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The Anti-Defamation League said disgraced designer John Galliano has changed his beliefs and now understands the evils of anti-Semitism. Galliano, who lost his job as the top designer at Christian Dior after he was arrested for making anti-Semitic statements at a Paris bar, had dedicated "significant" time to understanding anti-Semitism, the ADL's National Director Abraham […]
By JTA
Two Brooklyn neighborhoods account for a majority of the ten percent increase in overall Jewish population growth in greater New York City over the past decade, according to data released Friday from a demographic study carried out by UJ-Federation of New York. With 1.54 million Jews, the New York area is home to the largest […]
On Friday, shots were fired twice on Kibbutz Migdal Oz from the nearby Arabs village of Beit Fajr. No one was injured in the attack.
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France’s military involvement in Mali “significantly increases” the threat facing French Jews, according to the security service of the country’s Jewish communities . “The situation requires we raise the level of protection around our community and double the level of vigilance around synagogues, Jewish schools, community centers and gathering places,” said a communiqué by SPCJ, […]
By Shalom Bear
Rhetoric aside, real data can answer the question as to who built the most in the Settlements.
Senior Hamas and Fatah officials announced Thursday that following negotiations in Cairo, Fatah and Hamas have reconciled and will be forming a unity government by January 30th.
Israel Channel 10 reported that the Likud's strategic campaign advisor, Arthur Finkelstein, quit the campaign. Finkelstein's office said the trip overseas today was planned well in advance.
"The settlements erode hope ... of a peace agreement in the future."
By JTA
Italian soccer players expressed their opposition to racism by honoring a Jewish coach who was killed in the Holocaust.
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The European Union has incorporated International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jan. 27, into its official calendar.
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Some 50 Palestinians threw rocks and at least 18 firebombs and nine pipe bombs at Israeli troops guarding the tomb on Wednesday evening, according to the Israeli military.
Donald Trump, world-famous billionaire businessman, has officially endorsed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a video posted to YouTube.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The artifact was stolen from the location where it had been found, still lodged in the wall.
By JTA
The Chicago Bears hired a Jewish head coach, Marc Trestman, to improve their pigskin prowess.
The Israel Broadcasting Authority's news and public affairs radio channel Reshet Bet is about to release in a few hours its final poll for this elections season. So far, the teaser data released has been that the right wing parties, including Shas and Torah Judaism, will receive 71 seats in the next Knesset, versus 49 […]
We received the following press statement from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton: This month we commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the Inter-Allied Declaration against Acts of Dispossession Committed in Territories under Enemy Occupation and Control, known as the London Declaration of January 5, 1943. Beginning with the London Declaration, the United States implemented a […]
Want to be an IDF Officer? Then you should move to the town of Efrat in Gush Etzion.
Israeli security forces have begun removal of the illegal Arab tent encampment in E1, the area between Maaleh Adumim and Jerusalem. Last week, Israel security forces were taken by surprise by an Arab initiative to try to illegally settle on the E1 location, and create facts on the ground. At the time, the Israeli Supreme […]
Inspirational Torah leader Rabbi Shlomo Brevda, zt”l, passed away last Tuesday at the age of 81. Rabbi Brevda authored numerous books and traveled to many parts of the world delivering mussar and words of encouragement to people of all ages. He was well known for his research of the Vilna Gaon, publishing many of his writings.
During a visit to an IDF base in Israel’s south on Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a message to US President Barack Obama that Israelis will be the ones to determine what is in their best interest, rather than the American president.
A three-year-old boy died at the Schneider Medical Center of Petach Tikva on Monday from complications resulting from the swine flu.
Muslim terrorists attacked and hijacked a natural gas field operated by British Petroleum, Norway’s Statoil, Algeria’s Sonatrach and Japan’s JCG Corp in southern Algeria on Wednesday, killing at least two people and holding several foreign hostages, including Americans.
JERUSALEM – While it appears likely that incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will head Israel’s next government, there are growing indications that his future coalition government could look substantially different from the current one.
