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Featured / US / Holidays & Observances / Religion

Products that Do Not Require Passover Certification and Much More in OU Guide to Passover 2017 [download]

By JNi.Media

So, go, download, study the material (as prescribed by halacha, come to think of it) and start the three-week countdown to the seder night … Now!

Featured / Headline / US / Arts and Entertainment / Holocaust

Report: Mel Gibson Is the New Oskar Schindler

By JNi.Media

The Australian movie star and gifted director has been working overtime to clean up his act, a Herculean task if there ever was one.

Featured / IDF & Security / Jewish / Politics / Religious & Secular in Israel

Liberal Orthodox Rabbis Object to Co-Ed IDF Service

By JNi.Media

'There are several co-ed combat units in the military where we have been unable to find solutions to the close proximity problem, which is why we rule that [religious Jews] may not serve there.'

Israel / Haredim & Hassidim / Science and Tech

Israel to Prepare Haredim for Service in National Cyber Bureau

By JNi.Media

Classes will open in B'nei B'rak and Jerusalem on June 1 for Haredim who would later be integrated into the national cyber attack response center.

UK / Antisemitism

London 'Beware of Jews' Sign was Artistic Project

By Jewish Press News Desk

The artist apologized that his work was mistaken for an anti-Semitic attack.

Politics / Chabad / Religion / Russia

New Jewish Cemetery to Open in Kazan in 2017

By JNi.Media

The debate over establishing a new Jewish cemetery in the city of Kazan, capital of the Republic of the semi-autonomous republic of Tatarstan in southwest Russia, is all but resolved.

Jewish / Business and Economy / Arts and Entertainment

Isidor Kaufmann’s 'A Young Jewish Bride' Auctioned

By JNi.Media

The subject of a Jewish woman is rare in Kaufmann's work, making this particular painting very unique.

Headline / US / Politics / Elections / Antisemitism / Islamists

Report: US Anti-Semitism, Hate Crime Up 20% in 2016

By JNi.Media

'Jews remain the most targeted faith community, both numerically and proportionally, accounting for 11.4% of all hate crime and 53% of all religious hate crime.'

Politics / Antisemitism / France

French Presidential Candidate Apologizes for Anti-Semitic Tweet

By JNi.Media

'They’ve reached this point ... hooked nose, the alliance of capitalism and Bolsheviks (the red sickle and the cigar) ... Even the [far-right Front National] wouldn’t dare.'

Featured / Haredim & Hassidim / NY / Health and Medicine / Religion

Report: 6 Infant Herpes Cases Since De Blasio’s Metzitzah B'peh Compromise

By JNi.Media

Arguing that respect and sensitivity protect public health better than a restrictive policy, the mayor waived the requirement that parents sign a consent form showing understand the risks involved in Metzitzah B'peh.

Featured / US / Antisemitism / China

China Report Slams US Human Rights Violations, Anti-Semitism

By JNi.Media

The report cites President Trump's derogatory remarks against Muslims and Mexican immigrants, which won the enthusiastic endorsement of white supremacists harboring anti-Semitic, Racist and anti-Muslim ideologies.

Featured / Haredim & Hassidim / US / Politics / Business and Economy / On Campus / Education / Religion

Education Secretary Praises Agudath Israel on Fight for Private Schools' Public Funding

By JNi.Media

Agudath Israel of America endorsed President Trump's choice for Education Secretary, and urged its members to lobby the Senate in favor of her confirmation.

Druze / Government / Bedouin / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Health and Medicine / Chessed and Tzedaka / Interfaith Relations / Israeli Arabs

Magen David Adom to Offer Arabic Courses for Volunteers

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"Expanding our knowledge of languages opens up doors to understanding and contributes to an collaborative atmosphere."

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs

New American Zionist Movement President Launches 'Zionism Forward'

By Jewish Press News Desk

AZM represents American Zionists within the National Institutions of Israel and carries out activities in the US in cooperation with the World Zionist Organization.

