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Int. Ministry Defies Court on Conversions

Int. Ministry Defies Court on Conversions

The ministry refused to register a woman as Jewish who used the largest non-state Orthodox court.   The Interior Ministry has refused to register a… Read More ›

Brooklyn, NY – Heroism, Not Hatred, To Be Honored In Brighton Beach Street Renaming

Brooklyn, NY – Heroism, Not Hatred, To Be Honored In Brighton Beach Street Renaming

Brooklyn, NY – A years-long battle to give a new identity to a Brooklyn street named for a virulently anti-Semitic 19th century railroad and banking… Read More ›

Displaced Kurds From Afrin Need Help, Activist Says

Displaced Kurds From Afrin Need Help, Activist Says

Rebels threaten historic diversity in province where Jews once visited Kurdish, Yazidi neighbors.   Kurds often say they have “no friends but the mountains.” However,… Read More ›

Jewish Youth Group Says ‘Marach for Our Lives’ Event Opportunity for Change

Jewish Youth Group Says ‘Marach for Our Lives’ Event Opportunity for Change

One of several Jewish groups participating in the event is the North American Federation of Temple Youth, who told The Jerusalem Post that the protest… Read More ›

Syria Accuses Isael of Removing Jewish Artifacts from Damascus Temple

Syria Accuses Isael of Removing Jewish Artifacts from Damascus Temple

“This is yet another attempt by the Syrian regime to distract attention from the atrocities it is inflicting on its own people,” said Israel’s UN… Read More ›

Warsaw – Law On Holocaust Rhetoric Unconstitutional, Polish Attorney General Says

Warsaw – Law On Holocaust Rhetoric Unconstitutional, Polish Attorney General Says

  Warsaw – The Polish attorney general’s office described as partly unconstitutional a law passed last month that criminalizes blaming Poland for Nazi crimes. Prosecutor… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Mayim Bialik Says Haters Won’t Prevent Her From Defending Israel On Internet

Jerusalem – Mayim Bialik Says Haters Won’t Prevent Her From Defending Israel On Internet

Jerusalem – Jewish American actress Mayim Bialik said that her support for Israel has led to calls to boycott her and the popular television show… Read More ›

New study on cancer risk in Ashkenazi Jews aims to be model for genetic testing

New study on cancer risk in Ashkenazi Jews aims to be model for genetic testing

Public urged to sign up online for checks in four US cities, get results on genetic mutation directly from doctor, in innovative process researcher says… Read More ›

J’Lem Mum on Putin’s Remarks on Possible Jewish Meddling in US Elections

J’Lem Mum on Putin’s Remarks on Possible Jewish Meddling in US Elections

Neither the Prime Minister’s Office nor the Foreign Ministry would respond Sunday to the comments, apparently because of the extreme sensitivity of Israel’s relations with… Read More ›

Ovadia Yosef’s daughter: ‘If it was up to me, Shas would disappear

Ovadia Yosef’s daughter: ‘If it was up to me, Shas would disappear

Daughter of Shas founder and spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Adina Bar-Shalom, declares that if it was up to her, Shas would disappear; ‘Deri changed… Read More ›

Netanyahu, Haredim said to reach understanding on draft bill

Netanyahu, Haredim said to reach understanding on draft bill

PM holds last-ditch talks with party leaders, as fight over ultra-Orthodox conscription threatens to topple government   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and leaders of his… Read More ›

Top Trump economic aide Gary Cohn quits over trade tariff plan

Top Trump economic aide Gary Cohn quits over trade tariff plan

Administration rocked by yet another high-level resignation, as Jewish adviser leaves in protest of president’s controversial intent to tax imports of steel and aluminum  … Read More ›

Will Israel’s clash with Poland affect Holocaust commemoration trips?

Will Israel’s clash with Poland affect Holocaust commemoration trips?

As some call for a boycott of tours of Nazi sites to protest Warsaw’s complicity law, others argue Auschwitz visits more important than ever  … Read More ›

1946 U.S. Document Reveals Poles Treated Jews as Badly as Germans Did

1946 U.S. Document Reveals Poles Treated Jews as Badly as Germans Did

The report said many Jews preferred to flee, even to Germany, after the war.   A declassified US State Department report from 1946 documented the… Read More ›

American Jewish war veterans want young warriors to keep telling their stories

American Jewish war veterans want young warriors to keep telling their stories

An advocacy group for Jews in the military discusses strategies to remind Americans — and Jews in particular — of the proud tradition of service… Read More ›

Poland ‘Caving to Israeli Pressure’, Freezes Holocaust Law

Poland ‘Caving to Israeli Pressure’, Freezes Holocaust Law

A Polish delegation is expected to arrive in Israel in the coming days.   A Polish team is expected to arrive in Jerusalem in the… Read More ›

Over 20,000 protest in Tel Aviv against plan to deport asylum seekers

Over 20,000 protest in Tel Aviv against plan to deport asylum seekers

Two men detained for questioning ahead of demonstration over Facebook posts calling for a violent counter-rally   More than 20,000 African asylum seekers and Israelis… Read More ›

Pineville, LA – College Denies Nixing Coach’s Hiring Due To Jewish Heritage

Pineville, LA – College Denies Nixing Coach’s Hiring Due To Jewish Heritage

Pineville, LA – An attorney for a private Baptist college in Louisiana and the school’s president disputes a lawsuit’s claims that they refused to hire… Read More ›

New York – US Jewish Group Withdraws Holocaust Video Offensive To Poles

New York – US Jewish Group Withdraws Holocaust Video Offensive To Poles

  New York – A prominent Jewish-American foundation removed a video from YouTube which had sparked outrage in Poland and beyond on Wednesday with its… Read More ›

Iran Expert: Trump Must Keep Threat to Nix Nuke Deal to Get E.U. Help

Iran Expert: Trump Must Keep Threat to Nix Nuke Deal to Get E.U. Help

Landau urged the US not to lower its standards in any negotiations about limiting Iranian ballistic missile tests.   Unless the Trump administration keeps a… Read More ›