World Jewish News

Al Jazeera interview with Hamas commanders also airs never before seen photos of Gilad Schalit in captivity in Gaza.   A Hamas commander from the… Read More ›

IDF says Hamas is solely responsible for what happens in Gaza.   After a rocket landed in Israel on Thursday, the Israel Air Force responded by… Read More ›

She was born and educated in a haredi community, and felt she was different ever since she was young. After refusing an arranged marriage, ‘Raheli’… Read More ›

Firebombs, a stabbing, and riots mark a day of violence in Jerusalem, as police battle a constant flow of popular terror. Several firebombs was thrown… Read More ›

Pawlik denies providing weapons to Ukrainian forces.   Warsaw and Jerusalem largely see eyeto- eye on the Ukraine crisis, Polish Undersecretary of State Konrad Pawlik… Read More ›

An IDF spokesperson says that the rocket alert siren did not sound due to the assessment that the projectile would land in an open area.… Read More ›

  The Military Rabbinate looks set to lose 25 percent of its officer positions as part of the systematic budget cuts within the IDF. The… Read More ›

Mahmoud Rabaiya arrested for staying in Israel illegally, while the Israelis he says beat him with clubs are still free. A Palestinian claims he was… Read More ›

Public Security Minister Erdan announces Brig. Gen. (Res.) Gal Hirsch as his choice; Hirsch resigned from army after criticism of conduct in Second Lebanon War;… Read More ›

The pilot project, which opens its doors in September, was funded by the Regional Cooperation Ministry.   A business center built on the Green Line,… Read More ›

The American-Jewish community has been split over the deal, with many communal organizations coming out against it despite a majority of Jews being broadly supportive… Read More ›

TAU expert: Oil purchases act as quiet way of providing Israeli aid to Iraqi Kurdistan.   News published in the Financial Times on Sunday that Israel… Read More ›

Moshe Kraus rescued tens of thousands of Jews at Budapest’s Glass House during the Holocaust; documents of some 100,000 Hungarian Jews were forged to save… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Based on a petition from Israeli food manufacturer and ketchup competitor, Osem, the Health Ministry has ruled that the American-based H. J. Heinz… Read More ›

Syrian president indicates there will be no immediate retaliation for last week’s cross-border clashes   Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday said he would deal… Read More ›

New York-based Honenu supports Jews accused of violence against Arabs. Now a Jewish human rights group wants them investigated   NEW YORK (JTA) — Taxpayer… Read More ›

Following the administrative detentions of right wing radicals, the new Sanhedrin issued a statement of support of the radical right wing for ‘risking their lives… Read More ›