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Featured / The Temple Mount

Thousands of Jews Ascend Temple Mount on Tisha B'Av

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hamas previously threatened to attack if Jews went up on Tisha B'Av.

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Jerusalem / Islamic Jihad

Rockets Intercepted Over Jerusalem

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Red Alert sirens went off in Jerusalem, just around 8:14 AM on Sunday.

IDF & Security / Government

Full Text of Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s Comments on Gaza Military Operation

By Jewish Press News Desk

“Our fight is not with the people of Gaza. Islamic Jihad is an Iranian proxy that wants to destroy the State of Israel and kill innocent Israelis. The head of Islamic Jihad is in Tehran as we speak.”

IDF & Security / Gaza / Islamic Jihad

IDF: 15 Islamic Jihad Terrorists Killed in Initial Strike

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iron Dome platforms have been set up to protect the Gush Dan (Tel Aviv) region, the south, and Jerusalem.

Photo of the Day

Locked Down

By Jewish Press News Desk

The roads around the Gaza border communities are locked down in fear of an impending terror attack from Islamic Jihad in Gaza.

Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

TAU Learning Method Improves Visual Perception of People with Autism

By Jewish Press News Desk

Based on memory flashes lasting seconds, the new method significantly improves the achievements of people with autism.

Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech

MDA Installing Ultrasound Technology in Ambulances, Helicopters

By Jewish Press News Desk

The use of ultrasound equipment is potentially a game-changer in treating pulseless electrical activity.

Headline / Israel / Politics / Elections

Smotrich Makes Ben-Gvir an Offer He Can't Refuse

By Jewish Press News Desk

Smotrich would give Ben-Gvir the 2, 5, 7, 9 and 10th spots on the united list.

Featured / IDF & Security / Archaeology

IDF Soldiers Uncover 1500-Year-Old Convent with Mosaic Floor in Military Fire Zone

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Byzantine convent was first excavated twenty years ago and was later covered up to protect it.

Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / On Campus / Education

Gush Etzion Warns of Impending Massive Arab Bagrut Shootings Over Shabbat

By Jewish Press News Desk

Arab students will be celebrating the results of their Bagrut examinations with massive shooting.

Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Another Home Redeemed in Hebron

By Jewish Press News Desk

The building is being called the "House of Liberty" or Beit Cheirut in Hebrew.

Terrorism / Police and Crime

Police Finally Declare Bnei Brak/Givat Shmuel Terror Attack a Terror Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

The terrorist had scouted out the area to find the best time and location to commit his terror attack.

Israel / Health and Medicine / Australia, New Zealand and Oceania / Sports

MDA Saves Australian Athlete Who Collapsed at the Maccabiah Games

By Jewish Press News Desk

The MDA team assigned to the match recognized some unusual body language, as they put it.

Featured / Israel / Archaeology

Spectacular Moon Goddess Coin Discovered off Carmel Coast

By Jewish Press News Desk

Emperor Antoninus Pius' rule was the most peaceful in Roman history.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

TAU Study Introduces Effective Oxygen Treatment for Millions of Long-Covid Sufferers

By Jewish Press News Desk

The treatments involve MRI imaging of patients' brains, identifying COVID-19 damage, and correlating the images with clinical findings.

IDF & Security / Aliyah / Geulah

NY Twins Make Aliyah, Want to Enlist in Elite Navy Unit

By Jewish Press News Desk

"We decided that the Navy is where we wanted to enlist, and hope to qualify for Shayetet 13.”

Health and Medicine / Aliyah / Geulah

American Teens Help Save Ashdod Man with CPR

By Jewish Press News Desk

“We were told in training that it would be unlikely that we would need to use the CPR skills that we learned."

Police and Crime / Aliyah / Geulah

Jewish-American Sex Offender Won't be Approved for Aliyah

By Jewish Press News Desk

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked said that Baruch Lanner, a convicted sex offender from the US, won't be approved for Aliyah.

Israel / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

TAU Study: Men Get Hungrier in the Sun

By Jewish Press News Desk

Sun exposure activates a protein that triggers an appetite stimulating hormone in males.

Israel / Health and Medicine

Tiberias Clinic for Special Needs Young Patients Coordinates Multiple Treatments to Minimize Sedation

By Jewish Press News Desk

Concentrating all the tests in one visit streamlines the treatment and reduces the number of hospital visits.

Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech

MDA App Praised for Fastest Emergency Response

By Jewish Press News Desk

MDA has also used this technology to create dispatch systems for other emergency organizations.

Police and Crime / Jerusalem / Health and Medicine

25 Injured in Bus Crash on Jerusalem Highway

By Jewish Press News Desk

"Firefighters were active at the scene and extracted 38 people from the bus,."

