(JNS) Israel”s three-month-old protest movement, which has repeatedly brought tens of thousands into the streets, is now crossing an increasing number of red lines. There are serious anxieties that protests will disrupt next week”s Remembrance Day for Fallen Soldiers and Independence Day ceremonies. At a Holocaust Remembrance Day synagogue service this week, anti-government participants forced

UPDATE FROM THE VAAD OF MONTREAL: Thanks to you nearly 200 families received urgent relief after ice storms knocked out their electricity over three day Yom tov plunging them into cold and darkness and destroying their food and plans. There are over 100 families of yungerlite still waiting for much-needed assistance to help replenish their

Thousands of people who oppose the government”s proposed judicial reform on Thursday evening demonstrated outside the home of former Supreme Court President Aharon Barak, who has been one of the vocal opponents of the reform. When Barak came out of his home, the protesters shouted “thank you” towards him. Later, the demonstrators sang Israel”s national

(JNS) A group of soldiers from a company of Israel Defense Forces” reservists in the Golani Infantry Brigade abandoned their posts at their training base in southern Israel on Tuesday and went home. The reservists revolted because they didn”t accept their battalion commander”s decision to replace their company commander with a company commander from the

US President Joe Biden and his team are preparing to announce his reelection campaign next week, with aides finalizing plans to release a video for the president to officially launch his campaign, three people briefed on the plans told The Washington Post on Thursday. Biden and his aides have targeted Tuesday for the release of

Firebrand right-wing lawmaker says she is committed to strengthening ‘great partnership’ between Israel and US Jews as liberal groups blast her positions and past comments

Eli Cohen predicts ‘both countries will benefit from greater cooperation’ as he cuts ribbon at diplomatic mission with Turkmen counterpart

Germany”s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier drew a comparison on Wednesday between the Nazi”s barbaric response to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 and Russian President Vladimir Putin”s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, BBC News reported. Steinmeier accused Putin of having “broken international law, challenged borders, committed land grabs” at a ceremony in Poland marking 80

Charges have been dropped against actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of his Western movie “Rust,” his lawyers said Thursday, according to NBC News. “We are pleased with the decision to dismiss the case against Alec Baldwin and we encourage a proper investigation into the facts and

PM vows further security support for southern communities, as well as funding to boost infrastructure and economy, after local leaders lashed government handling of Gaza attacks

Police in Montreal, Quebec are investigating two assaults against Hasidic Jews that occurred within the same hour in January in the same area of the city. The Montreal police hate crimes unit is appealing to the public for help in identifying a young man who is the suspect in both assaults, the Montreal Gazette reported.

Proceedings at the World Zionist Congress were called to a halt after a debate ensued regarding proposed changes to the “Grandchild Clause” of Israel’s Law of Return. Representatives from the Mizrachi faction proposed a resolution calling for the establishment of a committee that would review the issue in order to produce a consensus opinion surrounding

Defense minister says Islamic Republic also funding Hamas with $100 million annually, gives hundreds more millions to Yemen’s Houthis, other militias in Syria, Iraq

Benaya Peretz, who was seriously injured in a terrorist drive-by shooting at the Tapuah Junction in Samaria two years ago, has begun to move his legs for the first time since the attack after underdoing an experimental surgery in Bankgok, Thailand last Friday. Ophir, Benaya’s father, updated Samaria Regional Council chairman Yossi Dagan on the

Former American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO David Harris, who led the organization from 1990-2022, has been honored by the Japanese government for his years of work building bridges between the Jewish community and Japan. Harris received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star from the government of Japan in recognition of his

The IDF is currently completing training and preparations for the Israeli Air Force national flyover that will take place on Wednesday, April 26 2023, during the State of Israel”s 75th Independence Day. At 08:45 am, there will be a flyover above the President”s Residence in Jerusalem. The flyover aims to salute the 120 soldiers who

At this moment, I am boarding a flight back to Israel ending four days of a very intensive visit to the United Arab Emirates – to Dubai and Abu Dhabi,” MK Tal said. The visit was held at the invitation of senior officials in the Emirati government, led by the Chairman of the Emirates Foreign,

Soldiers in infantry brigade also ordered to complete educational program before returning to duty

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In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, five Democratic House reps. introduced a bill to award a collective Congressional Gold Medal to American individuals helped rescue Jews during the Holocaust. Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Kim Schrier (D-WA) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) noted that Americans who acted to rescue Jewish refugees

Iranian navy says its own sub took action against US vessel in strategic Strait of Hormuz; 5th fleet calls statement ‘more Iranian disinformation’

Elon Musk congratulates team on ‘exciting’ launch despite rocket’s failure to reach orbit, says ‘learned a lot’ for next time

Far from causing a lack in grain supply, the Russo-Ukrainian war has apparently led to a glut of cheap grain arriving in European markets, and now several European countries are seeking to protect their domestic producers in response. “Cheap Ukrainian grain has been flooding the EU market … helped by the European Union waiving customs

To mark of the 75th anniversary of the State of Israel and the establishment of the IDF, today (Thursday), over 8,000 IDF soldiers in active and reserve duty, participated in this unique project, “Marching in the Paths of the IDF.” The project, led by the Education and Youth Corps in the Manpower Directorate (J1), included

The FBI has opened a probe into an antisemitic assault on a Las Vegas Jewish teen with autism who came home from school with a swastika carved into his back, according to Newsweek. The 17-year-old boy who wears a kippah is non-verbal. He uses a service dog to go to school at Clark High School

i24NEWS is airing a new show that will provide a comprehensive look at the most important news stories of the Jewish world from around the globe, with a special focus on significant issues of the Jewish-American community. The program will be broadcast on Sundays at 16:00 IST (9AM US EST) and 00:00 (midnight) (5 PM

In letter, defense minister says lawmakers must refrain from divisive comments on ‘one of the most sensitive and sacred’ days of the year, as authorities seek to tamp down tensions

In briefing with reporters, defense minister says Iran ‘driving force in convergence of arenas,’ proxies becoming more brazen in attacks

Report says IDF Home Front Command will deploy system to Ukrainian capital, then expand to other cities if successful; array does not include missile interception

Ukrainian leader asks Jens Stoltenberg to push for members of defensive pact to supply more weaponry, including aircraft

Israel’s security establishment has reached the understanding that the nation as at the beginning of a new security era in which it faces the possibility of attacks from multiple arenas at the same time. “We are facing a new security era in which a real threat is possible from all sectors at the same time,”

The President of the Coordinating Committee of Jewish Communities in Croatia, Ognjen Kraus, warned during a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony this week that Holocaust denial remains a major problem in the country and denounced the destruction of thousands of Jewish graves, according to Balkan Insight. “In the general public, but also in the educational system,

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video statement this evening (Thursday) calling for unity and the absence of politics during Israel’s Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of hostilities next week. “In the coming days, we will raise our eyes to the military plots in the cemeteries. Each gravestone there tells a story of

In an update to their COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorizations, the FDA this week announced that they are “simplify[ing] the vaccination schedule for most individuals.” The FDA”s press announcement notes that the bivalent (original Wuhan plus Omicron) vaccines are to be used for all doses for people over the age of six months, including for

Tel Aviv station selects Meir Suissa as its outstanding officer; officials say recognition unconnected to his controversial handling of anti-government demonstrators

Defendants accused of raping girl twice after giving her drugs and alcohol; prosecutors seek to keep them in custody until the end of legal proceedings

Jerusalem ‘talking to whomever we need to’ in effort to end fighting in Khartoum, as full normalization seems even further off

The largest and most powerful rocket ever built by man exploded during a test flight Thursday morning. The flight was unmanned. SpaceX’s Starship, which is meant to eventually take humans to the moon and to Mars, broke up four minutes after taking off from Starbase, the private SpaceX spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas. The initial

The mayor of Norwich has issued an apology to the British city”s Jewish community for a 12th century blood libel involving accusations of the murder of a boy, the UK Jewish News reported. The charge of Jewish responsibility for the death, which is thought to have originated with a Monk who made the spurious claim

Export of long-range missile defense system requires Washington’s approval due to US involvement in its development

On diplomacy blitz in US, ex-premier defends Israel’s stability amid judicial overhaul crisis, but also offers hints he wants a hand in the country’s future

National security minister says that even amid internal disputes, ‘we are all brothers;’ demonstrators proclaim role of police minister is too much for him

Israel and Germany”s Defense Ministries and Israel Aerospace Industries have launched discussions regarding the drafting of an agreement for the procurement of the Arrow-3 system. The Israeli Defense Ministry said in the statement: “The advanced negotiations were launched this week in Germany, with the aim of drafting a detailed agreement for the delivery of the

Rabbi Efrem Goldberg from Boca Raton Synagogue in Florida and Rabbi Shay Schachter from Young Israel of Woodmere in New York speak to Israel National News about traveling to Israel to visit Rabbi Leo Dee in Efrat as he mourns the death of his wife Lucy and daughters Maia and Rina following the April 7

Government will rule for 4-year term if it manages to weather political storms; Israel held 5 elections in past 4 years

The rabbi of Kiryat Arba and a leading religious Zionist rabbi, Rabbi Dov Lior, ruled to say the Hallel prayer with a blessing on the night of Israeli Independence Day. Rabbi Lior explained that “in the past, I was apprehensive based on those who opposed (former Chief) Rabbi (Shlomo) Goren and therefore ruled that because

MK Dan Illouz (Likud) has turned to foreign embassies in Israel and requested that they end their countries’ funding of the leftist organization, “HaMoked – The Center for the Defense of the Individual,” which helps terrorists and their family members. In a letter to the ambassadors, Illouz wrote, “I take very seriously the use of