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Featured / US / Politics / Diaspora / Religion / Judaism

Fearing Lawsuit, NJ Town Voting to Permit Eruv, Orthodox Jews

By JNi.Media

The Agudah lawsuit claims that the purpose of each of Jackson's ordinances in the case was "to target the Orthodox Jewish community."

Featured / US / Politics / Jerusalem / Religion / Israeli Arabs

Jerusalem Church of the Sepulcher to Refuse Pence's Entry

By JNi.Media

"This is an expression of my condemnation of President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel," the official wrote.

Featured / History / Religion / Judaism

Sotheby's to Auction 14th Century Magnificent Illuminated Hebrew Bible

By JNi.Media

A manuscript project of this scope and quality represents the collective efforts of a consortium of craftsmen, artists, and scribes for a whole year.

Middle East / Levant / US / Jerusalem / Religion

Arab League Convening Emergency Session over Trump's Planned Recognition of Jerusalem

By JNi.Media

The PA and Hamas warned Trump that relocating the US embassy to Jerusalem would lead to the "complete destruction of the peace process."

Featured / Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Diaspora / Religious & Secular in Israel / Chabad / Religion

Birthright Drops Reform Program, Claims Kids Prefer Orthodox Tours

By JNi.Media

Birthright brought 48,000 Jewish kids ages 18 to 26 to Israel in 2017, but not through the Reform movement, apparently.

Featured / Israel / US / History / On Campus / Education / Religion

Diverse Hebrew Language Public School Students from US Thrilled with First Israel Visit

By JNi.Media

'From going to the bullet factory to seeing religious sites it has been truly amazing and I am so grateful.'

Featured / Haredim & Hassidim / Religion / Judaism

Haredi Couple Married on Shabbat Due to 'Urgent Circumstances'

By JNi.Media

The Sheva Brachot meal could not be held as planned on Shabbat morning because the existence of a bride and a groom was in doubt.

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

Knesset Gives Preliminary Approval to Turning to Halacha in Absence of Clear Laws

By JNi.Media

The notion presented by the authors of the bill that Jewish halacha is a well-defined body of law, a streamlined set of answers to judicial questions, if you will, is absurd.

US / Politics / Government / Boycott / BDS / Diaspora / Jerusalem / Religion / Aliyah / Geulah

President Rivlin to GA: Wall of Tears and Joy Now Symbol of Division, Disagreement

By JNi.Media

“The State of Israel was, and will always be, the home of every Jew: Orthodox, Reform, Conservative, secular, traditional, Ashkenazi, Sephardi. Jews. We are all one people, and Israel is dear to all of us.”

The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion / Aliyah / Geulah

Knesset Debates Complaints that Restaurants Employing Olim Lose Kosher Certification

By JNi.Media

'According to the Halacha, only the person who cooks the food must be Jewish; the other workers do not have to be Jewish.'

Government / History / Arts and Entertainment / Diaspora / Religion / Russia / Judaism

Israeli, Russian State Libraries To Digitize Collection of Rare Hebrew Manuscripts

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Three generations of the Günzburg family amassed one of the largest private collections of Hebrew books and manuscripts in Europe.

Featured / US / Politics / Government / Boycott / BDS / Diaspora / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion

For Reform the B in BDS Spells Bibi

By JNi.Media

The Reform movement will not meet Netanyahu before he gives back their share of the Western Wall.

Featured / Religious & Secular in Israel / Health and Medicine / Religion

Israeli Hospital Training Spiritual Escorts for Patients

By JNi.Media

"The studies are not frontal in the sense of lectures, but include a lot of self-observation, and assimilation of materials in a practical and experiential way."

Israel / Politics / Religion / Sports

Pope Francis Invited to Launch Major Italian Cycling Race in Israel

By JNi.Media

'Being a sportsman implies competing with honor and respecting one’s opponents, irrespective of the outcome.'

