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In new memoir, Anne Frank’s best friend tells incredible story of Holocaust survival

In new memoir, Anne Frank’s best friend tells incredible story of Holocaust survival

In ‘My Best Friend Anne Frank,’ the late Hannah Pick-Goslar talks about how she grew up with the future icon and their brief reunion at… Read More ›

Michigan Man Charged With Threatening Synagogue Massacre

Michigan Man Charged With Threatening Synagogue Massacre

DETROIT (AP) — A 19-year-old Michigan man has been charged with threatening a mass killing at a synagogue on the fifth anniversary of the massacre… Read More ›

The Adirei Torah Gathering and the Aveilus Heter:  An Analysis of the Controversy

The Adirei Torah Gathering and the Aveilus Heter:  An Analysis of the Controversy

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com The subject under discussion is a very sensitive one, with extremely strong feelings in both directions.   It must also… Read More ›

Judicial reform opponents should not air our dirty laundry overseas

Judicial reform opponents should not air our dirty laundry overseas

Opinion: Chasing Israeli officials aborad with signs in English while calling Israel a fascist regime is a stain no amount of bleach will help remove… Read More ›

From ultra-Orthodox outcast to TikTok sensation: Riki Rotter’s path to freedom

From ultra-Orthodox outcast to TikTok sensation: Riki Rotter’s path to freedom

The rebellious girl ran away from home to escape the constraints of her religious life, and today claims she ‘fucking loves my life,’ which she… Read More ›

At Pittsburgh gunman’s trial, Jewish rituals feature as prominently as deadly carnage

At Pittsburgh gunman’s trial, Jewish rituals feature as prominently as deadly carnage

Descriptions of items, practices in synagogue proving crucial for prosecution in trial of shooter, who killed 11 Jews praying at three congregations on Shabbat in… Read More ›

READ: CUNY Releases Statement Condemning Hate Speech…3 Weeks After Vicious Antisemitic Speech

READ: CUNY Releases Statement Condemning Hate Speech…3 Weeks After Vicious Antisemitic Speech

Statement from the Board of Trustees and Chancellor of the City University of New York “Free speech is precious, but often messy, and is vital… Read More ›

In the eyes of young Jews, American Jewry is a ‘white and privileged group’

In the eyes of young Jews, American Jewry is a ‘white and privileged group’

Why are young Jews in the U.S. distancing themselves from Israel and Judaism, and is there hope for a change? Dr. Ilana Horwitz believes this… Read More ›

CNN’s Amanpour publicly apologizes for saying Dee family was killed in a ‘shootout’

CNN’s Amanpour publicly apologizes for saying Dee family was killed in a ‘shootout’

Pro-Israel news outlet HonestReporting publicized Amanpour’s initial comment on May 11, after it had gone under the radar for a month already. Following more than… Read More ›

‘Long live Israel!’: Cohen makes historic visit to Sweden as countries turn over new leaf

‘Long live Israel!’: Cohen makes historic visit to Sweden as countries turn over new leaf

In first in 22 years, Israeli FM visits Sweden and meets with Swedish counterpart Billström, whose wife volunteered on a kibbutz in the 90s, and… Read More ›

Newly revealed archive documents show Hitler’s final days

Newly revealed archive documents show Hitler’s final days

Rusian FSB published accounts by the Nazi leader’s close aid when he was imprisoned in Moscow, describing the mood in the Berlin bunker as Allied… Read More ›

Cabinet Advances Project For ‘Kosher’ Electricity On Shabbat

Cabinet Advances Project For ‘Kosher’ Electricity On Shabbat

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel’s Cabinet on Sunday approved government support for a pilot program to build “kosher” electricity storage sites meant to be drawn on… Read More ›

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 ›