Jerusalem / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Hebrew U Develops New Method to Diagnose Early-Stage Parkinson's

By Jewish Press News Desk

The new information will facilitate early diagnosis of the disease and provide "markers" for monitoring the efficacy of future drug therapies.

IDF & Security / Diaspora / Jerusalem

Mothers of Lone Soldiers Reunite with their Children in Jerusalem

By Jewish Press News Desk

35 mothers of lone soldiers from around the world visited Israel and were hosted by First Lady Michal Herzog.

Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

TAU Study: 4th COVID-19 Vaccine Reduces Risk of Elderly Death by 72%

By Jewish Press News Desk

The subjects’ average age was 80, and all were residents of nursing homes participating in Israel’s “Senior Shield” program.

US / Photo of the Day / Health and Medicine / Aliyah / Geulah / Canada

Hatzalah Training Next Generation of US & Canadian Lifesavers

By Jewish Press News Desk

"We went through a vigorous course in United Hatzalah in a short amount of time and now we are ready to give back to our homeland.”

Headline / Politics / Elections / The Knesset

Musical Chairs: Chikli Quitting, Kalfon Returning to Knesset, Gantz and Sa'ar Merging

By Jewish Press News Desk

MKs Nir Orbach and Idit Silman will also need to quit the Knesset soon if they are to run on the Likud list.

Travel / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Gulf States / UAE

Millionth Tourist Arrives in Israel, and it's Not Joe Biden

By Jewish Press News Desk

Tourism Minister Yoel Razvozov: "We thought that the President of the United States Joe Biden would be the millionth tourist but once again we have beaten the forecast."

Government / Palestinian Authority

Policy Change: PM Lapid Speaks with PLO Chairman Abbas

By Jewish Press News Desk

For the first time in years, a Prime Minister of Israel, Yair Lapid, spoke directly with PLO / Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud "Abu Mazen" Abbas.

Featured / Israel / History / Antisemitism / Religion

Inquisition Documents Listing Number of Victims, Charges and Sentences Digitized by Israel’s National Library

By Jewish Press News Desk

The 18th century manuscript includes details from the first 130 years of the Portuguese Inquisition in Lisbon.

Judea & Samaria / Sports

Israel’s Youth Judo Champions from Gush Etzion

By Jewish Press News Desk

The pride of Gush Etzion: Residents Boaz Greenwald and Benaya Kuperman both win gold medals at the Israeli Youth Judo Championships. At the same time Neta Hadar won silver at the event.

Police and Crime / Aliyah / Geulah

Convicted Sex Offender Moving to Israel from US

By Jewish Press News Desk

An Israeli law firm helped the individual bypass the Aliyah restrictions.

Israel / Health and Medicine

Be’er Sheva Man, 79, Resuscitated after Wife Finds Him Unconscious at Home

By Jewish Press News Desk

After about seven exhausting minutes of performing CPR alone, an intensive care ambulance team arrived and joined Ariel's efforts.

Terrorism / IDF & Security

Bnei Brak Terrorist Captured

By Jewish Press News Desk

The terrorist attacked a Haredi man on the footbridge between Bnei Brak and Givat Shmuel.

Featured / Business and Economy / Jerusalem / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Hebrew U Startup’s Viroblock Effective Against Covid Variants, Influenza, Zika, West Nile, Hepatitis

By Jewish Press News Desk

ViroBlock’s new technology platform demonstrated the potential to rapidly provide solutions for treating current and emerging viral threats.

Where Am I

Where Am I: Book Corner

By Jewish Press News Desk

The corner of Nezikin and Kodshim.

Headline / IDF & Security / US / Palestinian Authority / Media / Islamic Jihad

US Says Ballistic Investigation in Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh is Inconclusive

By Jewish Press News Desk

Ballistic experts determined the bullet was badly damaged, which prevented a clear conclusion.

Israel / Health and Medicine

Supermarket Manager / EMT Saves Girl Who Choked on Candy

By Jewish Press News Desk

"“Thanks to this simple intervention, another person’s life was miraculously saved."

Headline / Politics / Government / Elections

Watch: Prime Minister Yair Lapid Delivers His First Speech Upon Taking Office

By Jewish Press News Desk

"The State of Israel is bigger than all of us. More important than any of us. It was here before us, and will be here long after us. It doesn’t belong only to us. It belongs to those who dreamed of it for thousands of years in the Diaspora, and also to those yet to be born, to future generations."

Where Am I

Where Am I: 770

By Jewish Press News Desk

Not the 770 you're thinking of.

Featured / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judea & Samaria / On Campus / Education / Settlements / Judaism

Gush Etzion 19-Year-Old Completes Shas for Second Time

By Jewish Press News Desk

Nadav intends to continue setting aside time for Torah every single day, despite the demanding upcoming military service.