Featured / Jewish / Politics / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel

Knesset Gives Preliminary Approval to Religious Sanctions on Recalcitrant Husbands in Prison

By JNi.Media

'The bill is intended to authorize the rabbinical courts to levy these limits on get refusers sitting in prison, in order to persuade them to release their wives from the chains of their Aguna status.'

Featured / Jewish / Global / Business and Economy

5th on Bloomberg's Billionaires Index Mark Zuckerberg Richest Living Jew

By JNi.Media

Philanthropist kingmaker casino magnate Sheldon Adelson ranks 24th on Bloomberg's list, with $28.4 billion.

Featured / Politics / History / Antisemitism / Europe / Interfaith Relations / Central America

Lost 400-Year-Old Autobiography of Jewish Governor Returned to Mexico

By JNi.Media

In addition to his political career, Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva was probably a slave trader, and the first Spanish person to cross the lower Rio Grande into Texas from Mexico.

Featured / Israel / Jewish / US / Politics / Religion

Leading Liberal Orthodox Rabbi: Women May Not Be Called Up to the Torah, Lead Prayers

By JNi.Media

Rabbi Riskin was responding to a question, asking if his actions contradicted a recent decision from the OU.

Jewish / UK / Arts and Entertainment / Obituaries

Gustav Metzger, Father of Auto-Destructive Art, Dead at 90

By JNi.Media

The Who's Pete Townshend who studied under Metzger claimed the latter's teachings had inspired him to destroy guitars onstage at the conclusion of his band's concerts.

Headline / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Concern for anti-Semitism as a Political Weapon

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Jews have been the target of 500 - 1000 hate crimes every year. No other religion has experienced half as many.

Politics / History / Antisemitism / Holocaust / Eastern Europe

Croatian Government to Investigate Country's Pro-Nazi History

By JNi.Media

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said he would like the commission to recommend how to educate children about human rights violations under totalitarian regimes.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Palestinian Authority / Anti-Israel NGOs / Jerusalem / Health and Medicine

Report: Wounded Terrorists Wait 47 Minutes on Average for Medical Treatment

By JNi.Media

The Police Spokesperson said that police protocol requires an examination of the injured terrorist by sappers to verify that no weapons or explosives are present on his or her person.

Headline / US / Politics / Elections / Antisemitism

Trump Opens Congressional Speech with Condemnation of Anti-Semitism

By JNi.Media

Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, Trump's national security adviser, implored the president to stop using 'radical Islamic terrorism, because terrorists who call themselves Muslims aren't following the teachings of Islam.

Featured / US / Politics / Antisemitism

AG Sessions: Anti-Semitic Threats 'Unacceptable'

By JNi.Media

This–the fifth–round of bomb threats against Jewish institutions this year raised angry responses from Jewish community leaders, who have been calling for a more serious and aggressive federal response to the problem.

US / Politics / Business and Economy / Holocaust

Yad Vashem Asking Amazon to Stop Aiding Holocaust Denial

By JNi.Media

'The Six Million: Fact or Fiction?' by Peter Winter is reportedly available for sale by Amazon in Germany, a country where Holocaust denial is a crime.

Jewish / Politics / Arts and Entertainment / Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

Tziporah Malkah, Netanyahu's Tycoon Friend's Former Fiancée, Booted Off Aussie Reality Show

By JNi.Media

She was engaged to billionaire businessman James Packer until the couple separated in 1998 after five years together and a two-year engagement.

Featured / Jewish / Politics / The Courts / Islamists / The Temple Mount / Religion

Court Orders Temple Mount Waqf to Pay Rightwing Attorney $15,000

By JNi.Media

The Waqf followed Itamar Ben Gvir around the Temple Mount compound, the Arabs cried Allahu Akbar, Ben Gvir then cried Am Israel Chai and was arrested.

