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Netanyahu says Israel may need to extend lockdown, pleads with Haredim to comply

Netanyahu says Israel may need to extend lockdown, pleads with Haredim to comply

PM reportedly favors extending lockdown by 10-14 days; official overseeing outbreak in Haredi community says it accounts for 30% of all cases   Prime Minister… Read More ›

Polish Holocaust Scholars Sued For Suggesting Mayor Who Saved A Jew Helped Kill 22 Others

Polish Holocaust Scholars Sued For Suggesting Mayor Who Saved A Jew Helped Kill 22 Others

  POLAND (JTA) — Two well-known Polish Holocaust historians are on trial for alleged defamation over their claim that late mayor of a town near… Read More ›

Three Jewish Democrats are leading the House impeachment charge

Three Jewish Democrats are leading the House impeachment charge

The legislation cites Trump’s role in fomenting the violent siege that Trump supporters laid against the Capitol building last week.   Three of the four… Read More ›

Schwarzenegger says Capitol raid like Kristallnacht; recalls father’s WWII guilt

Schwarzenegger says Capitol raid like Kristallnacht; recalls father’s WWII guilt

Austrian-born film star and ex-Republican California governor compares mob’s ideology to Nazi lies, says it ‘shattered the ideas we took for granted,’ calls Trump failed… Read More ›

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox need a Haredi-free government

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox need a Haredi-free government

Opinion: Haredi politicians preserve their power by perpetuating the inability to earn a decent wage and ensuring they alone can provide state handouts to their… Read More ›

What happened in Washington can happen in Israel too

What happened in Washington can happen in Israel too

Opinion: Politicians who enable populist leader who attacks very foundations of democracy in order to incite a mob to riot exist in Jerusalem as well… Read More ›

ISRAEL MEDIA REVIEW – House of pain: What the Israeli press is saying about the US Capitol rampage

ISRAEL MEDIA REVIEW – House of pain: What the Israeli press is saying about the US Capitol rampage

An anguished and curious Israel looks on in dread for its own democracy after the attack on the US Capitol Building, and some are not… Read More ›

More Demand Illinois Congresswoman Who Cited Hitler Resign

More Demand Illinois Congresswoman Who Cited Hitler Resign

CHICAGO (AP) — A growing number of Democrats called Thursday for the resignation of U.S. Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois, a newly sworn-in Republican who… Read More ›

‘Hitler was right on one thing,’ US congresswoman says at pro-Trump rally

‘Hitler was right on one thing,’ US congresswoman says at pro-Trump rally

Speaking in view of the Capitol building, Miller was discussing her emphasis on family values and the importance of convincing voters to elect Republicans when… Read More ›

‘Final effort’: Cabinet okays 2-week lockdown to counter mushrooming virus cases

‘Final effort’: Cabinet okays 2-week lockdown to counter mushrooming virus cases

Full closure to take effect midnight Thursday, shutting all schools, non-essential businesses; daily cases hit 8,000 amid fears of unchecked British variant spread; 1.5m vaccinated… Read More ›

France Gives $10M To Palestinian Group That Promotes Israel Boycott

France Gives $10M To Palestinian Group That Promotes Israel Boycott

  PARIS (JTA) – The French government has allocated about $10 million to a Palestinian organization that is a leading promoter of the boycott Israel… Read More ›

300 Ethiopian immigrants the first to make aliyah to Israel in 2021

300 Ethiopian immigrants the first to make aliyah to Israel in 2021

The government decided in 2015 to help the last remaining Jews in Ethiopia make aliyah.   The new year is off to a great start… Read More ›

Israel’s healthcare is in the best Jewish tradition

Israel’s healthcare is in the best Jewish tradition

Opinion: The four health funds are a modern manifestation of the Jewish tradition of responsibility to its weakest members that began centuries ago, and was… Read More ›

Where’s the beef? Jewish women led New York City’s kosher meat riot of 1902

Where’s the beef? Jewish women led New York City’s kosher meat riot of 1902

‘The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902’ by Scott D. Seligman recalls a highly organized consumer uprising led by Lower East Side immigrants fed up… Read More ›

Orthodox Jewish woman’s suicide note posts on Instagram after her death

Orthodox Jewish woman’s suicide note posts on Instagram after her death

Note was pre-scheduled to post • Earlier posts reveal that she had previously shared her struggle with mental illness and anorexia, which she had reportedly… Read More ›

WATCH NOW – Declaration of ‘Our Common’ Destiny returns to Jerusalem

WATCH NOW – Declaration of ‘Our Common’ Destiny returns to Jerusalem

In a festive broadcastm President Reuven Rivlin adopts the Declaration, which defines the shared values of Jews around the world.   One year after it… Read More ›

2 Jewish Wisconsin Judges Denounced A Trump Lawsuit. Now Anti-Semites Are Harassing Them.

2 Jewish Wisconsin Judges Denounced A Trump Lawsuit. Now Anti-Semites Are Harassing Them.

  WISCONSIN (JTA) — One commenter said Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Jill Karofsky was “hooked-nosed” and posted a corresponding anti-Semitic caricature of her. Another called… Read More ›

Senate Passes Bill Elevating Anti-Semitism Monitor To Ambassador

Senate Passes Bill Elevating Anti-Semitism Monitor To Ambassador

  WASHINGTON (JTA) — The U.S. Senate passed a bill that would elevate the position of the anti-Semitism monitor to ambassador, adding punch to the… Read More ›

She tweeted from Sweden about the plight of her Uyghur cousin. In Xinjiang, the authorities were watching

She tweeted from Sweden about the plight of her Uyghur cousin. In Xinjiang, the authorities were watching

Friday, September 4 was one of the happiest days in recent memory for Mayila Yakufu and her family. That day, Yakufu, a 43-year-old ethnic Uyghur,… Read More ›

The UN’s eternal hypocrisy on Israel

The UN’s eternal hypocrisy on Israel

Opinion: United Nations General Assembly last week passed 7 anti-Israel resolutions on the very day we learned Morocco will normalize ties, one even reaffirmed rights… Read More ›