By Jacob Kamaras and Shlomo Cesana
The same reports of tension between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu that persisted leading up to November’s U.S. election have re-emerged as Israelis prepare to vote on Jan. 22.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
In the user review section, the free English-language app is described as a “great moral booster,” by one of the 1,060 reviewers who downloaded the app.
Today, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Hank Johnson (D-GA), Jim Moran (D-VA), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Peter Welch (D-VT) will announce new legislation to eliminate the federal debt ceiling, a law they view as unnecessary and increasingly an impediment to Congress’s ability to further economic recovery. Only a year-and-a-half after the last disastrous […]
During the interview Bennett refused to answer what ministry he would like to head.
Two major Japanese airlines grounded their Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplanes after one was forced to make an emergency landing due to battery problems and a burning smell in the cockpit.
By JTA
Hadassah transferred $10 million to Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem to help cover its subsidiary's $50 million deficit.
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A physical education teacher at a Baltimore Jewish high school was arrested and charged with child abuse.
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Air France sued for refusing to fly pro-Palestinian protester
Articles were written emblazoned with his picture and a Star of David drawn on his forehead.
By Chabad.org
Celebrating what Israel’s ambassador to Japan called a “miracle,” friends and supporters of Chabad-Lubavitch of Tokyo gathered at the opening and dedication of the metropolis’ new Jewish ritual bath called mikvah last week, a project which spanned more than four years. Rabbi Mendi and Chana Sudakevich, co-directors of Chabad-Lubavitch of Tokyo, moved here from Israel […]
The Einstein Museum will be built in the shape of the great scientist's brain.
Turkey is now not only openly hostile to the Jewish State, but also to the Jewish people.
The Musmus village council announced that the police alone would bear responsibility for the consequences of the visit.
A Palestinian Authority resident, Samir Awad (16), was reported to have been killed by IDF soldiers near Ramallah on Tuesday. Initial reports incorrectly stated that there was a physical confrontation between Palestinians and the IDF soldiers in the village of Burdos, near the security fence. The IDF spokesman finally released a statement that an IDF […]
Police are preparing for potentially violent riots against Michael Ben-Ari and his supporters.
The IDF accidentally discovered a terror tunnel preventing a terror attack/kidnapping from Gaza.
The terrorist tried to run, but the IDF caught him red-handed.
By JTA
A Memphis yeshiva’s Shabbat retreat was disrupted when a hotel security guard was arrested for vandalizing a Torah scroll and other property belonging to the school. Justin Shawn Baker, 24, an Iraqi War veteran living in Jackson, Tenn., was arrested and charged with vandalism of up to $250 thousand – a Class B felony. His […]
By JTA
“I’m almost convinced that he’ll come out innocent."
The research she did for her paper alarmed her, and Valdary resolved to do what she could to fight Jew-hatred.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Even U.S. President Barack Obama has described Homeland as one of his favorite TV shows.
By JTA
British soccer fans reportedly wrote anti-Semitic messages on the Facebook page of a local British club shortly after it hired an Israeli player.
William Harry Meece, a 40 year old death row inmate from Kentucky who is awaiting execution for murdering three people in 1993, has been denied a request by the Kentucky Court of Appeals to make use of the Institutional Religious Center at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville for Jewish prayers.
Members of Israel’s Labor, Meretz, Kadima, Hadash, Yesh Atid and Hatnuah parties signed a covenant on Sunday pledging to close equality gaps between Jews and Arabs within 10 years.
The model of learning draws from the tradition of like Yale, Columbia, St. John's, Oxford and Cambridge
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An Israeli gay couple married 10 months ago in New York has asked an Israeli family court to validate a spousal support agreement. Elad Aflalo Farber and Roni Farber Aflalo on Sunday asked the Ramat Gan Family Court to recognize their agreement -- the first time a legally married gay couple has done so, according […]
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The Kinneret is expected to rise at a rate of 1 inch per day until the end of the season.
By JTA
Rabbi Jonah Pesner, an official of the Union for Reform Judaism, is considering a run for the open Massachusetts U.S. Senate seat. Pesner, of Newton, Mass., told the Boston Phoenix in a story posted Jan. 7 that he is having "exploratory conversations" about a run to replace Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), whom President Obama has […]
The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) is proud to announce that former Senator Joseph Lieberman and five recently retired senior military officers have joined JINSA's Board of Advisers. Senator Lieberman embodied JINSA's mission for almost three decades in the Senate. As a staunch supporter of both U.S.-Israel cooperation and a strong American military, he […]
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a public health emergency on Saturday, in the wake of the worst flu outbreak in many years.
