The UK pop star, a self-proclaimed ‘massive fan’ of indie artist, rehearses with her after inviting her to perform with him Thursday night

Federal court dismisses Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation lawsuit against reporters, ruling allegations or war crimes to be substantially true

Iran Human Rights says 307 people have been put to death this year already, a rise of 75% over the same period in 2022

Shas MKs and ministers have spoken out in the past week regarding the “Deri Law,” and whether it will be brought for a vote or shelved. Welfare Minister Yakov Margi (Shas) on Monday clarified that revisiting the law is currently not under discussion, but his colleague, Labor Minister Yoav Ben-Tzur (Shas), said the law would

A 30-year-old Ramat Gan resident was arrested at Ben Gurion International Airport on Thursday for allegedly smuggling more than 70 reptiles, including dangerous anacondas, into Israel illegally. Police detectives tracked the suspect from when she landed through passport control until she collected her baggage. When she left the terminal toward the parking lot, the detectives

The Sackler family, the Jewish billionaires whose marketing of the painkiller drug OxyContin fueled the United States” ongoing opioid epidemic, will receive full immunity from all civil legal claims in exchange for spending up to $6 billion on addiction treatment and prevention programs. The decision to grant immunity by a federal appeals court panel Tuesday

Council for Higher Education’s 5-year plan aims to internationalize Israeli academia by upping the number of courses taught in English, sending students for apprenticeships abroad

Crown Prince Hussein to marry Saudi Arabian aristocrat Rajwa Alseif, in event seen as introducing prince to global audience and cementing ties between kingdoms

Hebrew media runs a leaked document of general principles coming out of President’s Residence negotiations; opposition denies having received it, says no agreement reached

Yotam Okon to also pay NIS 200,000 in damages; mother of victim says Okon ‘took advantage of his position and the fact that she was an innocent girl in 6th grade’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the IDF operational headquarters at the Kirya in Tel Aviv Wednesday night to observe the Military’s Firm Hand General Staff exercise. The Prime Minister was accompanied by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman. and the Prime

The Division for the Investigation of Police officers has submitted to the Jerusalem District Court an indictment against Border Police officer Mohammad Hamza, who stole and sold police weapons. According to the indictment, Hamza joined the Border Police two years ago, and served at the base in Atarot. Hamza had access to police equipment, weapons,

Bricks found in the trunk of a car in East Jerusalem apparently came from a bathhouse used by notorious Tenth Roman Legion some 2,000 years ago

The largest-ever official delegation from the British House of Lords is visiting Israel on a four-day fact-finding mission, in a reflection of increasingly close relations between Jerusalem and London. The cross-party group of 20 peers, which includes former Conservative Party leader Michael Howard and longtime Labour lawmaker David Watts, arrived in Israel on Sunday. Lord

A handful of anti-judicial reform protesters met Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman (Likud) as she exited her vehicle in Haifa. The protesters shouted “Shame, Shame,” and a few attempted to approach the minister, leading to clashes with her security detail and police officers.

Priest moved millions meant for missionary work into investment fund in apparently legal move, leaving renovation of monastery tied up and nuns forced to commute 90 minutes

Justice Minister Yariv Levin (Likud) has expressed his lack of faith in the process by which the Judicial Selection Committee chooses judges. According to Israel Hayom, Levin recently told political sources that, “There will not be judicial appointments using the method of Ayelet Shaked. I do not believe in this approach for performing appointments. What

The Western Wall Heritage Foundation on Wednesday evening held a special ceremony during which Torah scrolls that have been worn down over the years were buried as per tradition. The scrolls date back to different eras, some being estimated to be 150 years old. Some of the scrolls survived World War I and the Holocaust

Rabbi Yossy Goldman came from South Africa to our Jerusalem studio for a nice chat about being a great rabbi in Johannesburg. A big picture dominates the studio, showing the rabbi with Nelson Mandela, and that is where I begin my interview – the meeting between these two men and what his thoughts are on

IAF chief Tomer Bar says helicopters will return to use after the entire fleet has been inspected; move comes after Yasur choppers were briefly grounded last month

Former US vice president slated to throw his hat in the ring against his former boss as the race for the Republican nomination heats up

The name Bordeaux – the sixth metropolitan area of France (1,200,000 inhabitants) – evokes a legendary wine, the cathedral, Montaigne, Montesquieu and the Bourbons. But demography makes history and numbers make culture. So a few days ago some parents of students from the Emile Combes college in Bordeaux discovered that the meal offered was halal.

