Ombudsman found 99 accounts of senior Nazi officials in Germany and members of Nazi-affiliated groups in Argentina before being ‘inexplicably terminated,’ according to report

The day of Lucy Dee”s funeral felt like it was something out of a movie –– rainy, cold, depressing. It”s what anyone would have expected growing up on Hollywood representations of such events. But it was totally out of the ordinary for this season in Israel. Passover in this region is the time of rejuvenation.

A. went to a friend’s birthday party at a Tel Aviv restaurant – but landed in the hospital later that same evening, after a passing waitress spilled boiling water on her. Speaking to Channel 12 News, A. said, “From behind me, a waitress appeared, with a very large cup of boiling water – and the

The State of Israel Diamond Anniversary Coin Celebrating 75 Years of Israeli Independence

Yesterday, on board El Al flight LY7 from Tel Aviv to New York, an unexpected medical emergency occurred when a young passenger suffered a severe anaphylactic attack after inadvertently eating something he was allergic to. The individual, a 16-year-old male, began to experience breathing difficulties and a choking sensation in his throat, which quickly escalated

Perched on a sofa somewhere in Israel, fugitive Moldovan-Jewish businessman-turned-politician Ilan Shor is seen in a video from last month speaking to his supporters back home. His message is, by his standards, relatively mild. “Maia, you really are Hitler,” he says, addressing Moldova”s pro-European president, Maia Sandu. “Whether you like it or not, I will

Diaspora affairs reporter Canaan Lidor discusses March of the Living as US bureau chief Jacob Magid looks at Israel-Saudi relations and the US visa waiver program

Presidents Herzog, Steinmeier of Germany and Duda of Poland address hundreds in front of Memorial to the Ghetto Heroes on hallowed ground where fighting erupted

Maor Zion, a senior lecturer at the Israel Cancer Association for Children, Youth, and Soldiers, reported in a special Knesset meeting on the tactics used by companies which manufacture electronic cigarettes. Among the tactics used to ensnare youth are free distribution in places of entertainment, and ensuring that there are places to purchase electronic cigarettes

Rabbi David Yosef, a senior haredi rabbi and a member of the Shas party’s Council of Torah Sages, has called for Jews of all sectors to respect each other. During a Torah class, Rabbi Yosef said, “There are hasidic haredim, there are Sefardim, there are Lithuanian-haredim, there are Religious Zionists of various types. Every Jew

The Jerusalem District Court has accepted the position of the Prosecutor’s Office and on Wednesday sentenced terrorist Sanad Torman to thirty years in prison. Torman was convicted of carrying out an act of terror and attempted murder of Golani soldiers. In addition to the 30 years, he has been sentenced to a year of probation,

With no surviving fighters still alive, responsibility for preserving Holocaust memory is passing from witnesses to younger generations

Top diplomat looks to accelerate growing bilateral ties with Baku, which shares a border with Iran and supplies over 30% of Israel’s oil

Opposition leader MK Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) slammed the proposed Draft Law during a party meeting, promising to overturn it as soon as he has the opportunity. “I have passed two Draft Laws in my life, in two different governments,” Lapid said. “One of those times was together with [Prime Minister] Benjamin Netanyahu. Neither of

In the Arnona neighborhood of Jerusalem, a prestigious and innovative residential project is being completed that is renewing the environment of the old neighborhood: The Painter’s House project. The Even Yisrael company, which has been involved in the construction and development of the city of Jerusalem for many years, is leading in the project. The

The Department for the Investigation of Police Officers has announced that a policeman who hit a Jewish man at Meron last Lag Ba’omer will stand trial, Kol Hai Radio reported. The victim, Gershon Steinklor of Zikhron Ya’akov, had been waiting to pass through a checkpoint on his way up the mountain towards the gravesite of

An IDF drone aircraft crashed in southern Syria, while operating in Syrian airspace overnight. The Israeli military announced Wednesday morning that it has launched an investigation into the incident. “During the night, during a routine operation, an unmanned aircraft&hellipfell in Syrian territory following a technical malfunction,” an army spokesperson said. “No sensitive information was revealed”

Khamenei rejects calls by anti-regime protesters and former PM Rouhani for national votes to be held on some matters

Animal saunters onto premises in Emunim, knocking items off shelves and causing thousands of shekels in damage

Museum of Krakow had been showing a nativity scene production that berated Jews for being ‘ashamed of the Messiah’

The more I read about Islam, the more concerned I have become about its threat to democracies everywhere. I truly understand how it is that the people in Islamic nations cannot question Islam for fear of death, but I cannot for the life of me see how an educated person can fall victim to this

Researchers at Hebrew University have succeeded in developing tomato varieties capable of producing a high yield even in extreme drought conditions. The study, which was published in the journal PNAS. The study was led by doctoral student Shai Torgeman and Professor Dani Zamir from the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment at the Hebrew University.