US / Politics / Antisemitism / Religion

Pence Visits St. Louis Jewish Cemetery, Condemns Anti-Semitic Vandalism

By JNi.Media

'I must tell you, people of Missouri are inspiring the nation by your love and care for this place. You make us all proud.'

Featured / US / Politics / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

South Carolina Latest State to Address Growing Campus Anti-Semitism

By JNi.Media

Bills introduced in Virginia and Tennessee legislatures recently and in Congress in December.

Jewish / Government / On Campus / Education / Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

Netanyahu to Australia's Jewish Youth: Stand with Israel, Be Proud Jews, in Sydney and Jerusalem

By JNi.Media

'If there's one thing that I could tell you here today: Be proud Jews. Stand up. Be proud. Stand with Israel. Stand with our people. Be proud Jews. Do this in Sydney and do it in Jerusalem and come this year to Jerusalem.'

Politics / History / Antisemitism / Europe / Interfaith Relations / Religion / South America

Pope Greets Jewish Friend, Waxes Philosophical on the 'Precious' Torah

By JNi.Media

'The fraternal and institutional dialogue between Jews and Christians is now well-established and effective, made so by encounters that are ongoing and collaborative.'

US / Politics / History / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education / Holocaust

US Holocaust Museum Official: Digitizing the Records a Bulwark Against Denial, Anti-Semitism

By JNi.Media

For decades, the International Red Cross and governments around the world, including the US and Israel, did not allow the archives to be opened for public use.

Jewish / US / Science and Tech / Religion

Genesis II? NASA Reveals Several Earth-Like Planets around a Sun

By JNi.Media

The new system is about 40 light-years (235 trillion miles) from Earth, in the constellation Aquarius. So, while they may have the technology to come visit us, we are not so ready.

US / Islamists / Chessed and Tzedaka / Interfaith Relations / Religion

Harry Potter's Author Catapulting Muslim Campaign to Fix Vandalized Jewish Cemetery

By JNi.Media

The tweet received around 10,000 retweets and more than 30,000 likes, and the sudden increase in traffic crashed the campaign’s page.

Featured / Druze / Jewish / Government / Archaeology

1,800 Year Old List of Synagogue Donors Discovered in Galillee Village

By JNi.Media

'No one can argue with the written artifact. There was an ancient synagogue here and the synagogue was built in its current form in recent centuries.'

Featured / Israel / US / History / Antisemitism / Religion / North African States

David Friedman Beware: 200 Years Ago, US Envoy to Tunis Was Fired for Being Jewish

By JNi.Media

US Consul Noah was operating in the midst of this volatile mix, negotiating with powers that were easily as hostile to Americans and Europeans then as they are today.

US / History / Germany / Holocaust

Hitler's Personal Phone Gets $240,000 in Auction

By JNi.Media

You, too, can own Adolf Hitler's personal presentation telephone, recovered from the Fuhrerbunker.

Featured / Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Europe / Media / Religious & Secular in Israel

IKEA Apologizes for Cutting Women Out of Catalog for Haredim

By JNi.Media

IKEA said its Israeli franchise had tried to reach a consumer group and made an error.

US / Politics / Antisemitism / Media / Religion

Beleaguered Trump Maligns Haredi Reporter over Anti-Semitism Question

By JNi.Media

President Trump has been so overwhelmed by the relentless media attacks against him, he was unable to recognize a friendly question, even though the reporter looked Haredi and peppered his question with Yiddish.

Jewish / News Briefs / Chessed and Tzedaka / Religion / Aliyah / Geulah / Asia

Meet Little Yoav Fanai from India who Became Israeli Citizen this Week

By JNi.Media

The 102 new immigrants all hail from the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram, which borders Burma and Bangladesh and is home to the second-largest concentration of Bnei Menashe in India.

US / Religion / Judaism

Pew: Americans Warm Toward Religious Groups, Especially Jews

By JNi.Media

The survey found that Americans express warm feelings toward Jews, with half of US adults rating Jews at 67 degrees or higher on the 0-to-100 scale.

