netanyahu is ‘instrumentalizing’ Berlin’s friendship, while the magazine quotes Merkel as saying she understands ‘why… Read More ›

Israelis celebrate the Mimouna: ‘A holiday that unites all’

Israelis celebrate the Mimouna: ‘A holiday that unites all’

The Moroccan tradition for the day after Passover has become popular among all ethnic groups in Israeli society; the Jews of Northern Africa open their… Read More ›

Institute warns Israel it could lose Jewish majority; Recommends easing conversion policy

Institute warns Israel it could lose Jewish majority; Recommends easing conversion policy

Halevy, Norman warn that the country could lose its Jewish majority within decades.   Unless the State of Israel changes its policy on converting immigrants from… Read More ›

‘I’m ashamed I did nothing to stop injustice,’ ex-Nazi SS officer says

‘I’m ashamed I did nothing to stop injustice,’ ex-Nazi SS officer says

Reinhold Hanning is being charged by a German court with being an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people.   A 94-year-old former… Read More ›

Israel treads carefully with claim to Golan

Israel treads carefully with claim to Golan

After PM says territory will remain under state’s sovereignty permanently, expert stresses situation on the ground has not changed and that annexation never took place… Read More ›

It’s pot and prejudice as British comedy tackles Jewish-Muslim relations

It’s pot and prejudice as British comedy tackles Jewish-Muslim relations

In ‘Dough,’ opening in the US on Friday, an unlikely alliance between an elderly kosher baker and a Darfuri refugee makes for cannabis-laced challah  … Read More ›

Hamas: ‘There will be an explosion’ unless Israel lifts Gaza blockade

Hamas: ‘There will be an explosion’ unless Israel lifts Gaza blockade

Palestinian terrorist movement makes threat at an event in Gaza that presented a model of the Israeli bus that exploded in a Hamas bombing in… Read More ›

How much money is the life of the world’s richest Jew worth?

How much money is the life of the world’s richest Jew worth?

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is so valuable, in fact, that his company has spent over $12 million since 2013 to protect him.   Mark Zuckerberg,… Read More ›

UK Jewish backers of Muslim NUS head slam ‘Islamophobic witch hunt’

UK Jewish backers of Muslim NUS head slam ‘Islamophobic witch hunt’

‘We are…horrified at the Islamophobic campaign being waged against her, amidst opportunistic and false charges of anti-Semitism,’ the Jewish students wrote to the ‘Jewish Chronicle’.… Read More ›

Anti-BDS bill advances in Iowa

Anti-BDS bill advances in Iowa

Iowa state Senate also approves resolution “in support of the Jewish State of Israel,” as well as a negotiated two-state solution.   The Iowa state… Read More ›

Israel rejects French peace plan: ‘Direct talks are only path’

Israel rejects French peace plan: ‘Direct talks are only path’

Jerusalem appears to rule out France’s call for international summits on ending the conflict, based on Arab initiative   Jerusalem on Thursday poured cold water… Read More ›

London – UK Labour Lawmaker Suspended Over Anti-Israel Comments

London – UK Labour Lawmaker Suspended Over Anti-Israel Comments

London – Britain’s main opposition Labour Party, which has faced growing criticism over perceived anti-Semitism in its ranks, suspended a lawmaker on Wednesday for making… Read More ›

Trump vows to put ‘America first,’ criticizes Obama for ‘snubbing’ Israel

Trump vows to put ‘America first,’ criticizes Obama for ‘snubbing’ Israel

In his largely anticipated formal foreign policy speech, the US Republican presidential hopeful laid out a policy putting his country before others and slammed the… Read More ›

From freedom to enslavement

From freedom to enslavement

Op-ed: The incitement against Israel these days is reminiscent of the incitement against Jews in the 1930s. But there is a difference: This time, many… Read More ›

Red alert siren sounds in Gaza border communities

Red alert siren sounds in Gaza border communities

No injuries or damage were initially reported.   A rocket alert siren sounded in the Eshkol Regional Council on the border with the Gaza Strip… Read More ›

Jews ascending Temple Mount are instigating war, ultra-Orthodox MK says

Jews ascending Temple Mount are instigating war, ultra-Orthodox MK says

MK Moshe Gafni says that Jewish law prohibits Jews from ascending the Mount and says such provocations give ammunition to Muslim extremists.   Amid increased… Read More ›