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Followers of fugitive Rabbi Berland issue death threat against South Africa’s chief rabbi

Followers of fugitive Rabbi Berland issue death threat against South Africa’s chief rabbi

  The followers of an Israeli rabbi who has been on the run to avoid extradition back to Israel on sex abuse charges reportedly made… Read More ›

Netanyahu to Hamas: Israel will strike with ‘greater force’ than 2014 war if attacked from tunnels

Netanyahu to Hamas: Israel will strike with ‘greater force’ than 2014 war if attacked from tunnels

PM warns Palestinian terror group against reestablishing network of underground passageways.   Israel will respond more forcefully than it did during 2014’s Operation protective Edge… Read More ›

Hebron Jewish families to try to move into disputed buildings today

Hebron Jewish families to try to move into disputed buildings today

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to update the government on Sunday in regard to the legalization of the homes.   Some 20 Jewish families… Read More ›

Sanders: Democratic socialist calling for ‘political revolution’

Sanders: Democratic socialist calling for ‘political revolution’

Jewish progressive who spent three decades as an independent touches a chord among those disaffected with Washington   NEW YORK (AFP) – Bernie Sanders, the… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel’s Liberal Artists Decry Attempts To Limit Expression

Jerusalem – Israel’s Liberal Artists Decry Attempts To Limit Expression

  Jerusalem – Israel’s cultural class is increasingly alarmed by what many see as a tightening noose on freedom of expression, as a hard-line government… Read More ›

At Sundance, ‘The Settlers’ trains lens on movement’s extremist fringe

At Sundance, ‘The Settlers’ trains lens on movement’s extremist fringe

While acknowledging 80% of West Bank settlers went there in search of affordable housing, filmmaker Shimon Dotan insists it is the violent fringe that leads… Read More ›

Israeli minister interviewed for Saudi website

Israeli minister interviewed for Saudi website

Israeli Minister Ze’ev Elkin talks with Saudi Arabian news website Elaph about the shared threat from Iran. When asked whether there would be negotiations between… Read More ›

Israeli stabbed and wounded in Jerusalem

Israeli stabbed and wounded in Jerusalem

A 17-year-old was stabbed in the back and lightly wounded next to Damascus Gate in Jerusalem. Security forces are searching for the two attackers, who… Read More ›

German paper uses Nazi language to blame Israel for Palestinian terrorism

German paper uses Nazi language to blame Israel for Palestinian terrorism

Some German Jews have canceled their SZ subscriptions over the years because of its alleged contemporary anti-Semitism.   BERLIN – An article in the Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung… Read More ›

Israel not surprised by US/UK spying but says changes needed

Israel not surprised by US/UK spying but says changes needed

In Israel, it’s a given that foreign intelligence agencies active in the Middle East monitor Israeli military activities.   Israel’s defense establishment will probably not… Read More ›

The untold story of a Jewish Freedom Rider

The untold story of a Jewish Freedom Rider

A tribute to Rabbi Allan Levine, who fought for civil rights in the segregated US South.   NEW YORK – In the early seventies, Ori… Read More ›

Jewish groups join protests greeting ‘executioner’ Rouhani in Paris

Jewish groups join protests greeting ‘executioner’ Rouhani in Paris

Human rights activists express disapproval at president’s warm welcome with mock hanging near Eiffel Tower   PARIS — As France’s government welcomed the Iranian president… Read More ›

Brooklyn, NY – Noted Charedi NY Rabbi Passes Away At 78 Share Tweet Share Mail

Brooklyn, NY – Noted Charedi NY Rabbi Passes Away At 78 Share Tweet Share Mail

Brooklyn, NY – Charedi rabbi and noted posek Rabbi Chaim Yisroel Belsky passed away this evening at the age of 78 at Maimonides Hospital in… Read More ›

Coca Cola to open Gaza factory ‘within weeks’

Coca Cola to open Gaza factory ‘within weeks’

$20 million manufacturing plant will provide more than 1,000 jobs to unemployment-ridden Strip   Coca Cola is to open a factory in the Gaza Strip… Read More ›

Italian poll questions efficacy of International Holocaust Day

Italian poll questions efficacy of International Holocaust Day

The percentage who consider January 27 ‘useless’ has doubled in two years; 16% of Italians think observance should only be for Jews   Every year,… Read More ›

Netanyahu associate at meeting with Iranian FM

Netanyahu associate at meeting with Iranian FM

French Jewish MP attended parliamentary meeting with Foreign Minister Zarif during the latter’s latest visit to France. They discussed the Holocaust, Israel, Iran’s infamous cartoon… Read More ›

Obama’s Jewish heart

Obama’s Jewish heart

Op-ed: Even those who see Obama as hostile to Israel have to admit he went all the way in his expressions of affection during a… Read More ›

World Medical Association affirms trust in Israeli doctors in response to BDS campaign

World Medical Association affirms trust in Israeli doctors in response to BDS campaign

Organization’s president writes the Simon Wiesenthal Center, following a call by a group 71 British doctors to expel the Israeli Medical Association over accusations of… Read More ›

Washington – VIDEO: Obama Honors 4 Who Protected Jews During Holocaust

Washington – VIDEO: Obama Honors 4 Who Protected Jews During Holocaust

  Washington –  President Barack Obama is honoring four people, including Americans from Indiana and Tennessee, for risking their lives to protect Jews during the… Read More ›

1,700-year-old rabbis’ tombstones reflect Jewish life in Galilean city

1,700-year-old rabbis’ tombstones reflect Jewish life in Galilean city

Archaeologists unearth Greek and Aramaic funerary inscriptions from Tzippori, showing strong Jewish presence during period   Three 1,700-year-old funerary inscriptions written in Aramaic and Greek… Read More ›