IDF & Security / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / The Knesset / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion

Watch: Hundreds Participate in Hareidi ‘Day of Rage’

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The demonstrations were sparked by the arrest of two yeshiva students who refused to appear at the IDF enlistment office.

Featured / Politics / UK / History / Antisemitism / Diaspora / Religion

Watch: British Neo-Nazi Comes Out as Gay, Jewish

By JNi.Media

What turned him around, he confessed, was the way his own extremist brothers (and sisters) were treating him for being gay.

Featured / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Islamists / Judea & Samaria / Religion / Israeli Arabs

Israelis Protest 11 PM Muezzin Calls with Shofars and Whistles

By JNi.Media

Eventually, local Arabs lacking in awareness of geese and ganders came out and threw stones at the demonstrators.

Featured / Police and Crime / Bedouin / Palestinian Authority / Religion / Israeli Arabs

Hebron 14-Year-Old Girl Escapes from Father Who Sold Her to Israeli Bedouin

By JNi.Media

"She's a brave girl," a relative said. "She's been through many things in life and seen more than she should have seen. It's time for her to have an easy life."

Featured / NY / Politics / Diaspora / On Campus / Education / Religion / Judaism

OU Slams Mayor de Blasio for Traif Only Free School Lunch Plan

By JNi.Media

The OU is planning an ad campaign condemning the mayor's failure to meet the nutritional needs of city children.

Media / Interfaith Relations / Egypt / Religion

Hassan el-Shamy, A Muslim Who Gives Voice to All

By Rebecca Abrahamson

Egyptian activist Hassan El-Shamy: "Only fifteen percent of the Egyptian Parliament consists of women. The percentage should be fifty plus one!"

Headline / Politics / Police and Crime / Holidays & Observances / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion

Jerusalem Police Bans Four Species from Temple Mount – They 'Harm the Status Quo'

By JNi.Media

"In the framework of the rules of the Temple Mount, in accordance with the status quo in the area, ritual activity with overt external features, including the four species, is forbidden."

US / Politics / Media / Chessed and Tzedaka / Interfaith Relations / Religion

Houston Church Rejects Volunteer Worker for Being Jewish (and Lesbian)

By JNi.Media

"TODAY, I was 'FIRED' from volunteering because I identify as Jewish (discovering my Jewish heritage recently)."

Featured / Headline / IDF & Security / Politics / The Courts / Religious & Secular in Israel / Chabad / Religion / Settlements

Chabad Rabbi on Trial for Incitement: Soldiers Are Forbidden to Evacuate Settlements

By JNi.Media

Rabbi Wolpo said in his testimony that according to Jewish law the evacuation of settlements in the Land of Israel is a worse sin than eating pork on Yom Kippur, since it endangers the lives of millions of Jews.

Politics / Government / Media / Jerusalem / Religion / Judaism

Foreign Ministry Celebrates Jerusalem Sovereignty with New Year Reader

By JNi.Media

"I had not moved away even one step, but someone pulled at my sleeve and asked me to join the minyan. I put on a hat and joined them for the Mincha prayer. I had arrived."

Featured / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion / Sports / Judaism

Survey Shows Deep Split among Israeli Jews over Shabbat Soccer

By JNi.Media

The Smith Institute survey proves for the Nth time that the polls yield results based on how you write the questions, or, in this case, how you cut your random sample of respondents.

Featured / US / Interfaith Relations / Religion / Weather

Jewish Books Remain Intact in Houston Evangelical Christian's Devastated Home

By JNi.Media

Miraculously, the Jewish texts which have withstood almost 2,000 years of exile, have stood up to Houston's flood waters.

Israel / Police and Crime / Religion

4 Fake Rabbis under House Arrest

By JNi.Media

The four are suspected of fraudulently obtaining the "competency certificate" without taking the certification exams.

Featured / US / The Courts / Islamists / Religion / Judaism

Bacon Emerging as Latest Villain in lawsuits Against US Restaurants

By JNi.Media

Instead of accepting a free omelet, the offended Jewish woman is suing Denny's for breach of contract and negligent representation, and is asking for monetary damages for emotional and physical distress from having eaten bacon.

