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Who is Amichai Chikli, the incoming Diaspora Affairs Minister?

Who is Amichai Chikli, the incoming Diaspora Affairs Minister?

Incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Chikli late Wednesday night and informed him of the new role he will begin on Thursday.   MK… Read More ›

Israel’s new government would make Herzl roll over in his grave

Israel’s new government would make Herzl roll over in his grave

Opinion: Haters of Israel insist the Jewish state is a fascist country, while Netanyahu’s return to power, coupled with outrageous statements by his coalition partners,… Read More ›

WATCH: Full Interview – Libs of Tiktok’s Chaya Raichik with Tucker Carlson on Fox Nation

WATCH: Full Interview – Libs of Tiktok’s Chaya Raichik with Tucker Carlson on Fox Nation

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What is the anti-discrimination law that new Israeli government is seeking to change?

What is the anti-discrimination law that new Israeli government is seeking to change?

Analysis: Religious MKs Orit Strook and Simcha Rothman propose ‘religious’ changes to the legislation to allow public servants, such as doctors, to be able to… Read More ›

Charedi Soldiers Heckled By Protesters At Jerusalem Memorial Ceremony: ‘Hellenists, Impure’

Charedi Soldiers Heckled By Protesters At Jerusalem Memorial Ceremony: ‘Hellenists, Impure’

JERUSALEM — Charedi soldiers celebrating the eighth night of Chanukah at a social hall in the Ramot neighborhood of Jerusalem were accosted by a group… Read More ›

Drukman: ‘I’m alive because I have to do good for the people of Israel’

Drukman: ‘I’m alive because I have to do good for the people of Israel’

Top religious Zionist leader Rabbi Haim Drukman died on Sunday evening after suffering from multiple medical issues.   A bit less than a month ago… Read More ›

Why celebrating ‘HanuChristmas’ threatens Jewish cultural identity

Why celebrating ‘HanuChristmas’ threatens Jewish cultural identity

Opinion: Christmas parties or stores selling Santa Claus hats along with dreidels in Israel do not fall under the definition of pluralism; tolerance is one… Read More ›

Rabbi Druckman lauded and mourned by politicians as friend and counsel

Rabbi Druckman lauded and mourned by politicians as friend and counsel

Leaders eulogize spiritual leader of religious Zionist movement; Netanyahu laments ‘great light’ that has been extinguished   Politicians paid tribute on Sunday to religious Zionist… Read More ›

WATCH: MK Gilad Kariv Uses Immunity To Bring Sefer Torah To Women Of The Wall

WATCH: MK Gilad Kariv Uses Immunity To Bring Sefer Torah To Women Of The Wall

JERUSALEM — MK Gilad Kariv, a reform rabbi, has no qualms about using his immunity to cause controversy and strife at the Kotel, the holiest… Read More ›

BDE: Rav Mendel Atik, Rosh Yeshiva Of Eretz Zvi, Passed Away At Age 94

BDE: Rav Mendel Atik, Rosh Yeshiva Of Eretz Zvi, Passed Away At Age 94

JERUSALEM — Rabbi Mendel Schneur Zalman Atik, one of the prominent disciples of the Brisker Rav and the Chazon Ish, passed away in Jerusalem on… Read More ›

Unlike new Israeli government, Talmud does not promote religious coercion

Unlike new Israeli government, Talmud does not promote religious coercion

Opinion: The new government’s most far-right elements fail to encompass teachings of the Torah’s central tenets, presenting a one-dimensional view of the Israeli citizen’s needs… Read More ›

70,000 People From 95 Countries Make Aliyah In 2022

70,000 People From 95 Countries Make Aliyah In 2022

  JERUSALEM (JNS) – Some 70,000 people from 95 different countries immigrated to Israel in 2022 with the assistance of the Jewish Agency for Israel,… Read More ›

Israeli politicians acting more like Hanukkah’s Greeks than Maccabees

Israeli politicians acting more like Hanukkah’s Greeks than Maccabees

Opinion: By definition, Judaism has many cultural variations, and thus, interpretations of our holidays; no Jew should be disparaged by politicians who wish to dictate… Read More ›

Legal aide: Defense minister can overrule Religious Zionism on West Bank policy

Legal aide: Defense minister can overrule Religious Zionism on West Bank policy

Weighing in on bill that incoming coalition is advancing, Knesset legal adviser says minister from far-right party won’t have absolute control over Civil Administration and… Read More ›

The Jewish Council for Public Affairs distances itself from federations

The Jewish Council for Public Affairs distances itself from federations

The decision, announced Monday in a press release and a two-page brochure that will go out to Jewish organizations, will free the JCPA to pursue… Read More ›

OPINION: Thank you Torah U’Mesorah For Doing The Right Thing

OPINION: Thank you Torah U’Mesorah For Doing The Right Thing

(Yaakov M / VINnews) — Kudos to Torah U’Mesorah for allowing President Trump to address its recent conference. Even if he were not the most… Read More ›

West Bank’s Maccabee palaces must be Israeli national park, settlers say

West Bank’s Maccabee palaces must be Israeli national park, settlers say

The remnants of the palaces, with their ritual baths and the ancient Hashmonaim synagogue, which King Herod converted into his winter palace, are located in… Read More ›

Why some Israeli Jews love their Christmas trees so much?

Why some Israeli Jews love their Christmas trees so much?

Opinion: There are many Israeli Jews that treat Christmas – and worse, Hanukkah and other Jewish holidays – as nice folklore, devoid of national identity;… Read More ›

Hidden Swastika Image in NY Times Crossword Puzzle?

Hidden Swastika Image in NY Times Crossword Puzzle?

NEW YORK CITY — The NY Times has a long track record of being anti-Jewish, but they may have sunk to a new low. It… Read More ›

Jewish groups condemn series of antisemitic incidents in Washington, DC area

Jewish groups condemn series of antisemitic incidents in Washington, DC area

“We cannot normalize or become inured to the proliferation of such heinous acts,” several leaders wrote in a joint statement.   WASHINGTON – Several major… Read More ›