Ben-Gvir nixes Tel Aviv prayers after counter-protesters agree to move service
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced on Wednesday evening the cancellation of a planned prayer service in Tel Aviv after organizers of a counterdemonstration said they were moving their mixed-gender prayers away from Dizengoff Square in a bid to avoid a confrontation. Read more
In UN speech, Netanyahu threatens Iran with ‘credible nuclear threat’
September 24, 2023 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to threaten Tehran with nuclear weapons in his Sept. 22 address at the U.N. General Assembly. Read more
Lithuanian, Jewish leaders mark 80th year since liquidation of Vilnius Ghetto
September 24, 2023 by JNS
Official ceremonies on Sept. 21 commemorated the 80th anniversary of the liquidation of the Vilnius Ghetto in Lithuania during World War II, part of the National Memorial Day for the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews. Read more
Abbas attacks Israel throughout speech at UN General Assembly
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas attacked Israel and sought to rewrite its history during his remarks on Sept. 21 at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. Read more
UN police detain Israeli ambassador
September 20, 2023 by JNS
U.N. police temporarily detained Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan after the diplomat held a photo up during a talk on the floor by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday. Read more
Raisi at UNGA: News media censoring Iran, a fighter against ‘global arrogance’
September 20, 2023 by JNS
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi quoted frequently from the Koran, denounced Islamophobia, stressed the sanctity of family and frequently attacked Israel in a Tuesday afternoon address at the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Read more
Guterres decries ‘escalating violence, bloodshed’ in ‘occupied Palestinian territory’
September 20, 2023 by JNS
António Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, offered a bleak picture of the world in his opening remarks at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 19. Read more
Israeli security reserve officers denounce former Mossad director’s ‘pitiful, baseless claim’
September 10, 2023 by JNS
The Israel Defence and Security Forum, which represents 20,000 Israeli reserve officers and soldiers, issued a sharp condemnation of recent statements by Tamir Pardo, a former Mossad director, which it called “pitiful and baseless.” Read more
The utopian Jewish life of ‘You’re So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah’
September 10, 2023 by JNS
This week, I joined fellow Jewish educators, tweens, and countless other Jews and Jew-curious Netflix binge-watchers and entered into the world of middle-school drama and coming-of-age angst encapsulated in “You’re So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah”…writes Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath. Read more
German player stops match after Nazi slogan yelled at US Open
September 7, 2023 by JNS
As Alexander Zverev, 26, prepared to serve against Jannik Sinner, 22, in their fourth set at one of the world’s top tennis tournaments, three infamous words rang out at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, N.Y. Read more
Adolescent court charges elderly German ex-guard for World War II killings
September 7, 2023 by JNS
The Nazis imprisoned 200,000 people at Sachsenhausen, where tens of thousands died through starvation, medical experiments and outright murder. Read more
Smotrich: Judicial reform protests have ‘minimal’ effect on economy
September 5, 2023 by JNS
Israel’s economy remains stronger than those of many other developed nations despite attempts by anti-judicial reform activists to “harm the economy as part of their political fight against the right-wing government,” Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Monday. Read more
‘NY Times’ column: Hebrew symbolises ‘far-right militarism’
The New York Times published an opinion piece this week suggesting that the millennia-old Hebrew language represents “far-right Israeli militarism,” drawing ire from Jewish organizations and advocacy groups. Read more
Rothman petitions to have Hayut removed from the ‘reasonableness’ case
September 5, 2023 by JNS
Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee Chairman Simcha Rothman on Monday submitted a request to the High Court of Justice to remove Court President Esther Hayut from hearing petitions against the “reasonableness” law. Read more
Likud calls for criminal charges after Barak compares Netanyahu to Hitler
August 30, 2023 by JNS
Israel’s ruling Likud Party on Monday denounced former premier Ehud Barak for posting to social media a video that compares Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Read more
Hebrew U. pushing scholarships to Palestinians in ‘occupied territories’
August 30, 2023 by JNS
An official document from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem urges Palestinians from “the occupied territories” to apply to the Yad Hanadiv doctoral scholarship program. Read more
Tehran unveils drone with range to hit Israel
August 23, 2023 by JNS
The Mohajer-10 UAV has an operational radius of 1,240 miles (2,000 kilometres).
IDF soldier killed by ‘friendly fire’ during Jenin operation
August 23, 2023 by JNS
Chief Sgt. David Yehuda Yitzchak was mistakenly shot in July during firefight with terrorists. Read more
Austria to convert Hitler’s birth home into police station
August 23, 2023 by JNS
Vienna took control of the building in Braunau in 2016 in a bid to prevent it from becoming a neo-Nazi shrine. Read more
Israeli killed, another wounded in shooting near Hebron
August 21, 2023 by JNS
An Israeli woman in her 40s was killed and a man was seriously wounded on Monday in a terrorist shooting near Hebron in Judea. Read more
Gal Gadot sweats, cries through spicy chicken wing ‘Hot Ones’ interview
August 18, 2023 by JNS
Gal Gadot sweats, cries through spicy chicken wing ‘Hot Ones’ interview
Arabic subtitles for ‘Oppenheimer’ film omit references to Jews
August 18, 2023 by JNS
Universal Pictures defended the translation of “stranger.”
Leonard Bernstein Netflix film criticised over ‘Jewface’
August 18, 2023 by JNS
The composer’s family has supported Cooper’s prosthetic nose and said that the late Bernstein would have done the same.
As wildfires rip through Hawaii, Chabad offers relief
As of Thursday, wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui have claimed 36 lives and left thousands homeless, as emergency workers searched through the night on Wednesday for survivors in the charred ruins of burned-out buildings. Most of the structures in the town of Lahaina, with an estimated population of 13,000, have been decimated by flames. Read more
200 Israelis, Jews rescued from northern Ethiopia
August 11, 2023 by JNS
More than 200 Israelis and Ethiopian Jews were rescued from northern Ethiopia on Thursday afternoon amid ongoing violence, the Prime Minister’s Office and Israeli Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem announced in a joint statement. Read more
Israel formalizes ties with South Pacific island country of Niue
August 7, 2023 by JNS
Israel last week established diplomatic ties with the South Pacific island nation of Niue. Read more
Jamie Foxx apologizes for ‘they killed Jesus’ post
August 7, 2023 by JNS
American performer Jamie Foxx apologized on Saturday for a social media post that was seen as anti-Semitic. Read more
Ahead of new Netflix show, Gal Gadot shares thoughts on her career
August 4, 2023 by JNS
Gal Gadot’s first Hollywood audition was for the role of a James Bond girl in “Quantum of Solace,” alongside Daniel Craig. Read more
Federal jury returns death-penalty verdict for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter
August 3, 2023 by JNS
A Pittsburgh jury agreed unanimously on Wednesday that Robert Bowers, 50, should be put to death for killing 11 Jewish worshippers at Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, 2018. Read more
Netanyahu: ‘There won’t be a civil war’ over judicial reform
August 2, 2023 by JNS
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured NBC News on Monday that wherever the debate in Israel over his government’s judicial reform effort leads, it won’t be to violence. Read more