Featured / Travel / Chabad / Religion / Asia / Sports

Chabad to Provide Kosher Food, Services, to Jews Attending Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

By JNi.Media

Daily Torah seminars exploring the Jewish message behind sports and the meaning of competition will take place at one of the two Pyeongchang Chabad centers and at the Jewish room in the Olympic Village.

Featured / History / Health and Medicine / Interfaith Relations / Religion

Book: Pope Francis Saw Jewish Therapist

By JNi.Media

The Pope criticizes Europe's attitude about the migration of asylum seekers from the Middle east.

News Briefs / Islamists / Religion / Israeli Arabs

Watch: Lod's Mayor vs. Mosque Loudspeakers

By Jewish Press News Desk

The mosque broke their agreement and woke everyone up with their loudspeakers.

Featured / Politics / Palestinian Authority / Media / Islamists / The Temple Mount / Religion

According to Muslim Dignitaries, this Picture Shows Jews 'Storming' Al Aqsa Mosque

By JNi.Media

In the picture there's only one occupying force, way back, behind the nice storming lady in the green shirt. All the other occupying forces were probably having lunch at the time.

Featured / Politics / Government / Religious & Secular in Israel / On Campus / Education / Religion

6 Religious-Zionist Girls' High Schools in Israel's Education Ministry's Top 10

By JNi.Media

The high schools at the bottom of the list in terms of their students' eligibility for a matriculation certificate include eight Arab and two Haredi institutions.

Featured / US / Politics / History / Antisemitism / Media / On Campus / Education / Religion

Mnuchin Defends Trump as 350 Yalies ask Jewish Treasury Secretary to Quit

By JNi.Media

While I find it hard to believe I should have to defend myself on this, or the President, I feel compelled to let you know that the President in no way, shape or form, believes that neo-Nazi and other hate groups who endorse violence are equivalent to groups that demonstrate in peaceful and lawful ways.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Government / Media / Islamists / Gulf States / UAE / Religion / Israeli Arabs

Israel to Revoke Press Card of Al Jazeera Correspondent Calling Himself 'Active Partner in Palestinian Resistance'

By JNi.Media

It should be noted that Communications Minister Kara recently contacted GPO Director Chen and requested that the press cards of the entire Al Jazeera personnel in Israel be revoked on the grounds that the network was inciting and agitating to violence in a way that harmed the security of the state.

Featured / Israel / Politics / History / Antisemitism / Religion / Russia / Holocaust / Eastern Europe

Russian Jews Irate at Official's Notion of 'Sweet Holocaust Deal'

By JNi.Media

"Such words are offensive to two peoples who have been victims of monstrous persecution," Spokesman Borukh Gorin said.

Featured / US / Politics / Holidays & Observances / Interfaith Relations / Religion

NC Gay Pride Event Pushed on Account of Yom Kippur

By JNi.Media

You could finish Ma'ariv with the minyan, then even do Kiddush Levanah, if the sky isn't overcast, change into your leather shorts and hit the festival.

Featured / US / Politics / Islamists / Religion

Pew: Muslim Women More Anti-American than their Men

By JNi.Media

Muslim women are more likely than men to say they stand out in society due to their physical appearance – 49% compared with only 27% of Muslim men.

Featured / Israel / History / On Campus / Education / Religion / Archaeology

Christian Archaeologists May Have Unearthed Lost Kinneret City of 3 Apostles

By JNi.Media

Because of the importance of the place to the Christian world, many scholars have been engaged in identifying its location.

Featured / Jewish / US / History / The Courts / Business and Economy / Religion

NY Shearith Israel Wins $7 million Silver Pomegranate Case Against Newport's Touro Synagogue

By JNi.Media

Advantage Shearith Israel, in the ongoing court battles between the oldest congregation in NY City and America, and Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, the oldest synagogue building in America.