Obituaries

Dr. Vladimir Zelenko Dead at 49, Promoted the 'Zelenko Protocol'

By Jewish Press News Desk

On March 21, 2020, Zelenko posted a video to YouTube and Facebook addressed to President Donald Trump.

Politics / Government / Elections

Watch: Naftali Bennett Passes the Torch to Yair Lapid

By Jewish Press News Desk

Exiting Prime Minister Naftali Bennett gives some advice and a blessing to incoming interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid.

IDF & Security / UK / Diaspora

A Year Past Gaza Skirmishes Hundreds of British Youths Renovate Bomb Shelters in Ashdod

By Jewish Press News Desk

"It was sad o hear from the neighbors about the missiles and that they had to go down to the shelter quickly to protect themselves."

Featured / Jewish / Jerusalem / Coronavirus

President Herzog Awards Genesis Prize to Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla

By Jewish Press News Desk

"He believed in the vaccine and invested every ounce of himself in realizing what seemed at the time a far-fetched fantasy."

Featured / US / The Courts / Boycott / BDS / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Sovereignty

Major Victory Against BDS: Avi Zinger’s Legal Team Blocks Ben & Jerry’s Boycott of Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

The settlement prevents Ben & Jerry’s from boycotting Israel and ensures that Zinger will continue selling Ben & Jerry’s ice cream throughout Israel and Judea and Samaria without interruption.

Jewish / India / Aliyah / Geulah

Young Indians Celebrate their Bar/Bat Mitzvah at the Kotel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Mumbai is home to some 1,500 Jews, but the city does not have an organized Jewish community.

IDF & Security / Politics / Elections / The Knesset

Election Wars

By Jewish Press News Desk

Some Knesset candidates are pulling out their military backgrounds to cudgel one another.

US / Diaspora / Aliyah / Geulah

Nefesh B’Nefesh Launching First Charter Aliyah Flight Since Start of Covid

By Jewish Press News Desk

“My sister made Aliyah a few years back as a professional basketball player and played for the Israeli women’s national team."

Terrorism / Israel / US / Palestinian Authority

Report: Blinken to PLO: US to Designate Lahava and La Familia as Terror Orgs

By Jewish Press News Desk

Assuming the PA claims in the report are even true, one does wonder if Blinken caught the irony of the discussion.

Israel / Health and Medicine / Ukraine

Muslim Paramedic Joins Collaborative Effort to Rescue Ukrainian Jewish Refugees

By Jewish Press News Desk

Donia was born in 1935 and watched as her mother and sister were murdered by the Nazis in 1942.

Israel / Health and Medicine

Lifeguard, First Responders Save Pardes Hana 4-Year-Old Boy from Drowning

By Jewish Press News Desk

"I left that incident with my clothes sopping wet from jumping in the pool."

Headline / Government / Elections / The Knesset

Knesset Passes Preliminary Vote to Dissolve 110-0

By Jewish Press News Desk

Netanyahu has about a week now to try and form a new coalition.

Featured / History / Bedouin / Religion / Archaeology

9th Century Luxurious Estate and Mosque Uncovered in Bedouin City of Rahat

By Jewish Press News Desk

The findings shed light on the beginnings of the historical process that took place in the northern Negev with the introduction of Islam.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine / On Campus / Education

TAU Study Discovers Where COVID-19 Variants Come From

By Jewish Press News Desk

Immunocompromised patients tend to develop chronic coronavirus infections, leading to highly mutated variants that bear multiple antibody-resistant mutations.

Featured / Health and Medicine

Givat Shmuel Gym Members Save Man Who Suffered Cardiac Arrest Mid-Workout

By Jewish Press News Desk

“Had the trainer not begun CPR when he did and had the first responders not all worked in unison, we may not have been successful."

Jewish / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / On Campus / Education

Tzohar Center for Jewish Ethics’ Head Rabbi Yuval Cherlow Awarded Rothberg Prize

By Jewish Press News Desk

In March of 2018, Rabbi Cherlow ruled that a genetically cloned pig or any other animal would be Kosher.

Israel / Archaeology

TAU & HU Researchers: Olive Trees Domesticated in Israel 7 Millennia Ago

By Jewish Press News Desk

The researchers were not surprised to discover that the inhabitants of Tel Zaf were the first in the world to intentionally grow olive and fig groves.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine

Two Severe Anaphylactic Shock Victims Saved by EpiPens

By Jewish Press News Desk

“There's a massive shortage of these autoinjection devices around the globe and here in Israel as well."

Featured / Politics / Government / Elections / The Knesset

Ahmad Tibi to Cooperate with Coalition on Anti-Netanyahu Bill

By Jewish Press News Desk

One wonders if everyone is considering the potential consequences of their actions.

