Proceeds from some sales will go to social justice organizations, including ADL, as sportswear company looks to move on from collaboration with rap star due to antisemitic remarks
Gali Baharav-Miara says coalition legislation may lead to politicization of law enforcement, harm to personal liberties, but stops short of suggesting court strike law
Chana Nachenberg, who was seriously injured in the suicide bombing attack at the Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem in 2001 and had been in a coma ever since, has succumbed to her injuries. She was pronounced dead at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv on Wednesday evening. With that, the death toll in the attack now stands
Meeting two weeks ago was mostly aimed at Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and convincing both sides to avert prolonged court process, TV news reports
Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, 28, heir to the Hashemite Kingdom, is set to marry Saudi aristocrat Rajwa Alseif, 29
Workers evacuated to Jerusalem hospital in serious and moderate condition, respectively, after two-hour operation
An incident of car theft, which went wrong in Holon on Wednesday evening, is believed to have led to the death of a 60-year-old motorcyclist: Police arrested two suspected car thieves on suspicion of hitting the motorcyclist during the police pursuit of them. During the pursuit of the suspects, they hit a police vehicle with
Carol Black’s brother was also killed in shooting; defense attorney hopes to remove hate crime charges enabling shooter Robert Bowers to dodge death penalty
Sides present conflicting report of events near makeshift yeshiva for settlers that was illegally transferred, after approval from ministers
Former Vice President Mike Pence is set to enter the increasingly crowded Republican primary field, launching his 2024 presidential bid on June 7. The campaign will begin with a speech in Des Moines, Iowa, NBC News reported. Pence will join a GOP race dominated by his former presidential boss, Donald Trump, who has been leading
Approximately half a year after the last election cycle, the National Unity party seems to be getting ready to hold party primaries. Israel National News has found that the primaries directly result from inner-party pressure on chairman MK Benny Gantz. This week, Gantz was asked about primaries during a party meeting and said, “The process
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour chose to refer to the horrific murder of a mother and her two daughters as a ‘Shootout.’
The Rabbinical Alliance of America (Igud HaRabbonim) condemned the “appalling” commencement speech given by Fatima Mousa Mohammed, a graduate speaking at the City University of New York (CUNY) Law School”s commencement on May 12. The umbrella group – representing over 950 American rabbis – decried the offensive speech for calling for a “revolution” to take
Valued at $38 billion, Databricks is a developer of a multi-cloud data-storage platform that helps companies harvest and analyze large amounts of information
Israeli security sources say they were updated by Hamas authorities about Yulia’s arrival, noting that military liaison to Palestinians published instructions on how to act
Party leader Liberman clashes with ultra-Orthodox Yinon Azoulay over education standards; MK Forer asks Knesset Speaker to remove Azoulay from chair of House Ethics Committee
Next week, the Authority for National Civic Service will hold its annual award ceremony for its outstanding volunteers. One of the recipients is Emily Weintraub from New York. Weintraub, 20, came to Israel to volunteer through the Israeli Volunteer Association as a nurse’s assistant at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. Weintraub decided to
A German court has sentenced a 28-year-old female student to more than five years behind bars for participating in left-wing attacks on neo-Nazis and far-right extremists. The incidents occurred over a two-year period. The Dresden Higher Regional Court (OLG) handed the defendant a sentence of five years and three months in prison for being a
‘Madonna with Child,’ attributed to 16th Century painter Alessandro Turchi; current owner, Japanese authorities agree to hand it back
28-year-old convicted of membership in a criminal organization and serious bodily harm for series of assaults with others over a period of two years
Youssef Sameeh Assi and Yahya Marei convicted of murder for shooting at settlement entrance that killed security guard Vyacheslav Golev
International Atomic Energy Agency reportedly no longer has questions about 87.3% enriched uranium found at Fordo facility or traces of man-made uranium found at Marivan
Stanford University has launched a panel composed of faculty and staff to enhance and protect the campus”s Jewish students and staff. The Jewish Advisory Committee will be chaired by Stanford”s ombudsperson, according to the Stanford Report. It was appointed by Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne after a task force made recommendations to support Jewish students on
11-year-old Mira Husaisi won second place in the Bible competition, which was held this week in honor of Jerusalem Education Week. Unlike most of the other competitors she faced, Mira, who resides with her family in the capital, is not Jewish but a Druze, originally from the town of Daliyat al-Karmel in northern Israel. “I
A new survey by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) found that antisemitic stereotypes remain deeply entrenched across Europe. The study also found that one in four residents of European countries harbor extensive anti-Jewish attitudes “Some of the most stubborn anti-Jewish tropes remain deeply entrenched in 10 European countries,” ADL said. The survey noted that one out
Netanyahu reportedly halts bill because it would touch contentious judge selection panel; MK Milwidsky on Tuesday requested to pull offending clause
Head of spy agency describes 50-year-old retired agent as ‘pioneering’ in his expertise, carried out many significant actions on behalf of Israel
Meir Tamari’s wife holds her 1 and 3-year-old children over husband’s grave; minister pledges to further expand settlements in response to attack, settler leader demands ‘answers’
