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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 ›

Spy novel master John le Carre, who defined the Cold War thriller, dies at 89

Spy novel master John le Carre, who defined the Cold War thriller, dies at 89

Known for creating iconic spymaster George Smiley and works like ‘The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,’ le Carre used world of espionage to… Read More ›

Assault Reported At Chabad Of The Bluegrass Menorah-Lighting In Lexington, Kentucky

Assault Reported At Chabad Of The Bluegrass Menorah-Lighting In Lexington, Kentucky

  KENTUCKY (JTA) — A Chabad center in Lexington, Kentucky, will see increased police presence for the rest of Hanukkah after an assault during one… Read More ›

Darrell Blocker, the Black, Jewish ‘spy whisperer,’ who could lead Biden’s CIA

Darrell Blocker, the Black, Jewish ‘spy whisperer,’ who could lead Biden’s CIA

The 28-year agency veteran, who converted to Judaism in 2017, is one of several candidates said under consideration and would be first Black, and 3rd… Read More ›

Biden to tap Jewish doctor as Centers for Disease Control chief

Biden to tap Jewish doctor as Centers for Disease Control chief

Rochelle Walensky is head of infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital; US president-elect to nominate California attorney general Xavier Becerra as secretary of health  … Read More ›

‘I am Anne Frank’ demystifies hero to make Holocaust accessible to young readers

‘I am Anne Frank’ demystifies hero to make Holocaust accessible to young readers

Author Brad Meltzer says he wrote the delicate, hope-filled intro to genocide’s horrors with his own children in mind, as part of the ‘Ordinary People… Read More ›

Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Village of Airmont, New York, for Zoning Restrictions that Target the Orthodox Jewish Community

Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Village of Airmont, New York, for Zoning Restrictions that Target the Orthodox Jewish Community

WASHINGTON (VINnews) – The Justice Department today announced that it filed a lawsuit against the Village of Airmont, New York, alleging that it violated the… Read More ›

Israeli missions, Jews around world said on alert after hit on Iran nuke chief

Israeli missions, Jews around world said on alert after hit on Iran nuke chief

TV reports say embassies, communities heighten security as Iran promises to avenge assassination of nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, allegedly by Israel   Israel has raised… Read More ›

Netanyahu has paved way for new Jewish-Arab alliances

Netanyahu has paved way for new Jewish-Arab alliances

Opinion: The prime minister has long demonized Arab MKs, branding any alliances with them as treason; but his budding ties to Joint List’s Mansour Abbas,… Read More ›

Fully free, Pollard to head ‘home’ to Israel when wife’s health allows — lawyer

Fully free, Pollard to head ‘home’ to Israel when wife’s health allows — lawyer

Esther Pollard undergoing chemotherapy for aggressive cancer, attorney says, adding his client was not told ahead of time that his parole would be terminated Friday… Read More ›

This Non-Jewish Leader Is Working To Clean Up Poland’s Forgotten Jewish Cemeteries

This Non-Jewish Leader Is Working To Clean Up Poland’s Forgotten Jewish Cemeteries

WARSAW (JTA) – National Independence Day in Poland has served in recent years as a backdrop for anti-Semitic, xenophobic and violent incidents at nationalist rallies.… Read More ›