Featured / Jewess Press / Media / Religion / From the Paper

Invisible Women: Censorship By Some Orthodox Publications

By Shoshy Ciment

I think most people in society are able to look at modest pictures of women without it eliciting impure thoughts, said Rabbi Steven Pruzansky of Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck, New Jersey.

Featured / Politics / Police and Crime / History / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion

Holiday Sensation, No Arabs, on Temple Mount on 9 B'Av Week

By JNi.Media

Other than that one Jordanian Waqf agent, the Temple Mount was almost empty of Muslims Sunday.

Featured / Headline / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / History / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Islamists / The Temple Mount / Jordan / Religion

Peace Partner: Jordan's King Vows to 'Stop the Judaisation' of Temple Mount

By JNi.Media

The Jordan Times' version of the King Abdullah's announcement Saturday already scrubbed out the anti-Semitic tidbit, but it was clear that the King is stressed enough by recent events to shake out the ant-Jewish genie in the bottle.

Featured / History / Jerusalem / Religion / Archaeology

They Were Here on Tisha B'Av: New Evidence of Babylonian Destruction Discovered in City of David

By JNi.Media

The wealth of the Judaean kingdom's capital is manifest in the ornamental artifacts.

Headline / Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Police and Crime / Jordan / Religion

Jordanian Police Forbid Jewish Tourists from Praying on Penalty of Imprisonment

By JNi.Media

Jordanian police confiscated tefillin, talitot, kipot, and prayer books, and even forbade prayer in their hotel rooms.

Headline / Terrorism / Jewish / Politics / Police and Crime / Islamists / The Temple Mount / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judea & Samaria / Religion / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Chief Rabbi: 'An Arab who Came to Kill Jews Must Not Come Out Alive'

By JNi.Media

The Chief Rabbi was very critical of the fact that the terrorist attacker had not been eliminated at the scene of the crime.

Interfaith Relations / Religion / Judaism

Religious Courts that Work Together: The Ultimate Statement of Mutual Recognition

By Rebecca Abrahamson

"If everyone would ask himself, ‘What does God want from me?’ that would bring us together.”

Headline / IDF & Security / Jewish / Islamists / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion

Jews Return to Temple Mount - Status Quo No More

By Jewish Press News Desk

Waqf officials refuse to go onto the Temple Mount... already a change for the better.

Featured / Headline / Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / The Courts / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion / Judaism

44 Orthodox Rabbis Attack Tzohar Prenuptial Get: If You Support It You're Not Orthodox

By JNi.Media

The state of mind of a husband who signed the Tzohar prenuptial agreement may be affected by the financial consequences to the point where his get may not be given in a purely voluntary manner.

Headline / Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Police and Crime / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion / Central America / Obituaries

Report: Haredi Cult Leader Shlomo Helbrans Drowned in Mexico

By JNi.Media

According to Diardio de Chiapas, Helbrans' group of about 40 ultra-Orthodox Jewish families entered Chiapas three weeks ago legally from Guatemala, after having been expelled.

Featured / US / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Antisemitism / Boycott / BDS / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Judea & Samaria / Religion / Settlements

Mennonite Church USA Adopts BDS with 98% Vote

By JNi.Media

'I could not support the resolution two years ago. It was too simplistic,' Mennonite World Conference president Nelson Kraybill said, speaking in support of the motion during comments at the microphones.

Featured / US / Politics / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion / Assimilation

Rabbi Riskin: Reform, Conservative Movements My Partners

By JNi.Media

'What can the Diaspora give us?' Rabbi Riskin asked, and answered: 'First and foremost, the idea of ​​pluralism, that these, and these, too, are the words of the living God.'

Politics / Jerusalem / On Campus / Education / Religion

Jerusalem Youth Peace Summit Opens with Interfaith Prayer

By JNi.Media

75 Jewish, Christian, and Muslim youth from around the world gathered at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Sunday for a unique summit, answering Pope Francis' call to create a culture of encounter for peace.

