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Washington rebuffs own envoy for saying ‘settlements are part of Israel’

Washington rebuffs own envoy for saying ‘settlements are part of Israel’

State Department spokeswoman says David Friedman’s statement should ‘not be read as a shift in US policy’   WASHINGTON — For the second time since… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Yad Vashem Showcases Handmade Yom Kippur Prayer Book From Holocaust

Jerusalem – Yad Vashem Showcases Handmade Yom Kippur Prayer Book From Holocaust

  Jerusalem – Ahead of the Jewish Day of Atonement, Israel’s Holocaust remembrance center is showcasing pages of a mimeographed copy of a Yom Kippur… Read More ›

Writer Under Fire for Demonizing German Jews

Writer Under Fire for Demonizing German Jews

The journalist suggested undue Jewish power in the media.   German Jews and experts in the field of antisemitism in the press slammed a journalist… Read More ›

Netanyahu vows ‘not to uproot Jews or Arabs’

Netanyahu vows ‘not to uproot Jews or Arabs’

During ceremony marking 50 years to Jewish settlement in West Bank, the prime minister boasts of a return home ‘to our ancestral land,’ adding ‘We’ve… Read More ›

Rivlin: Interpol hurting itself by admitting Palestinians

Rivlin: Interpol hurting itself by admitting Palestinians

President says world policing body’s ability to fight terror will be harmed, thanks Merkel for stance against AfD; US Jewish groups also slam Interpol move… Read More ›

Some rabbis used their High Holiday sermons to bash Trump – others demurred

Some rabbis used their High Holiday sermons to bash Trump – others demurred

Religious leaders disagree on talking politics from the pulpit: for every rabbi who insists on taking clear stands, others worry about alienating congregants   JTA… Read More ›

UN: Israeli, PA Incitement Violates Resolution 2334

UN: Israeli, PA Incitement Violates Resolution 2334

Such activity is “making the twostate solution increasingly unattainable and undermining Palestinian belief in the international peace efforts.”   Israelis and Palestinians have engaged in… Read More ›

Washington – Trump Aide Greenblatt Returning To Israel For Peace Talks: Official

Washington – Trump Aide Greenblatt Returning To Israel For Peace Talks: Official

  Washington –  President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace negotiator, Jason Greenblatt, is returning to Israel to “continue the peace track” after the president met… Read More ›

One-Sided Story: Merkel’s Cabinet Meets Predominantly Anti-Israel NGOs

One-Sided Story: Merkel’s Cabinet Meets Predominantly Anti-Israel NGOs

“A dialogue should also consist of talks with positions that one does not share.”   German Green Party MP Volker Beck criticized on Thursday members… Read More ›

Relations between Israel and US Jewry must be mended

Relations between Israel and US Jewry must be mended

Op-ed: The Jewish American public has the best interest of the Jewish people’s homeland in mind, but the days in which being pro-Israel means blindly… Read More ›

‘Jewish Tradition and Halacha Have Become Stagnant’

‘Jewish Tradition and Halacha Have Become Stagnant’

Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo pulls no punches in telling ‘In Jerusalem’ how Judaism and the rabbinic establishment can begin to respond to the current reality.… Read More ›

Naples, FL – After Irma, Florida Jews Seek Respite In High Holy Days

Naples, FL – After Irma, Florida Jews Seek Respite In High Holy Days

  Naples, FL – During Hurricane Irma, Temple Shalom served as a sanctuary of a different kind. When the storm changed course at the last… Read More ›

Rabbinical Courts Rapidly Adding Names to Marriage Blacklists

Rabbinical Courts Rapidly Adding Names to Marriage Blacklists

If people are on the Prevented from Marrying list, neither they nor their children will ever be able to get married in Israel.   The… Read More ›

Coalition Tensions Brewing Over Haredi Military-Exemption Law

Coalition Tensions Brewing Over Haredi Military-Exemption Law

Disputes over the military service of haredim are threatening to weaken the governing coalition.   The government coalition appears to be headed for trouble over… Read More ›

Netanyahu to meet with US Jewish leaders on sidelines of UN

Netanyahu to meet with US Jewish leaders on sidelines of UN

Weekend sit-down with PM scaled back amid increased tensions over cabinet’s backtrack on pluralistic prayer pavilion at Western Wall   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will… Read More ›

Haredi soldiers speak out against HCJ decision

Haredi soldiers speak out against HCJ decision

Ultra-Orthodox soldiers denounce High Court’s ruling striking amendment to law on Haredi conscription; ‘trends were positive,’ says Haredi officer, ‘but HCJ is sabotaging it’; ‘Those… Read More ›

Top diplomat: Africa summit’s cancellation actually a sign of Israel’s success

Top diplomat: Africa summit’s cancellation actually a sign of Israel’s success

Foreign Ministry director Yuval Rotem says Arab pressure that prompted the scrapping of major event in Togo paradoxically shows Jerusalem on the right track  … Read More ›

Congress sends condemnation of white supremacists to Trump for signature

Congress sends condemnation of white supremacists to Trump for signature

House approves measure calling on president to speak out against hate groups and urging resources for combating racism, anti-Semitism   WASHINGTON — Congress has backed… Read More ›

Gorka to Jpost: Bannon Camp Still Has Sway with Trump Administration

Gorka to Jpost: Bannon Camp Still Has Sway with Trump Administration

Ex-top staffer discusses Syria, Charlottesville and continued growth of Jihadism.   Sebastian Gorka and the Steve Bannon camp still have sway with US President Donald… Read More ›

Ahead of Netanyahu visit, signs in Argentina depict him as Hitler

Ahead of Netanyahu visit, signs in Argentina depict him as Hitler

Palestinian activists in Buenos Aires display posters saying Israeli prime minister wanted for genocide   As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed toward Argentina overnight Monday,… Read More ›