Middle East / Levant / Politics / Elections / Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / Islamists / Religion

Colette Avital to Marine Le Pen: a Yarmulke Is Nothing Like a Hijab

By JNi.Media

'France defines itself as secular,' Avital explained. 'It is agreed between all parties that they do not want any confusion between state and religion.'

US / Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Arts and Entertainment

Disney Drops YouTube Star over 'Death to All Jews' Episode

By JNi.Media

The star defended himself by saying it wasn't as if he himself had called on his viewers to recite the offensive message along with him,

Jewish / Politics / Police and Crime / Government / News Briefs / Religion / Israeli Arabs

Christians, Rabbi, Druze, No Muslims at Interfaith Meeting in Restored Church with President Rivlin

By JNi.Media

'The last time I was here, we stood together and looked at the burnt walls and the terrible graffiti. Today, I visit here again, and see the renewal of this historic, special, and holy place.'

US / Politics / News Briefs / Germany / Sports / Holocaust

US Vs. Germany Fed Cup Tennis Match Opens with Nazi Anthem

By JNi.Media

Some German fans started singing the correct German anthem, buy were drowned out by the Nazi tune on the loudspeakers.

NY / Politics / The Courts / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Holocaust

Nazi Looted Dutch Old Master Painting Returned to Max Stern Foundation

By JNi.Media

Dusseldorf art gallery owner Max Stern was expelled from the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts in 1935, because of his religion, and was forced to sell his collection.

Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judea & Samaria

Report: Jewish Population Growth Rate in Judea, Samaria, Double Israel's National Average

By JNi.Media

The growth rate would have been even higher were it not for the construction freeze in Judea and Samaria.

US / Politics / Arts and Entertainment / Asia / Holocaust

Oprah Sells Klimt's Nazi-Looted Painting in China for $150 Million

By JNi.Media

In November 2006, Christie's auction house sold "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer Yisrael Beiteinu" for almost $88 million to Oprah Winfrey.

Syria / Jewish / Politics / UK / News Briefs / Religion

London Synagogue to Shelter Syrian Family

By JNi.Media

'People see it as a great opportunity to make a difference.'

Holidays & Observances / Chessed and Tzedaka

Tu B'shvat is HERE, Replanting the Fire Burned Trees

By Shmuel Sackett

Israeli schoolchildren, all across the country, will leave their classrooms to plant trees… but this Tu B'Shvat, things will be very different.

Israel / Jewish / US / Global / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Jewish-Indian Artist Anish Kapoor Receives $1 Million 2017 Genesis Prize

By JNi.Media

'Anish’s commitment to alleviate the plight of Syrian refugees will resonate with the Jewish community, especially young Jews, everywhere.'

Politics / History / News Briefs / Video of the Day / Media / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Judaism

Temple Institute Issues Myth Buster: It Doesn't Have to Fall from Heaven

By JNi.Media

It turns out that the notion that the re-building of the Holy Temple is the sole responsibility of the Jewish people is the bedrock on which the Temple Institute was established.

Jewish / Global / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem

$10,000 Jerusalem Photo Challenge Aiming for 50,000 Online Submissions

By JNi.Media

'Our aim in this photo challenge is to uncover forgotten memories and get an exciting encounter of Jerusalem’s history in a frame.'

Politics / Government / History / News Briefs / Holidays & Observances / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Archaeology / Judaism

IAA to Inaugurate New Mikvah Path at the Walls Around Jerusalem National Park

By JNi.Media

A new path running among two-thousand year old ritual baths that were used by pilgrims visiting the Temple Mount is to be inaugurated at the Ophel site in the Walls Around Jerusalem National Park.

Jewish / US / History / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Religion

Alan Turing's Josephus Flavius Postcard on Auction for $40,000

By JNi.Media

In computer science, 'Josephus' Problem' refers to Josephus Flavius' tale of how he survived a suicide pact at the end of the Siege of Yodfat.

NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs

New Yorkers Step Up in Multiple Neo-Nazi Train Incidents

By Jewish Press News Desk

New Yorkers are stepping up in the face up rising anti-Semitic incidents.

News Briefs / Obituaries / Holocaust / Eastern Europe

Attorney Grazhbile Ventslauskayte, Righteous Among the Nations, Dies in Lithuania at 104

By JNi.Media

During the Second World War, Grazhbile and her mother opened a garment workshop for Jewish women living in the ghetto.

IDF & Security / Syria / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Lebanon / Anti-Israel NGOs / Jordan / United Nations (UN)

UN Watch: UNRWA Teaches AntiSemitism and Incitement

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

UN watchdog report reveals dozens of instances of UNRWA teachers glorifying terrorism and antiSemitism.

IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / Anti-Israel NGOs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Israeli Left Fanning Flames of Arab Glee at Evacuation of Amona Jews

By JNi.Media

The myth of ancient ownership of the Judea and Samaria lands by the local Arabs must be busted, repeatedly, using historic facts and persistent messages, because the world is unaware of this Big Lie, and Israel's Supreme Court does not care.

Politics / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / The Knesset / Anti-Israel NGOs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Eight Crucial Things You Need to Know About the Amona Case

By JNi.Media

The two Arab claimants own only a sliver – about half an acre altogether, out of the 125 acres of the Amona territory – less than .5%.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Anti-Israel NGOs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

At Last: Knesset Plenum Begins 3-Day Debate on 'Settlement Regulation' Bill

By JNi.Media

PM Netanyahu has been on both sides of the fence regarding the new bill, but mostly, people in his circle explained, out of fear of retribution from the Obama Administration.

Politics / Police and Crime / History / The Courts / News Briefs / Holocaust / Eastern Europe

Two Belgians on Trial in Poland for Stealing Auschwitz Fence

By JNi.Media

One hopes that the trial would discover what possessed the two middle-aged Belgians to desire to take home some of it.

Jewish / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Canada

Biggest Marc Chagall Exhibition in Canada Focuses on his Music

By JNi.Media

The multidisciplinary exhibition is the first to focus on Chagall’s profound connection to music in his life and work.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Anti-Israel NGOs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Breaking the Silence Expose 'Corruption': Hebron Jews Ply Soldiers with Shabbat Meals, Pizza

By JNi.Media

Having concluded phase one of their attack, presenting IDF soldiers as war criminals to an eager world, BtS now zeroes in on the men and women who put their lives on the line every day to settle the entire Biblical Land of Israel.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Islamists / Religion / Israeli Arabs

After Weeks of Official Denial, Israeli Arab Charged with Religious Terror Spree

By JNi.Media

Reporters were called in for closed meetings and told it would be for everyone's benefit to not stress that an Arab resident of Haifa committed a 'nationalistic' crime.

Israel / Jewish / Politics / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

New UN Secretary-General Not an Enemy of Israel

By JNi.Media

Guterres said in video message that 'the Holocaust was the culmination of millennia of hatred, scapegoating and discrimination targeting the Jews, what we now call anti-Semitism.'

Israel / US / Politics / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Assimilation

New Study: Israel No Longer a Priority for Many Jewish-American Voters

By JNi.Media

The self-image of American Jews, along with their self-perceptions, cosmopolitan approach, and value systems all developed before the birth of Israel.

Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel

On Eve of 3.5-Year Prison Term Former Chief Rabbi Invited to Speak at 'Honor of the Rabbinate' Conference

By JNi.Media

The first item in Metzger's original indictment (before the plea bargain) accused him of selling conversion certificates in exchange for bribes.

Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Media / Ukraine / Russia / Holocaust

Banned in Russia, Goebbles' Diaries to be Published in Ukraine

By JNi.Media

Russian news sources reporting the announced publication noted that in Russia the Goebbels diaries are included in the federal list of banned extremist materials, by a court order.