Following the death of 16-year-old Medan Keller, Israel’s Health Ministry has decided to invest in a campaign highlighting the dangers of electronic cigarettes, Israel Hayom reported. The campaign, the first of its kind, will cost 1.5 million shekel, and focus on comprehensive education for both parents and teens. Among other things, the initiative will include

For parts I-V, click here. Part VI The Limitations of the Press How did the Germans react to Nazi propaganda in the press, since as in all totalitarian regimes, the press plays a critical part in the “political socialization” of the masses? During the early years, there was serious competition between church journals and the

Meeting focuses on ways to strengthen ties, while prince reaffirms commitment to establishing independent Palestinian state

Sanad al-Turman jailed for 2020 terror attack on troops touring the capital ahead of Western Wall ceremony

Police officers ascended the Temple Mount before dawn Wednesday and removed a pro-Hamas banner inciting violence that had been hung at the holy site. On Tuesday, Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir (Otzma Yehudit) demanded police explain why the banner had not yet been removed. The banner read: “Our existence is meaningless if we are

The following is an excerpt from the book A Torah Guide to Personal Finance. If there is a single word that appears more frequently than any other in the personal finance literature, it is probably “retirement.” The milestone to which it refers is also the overwhelming focus of the multi-trillion-dollar financial services industry. And yet

15-year-old reportedly went to school after firing at vehicle from point-blank range; IDF says 3 detained in Tuesday Jenin raid were involved in ‘significant terrorist activity’

The heat wave which began earlier this week is expected to break by Thursday, forecasters said. Wednesday will be partly cloudy, with hot, dry weather and temperatures higher than usual for the season. There may be haze, as well as light local rainfall. Wednesday night will be cloudy, and light rainfall is expected in northern

Jack Teixeira, 21, a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman who allegedly shared on social media highly classified material he took home from his base, was arrested last week

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Wednesday will arrive in Turkmenistan, marking the first time in 30 years that an Israeli Foreign Minister has set foot in that country. During his visit, Cohen open a permanent Israeli embassy in Turkmenistan. On Tuesday, Cohen left Israel for Azerbaijan, together with a delegation of businesspeople, for the

Every “Yom HaShoa” (Holocaust Memorial Day) we must repeat the main lesson. It is an unpleasant lesson, but it is the right one, and as time goes by, it only becomes starker, especially this year. It is impossible to provide security to the Jewish people without political, economic and military power. We have had it

Unification comes after decades of talks aimed at joining the denominations, which have been separate for past 120 years

Parade through campus by white nationalists, some of whom chanted ‘Jews will not replace us,’ came a day before deadly Unite the Right street

Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are restoring diplomatic ties and reopening embassies, officials said on Tuesday, according to Reuters. “At present, the activation of diplomatic ties, which will include the reopening of embassies, is under process between both countries,” a UAE official said in a statement in response to a question from the

A Russian-Jewish dissident whose case has attracted support from human rights groups and prominent Jewish activists was sentenced to 25 years in prison for treason on Monday. Vladimir Kara-Murza, 41, received the harshest sentence given to a critic of the Kremlin in the 14 months since Russia first invaded Ukraine. The charges were handed down

The terrorist responsible for a shooting attack in eastern Jerusalem Tuesday was apprehended by Israeli security forces early Wednesday morning. In a joint pre-dawn operation of the IDF, the Border Police’s Yamam special forces unit, and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) in the Palestinian Authority-administered city of Shechem (Nablus) in Samaria, the terrorist suspected

FM to become first Israeli minister in nearly 30 years to visit the closed central Asian dictatorship, an oil-rich state on Iranian border

When Israeli-born Yarden Fried marries in May, she’ll wear a dress made from pina, traditional Philippines fabric linking to her German-born grandfather’s Holocaust-era journey

China’s Foreign Minister, Qin Gang, told his Israeli and Palestinian Arab counterparts that his country is ready to help facilitate peace talks between the two sides, The Associated Press reports. Qin made separate phone calls to the two officials on Monday, according to the report in which he expressed China’s concern over intensifying tensions between

Exhibit including innovative 360-degree video brought to New York for Holocaust Remembrance Day, as surveys show majority of public unfamiliar with basic facts of the genocide

Official email listserve for Rep. Paul Gosar includes article from Holocaust-denying website that hailed his opposition to US aid for ‘Nazi’ regime in Ukraine

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Tuesday released a statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day. “Each year on Yom Hashoah, we are called on to do something that sounds simple: to remember. But it”s much more than mere recollection it”s a moral charge to ensure the unconscionable inhumanity of the Holocaust never, never fades from

The UK government said on Tuesday it had frozen the assets of a Lebanese businessman suspected of financing Hezbollah, while US authorities announced action against a network allegedly helping the man avoid sanctions, AFP reported. The UK Treasury action against Nazem Said Ahmad on national security grounds follows similar US restrictions imposed in 2019. Washington,

MK Danny Danon (Likud) spoke to Newsmax during Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel, saying the day is a reminder to “never allow a radical regime to threaten the Jewish people again.” He noted that Israel faces such a threat in Iran, which is trying to build an arsenal of nuclear weapons, adding that the Biden

Jewish French Member of Parliament Meyer Habib, who was recently re-elected, said on Tuesday morning that he feels the phenomenon of antisemitism on a daily basis. Speaking to the haredi Radio Kol Chai on the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Habib said, “Unfortunately, antisemitism in France is growing under a new name, ‘hatred of Israel’.

The story of the Japanese consulate worker who saved thousands of Jewish refugees in Lithuania in 1940 is now being told in concert halls around the globe – and in NYC on April 19

Panic broke out on Tuesday afternoon at a store in Moshav Emunim, located near Ashdod in southern Israel. A cow, believed to have come from one of the farms in the Moshav, arrived at the store, managed to enter it and startle those inside. As it tried to leave the premises, the cow caused some

Former premier says moderate leadership needed to ensure internal stability, claims Netanyahu’s polarizing coalition will dissuade voters from supporting hardline parties