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Analysis: US enemies are lining up to test Joe Biden

Analysis: US enemies are lining up to test Joe Biden

  President Joe Biden is confronting a series of distinct but interlocking global crises and hotspots with US foes lining up to test the mettle… Read More ›

Israel weighing options amid deepening Russia-Ukraine crisis

Israel weighing options amid deepening Russia-Ukraine crisis

Jerusalem has generally maintained a position of neutrality between the countries, since their 2014 war.   Israel is considering its position as tensions rise on… Read More ›

Educators debate long-term consequences of pandemic on young people

Educators debate long-term consequences of pandemic on young people

In Israel, as elsewhere, more and more school and university students switch to hybrid learning model, as educational institutions find it difficult to maintain a… Read More ›

Health Ministry: 4th dose triples protection from serious illness for over-60s

Health Ministry: 4th dose triples protection from serious illness for over-60s

Ministry says 2nd booster also doubles protection against infection during current wave; officials mull scrapping Green Pass restrictions   The Health Ministry said on Sunday… Read More ›

Blind Man Who Rescued 5 After Oklahoma City Bombing Dies

Blind Man Who Rescued 5 After Oklahoma City Bombing Dies

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Raymond Washburn, a blind man who was credited with helping rescue five people from the rubble of the Alfred P. Murrah… Read More ›

Blinken says ‘a single additional Russian force’ entering Ukraine would trigger US response

Blinken says ‘a single additional Russian force’ entering Ukraine would trigger US response

  Washington – Secretary of State Antony Blinken amplified his warning against a Russian invasion of Ukraine, saying “a single additional Russian force” entering Ukraine… Read More ›

Magnitude 4.2 earthquake felt in northern Israel

Magnitude 4.2 earthquake felt in northern Israel

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake that struck Cyprus was felt near in northern Israel early Sunday morning.   An earthquake measuring magnitude 4.2 at a depth… Read More ›

Israelis still believe in IDF but criticism is mounting

Israelis still believe in IDF but criticism is mounting

Analysis: Public’s level of trust in military has reached a record low of 78% in 2021, as residents worry whether ‘people’s army’ can remain example… Read More ›

‘An act of resistance’: US Jewish leaders defiant in 1st Shabbat since hostage siege

‘An act of resistance’: US Jewish leaders defiant in 1st Shabbat since hostage siege

Rabbi Cytron-Walker of Colleyville’s Beth Israel says ‘the words Shabbat shalom have never felt so good,’ as community takes stand against antisemitism 1 week after… Read More ›

Police: Truck With 100 Monkeys Crashes, Some Of Them Missing

Police: Truck With 100 Monkeys Crashes, Some Of Them Missing

  DANVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A truck carrying about 100 monkeys was involved in a crash Friday in Pennsylvania, state police said as authorities searched… Read More ›

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern cancels wedding plans due to Omicron surge

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern cancels wedding plans due to Omicron surge

  ew Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday revealed she has canceled her wedding as the country continues to curb a new wave of… Read More ›

Colleyville rabbi to ‘Post’: The gunman believed Jews control the world

Colleyville rabbi to ‘Post’: The gunman believed Jews control the world

Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, the man at the center of the Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis, speaks with Jerusalem Post correspondent Tovah Lazaroff. In the moments when… Read More ›

Netanyahu’s public legal fund should be used to help Israel’s poor

Netanyahu’s public legal fund should be used to help Israel’s poor

Opinion: It’s a disgrace Holocaust survivors are expected to survive on chicken feed and are unable to shield themselves from the cold while large sums… Read More ›

Interview: Leaning into own past, Jewish ‘Wonder Years’ writer comes of age with TV bar mitzvah

Interview: Leaning into own past, Jewish ‘Wonder Years’ writer comes of age with TV bar mitzvah

From doily head coverings to pre-speech jitters, the rebooted sitcom managed to capture the Jewish rite just right, largely thanks to screenwriter Yael Galena’s own… Read More ›

BREAKING: Meron Victims’ Families to Receive Half Million Shekel in Compensation

BREAKING: Meron Victims’ Families to Receive Half Million Shekel in Compensation

JERUSALEM — The Jerusalem Post is reporting that the Meron victims’ families will finally be awarded financial compensation from the government. According to initial reports,… Read More ›

US accuses Russia of recruiting officials in attempt to take over Ukrainian government

US accuses Russia of recruiting officials in attempt to take over Ukrainian government

The United States accused Russia of recruiting current and former Ukrainian government officials to attempt to take control of Ukraine’s government as it unveiled new… Read More ›

Colleyville is an opportunity for US Jews to rethink our approach to curbing antisemitism- opinion

Colleyville is an opportunity for US Jews to rethink our approach to curbing antisemitism- opinion

  Saturday’s assault on a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, has renewed the familiar yet always harrowing question: How should Jews combat antisemitism? Contemporary Jewish leaders,… Read More ›

Use of NSO spyware proves Israeli democracy closer than ever to demise

Use of NSO spyware proves Israeli democracy closer than ever to demise

Opinion: Police’s alleged use of Pegasus malware against civilians is a nightmare come true – irresponsible corporate interests working hand in hand with a corrupt… Read More ›

Vaccinated kids half as likely to get Omicron, but protection fades fast — study

Vaccinated kids half as likely to get Omicron, but protection fades fast — study

Health Ministry-led research also shows teens who got booster shot over four months ago only slightly better off than unvaccinated; hospitalizations among kids reportedly on… Read More ›

CHILLING: Texas Terrorist’s Hateful Rant in Final Call to Family: ‘I’ve Come to Die”

CHILLING: Texas Terrorist’s Hateful Rant in Final Call to Family: ‘I’ve Come to Die”

  COLLEYVILLE (VINnews) — Chilling new audio has been released of the final phone call made by the Colleyville Jihadi terrorist to his family in… Read More ›