Politics / News Briefs / Anti-Israel NGOs / Germany / Israeli Arabs / Holocaust

Outrage: Germany to Observe Holocaust Remembrance Day while Funding Anti-Israel NGO

By JNi.Media

From 2012-2016 the German government has provided more than $290,000 to NGO promoting turning Israel into a multicultural, Arab-majority state.

IDF & Security / Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset

Knesset Committee Holds Heated Debate on Harassment of Haredi IDF Soldiers

By JNi.Media

'This is a warning sign and all of the involved entities should take action – here and now, before a disaster will occur and it will cost us in blood.'

US / Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Virginia to Debate Landmark Anti-Semitism Bill

By JNi.Media

For Virginia, HB 2261 follows a number of anti-Semitic incidents on public university campuses across Virginia in 2016.

IDF & Security / Politics / News Briefs / Europe / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Anti-Israel NGOs / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Religion / Settlements

Return of the Crusades? European Bishops Demand 'Action after Fifty Years of Occupation in the Holy Land'

By JNi.Media

You know what's the only country in the Middle East where the Christian community is thriving and prospering? Naturally – Israel. You're welcome, Bishop Lang.

IDF & Security / Jewish / Politics / Global / Government / History / News Briefs / Media

Rivlin Stresses Need for Solidarity with Arabs at Conference Celebrating Crucial Dates in Zionist History

By JNi.Media

Rivlin urged a resolution for regulating illegal construction in the Arab sector, where 'each hesitation distances us further from the solution, and has the ability to increase the divisions, and the violence.'

News Briefs / Europe / Media / Jerusalem / Holocaust

Yad Vashem Online Presents Touching 'Last Letters From the Holocaust'

By JNi.Media

There are thousands of personal letters in the Yad Vashem Archives, which were sent by Jews – adults and children – to their relatives and friends from their homes, the ghettos and the camps.

Haredim & Hassidim / US / Politics / Government / Elections / News Briefs / Religion

Netanyahu to Belzer Rebbe: Pray that New President Be Better than Predecessor

By JNi.Media

The PM noted that he got two-thirds of the Congress to support him, which 'I can't get in our country.'

Haredim & Hassidim / US / Politics / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

US Jewish Schools Love Betsy DeVos for the Vouchers

By JNi.Media

The new Trump Administration favors Jews not only in Judea and Samaria, but in the States as well. Our recommendation: if you are the parent of a Jewish school student – lay off those protest rallies…

Haredim & Hassidim / US / The Courts / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Chabad / Interfaith Relations / Judaism

NY Councilman Asks Obama to Commute Rubashkin's Sentence, Too

By Jewish Press News Desk

NYC Council member Chaim Deutsch sent a letter to President Obama asking for last-minute clemency for Sholom Rubashkin before he leaves office.

Terrorism / US / Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs

ADL Issues Security Advisory as FBI Investigating Threats to JCCs

By JNi.Media

The ADL also issued an additional security advisory on reports from several companies and business around the country which have received anti-Semitic faxes in recent days.

Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Business and Economy / On Campus / Education / Africa

Cape Town Jews Warned Against Participating in Meeting on Future of Development Site

By JNi.Media

'Please be aware that any engagement on your part ... may be detrimental to the community's interest given the sensitive nature of this matter at this time.'

Jewish / NY / News Briefs

OU’s Torah In The City Offers Blueprint For Future Events

By Marc Gronich

The OU turned their convention into a gathering for the entire spectrum of Orthodox Jewry.

Jewish / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem

Otto Freundlich, Len Lye, Lygia Clark, Blinky Palermo in Israel Museum's The Shadow of Color

By JNi.Media

Works by four pioneering artists who, despite working in different times and places, developed similar visual languages – shedding new light on 20th-century abstract art.

