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Ex-Israeli PM Barak met with Jeffrey Epstein dozens of times after child abuse convictions

Ex-Israeli PM Barak met with Jeffrey Epstein dozens of times after child abuse convictions

According to new documents revealed by WSJ, disgraced financier planned at least three dozen meetings with Barak between 2013 and 2017 and they had appointments… Read More ›

Israel’s Government To Ask High Court For Conscription Law Extension

Israel’s Government To Ask High Court For Conscription Law Extension

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel’s government is expected to ask the High Court of Justice for a five-month extension of the court-mandated deadline for passing a… Read More ›

Religious, settler groups lead charge on Thursday’s pro-overhaul ‘Million March’

Religious, settler groups lead charge on Thursday’s pro-overhaul ‘Million March’

‘The minority has forced its positions onto the majority,’ says organizer and Likud MK Avichay Buaron; buses set to bring tens of thousands to Jerusalem… Read More ›

WATCH: Rockland GOP Congressman Mike Lawler Praises Israel on House Floor in Honor of Yom Ha’atzmaut

WATCH: Rockland GOP Congressman Mike Lawler Praises Israel on House Floor in Honor of Yom Ha’atzmaut

I rose on the House Floor in recognition of Israel’s 75th birthday. Israel our closest ally is a beacon of freedom, liberty and hope- and… Read More ›

Has Netanyahu divorced himself from US Jewry? – analysis

Has Netanyahu divorced himself from US Jewry? – analysis

Netanyahu “just dislikes American Jews,” says former Israeli Consul General to New York Alon Pinkus If Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s goal was to sever the already… Read More ›

Govt. officials: Likud minister unlikely to be appointed New York Consul General

Govt. officials: Likud minister unlikely to be appointed New York Consul General

Following widespread criticism, from the U.S. and the American Jewish community, May Golan will not replace take on the diplomatic role instead of Assaf Zamir,… Read More ›

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Finding new ways to never forget – editorial

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Finding new ways to never forget – editorial

Now more than ever, it is crucial to employ whatever methods are at our disposal to preserve their memories. Today, on Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day,… Read More ›

OP-ED: We Are All Brothers, We Don’t Need More Painful Reminders

OP-ED: We Are All Brothers, We Don’t Need More Painful Reminders

JERUSALEM — In a chilling post published just days before the latest set of siblings, Maayan and Sahar Assor, died a premature death in Israel… Read More ›

Jewish stalwarts – The Hirsch dynasty unveiled

Jewish stalwarts – The Hirsch dynasty unveiled

Baron Maurice Hirsch was a prominent philanthropist who aimed to transform Eastern European Jews into manual workers; his adopted son was a politician and race… Read More ›

Shakespeare at the Seder: Author writes Passover Haggadah as the Bard would have

Shakespeare at the Seder: Author writes Passover Haggadah as the Bard would have

Martin Bodek renders the traditional holiday text into readable Elizabethan English, seamlessly adding multiple quotes from each of the great writer’s 39 plays Odds are… Read More ›

The Israeli people are (almost) the happiest in the world – but for how much longer?

The Israeli people are (almost) the happiest in the world – but for how much longer?

Opinion: Having achieved so much in the first 75 years of our existence that has led us to become one of the top five happiest… Read More ›

Jordan summons Israeli envoy over ‘racist’ Smotrich speech, ‘Greater Israel’ map

Jordan summons Israeli envoy over ‘racist’ Smotrich speech, ‘Greater Israel’ map

Israel says it respects Amman’s territorial integrity after Smotrich address in which he called Palestinians an ‘invention’ while standing behind map of Israel that includes… Read More ›

READ: Powerful Jewish Politician Sends Scathing Letter to Blinken Over ‘Passport Crisis’

READ: Powerful Jewish Politician Sends Scathing Letter to Blinken Over ‘Passport Crisis’

WASHINGTON — A Democrat Senator from Connecticut has joined the ranks of prominent U.S. politicians demanding answers from the State Dept over passports. In recent… Read More ›

IDF Enters Jenin, Shechem: 4 Palestinian Terrorists Reported Dead, Including Murderer Of Hallel And Yagel HyD

IDF Enters Jenin, Shechem: 4 Palestinian Terrorists Reported Dead, Including Murderer Of Hallel And Yagel HyD

  JERUSALEM — Fierce fighting broke out in the Jenin refugee camp on Tuesday as IDF special forces surrounded a house where terror suspects were… Read More ›

Video Game Recreates Atrocities Suffered by Jews in Holocaust

Video Game Recreates Atrocities Suffered by Jews in Holocaust

A new video game is attempting to replicate the atrocities suffered by millions of Jews during the Holocaust. “The Light in the Darkness” appears to… Read More ›

Anguished by loss of daughter, a rabbi brings suicide prevention out of the shadows

Anguished by loss of daughter, a rabbi brings suicide prevention out of the shadows

After Gila, 18, took her own life following an attack, Shalom Hammer began a push for more awareness; on Tuesday in the Knesset he will… Read More ›

Thousands Of Protesters Against Judicial Reforms Gather In Israeli Cities, Right-Wingers Call For Dialog

Thousands Of Protesters Against Judicial Reforms Gather In Israeli Cities, Right-Wingers Call For Dialog

  JERUSALEM (VINnews) — For the seventh week running, tens of thousands of people are protesting in Tel Aviv and other locations against the Israeli… Read More ›

Antisemitic Flyers Could Spur Action On Proposed Georgia Law

Antisemitic Flyers Could Spur Action On Proposed Georgia Law

ATLANTA (AP) — A continuing wave of antisemitic flyers hit parts of suburban Atlanta, including the home of Georgia’s only Jewish state legislator. State Rep.… Read More ›

169 liberal US Jewish leaders sign letter expressing concern over Israeli government

169 liberal US Jewish leaders sign letter expressing concern over Israeli government

Backers, who include ex-executives at rabbinical seminaries, Jewish Federations, AIPAC, Conference of Presidents, warn against false antisemitism accusations at coalition critics   A letter signed… Read More ›

‘Woke’ Regents Exam Ripped For Including ‘Anti-Zionist Propaganda’

‘Woke’ Regents Exam Ripped For Including ‘Anti-Zionist Propaganda’

  NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Jewish leaders blasted a Regents exam which was administered last week as “unconscionable and shameful” for asking… Read More ›