‘Israel is your home,’ Israeli premier tells Ukrainian Masa participants
March 3, 2022 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with participants in the Masa Israel Journey program from Ukraine at the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. Read more
Russian bombs damage Kyiv’s Babi Yar Holocaust memorial site
March 2, 2022 by JNS
A Russian strike on a TV tower in Kyiv on Tuesday afternoon has also damaged the Babi Yar Holocaust memorial site, according to Ukrainian authorities. