Former French national only recently became a lawmaker after decades in media world and brief stint as envoy in Mauritania

Bereaved families are planning to block government ministers from attending next week”s Memorial Day ceremonies at cemeteries in Israel, Kan 11 News reported on Friday. According to the report, Moshav Be’er Tuvia, which is located in southern Israel, has informed the Ministry of Defense and the government secretariat that if Deputy Minister Yaakov Tesler arrives

The German government said on Friday it has set up an international commission of experts to review the events surrounding the 1972 attack on the Munich Olympics, in which 11 members of the Israeli team were murdered, The Associated Press reported. The panel was part of an agreement reached last year with relatives of the

Immigration Ministry will maintain fast-tracked program for Ukrainians and special cases, but says it wants to focus on absorbing the massive wave of people who arrived last year

Death toll put at 413, but actual figure thought to be higher after week of intense battles in Khartoum and elsewhere between forces loyal to military leader and rival general

American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO Ted Deutch and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff met with leading executives and agents in the entertainment industry on Thursday, urging them to use their influence to help stem the tide of rising antisemitism. Deutch and Emhoff spoke at a roundtable hosted by leading entertainment and talent agency, Creative Artists Agency

Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman lashed out at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview with Channel 13 News on Friday. “Netanyahu and his cabinet are not ready for a military conflict and cannot lead it. The Prime Minister today is unfit to serve.” On recent security related incidents, Liberman added that “a cabinet that

Ex-president helps push national anthem sung by Nazi sympathizer and others jailed over alleged role in capitol riot, ostensibly to raise money for insurrectionists’ defense

A mural of The Simpsons cartoon family depicted as Jewish inmates of a Nazi death camp was defaced in Milan, Italy on Tuesday on Holocaust Remembrance Day. The mural was affixed to the walls of the Holocaust Memorial in Milan’s train station. Vandals blackened the yellow stars on the jackets of the Jewish family in

Police on Friday shot a knifeman who attacked staff and visitors at a Jewish hospital in Germany”s capital of Berlin, The Daily Mail reported. A 45-year-old man carrying a knife attacked staff and patients at around 2.30 p.m. local time in House D of the Jewish Hospital on Heinz-Galinski-Strasse, in northern Berlin, on Friday afternoon.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering appointing MK Boaz Bismuth of his Likud Party as Israel”s Ambassador to France, Channel 12 News reported on Friday. However, according to the report, a final decision on this has yet to be made. If Bismuth is appointed as an Ambassador, the Likud will gain a new MK, and

The World Jewish Congress (WJC) on Thursday officially opened its new Nordic Office in Stockholm. The launch was attended by the Prime Minister of Sweden who pledging to continue his government”s work to confront antisemitism and actively strengthen Jewish life. “Today”s opening actually marks a return to history – because during the war, the Swedish

Past year plagued by killer floods, droughts and heat waves around the world costing billions of dollars, as global ocean heat and acidity levels hit record highs

‘We must not violate the sanctity of Memorial Day,’ rival politicians say in rare show of agreement, reflecting gravity of fears ministers will be heckled at cemetery ceremonies

Prosecutors say ‘no doubt’ Hassan Diab was behind suspected attack that killed four, but professor remains free in Canada after France declines to extradite him a second time

Iran, once a world leader in rug exports, has seen its share of the international carpet plummet to near zero after years of antagonism with the West. A business official told Iran International that Iran, long known as the world leader in handmade rugs, has lost its carpet export market to continental rivals. In the

The United States will begin training Ukrainian forces on how to use and maintain Abrams tanks in the coming weeks, as it continues to speed up its effort to get them onto the battlefield as quickly as possible, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Friday, according to The Associated Press. The decision comes as defense

With Federation General Assembly set to kick off, groups gather at airport and hotels to explain why Diaspora Jews have a stake in thwarting the government’s proposed changes

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on Friday told Shuaa Mansour, the Mayor of the Arab city of Tayibe that “your friends are voting against the weapons law and thus harming your children”. He was referencing a law being promoted by the government that would reduce the phenomenon of illegal weapons. Last month, the Knesset

A Paris court on Friday convicted a Lebanese-Canadian academic in absentia on terrorism charges and sentenced him to life in prison over a bombing outside a Paris synagogue in 1980 that killed four and wounded 46, The Associated Press reported. The court issued an arrest warrant for suspect Hassan Diab, who lives in the Canadian

The UK”s Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab was forced to resign on Friday after an independent investigation concluded he bullied civil servants, ABC News reported. Raab hit back at the findings as “flawed” yet he tendered his resignation. On Thursday, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was handed the investigation”s findings that probed eight complaints into Raab”s

Translation by Yehoshua Siskin 1. The new month of Iyar is observed for two days — today and tomorrow.. It is customary to say that Iyar (spelled aleph-yud-yud-reish) is an acronym: Aleph = Ani (I am), double yud = Hashem, and reish = rofecha (your healer). This month is considered the month of healing for

The head of the IDF Central Command, General Yehuda Fuchs, on Friday signed a confiscation and demolition order for the home in which terrorist Osama Tawil lived in the Palestinian Arab city of Shechem (Nablus). On October 11, 2022, the terrorist, together with another terrorist, carried out a shooting attack near Shavei Shomron in which

Leaders from six Jewish day schools in South Florida met recently to discuss their support for the school choice expansion legislation that Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law on March 27. The new law will allow all Florida parents to receive $8,000 if they chose to send their child to private school or to home

Gali Baharav-Miara’s office says defense minister failed to present evidence of security escalation that would justify deviating from past rulings that allowed entry from West Bank

Following the appeal of Eli Ben-Shem, chairman of the Yad Labanim organization, Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, opposition chairman Yair Lapid and National Unity leader MK Benny Gantz signed a joint call to keep politics out of any Memorial Day services being held in cemeteries. “I thank Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Gallant,

Haredi Jews in the UK are continuing to protest over the government”s renewed plans to introduce regulations on unregistered schools, which would greatly impact yeshivas, the Jewish Chronicle reported. Though previous legislation from last year, the Schools Bill, which would have forced yeshivas to teach a secular curriculum including sex education, was eventually not pursued

No injuries reported at site, but area blocked off over fears remaining loose stone could cause additional landslide; official says breakwaters needed to prevent erosion

When the ‘Metamorphosis’ author died his friend Max Brod published his journals – cutting the parts he thought too personal. Now they’re complete thanks to translator Ross Benjamin

“Rather than leading to meltdown, the migration crisis is leading to the fission of Europe,” wrote Stanford historian Niall Ferguson five years ago. “I am increasingly convinced that the migration crisis will be seen by future historians as the fatal ingredient that dissolved the EU”. The EU is still there, but the “fission” has already

Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the scene of the murder in Taibeh where the mayor’s security guard was shot dead last night. “We see here a very difficult incident of the murder of a valuable security guard, who served in the IDF. I spoke with his family – the dear Ganem family, a

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) condemned the most recent anti-Israel letter co-led by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and signed by the members of the Squad in the House. ZOA expressed outrage that the letter, written by Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), demands sanctions against Israel, and calls for “determinations” regarding the legality of the IDF”s

The celebrated first Chief Rabbi of pre-state Israel, Rav Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook (1865-1935) is recognized as being among the most important Jewish thinkers of all time. His writings reflect the mystic’s search for underlying unity in all aspects of life and the world, and his unique personality similarly united a rare combination of talents

The Israel Dog Unit (IDU), a nonprofit specializing in search and rescue, took part in a search exercise with the IAF over the course of the week. The exercise lasted four days and was held in the rough terrain of southern Israel. IDU director Yekutiel Ben-Yaakov commented: “We are happy to improve our cooperation with

Two Jews were attacked with pepper spray in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn on Wednesday night, ColLive reported. The unprovoked assault against the two victims was attended to by a Shmira community safety patrol volunteer who tried to end the confrontation. However, instead the perpetrator also pepper sprayed him before fleeing the area. The

Ephraim Mol collapsed, suffered stroke day before Yom Hashoah; born in Belgium, he was separated from parents while fleeing Nazis, hidden in Paris for duration of war

The British Embassy Israel and the Ukrainian Embassy Israel on Thursday held a formal Eurovision Gala in celebration of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest set to be hosted in Liverpool, United Kingdom. The Gala was held in partnership with EL AL airlines and the Israeli delegation to Eurovision led by Israel”s biggest popstar, Noa Kirel.

Our Sages ask rhetorically:(Arakhin 16b):”What is different about the punishment of one afflicted by tzaraat, from all other impure persons, that the Torah says about him:”He shall dwell alone in a habitation, oitside the camp”?” Answer the Sages:”He separated” by his לשון הרע: malicious speech “husband and wife, or man and his fellow man therefore,

Raab says probe that found that he was abusive toward staff members during previous stint in office was ‘flawed’ and says he ‘behaved professionally at all times’

Blast shatters apartment windows, damages cars, leaves 20-meter crater in Belgorod; social media first blames Kyiv, until Moscow acknowledges mistake

Holocaust survivor Rabbi Ephraim Mol, 85, died Thursday night after suffering a stroke prior to the Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony at Yad Vashem. Rabbi Mol, a Chabad-Lubavitch hasid, had been scheduled to recite the, “Kel Malei Rachamim,” prayer at the memorial event, but collapsed a day before it took place, shortly before the general rehearsal

Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi’s visit to Israel has reached its conclusion, and Pahlavi described it as “unforgettable.” Pahlavi arrived in Israel earlier this week, and attended the official state ceremony marking the start of Holocaust Remembrance Day at Jerusalem”s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum. He told i24NEWS that, “Today, when we have the regime

More than 23,000 apply to join new National Guard contingents, as Bureviy brigade’ simulates battle in expected operation aimed at liberating captured regions from the Russians

Mourners honor late musician with songs he wrote; daughter Shira Geffen recalls helping father with book of songs before his death, feared his passing upon completing work

Lawmaker, who has been leading contentious judicial overhaul, stayed inside a locked room as demonstrators outside shouted ‘shame’ and ‘democracy’ before being extracted by police

A small group of Women of the Wall arrived at the Western Wall on Friday morning, Rosh Chodesh Iyar, and acted contrary to the site’s regulations, causing much provocation, the Western Wall Heritage Foundation claimed. According to the statement, “The police and Western Wall ushers, who were busy at the time facilitating prayer as usual,

Adir Wahib Ghanam, 25, the personal security guard of Tayibe’s mayor, was killed Thursday night when shots were fired towards his home. Ghanam was evacuated in serious condition to Meir Medical Center, where hospital staff were forced to declare his death. Police are searching for the shooters, and are investigating the circumstances of the incident.

Visit part of four-nation international trade mission as Florida governor looks to boost his foreign policy credentials, will also visit UK, South Korea and Japan

Reservist paratroopers say Lt. Col. Daled, now head of elite Duvdevan unit, falsely claimed eye injury occurred during 2014 Gaza battle; IDF backs his version of events

Decision part of an agreement reached last year with relatives of the 11 slain Israeli team members; Widow of fencing coach hails chance for ‘justice to history’