Headline / US / Politics / Government / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion / Assimilation

A Thousand Demonstrators in Front of Netanyahu's Residence over Kotel Dispute

By JNi.Media

Alas, this dispute is not over a connection to God but over political turf, both regarding the Kotel and the conversions.

Headline / Haredim & Hassidim / US / Government / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion / Assimilation

Coalition Emergency Meeting on Conversion Blown Up by Haredim

By JNi.Media

Deri was furious at Netanyahu's request, and told the PM, while walking out of the room: "I know what you're doing to me and I will not let you do it."

Featured / US / Politics / Government / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion / Assimilation

Netanyahu to AIPAC: My Choice Was between Reform Kotel and Government Collapse

By JNi.Media

Both of Netanyahu's decisions caused a storm and created a rift with Diaspora Jews, most emphatically in the US.

Featured / Religion / On Campus / Education / Islamists / History / Israel

Forget the Civil War, in Israel We Reenact the 1187 Battle of Karnei Hittin

By JNi.Media

Karnei Hittin marked the final, decisive defeat of the European invaders of the Land of Israel.

Haredim & Hassidim / The Courts / Travel / Business and Economy / Religion / Judaism

Civil Rights Groups Praise Decision Banning Gender Separation on El Al

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"When the only contact people have with the Orthodox Jewish world is negative and aggressive, it reflects badly on all of us," a hareidi-religious businesswoman said.

Featured / Israel / Politics / Islamists / Religion / Asia

A First: Israeli Consul Invites Banglore Muslims to Iftar Celebration

By JNi.Media

Imam Ilyasi told the participants that his visit to Israel had helped clear many of his misconceptions about the treatment of Muslims in the predominantly Jewish country.

Headline / Jewish / Politics / The Courts / Business and Economy / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion

Rabbinate Report: Jerusalem Leads Israel in Divorces

By JNi.Media

Jerusalem led in 2016 in number of divorces: 725 couples. Meanwhile, Modi'in Illit saw a 45% rise in divorces. In all, in 2016, 10,841 couples were divorced in Israel, compared with 10,653 in 2015.

Featured / Israel / Jewish / US / Politics / History / Business and Economy / Religion / Russia

Einstein's Letters to David Bohn on Israel, God, and Communism Auctioned

By JNi.Media

Einstein notes that Israel is an interesting, intellectual creature, but has limited opportunities.

Featured / Politics / Jerusalem / Religion / Israeli Arabs

Jerusalem Mayor Fires Cannon Marking End of 16th Day of Ramadan

By JNi.Media

The Municipality removes garbage from the main roads and ensures that parks and public gardens are cleaned during Ramadan, to provide a dignified atmosphere for all celebrants.

Politics / Boycott / BDS / Judea & Samaria / Religion / Settlements / China

Pro-Settlement Asians Visit Judea and Samaria

By JNi.Media

The group included businessmen who expressed their desire to establish partnerships with manufacturers in Judea and Samaria.

Featured / Politics / Islamists / Religion

Pew: More Muslims than Christians by 2100

By JNi.Media

10% of all Europeans will be Muslim by 2050.

Headline / IDF & Security / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Islamists / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion

Watch: Yishai Fleisher, 11 Minutes of Tension on Temple Mount

By JNi.Media

Our friend Yishai Fleisher was on the Temple Mount on Wednesday, Jerusalem Day, to experience and describe first hand the clashes.

US / Politics / Government / Jerusalem / Interfaith Relations / Religion

Political, Religious Leaders Petition Trump: Stop Delaying, Keep Your Promise, Move Embassy

By JNi.Media

Since President Obama signed a waiver in December, President Trump has a June 1 deadline to decide between another waiver or an embassy move.

Featured / Politics / Police and Crime / Islamists / Religion

Watch: Man Converts to Islam, Murders Neo-Nazi Roommates

By JNi.Media

He told police his act had been driven by anger about anti-Muslim sentiment.

Featured / Politics / Police and Crime / Europe / Islamists / Saudi Arabia / Religion

Embassy in Austria Warning Saudi Women their Burqa Is Now Illegal

By JNi.Media

Austria followed Switzerland, Belgium, France, and some Spanish regions in banning the burqa and the niqab in public places, as well as other religious symbols.

