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Despite honors for collaborators, PM praises Vilnius for Holocaust remembrance

Despite honors for collaborators, PM praises Vilnius for Holocaust remembrance

Netanyahu thanks Lithuanian counterpart for ‘great steps’ to commemorate Holocaust, but Jewish community figures say country continues to honor nationalist figures who killed Jews  … Read More ›

Jerusalem – First-ever ‘Ask The Rabbanit’ Website To Be Launched By Women Scholars

Jerusalem – First-ever ‘Ask The Rabbanit’ Website To Be Launched By Women Scholars

  Jerusalem – The Beit Hillel Orthodox rabbinical association is set to launch the first “ask the rabbanit” website for questions and answers on issues… Read More ›

Jewish UK Labour group says leaders censored material on anti-Semitism

Jewish UK Labour group says leaders censored material on anti-Semitism

Jeremy Corbyn’s party accused of scrapping presentation on 2 suspended party members, ‘deliberately undermining’ reform efforts   A Jewish group affiliated with Britain’s Labour movement… Read More ›

Newport, RI – George Washington Letter To Be Read At Oldest US Synagogue

Newport, RI – George Washington Letter To Be Read At Oldest US Synagogue

  Newport, RI – A letter from George Washington will be read at the nation’s oldest synagogue to celebrate freedom of religion. The annual reading… Read More ›

Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters see a ‘Zionist’ conspiracy against him

Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters see a ‘Zionist’ conspiracy against him

The scandals come fast and furious, but the Labour leader’s backers see nefarious plots by ‘wealthy and powerful circles’ behind the barrage of troubling revelations… Read More ›

Israelis Emigrating? Lowest Number in Nearly Three Decades

Israelis Emigrating? Lowest Number in Nearly Three Decades

580,000 citizens live abroad, 3.3 million immigrants since 1948.   The rate of Israelis moving abroad is at a 28-year low, a counterintuitive statistic considering… Read More ›

To those opposing the Nation-State Law

To those opposing the Nation-State Law

Op-ed: The needless uproar over this justified law illustrates that some people in society would sleepwalk into a future devoid of any national identity if… Read More ›

Manila – Philippine President To Visit Israel, Meet Netanyahu

Manila – Philippine President To Visit Israel, Meet Netanyahu

  Manila – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted an invitation to visit Israel next month in a sign of improving ties, which hit a… Read More ›

Shooting themselves in the flag

Shooting themselves in the flag

Op-ed: Despite the Palestinian flags and the pro-Palestinian slogans being shouted at the Tel Aviv rally against the Nation State Law, we must listen to… Read More ›

DC Jews launch weekend of counterprotests to white supremacist rally

DC Jews launch weekend of counterprotests to white supremacist rally

Unite the Right has permission to gather across the street from the White House after being denied Charlottesville permit   WASHINGTON — Jewish groups in… Read More ›

State plans to use nation-state law to defend outpost legalization

State plans to use nation-state law to defend outpost legalization

Attorney defending Regulation Law in High Court says basic law’s encouraging of ‘Jewish settlement’ allows for preferential treatment to wildcat Israeli towns over Palestinian ones… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Left-wing Activists Claim That Israel Is Trying To Intimidate Them At The Country’s Border

Jerusalem – Left-wing Activists Claim That Israel Is Trying To Intimidate Them At The Country’s Border

  Jerusalem –  For years, Simone Zimmerman has protested Israel’s actions from the left. She’s led activist groups, organized protests and gone on camera. But… Read More ›

New Israel Fund Accuses Gov’t of Political Harassment Against Activist

New Israel Fund Accuses Gov’t of Political Harassment Against Activist

They were detained by border control officials for four hours and questioned regarding their work for advocacy organizations for Palestinian rights and regarding their political… Read More ›

Two major Israel-backers join criticism of nation-state law

Two major Israel-backers join criticism of nation-state law

Jewish Federations of North America and International Fellowship of Christians and Jews latest groups urging Israel to address Druze concerns of discrimination   The Jewish… Read More ›

Opposition vows to enshrine Declaration of Independence as Israeli Basic Law

Opposition vows to enshrine Declaration of Independence as Israeli Basic Law

Amid growing backlash over nation-state law, Avi Gabbay and Tzipi Livni slam Netanyahu for excluding from it a specific provision of equal rights for minorities… Read More ›

New Jersey – Sen. Cory Booker Says He Had No Idea Sign He Held Is Linked To Pro-Palestinian Movement

New Jersey – Sen. Cory Booker Says He Had No Idea Sign He Held Is Linked To Pro-Palestinian Movement

  New Jersey – Sen. Cory Booker, seen as a likely contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, appears in a photo appearing to endorse… Read More ›

Corbyn rejects charge Labour a threat to Jews, vows to drive out anti-Semitism

Corbyn rejects charge Labour a threat to Jews, vows to drive out anti-Semitism

Under-fire UK opposition leader finally addresses mounting accusations that his party is a hotbed of Jew haters and that he has done little to oppose… Read More ›

PM scraps upcoming Colombia trip, citing volatile situation in the south

PM scraps upcoming Colombia trip, citing volatile situation in the south

Netanyahu had planned to attend inauguration of new pro-Israel president Iván Duque and meet other regional leaders   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday unexpectedly… Read More ›

‘Facebook Allows Holocaust Denial in US That it Bans in Europe’

‘Facebook Allows Holocaust Denial in US That it Bans in Europe’

Battle heats up between Trump appointee Paul Packer and the social media giant.   WASHINGTON – Paul Packer, chairman of the Commission for the Preservation… Read More ›

The most anti-Israeli law

The most anti-Israeli law

Op-ed: The Nationality Law only serves to erode the Israeliness that should be being promoted in Israeli society. It is morally, historically and practically bankrupt… Read More ›