By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
This marks the first time that the courts have found Iranian banks Markazi, Melli or Saderat liable for a terror attack by a foreign terrorist organization against a U.S. national.
Another step by the Biden administration to reverse the successes of the Trump administration in the Middle East.
Rossman-Benjamin was the first to expose how the discipline of Critical Ethnic Studies is deeply antisemitic and anti-Zionist.
Brandeis Center and StandWithUs demand action.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
AIPAC president Betsy Berns Korn announced the decision in a letter, writing that the top priority was the health and safety of attendees.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Superior Court Judge Kenneth Medel said the gunmaker negligently marketed its rifle to youth on social media.
By Marc Gronich
While chasidic Jews typically attend their own religious schools, local districts in New York have to pay for a percentage of their busing costs and special education services.
Watch the full, 2.5 hour video of the rally (or just part of it).
Jordan and Egypt have been working behind the scenes in recent months and since the entry of Joe Biden into the White House, to bring about a political, Israeli-Palestinian Authority summit under the auspices of the Quartet and an international conference.
They say positions of the Muslim American political action organization Emgage, where Dilawar Syed served on the board, are anti-Israel.
“The drinking water crisis is the most important issue of our time."
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office did not respond to inquiries on the issue.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
B’nai B’rith International was “outraged and disgusted” by “anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic” tweets.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
This is the delegation’s first bipartisan visit abroad since the start of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
By Alan Zeitlin
When he ran into the street, he saw another man and tried to alert him to the attack. At that point, the attacker put the gun away but pulled out a knife.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Mohammed Othman, 24, is being charged with three separate hate-crime assaults.
The David Geffen Auditorium is the most prominent philanthropic support for an Israeli cultural institution from Geffen.
Combining the development capabilities and the vast know-how of Lockheed Martin and IAI experience will create win-win opportunities for both sides.
By Marc Gronich
"This legislation provides a needed and thoughtful step in the right direction for East Ramapo schools and, most importantly, for students,” wrote State Education Commissioner Dr. Betty Rosa in a prepared statement.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Yoseph Haddad is a pro-Israel activist and CEO of "Together – Vouch for Each Other."
The building was brought down at 10:30 PM Sunday
The attacked tried to force the rabbi into a car.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We condemn the disgraceful comments made by [Omar] in a CNN interview in which she accused her Jewish Congressional colleagues, along with the Jewish people as a whole, of not being committed to the pursuit of justice,” Conference of Presidents chair Dianne Lob, CEO William Daroff and vice chair Malcolm Hoenlein said.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
An operational team of Unit 9900, of the Intelligence Division, built a computerized three-dimensional model that mapped the building that collapsed, thus streamlining the process of locating the bodies in the building.
By Marc Gronich
Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley, Suffolk County) has been crowned the GOPs presumptive gubernatorial nominee to lead the statewide ticket next November.
By Marc Gronich
We are not talking about a significant increase and we’re talking about something that is going to make a meaningful difference in the lives of thousands of kids around New York and their families. … The current system is not working.
It will engage in improving and deepening the paradigm between the Israeli public and new immigrants.
The doctors, EMTs, and paramedics of the South Florida Hatzalah, and Magen David Adom International were among the first at the disaster scene.
Police were sent to several synagogues in the area.
The team will be utilizing techniques and tools developed in Israel which have proven to be highly successful in assisting those who have suffered from similar incidents.
Sen. Cruz pulls support for bill after Senate Foreign Relations Committee adds language pushing Palestinian statehood and new funding amid ongoing PA Arab terrorism.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The legislation proposes that the United States withhold 20 percent of its security assistance until the Lebanese Armed Forces take “effective actions to limit or expel Hezbollah-influenced military personnel.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Dr. Fidaa Wishah is no longer affiliated with the center after posting that Israel was a state based on inhumanity and cannibalism.
“The Flatbush Jewish community, our leadership, residents, yeshivah leaders, parents and business owners all agree that, for our community, the No. 1 issue in the election was public safety,” said community leader Chaskel Bennett.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Deborah S. Isaac of New Rochelle, N.Y., succeeds Richard D. Heideman of Washington, D.C.