The Knesset / Israeli Arabs

'Just Not Bibi' Crowd Threatens MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi

By Jewish Press News Desk

Rinawie Zoabi refuses to quit the Knesset which is endangering the coalition, and might bring back Bibi Netanyahu.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

TAU Researchers Offer Future 1-Shot AIDS Treatment

By Jewish Press News Desk

The scientists, for the first time ever, engineered type B white blood cells in the patient's body to secrete HIV antibodies.

Israel / The Environment / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Haifa U Installs Innovative Radar to Gauge Number of Insects in Hula Lake

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prof. Sapir expects insect migration in Israel to be on an even larger scale than in the UK.

Featured / Israel / Police and Crime / Health and Medicine

Hatzalah Offers Psychotrauma Support in Wake of Volunteer Policeman’s Murder

By Jewish Press News Desk

“We arrive in the first few moments when everyone's emotions are at an all-time high."

US / Palestinian Authority

US State Department Cites Jerusalem-Based Monitor’s Findings on PA Textbooks

By Jewish Press News Desk

IMPACT-se has found the promotion of violence, martyrdom and jihad in “all grades and subjects.”

Police and Crime / Left vs. Right / The Knesset

Suspect Who Threatened to Murder MK Itamar Ben-Gvir Arrested

By Jewish Press News Desk

The caller pretended to be an Arab policeman who is a pariah to the left.

Jewish / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem / Chessed and Tzedaka

Jewish Superstar Ishay Ribo’s Sold Out Jerusalem Concert Benefits ADI’s Disabled Children

By Jewish Press News Desk

Ribo was so moved by what he saw in a visit last October that he took out his guitar to entertain his new friends.

Israel / Police and Crime / Health and Medicine

Police Officer and EMTs Save Man Who Collapsed in Tel Aviv Parking Garage

By Jewish Press News Desk

As Max arrived, he saw a police officer on the ground leaning over the patient, already performing CPR.

Israel / Media

A First: More Women than Men Published Hebrew Books in 2021

By Jewish Press News Desk

The total number of books published increased in 2021 following a COVID-related slump in 2020.

Police and Crime / The Knesset / Israeli Arabs

LISTEN: Caller Threatens to Murder MK Itamar Ben-Gvir and His Family

By Jewish Press News Desk

Ben-Gvir was calm, cool and collected throughout the entire threatening phone call.

Terrorism / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Arabs Set Fire to Gush Etzion Cherry Orchards

By Jewish Press News Desk

It's cherry-picking season in Israel, and that means it's time once again for Arabs to try and burn down Jewish-owned cherry orchards in Gush Etzion.

Featured / Jerusalem / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Hebrew U Researchers Solve Age Old First Date Conundrum

By Jewish Press News Desk

"We still don’t know whether synchrony raises attraction or does the feeling of attraction generate the motivation to synchronize."

Headline / NY

Hatzalah Bill Passes Unanimously in Albany

By Jewish Press News Desk

The two legislative sponsors of the bill both represent neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

Health and Medicine / Israeli Arabs

Teenage Arab Caught in Crossfire Rescued by Jewish and Arab EMTs

By Jewish Press News Desk

“The mission of saving lives is not unique to one religion or one people."

Featured / Holidays & Observances / Jerusalem

In Time for Shavuot: Israel’s National Library Reveals Invaluable Torah Scrolls

By Jewish Press News Desk

Due to their exceedingly delicate state, the Torah scrolls were only brought out for a few minutes to be filmed.

Terrorism / Politics / The Knesset

Death Penalty for Terrorists Bill Fails to Pass

By Jewish Press News Desk

Avigdor Liberman ordered his party to vote against the bill.

Terrorism / Politics / The Knesset / Israeli Arabs

Anti-PLO Flag Law Passes First Reading in Knesset

By Jewish Press News Desk

The bill came about after PLO terrorist flags were being waved on Israeli university campuses.

Headline / Jerusalem / Archaeology

Ancient Mikveh Discovered While Excavating Foundation for Western Wall Elevator

By Jewish Press News Desk

Visitors taking the elevator to the Kotel will be able to see the ancient Jewish ritual bath.

Featured / NY / Politics / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

Brandeis Center Urging Feds to Tighten Grip on NYU following Latest Antisemitic Scandal

By Jewish Press News Desk

In 2020, NYU signed an agreement to resolve “without further investigation” a complaint filed with DOE over “a hostile environment” for Jewish students on campus.

Government / Aliyah / Geulah / Africa

180 Ethiopian Olim Arrive in Israel, Part of Ongoing Operation Tzur Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

95,000 Ethiopians have immigrated to Israel since the establishment of the state.

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