Jewish / Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset / Business and Economy / Religious & Secular in Israel

Knesset Debates Kashrut Monopoly and the Calls to Privatize It

By JNi.Media

MK Elazar Stern (Yesh Atid) accused the chief rabbinate of enforcing inappropriate, capricious rules, saying, 'You can't count on the chief rabbinate's kosher certification because it is corrupt.'

Israel / Jewish / History / News Briefs / Religion

Ben Gurion U. Scientists Offer Intriguing Theory on Joshua's 'Sun Stand Still' Miracle

By JNi.Media

The mention of both the sun and the moon led the three researchers to the conclusion that the text refers to a solar eclipse, during which the moon moves between the sun and the earth, blocking the sunlight.

History / News Briefs / Europe / Jerusalem / Archaeology / Holocaust

Archaeological Digs in Nazi Death Camp Unearth Victims' Personal Effects

By JNi.Media

A pendant discovered in Sobibór bears close resemblance to one owned by Anne Frank.

US / News Briefs / Holidays & Observances / Arts and Entertainment

No Joy in Yeshivaville: Ringling Brothers Strike their Tent after Passover

By JNi.Media

The women-free show for the Orthodox Jewish audience included clowns, animals, tight-rope dancers, a basketball team on unicycles and acrobats.

Jewish / US / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe / Jerusalem / Religion

Abbas Meets Pope, Opens PA Vatican Embassy, Rejects US Jerusalem Embassy

By JNi.Media

The imam of the Jamal Abdel Nasser Mosque in Ramallah warned that moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would 'engulf the region in the flames.'

US / Politics / Global / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Arts and Entertainment / Anti-Israel NGOs

'Boycott This!' Anti-BDS Documentary Makes It to Shorts Festivals

By JNi.Media

Viewers join comedian Brad Stine on a journey in search of truth that takes him across the US and Israel.

US / Politics / Elections / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Media

ADL, Trump, Clashing over 'Nazi'

By JNi.Media

For the record, we are NOT living in Nazi Germany, and next time the president wants to use the N word, he should call up Jonathan Greenblatt.

History / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Germany / Holocaust

German Frozen Pizza Maker Returns Painting Nazis Forced Jewish Owner to Sell

By JNi.Media

The heirs did not know their painting's whereabouts before Dr Oetker contacted them, saying they were going to return it 'for moral reasons.'

Politics / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / The Knesset / Boycott / BDS / Anti-Israel NGOs

Knesset Committee Sends Visa Ban on BDS Activists to Final Vote

By JNi.Media

Temporary residents who support boycotts against Israel would not be upgraded to permanent residency, meaning they could be expelled.

Israel / US / Politics / News Briefs / Media / Anti-Israel NGOs / On Campus / Education

N. California Conference Prepares High School Students to Combat On-Campus Anti-Semitism, BDS

By JNi.Media

Club Z began as a quick study group for a few teens that wanted to arm themselves with accurate information about Israel and the Middle East conflict.

Jewish / Politics / History / News Briefs / Europe / Religion

First Synagogue in 500 Years to Open in Palermo, Sicily

By JNi.Media

The move comes as a growing number of people throughout Sicily are rediscovering their Jewish roots.

Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / Media / Jerusalem / United Nations (UN)

Jewish Group Screens 'Jerusalem Eternal Capital of Israel' on UNESCO's Paris Headquarters

By JNi.Media

They also issued 'An open letter to the President of the French Republic,' which 'draws attention to France's harmful role vis-à-vis the island of stability and democracy in the Middle East.'

Jewish / US / Politics / Government / Elections / News Briefs / United Nations (UN) / Settlements

Netanyahu to AIPAC Leaders: We Have Solid Evidence Obama Orchestrated UNSC Resolution

By JNi.Media

In 1994 US envoy to the UN Madeleine Albright insisted on a paragraph-by-paragraph UNSC vote, to edit out language saying Jerusalem was occupied territory.

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