A Jewish couple from Toronto was found dead inside their Hallandale Beach, South Florida condo on Thursday night, with police investigating a double homicide.
Egypt's Court of Cassation (an appellate court, roughly equivalent to the U.S. Supreme Court) has ordered the retrial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak and former interior minister Habib El-Adly, who were convicted for failing to prevent the killing of protestors during the January 25 Revolution, Al Ahram reports. The retrial was ordered after the appellate […]
The Chabad-Lubavitch movement is urging the US court to impose civil fines on Russia for failing to heed a court order mandating that it return to the organization books, manuscripts, and other documents belonging to the founders of the movement and other Russian Jews.
By JTA
The Israeli former bodyguard of teen idol Justin Bieber reportedly sued the pop star for assault.
By JTA
French authorities will release a Lebanese man involved in the murder an Israeli diplomat and an American military officer in the 1980s. A parole board agreed to release George Abdallah, 61, on condition that he is expelled from France by Jan. 14, the French news agency AFP reported on Thursday. Abdallah was captured in 1984 […]
By JTA
Scientific American magazine satirized claims in a Turkish children's book that Charles Darwin was Jewish. The Jan. 8 article was written in response to reports in October about a series of books aimed at Turkish schoolchildren which describe Darwin as a hook-nosed Jew who kept the company of monkies. The books sparked outrage in Turkey and protests […]
By JTA
Sen. Mitch McConnell said in a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the U.S. and Israeli agendas in the Middle East were identical. Netanyahu met Friday with McConnell, the minority leader in the U.S. Senate, who was leading a group of senators on an Israel tour. "As everybody in Israel knows, there are a […]
During the early hours of Sunday morning, the Israeli police successfully managed to evacuate, without violence, 100 Arab activists/provocateurs who entered the E1 area between Jerusalem and Maaleh Adumim and set up an illegal tent camp, claiming the area as a new Arab village. The government's plan to evacuate the activists on Friday was derailed […]
Congress is debating whether to add Israel to the list of countries that don't need an entry Visa.
On Saturday morning, Rav Ovadiah Yosef, the spiritual leader of the Shas party, was taken to Hadassah Ein Karem hospital in Jerusalem after not feeling well. Rav Ovadiah reportedly suffered a minor stroke. It was decided that Rav Ovadiah will stay in the hospital a few more days for observation. The rabbi did not lose […]
Most House members called on Obama to shut down the DC PLO office as punishment for the UN vote.
Café Rimon used great court vision and ball movement, dishing out plenty of assist to win a thrilling 41-38 game over the Atoms, in the Red & Dr. Murray’s Israel Basketball League. Captain Manny Topas credited Café Rimon’s exemplary teamwork with the victory. “We’re always looking to dish, to set the table for each other,” said Topas, predicting […]
Of course, both movies portray Israel in a negative light, so calm down before kvelling.
The United States stands resolutely with the Syrian people facing dire humanitarian conditions every day as a result of the brutal, ongoing violence that has engulfed the country and spread beyond its borders. In 2012, U.S. contributions of humanitarian assistance for Syria totaled $210 million. Life-saving food, medical treatment, blankets, and essential winter supplies reached […]
By Jewish Press Staff Reporter
"They have two choices, to live in dignity or die with honor."
By JTA
The Dutch city of Venlo began restoring a recently discovered mikvah -- the oldest proof of Jewish life in the country.
By JTA
New guidelines issued by the Italian Interior Ministry govern how police may halt or interrupt a soccer match because of racist or anti-Semitic behavior by fans or on the pitch.
By JTA
The Orthodox Jewish parents of a Florida Jewish teen on life support have filed a motion in court to prevent the hospital from removing life-sustaining machines.
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Snow and rain cover Israel.