Dozens of residents from Eli and the Shiloh bloc in the Binyamin region held a morning prayer service at the entrance to Luban, a Palestinian Authority Arab village adjacent to their towns, in response to an uptick in stone-throwing attacks by the village locals. Ariel Almaliach, the town director of Eli, stated following the service,

Anti-LGBTQ, far-right group calls for large counter-rally against ‘Abomination Parade’; about 2,000 cops, some undercover, deployed to secure tense event in capital

Group raises concerns over planned judicial overhaul but focuses on practical measures to further improve trade between allies

It was a few weeks ago that Richard Allen, a former New Yorker and longtime activist on behalf of the State of Israel called and asked me to accompany him and visit the Black Hebrew community in the city of Dimona in southern Israel Richard has been a longtime supporter of Israel”s Black Hebrew community

Planned May 13 show by 1990s boy band in Rishon Lezion was canceled due to threat of rocket attacks from Gaza

Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer and Head of the National Security Council Tzachi Hanegbi, few to the United States this week to meet with administration officials. According to a report in Israel Hayom, the meetings will focus on two critical issues: The Biden administration’s renewed push for a deal with Iran and the possibility

An Israeli government minister canceled a speech in Los Angeles in the face of a protest, in part over what the local Israeli consul described as “bad vibes.” Ofir Akunis, Israel”s Science and Technology Minister and a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu”s Likud Party, was due to speak on Tuesday at an event at

Israeli athlete Beatie Deutsch will not compete in the 2023 Budapest World Champs, because it is scheduled to take place on Saturday – the Jewish Sabbath (Shabbat). In a Facebook post announcing her decision, Deutsch wrote, “In 2019, the women’s marathon was scheduled for Friday night in the Doha World Championships.” “No big deal, I

It”s easy for Jews to identify their enemies, but not necessarily their friends, and this is because of shifting ideological, political, and faith-based allegiances. Most secular Jews blame the rising tide of antisemitism on white supremacists or right-wing extremists but can”t accept the fact that many of their progressive compatriots hate Jews just as much,

US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides sent a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week urging him not to move forward with the so-called “Nonprofits Law”, that would limit the ability of Israeli nongovernmental organizations to raise money from foreign governments, two Israeli and US officials told Axios” Barak Ravid on Wednesday. The bill,

Some of Adidas” remaining Yeezy shoes have gone back on sale, months after the German sportswear company cut ties with Kanye West following his antisemitic remarks, The Associated Press reported on Wednesday. Adidas cut ties with West in October after he made a series of antisemitic outbursts. West had caused outrage after saying during an

2021 recording undercuts former president’s repeated claims that he declassified documents he took with him from White House to Mar-a-Lago

Former IDF Deputy Chief of Staff and former Meretz MK Yair Golan is claiming that if the government continues with its current policy, parents will refuse to send their children to the army. In a video published by journalist Ishay Fridman, Golan is heard saying on a podcast, “We have a lot of tools left

A powerful image of a siddur (Jewish prayer book) damaged with a bullet hole was presented as evidence Wednesday in the trial of the man accused of killing 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018, CNN reported. The photo was entered into evidence during testimony on Tuesday by Rabbi Jeffrey

Yisrael Beytenu chairman MK Avigdor Liberman angered haredi members of Knesset on Wednesday, when he spoke at the Knesset and mentioned the names of great rabbis who studied non-religious subjects in addition to Torah. “Elijah ben Shlomo Zalman, I don’t know if everyone knows him, the Vilna Gaon, studied astronomy and mathematics in his free

New ruling in federal appeals court protects Jewish family, owners of OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma, from civil litigation, clears way for company to pay victims, families

Iran has resolved two outstanding inquiries from the International Atomic Energy Agency over highly enriched uranium particles and a site where man-made uranium was found, according to confidential reports seen on Wednesday by The Associated Press. The two confidential quarterly reports by the Vienna-based IAEA, distributed to member states of the organization, said inspectors no

The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday night to pass the debt ceiling legislation negotiated by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and US President Joe Biden. The vote was 314 to 117 with 149 Republicans joining 165 Democrats, according to NBC News. The bill will now head to the Senate. The bill would extend the debt

Descriptions of items, practices in synagogue proving crucial for prosecution in trial of shooter, who killed 11 Jews praying at three congregations on Shabbat in October 2018

Now that we have completed the spiritual goals of the Omer and experienced the re-giving of Torah at Mount Sinai on Shavuot, how can we avoid falling into complacency, the greatest challenge to spiritual development? How can we keep up our zeal and enthusiasm in serving G-d all the time? In this week”s Jerusalem Lights

NY-born Chana Nachenberg, 53, had been in vegetative state since suicide bombing at pizzeria in Jerusalem 22 years ago; becomes 16th fatality of attack

When the pro-democracy ‘Safeguarding Our Home’ rallies are overwhelmed and undermined by adjacent, rival-allied ‘Free Palestine’ demonstrators

Federal prosecutors have obtained an audio recording of a summer 2021 meeting in which former US President Donald Trump acknowledges he held onto a classified Pentagon document about a potential attack on Iran, multiple sources told CNN on Wednesday. The recording indicates Trump understood he retained classified material after leaving the White House, according to

Illustrator Dudi Shamai shows another side of his artwork at hands-on summertime exhibit

Curators launch Videonale, the first video biennale focused on female art

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev scientists discover that crustaceans’ stripes are made of one of the thinnest and most efficient white materials in nature

A military court on Wednesday sentenced Youssef Sameeh Assi and Yahya Marei, two terrorists who were convicted based on their confession of the murder of security guard Vyacheslav (Vladi) Golev in a shooting attack at the entrance to the city of Ariel last April. The two were convicted of two counts of attempting to cause