World Jewish News

Mayor Barkat calls Jerusalem Marathon a ‘spiritual sporting event’

Mayor Barkat calls Jerusalem Marathon a ‘spiritual sporting event’

The city’s seventh international marathon, which begins Friday morning, has 30,000 runners, with more than 3,500 hailing from 65 countries   As Jerusalem gears up… Read More ›

Polish historian’s book on killing of Jews exposes raw nerve

Polish historian’s book on killing of Jews exposes raw nerve

Barbara Engelking’s ‘Such a Beautiful Sunny Day’ details dozens of cases of everyday Poles in World War II raping Jewish women and bludgeoning Jews to… Read More ›

Hotels Join the List of Venues Canceling BDS Events in Vienna

Hotels Join the List of Venues Canceling BDS Events in Vienna

“BDS has an antisemitic agenda and leads a campaign of demonization, delegitimization and double standards against Israel.”   Hotel Kaiserwasser and Hotel Regina have pulled… Read More ›

Miki Zohar has a dream for an annexation

Miki Zohar has a dream for an annexation

Op-ed: While there is no reason to hold MK Miki Zohar’s suggestion regarding the possible annexation of the West Bank and its residents in high… Read More ›

Jerusalem – A Look At Some Israeli High-tech Successes

Jerusalem – A Look At Some Israeli High-tech Successes

  Jerusalem – Intel announced Monday it will spend more than $15 billion to acquire Mobileye, an Israeli company that develops technology that essentially gives… Read More ›

Ministerial initiative on Temple Mount raises ire among Arab MKs

Ministerial initiative on Temple Mount raises ire among Arab MKs

The initiative to establish an advocacy foundation for Jewish connections to the Temple Mount has been met with fury among Arab lawmakers who claim the… Read More ›

Don’t let the lobbyists derail the law to ban binary options

Don’t let the lobbyists derail the law to ban binary options

Op-Ed: Proponents of the widely fraudulent industry are quietly trying to thwart law-enforcement’s long-overdue move to close it down   In these very days, in… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel Soars At World Baseball Classic, And A Nation Shrugs

Jerusalem – Israel Soars At World Baseball Classic, And A Nation Shrugs

  Jerusalem –  Israel is the big surprise of the World Baseball Classic, upsetting three teams, generating buzz and offering a mascot like no other… Read More ›

Abbas to Expand Outreach to American Jewish Community

Abbas to Expand Outreach to American Jewish Community

A delegation of Reform Jewish leaders, including Union of Reform Judaism president Rick Jacobs, met with the PA president on Thursday in Ramallah.   Palestinian… Read More ›

Police believe single caller menacing JCCs, as more buildings threatened

Police believe single caller menacing JCCs, as more buildings threatened

New York police intelligence chief says one man using a voice changer and phone spoofing device likely responsible for most incidents; Brooklyn Jewish museum and… Read More ›

200 observant IDF officers rooting for Rabbi Levinstein

200 observant IDF officers rooting for Rabbi Levinstein

IDF officers who studied under Rabbi Levinstein in a pre-military modern Orthodox academy sign a petition backing their Rabbi, against the integration of women in… Read More ›

JCC leaders demand Sessions be a ‘stronger partner’ against continued threats

JCC leaders demand Sessions be a ‘stronger partner’ against continued threats

Amidst another wave of bomb threats, 141 community center heads send AG a letter asking for more action in combating anti-Semitism   WASHINGTON — Amidst… Read More ›

Houston – President George H.W. Bush, Wife, Condemn Jewish Threats

Houston – President George H.W. Bush, Wife, Condemn Jewish Threats

  Houston – Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, are condemning recent bomb threats and vandalism against Jewish institutions in the nation.… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Israeli Chefs Take Hamantaschen To A Whole New Level

Tel Aviv – Israeli Chefs Take Hamantaschen To A Whole New Level

  Tel Aviv – Cheesecake, amaretto or goat cheese and onion jam? Those are just some of the new hamantaschen options this year at Roladin,… Read More ›

MK Odeh: ‘Peace is Impossible Without Israeli-Arab Input’

MK Odeh: ‘Peace is Impossible Without Israeli-Arab Input’

Speaking to members of the Foreign Press Association on Monday, MK Ayman Odeh (Hadash) heeded that peace will not be achieved if Israel’s Arab sector… Read More ›

Zionism’s anti-Zionist protector

Zionism’s anti-Zionist protector

Op-ed: When the president of the Zionist state and a Palestinian MK share a similar view on annexation and a binational state, there must be… Read More ›

Netanyahu pauses 4-hour police grilling to speak to Trump

Netanyahu pauses 4-hour police grilling to speak to Trump

Investigators question PM for 4th time on corruption allegations in two separate cases; police chief indicates probes almost complete   Police investigators questioned Prime Minister… Read More ›

Argentinian Politician Seeks Justice for Victims of 1994 Amia Bombing

Argentinian Politician Seeks Justice for Victims of 1994 Amia Bombing

The laws governing Argentina’s judicial system make it difficult to prosecute he people behind the attack because the accused must be present at the trial.… Read More ›

At 10, egalitarian yeshiva wants to expand learning among Jews in the pews

At 10, egalitarian yeshiva wants to expand learning among Jews in the pews

New York’s Mechon Hadar seeks to reach out to different denominations, while still emphasizing traditional Torah study   NEW YORK (JTA) — In the upstairs… Read More ›

US Reps Say Federal Response Needed to Stop Jew-Hatred

US Reps Say Federal Response Needed to Stop Jew-Hatred

“We’re here today to bring necessary attention to this public security threat. Because a threat to the Jewish community – or to any religious community… Read More ›