New York Attorney General Letitia James: “The discriminatory and illegal actions perpetrated by Orange County and the Town of Chester are blatantly anti-Semitic, and go against the diversity, inclusivity and tolerance that New York prides itself on.”
Kimchi is the daughter of Avi and Hava Kimchi, Israelis who came to the US about 20 years ago and lived in Rockville, Maryland.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
John Rathbun, 37, was convicted of attempting to transport or receive explosive devices with the knowledge or intent to kill, injure or intimidate, or unlawfully damage or destroy property.
Several of the sites are already back online after changing their domains.
By Marc Gronich
The state capitol and the Albany government complex have been open to the public, but state workers have not returned to their offices full time across the state.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Eat Up the Borders and Sunflower Philly, organizers of the “Taste of Home” festival, kept Moshava from participating after being told about protests and threats of violence regarding the vendor’s involvement.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Jeffrey Lax says a recent resolution seeks to put an end to American financial support to Israel, which is tantamount to divestment.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said a “strong U.S.-Israel relationship benefits both countries, is a core strategic asset for Israel, and requires a bipartisan approach, working with both Democrats and Republicans.”
"In the name of pluralism and diversity, we will work to connect, bridge, and emphasize what we have in common, for our country and our future.”
By Marc Gronich
Ortt also focused his remarks on the lack of public safety legislation being passed in the Senate.
The study did not discuss the reasons for the sharp decline in support for Israel.
By Yori Yalon
Some 5,000 new immigrants from the United States and Canada are scheduled to immigrate to Israel by the end of 2021.
“No matter what your views on Israel, using Nazi imagery to describe it is not only inaccurate and offensive, but deeply anti-Semitic,” said Scott Richman, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League NY/NJ.
Across the globe, people from all walks of life came together on Sunday to mark the 27th anniversary of the passing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
"If she thinks Israel is so bad, she is welcome to renounce her Israeli citizenship and go live under the Palestinian Authority or Hamas. She won't be missed."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The group allegedly knocked Joseph Borgen to the ground and then punched, kicked, pepper-sprayed and beat him with crutches while making anti-Semitic remarks.
The leadership of the Satmar Chasidim in New York announced that they are backing of Brooklyn Borough president Eric Adams for mayor after previously endorsing his closest competitor former Democratic mayoral candidate Andrew Yang.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Rabbi Yossie Shemtov, executive director of Chabad Lubavitch of Tucson, stated: “We are determined not to be affected by this distressing incident and will continue serving the wider community.”
The NY Times list of victims also included a Hamas terrorist, a name unrelated to the war, and children killed by Hamas.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The money will help increase supply to a food pantry for low-income New Yorkers; provide Jewish summer-camp scholarships for children impacted by COVID-19; and create a center for preschoolers who need physical, occupational and speech therapy.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“It remains unclear whether Iran is willing and prepared to do what it needs to do come back into compliance,” said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
By Marc Gronich
“We are in a state of recovery – not emergency – and it’s time New Yorkers are able to return to their daily routines and a sense of normalcy,” said Assembly Republican Leader Will Barclay (R – Pulaski, Oswego County).
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
William Clinton III, 18, as well as a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old whose names have not been revealed, is being held without bail.
By Marc Gronich
With his 80 percent support, Zeldin will not have to circulate nominating petitions next year in order to be on the ballot.
The New Jersey Democrat said, “Let me be clear: In the face of a terrorist organization committed to Israel’s destruction, willing to indiscriminately attack civilians and put others directly in harm’s way, Israel has every right to defend herself and her population, full stop.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“I’m looking forward to discuss, as we have discussed before, the challenges that we have with Iran, with the Palestinians,” Gantz said to Blinken before the meeting. “As far as Gaza concerned, we do look for stability and prosperity for everybody,” said Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz.
The defense minister shares Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Benjamin’s grave concern over the emerging Iran nuclear deal, though believes that strategic dialogue, as opposed to a more defiant posture, is the way forward with Israel’s greatest ally.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel’s “greatest threat is the existential threat posed by Iran’s efforts to arm itself with nuclear weapons, whether to threaten us directly – with atomic weapons – with the destruction of a small state, or to threaten us with tens of thousands of missiles or a great many missiles backed by a nuclear umbrella."
By Marc Gronich
‘A fence would deter people from coming to shul… We need to figure out how to be safe in an open way and be proud Jews living in the community we live.’
