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Mahwah, NJ – Town’s Moves Could Mean Shift In Orthodox Jewish Dispute

Mahwah, NJ – Town’s Moves Could Mean Shift In Orthodox Jewish Dispute

  Mahwah, NJ – Some recent moves by a town could signal a shift in a dispute with Orthodox Jewish groups that has already prompted… Read More ›

Netanyahu: ‘God bless’ Guatemala for Jerusalem move

Netanyahu: ‘God bless’ Guatemala for Jerusalem move

As Central American nation pledges to relocate embassy, Netanyahu says it’s ‘just the beginning,’ other countries will follow   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday… Read More ›

Jerusalem set to permit 300 new East Jerusalem homes

Jerusalem set to permit 300 new East Jerusalem homes

Council to give approval for eight buildings in Gilo, despite reported Trump administration request for ‘calm’ after recognition   The Jerusalem municipality is set to… Read More ›

Trump is dividing Jerusalem

Trump is dividing Jerusalem

Op-ed: The US president didn’t talk about a complete Jerusalem and didn’t even define the meaning of Jerusalem, leaving this ‘detail’ to the parties; he… Read More ›

Toronto – Succession Doubts Cloud Apotex Future After Jewish Billionaire Owner’s Death

Toronto – Succession Doubts Cloud Apotex Future After Jewish Billionaire Owner’s Death

  Toronto – Canadian pharmaceuticals billionaire Barry Sherman failed to implement a succession plan at his Apotex business before his death last week, two business… Read More ›

The freedom to hate

The freedom to hate

Op-ed: The open, blatant anti-Semitism in Austria may have gone underground, but many Austrians today don’t feel compelled to pretend they don’t hate Jews; it’s… Read More ›

Jerusalem recognition: A Jewish-Christian reconciliation

Jerusalem recognition: A Jewish-Christian reconciliation

Op-ed: Jerusalem occupies a unique spot in Christianity, which includes not only religious sacredness but a political status as well. Both Christians and Jews chose… Read More ›

Israeli Business Leaders to Travel to Bahrain in Next Normalization Step

Israeli Business Leaders to Travel to Bahrain in Next Normalization Step

The interfaith group’s visit to Jerusalem has sparked outrage among Palestinians and also back home in Bahrain.   A delegation of Israeli business leaders is… Read More ›

Comment about Jews by Roy Moore’s wife sparks new ridicule

Comment about Jews by Roy Moore’s wife sparks new ridicule

Defending candidate against anti-Semitism accusations, Kayla Moore says ‘one of our attorneys is a Jew’   MIDLAND CITY, Alabama (AP) — The wife of embattled… Read More ›

Gabbay to Netanyahu: ‘Time for elections’

Gabbay to Netanyahu: ‘Time for elections’

Zionist Union Chairman Gabbay calls on Netanyahu to reach decision ‘entire coalition knows you should make’, announce new elections; Recommendations Bill ‘terrible law’, Gabbay says,… Read More ›

Vancouver school apologizes to students for banning Hanukkah

Vancouver school apologizes to students for banning Hanukkah

Sixth-grade girls Maya Sontz and Rebecca Weinberg spearhead — and win — fight for inclusivity in their Christmas-bedecked public school   The Vancouver School Board has apologized to two… Read More ›

Israel – Extremist Charedi Residents Fight To Keep Modesty Signs Up In Beit Shemesh

Israel – Extremist Charedi Residents Fight To Keep Modesty Signs Up In Beit Shemesh

  Israel – Following a threat to lock up senior officials in the Beit Shemesh municipality for contempt of court, officials from the municipal authority… Read More ›

Firebombs hurled at synagogue in Sweden after protest march over Jerusalem

Firebombs hurled at synagogue in Sweden after protest march over Jerusalem

At rallies across Europe, participants chant about shooting Jews, an ancient massacre of Jews and freedom for Palestinian terrorists   More than a dozen men… Read More ›

Budapest – Hungarian Lawmaker Posts Photo Of Dead Pig In Alleged Reference To George Soros

Budapest – Hungarian Lawmaker Posts Photo Of Dead Pig In Alleged Reference To George Soros

Budapest – A lawmaker from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling party posted a photo of a dead pig on Facebook with what critics said… Read More ›

Analysis: Upending the Applecart

Analysis: Upending the Applecart

Along comes Trump, the most untraditional and nonconformist of all US presidents, and says “enough is enough.” What has been tried didn’t work, so it’s… Read More ›

House Passes Bill Targeting PA Over Terrorism Funding

House Passes Bill Targeting PA Over Terrorism Funding

The bill would freeze financial assistance provided by the US absent reform, while retaining aid allotted for security cooperation and some humanitarian relief.   SEOUL… Read More ›

To return to power, Left must avoid repeating past mistakes

To return to power, Left must avoid repeating past mistakes

Op-ed: The real national camp—which is pursuing a Jewish, democratic and an incorrupt state—has an actual chance of creating a political upheaval. But if Likud… Read More ›

Fired from her job, she turned a bite-sized business into a cupcake conglomerate

Fired from her job, she turned a bite-sized business into a cupcake conglomerate

Melissa Ben-Ishay started baking in her New York City apartment; now her 13 stores ship the miniature morsels across the US   NEW YORK —… Read More ›

PM Confidants Split on Whether or Not He Wrote Off Liberal US Jews

PM Confidants Split on Whether or Not He Wrote Off Liberal US Jews

“To the best of my knowledge, those are not his views,” said Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Michael Oren, a former ambassador to… Read More ›

Israelis know nothing about American Jews

Israelis know nothing about American Jews

Op-ed: They donate millions to the State of Israel, thousands of them serve in the IDF, they hold key positions in US public service and… Read More ›