The legal representatives of several Canadian, Canadian-Palestinian, and Jewish organizations have filed a legal brief to bar former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett from Canada. Bennett is set to address the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s annual event in Toronto next month. According to the representatives, Canada should bar entry from Bennett according to the Immigration and
Veteran entrepreneur and investor says Israeli tech sector faces ‘terrible crisis,’ urges decisionmakers to resolve political debate around judicial overhaul
Defense minister announces winners ahead of awards ceremony, warns: ‘The best minds are working to find breakthrough solutions against those who seek to harm us’
Country behind on climate targets, has increased subsidies for fossil fuels, has the lowest level of renewable energy in 38-member club, highest rate of threatened native mammals
The Israel Heritage Foundation called on the Biden administration and Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Deborah Lipstadt, to denounce the recent antisemitic CUNY commencement address by a law school graduate. The Israel Heritage Foundation on Wednesday decried the commencement address at CUNY Law School by Fatima Mousa Mohammed that it described as “rife
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday evening paid a consolation visit to the family of leading haredi rabbi, Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 100. Netanyahu arrived at the Bnei Brak home of the late spiritual leader, where his family is spending the traditional “Shiva” mourning period. The Prime
Former Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is set to announce he is launching a campaign for the 2024 presidential election next Tuesday in New Hampshire, according to Axios. Christie, 60, was formerly a member of Trump”s inner circle. But relations between Christie and the former president soured, with the former governor referring to Trump
Mahlagha Jaberi says outfit aimed to raise awareness of the ‘heinous crime of executing innocent people’ carried out by Tehran regime
State-run memorial attacks ‘instrumentalization of tragedy’ by Law and Justice party, which used theme of Nazi camp to discourage participation in upcoming anti-government march
New online edition of the Tanach available via Sefaria doesn’t use either masculine or feminine pronouns for God
The head of the IDF’s co-ed Lavi Habika’a infantry battalion Lt. Col. Ariel Barabi, sentenced two soldiers to an extensive prison stay for burning a PLO flag and filming the act. One corporal was filmed burning the PLO flag at her outpost and was sentenced to 15 days of detention. An additional soldier, a sergeant,
At a special meeting with Jewish community leaders, Azeri President Ilham Aliyev announced the government”s establishment of a multi-purpose Jewish centre in central Baku. The announcement took place during the course of by President Isaac Herzog”s visit to capital city Baku. “The Jews in Azerbaijan are valued citizens and we will do everything we can
Meir Tamari, who was murdered on Tuesday in a shooting attack near Hermesh in northern Samaria, was laid to rest on Wednesday afternoon in the Shaked cemetery in Samaria, accompanied by friends, family, ministers, and Knesset members. Samaria Regional Council Cheif Yossi Dagan eulogized the victim. “Where ever there is no settlement, there is terrorism.
There’s nothing like the anticipation of welcoming your first child into the world. The joy. The exhilaration. The pure excitement. And when you hear the piercing cry of your child who turns you into a father or mother, the rest of the world ceases to exist. You are now a family. Father, mother, child. Your
I remember it like it happened yesterday. The year was 1979 and I was studying in BMT – Bet Midrash L”Torah, in Jerusalem. It was time for our first tiyul and our guide, Eli Horowitz, son of our Rosh Yeshiva was leading the hike. (Sad note: 24 years later, Rabbi Eli Horowitz and his wife,
The burning of the Talmud, one of the formative and most unfortunate events of Jewish culture, was an unforgettable event that symbolized a turning point in the attitude of the church toward Jewish books and led to the establishment of the censor. It took centuries for religious Jewry and Jewish literature to recover, and a
Peace is a suitcase. Now why do I say that? In Parshat Nasso we”re given the Birkat Kohanim – the “duchaning” – the blessing that the Kohanim bring from Hashem to the people, and the entire blessing leads to a crescendo with the words (Bamidbar 6:26), “Veyaseim lecha shalom,” – “May Hashem give you peace.”
A letter signed by over 100 Jewish and pro-Israel organization on Tuesday demanded that university heads reject a proposal by the American Anthropological Association (AAA) to support the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. The 107 education, civil rights and religious groups wrote that they were “deeply concerned” about the upcoming online vote on the
One who testifies falsely before a court of law reveals more about himself than whatever contribution he could make in the case for now we know that he is untrustworthy and a liar without a conscience. So too, more than protesters howling their opposition to an issue reveals the nature of the issue, it reveals
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen declared during a visit to Budapest on Wednesday that Hungary will announce that it will move its embassy to Jerusalem within a few weeks. In a video released by Chabad Online, the minister, who is currently on a trip to four European Union nations, could be heard telling congregants at
A few weeks ago in the Gilo neighborhood of Jerusalem, Yosef, in his 50s, began experiencing heartburn and weakness in his left hand. Recognizing these as early signs of a potential heart attack, his wife Chedva promptly called for an ambulance. Responding swiftly to the distress call was Joelle Cohen, a volunteer EMT, and a
Rafael Nahari, a 30-year-old resident of Herzliya, was killed Tuesday night in a lethal traffic accident as he rode his motorcycle on Route 4613 near Bnei Atarot. Nahari volunteered in both Magen David Adom (MDA) and ZAKA in Tel Aviv. He is survived by his wife and a two-month-old son who was born after years