According to US law, to be eligible for funding from the Economic Support Fund (ESF), the PA must not “initiates an International Criminal Court judicially authorized investigation, or actively support such an investigation, that subjects Israeli nationals to an investigation for alleged crimes against Palestinians.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Biden said that Attorney General Merrick Garland and the U.S. Department of Justice will be using the “all of the tools at its disposal to combat hate crimes.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Haider Anjam, 20, and Ashan Azad, 19, were taken into custody on charges of harassment and aggravated harassment as a hate crime.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The white stickers, which say “We are everywhere” and include the Nazi symbol in the middle, were first discovered at a bar called “Mad Myrna’s,” and later in the day, at the Jewish museum.
I think my chances are very high. This district is a very conservative district – 65 percent voted for President Trump. I am a Russian speaker, and there’s a very large Russian Jewish demographic in this district.
By Marc Gronich
There have been 63 assaults on Jewish men since the beginning of this year, three more than the same period last year.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The only kosher pizza place in the neighborhood, across the street where I go to synagogue, has been vandalized. This is happening everywhere.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Rejoining the JCPOA in 2021 is more reckless than when the U.S. agreed to it in 2015,” said JINSA CEO and president Michael Makovsky.
During their joint press conference in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had discussed the Iranian threat with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and expressed hope that the United States “will not go back to the old JCPOA.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Let me be clear: The House Republican Conference condemns this language,” says House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
President Trump's positive, productive Middle East measures are being dismantled by the Biden administration.
By Israel Hayom
The demonstration, one of 15 organized nationwide, comes after weeks of antisemitic attacks across the U.S. in the wake of the Israel-Gaza conflict.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Blinken will travel to Jerusalem, Ramallah, Cairo and Amman.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Several Jewish organizations have reported receiving anti-Semitic and anti-Israel related messages via their social media pages.
Over the past few weeks, we have reported several major anti-Semitic attacks in New York City.
When the men were locked out of the shul, they tore off the side mirror of a parked car.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
An Arizona synagogue and a Salt Lake City Chabad center were attacked.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Ratney has drawn heat in the past for his involvement in groups that led to efforts to unseat Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Last month, the Biden administration announced it would commit $150 million to UNRWA—the U.N. agency in charge of Palestinian refugees—that were suspended under the Trump administration, as well as provide funds to NGOs in the West Bank and Gaza.
"We urge you to take the lead once again in opposing this dangerous bill."
The United States “has a deep and consistent interest” in doing its best to “take down this terror—this campaign against Israel, the ‘Little Satan’—that ultimately could grow into an Iranian campaign against the ‘Great Satan,’ the United States.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Americans need to take a “hard look” at whether such weapons sales fuel the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
President Joe Biden talks about his efforts to bring about a ceasefire in the latest Gaza war against Israel.
"Americans should pray for the peace of Jerusalem and stand without apology for our most cherished ally, Israel, until the violence is quelled and Israel’s security is restored."
By Sean Savage
In national press briefings and internationally, the United States has backed up a pledge to defend its ally. But that comes against pressure by progressive lawmakers and even some more moderate congress members who have issued statements that can be perceived as having moral equivalency between Israeli and Arab actions.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The envoy aims to “reinforce the need to work toward a sustainable calm, recognizing Israel’s right to self-defense.”
“This week has been a clear reminder that wherever anti-Zionism goes, anti-Semitism quickly follows,” said Liora Rez, executive director of StopAntisemitism.org.
“I stand against apartheid because I believe that all people deserve to live under equal rights, regardless of ethnicity or religion,” said Phara Souffrant Forrest.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
It appears that U.S. officials were concerned that the proposed statements on the situation did not adequately address Israeli concerns.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
About $500 million was transferred on behalf of a Hezbollah-linked entity, according to the U.S. State Department.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The correspondence appears to be part of the Biden administration’s efforts to restore ties with the Palestinian Authority.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Lack of support for Israel is leading to new attacks on our allies,” said former President Donald Trump.
By Aaron Bandler / Jewish Journal
International human rights lawyer Arsen Ostrovsky accused Omar of being “a shill for Hamas.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Rashida Tlaib demonstrated her ignorance in both geography and theology.