Headline / Politics / Anti-Israel NGOs / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / On Campus / Education / Religion

Hebrew U Graduation Ceremony Scraps Hatikvah to Spare Arabs' Feelings

By JNi.Media

As is typical in such instances, the institute of high learning chose to be right rather than smart.

Featured / Politics / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion / Assimilation

Survey: Only 46% of Next Generation National Religious Israelis Keep the Faith

By JNi.Media

Meanwhile, the proportion of students attending ultra-Orthodox schools has increased by about 300% since 1992.

Featured / Politics / History / Travel / Media / On Campus / Education / United Nations (UN) / Religion / Judaism / North African States

Tunisia Seeking UNESCO Recognition for Jewish Priests' Island

By JNi.Media

The Jewish population of Djerba consisted mainly of kohanim (priests), and some claim that they are the only bona fide kohanim we have today.

Featured / Jewish / US / Politics / Religion

Trump Order Lets Religious Institutions Engage in Politics, Keep Tax Exemption

By JNi.Media

The new Trump executive order will go the way of several other orders issued by the new president – to a quick death in a nearby federal court.

Jewish / NY / Politics / Islamists / On Campus / Education / Religion

Assemblyman Werpin Wants Public Schools to Serve Kosher, Halal

By JNi.Media

Kosher airline meals are the most expensive type of airline meal served, costing nearly twice as much as standard meals, and offered at no additional cost.

Headline / Politics / Elections / France / Chabad / Religion / Russia

Russia's Chief Rabbi: If Le Pen Wins, Run

By JNi.Media

Russia's chief rabbi also praised President Putin, who is Le Pen's strong supporter.

Headline / Terrorism / Syria / Politics / Islamists / Religion

More than 100 Transferred Shiites Killed in Aleppo Car Explosion

By JNi.Media

Many women and children were among the victims, as well as 20 rebel fighters who were there to secure the population exchange.

Featured / Jewish / Arts and Entertainment / On Campus / Education / Religion / Russia

Moscow Jews Planning Biggest Ever Festival Since Invention of Borsht

By JNi.Media

The Limmud FSU conference, April 20-23, expects to draw more than 2,500, including Russa's Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar and Israel's Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked.

Featured / US / Politics / Government / History / Video of the Day / Media / Anti-Israel NGOs / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judea & Samaria / Religion / Settlements / Aliyah / Geulah

Watch Yishai Fleisher Out-Debating J Street Opponent

By JNi.Media

There's much misinformation, misconception and ignorance in the American Jewish community about Israel, which Yishai did a lot to dispel over at that Beverly Hills event.

Featured / Politics / Global / Health and Medicine / Religion

Pew: Muslim Babies Will Outnumber Christian Births by 2035

By JNi.Media

In Germany, there were an estimated 1.4 million more Christian deaths than births between 2010 and 2015.

Government / Holidays & Observances / Jerusalem / Religion / Aliyah / Geulah / Asia / Judaism

In Northeast India, Bnei Menashe Prepare Matzah for Passover

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Each village priest would recite ancient prayers, such as “Miriam’s Song,” echoing the Biblical account of the Exodus and its aftermath.

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!

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.

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 / 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.

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.

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.'

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.'

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.

Politics / Global / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / Religion

Cornell Immunologist: Male Circumcision Raised through Educating Religious Leaders

By JNi.Media

The WHO team hypothesized that male circumcision could be increased if religious leaders were taught about its advantages, and become well versed enough to discuss it with their congregations.

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.

Terrorism / Politics / Business and Economy / Islamists / Religion / ISIS

Financial Report: With Loss of Territory, ISIS Income Steadily Declining

By JNi.Media

Using the language and tone of a detached financial analysis, the report calmly details the decline of ISIS as if it were just another global conglomerate whose product happens to be murder, rape, torture and theft.

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.

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