By JTA
A British music promoter reportedly has admitted making anti-Semitic remarks toward a Jewish lawmaker. Philip Hayes, 53, from Liverpool, received a $190 fine for launching a racially abusive tirade in November at Luciana Berger, a lawmaker for the Labor Party, while they attended the Liverpool Music Awards, the BBC reported. He pleaded guilty Wednesday in […]
A car that was parked on Menachem Begin Street, near the Azrieli Towers, a short distance from the IDF central command, exploded as a bus was passing by this afternoon. Between 7 and 10 were injured and are receiving medical treatment from MDA units. Police has determined a criminal motive for the, and not the […]
Two suspects have been arrested in conjunction with an apparent assassination attempt against alleged underworld figure Nissim Halperon (Alperon). It is the eighth attempt on life. On Jabotinky Street and Shlomo Hamelech Boulevard, near the Azrieli Towers, a short distance from the IDF central command in Tel Aviv, a parked car exploded next to a bus at 1:00 PM on […]
Palestinians evil ambitions are not even constrained on the holiest site to Judaism.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
An uncovered broken clay pitcher embedded in a layer of reddish ashes completes the story of the devastation of Shiloh.
There are those who think a politician cannot be charged with anti-Semitism or anti-Zionism if the politician appoints Jews or Israelis to high positions. President Obama has just handed such people another shield to hold up against those charges. Bloomberg and other news sites are reporting that tomorrow, January 10, Obama will nominate his Orthodox […]
Israeli high-tech companies earned massive profits in 2012, being purchased for a total of $5.5 billion.
A Saudi Arabian man was arrested near the Grand Mosque in Mecca after local police discovered papers indicating that he was seeking a Jewish bride.
Jewish children who want to dress up as a "Jewish Grand Rabbi" or "Jewish Mother Rachel" can now do so, thanks to Walmart
A selection of videos from the Israeli election commercials.
President Obama on Monday nominated former Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel, who has been criticized by Democrats and Republicans alike for his record on Israel, as his new secretary of defense.
JERUSALEM – Reports are surfacing that Iranian Revolutionary Guard commanders are using the services of 5,000 Shiite Hizbullah soldiers to defend Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime against a growing number of anti-government rebel forces. In response, high-ranking American, NATO and Israeli generals have been quietly moving special operations personnel and equipment into the region in order to thwart possible chemical attacks against Israel, Turkey and Jordan.
In several locations, including the Golan, Jerusalem, Gush Etzion, Beit El, Ofra, Tel Tzion and other locations in Judea and Samaria, schools are closing at noon in anticipation of wintry weather. Drivers are advised to exercise caution on the roads and to check weather and local reports for potential road closings before setting out on […]
The spot shows a Russian born bride to receive her instant giur-conversion document by fax.
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Some 3,000 young Jews from around the world celebrated Birthright Israel's bar mitzvah year with a party in Jerusalem.
Despite a major defensive military operation, 2012 saw more incoming tourists than any other year in Israeli history, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Tourism on Tuesday.
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A Chabad-affiliated synagogue and Jewish day school in Worcester, Mass., were spared from imminent closure for non-payment of federal taxes. The Internal Revenue Service received no offers Jan. 4 after it put the building housing the Yeshiva Achei Tmimim synagogue and the Yeshiva Academy school up for auction. “That was the news I was praying […]
Stormy weather in Israel brings much-needed water to the Kinneret.
The campaign slogan is: "Smear a Bagel, Not Chuck Hagel."
'This was an excellent government for the settlements,' Dani Dayan said.
By JTA
Results of the second inquest matched those of the original in October 2011.
By JTA
Chuck Hagel lashed out at critics of his Israel record in an article timed for release just after President Obama nominated him to be defense secretary. Hagel told his hometown paper, the Lincoln Journal Star in Nebraska, that his record was one of "unequivocal" support for Israel and that in the weeks leading up to […]
In the past 24 hours, the Kinneret rose 22 centimeters. At it's last measurement, it was at 211.50 meters below sea level. With the rainstorm currently hitting Israel, the Kinneret is expected to rise even higher.
The best most pro-Israel leaders were willing to do was downplay the policy-making role of the secretary of defense.
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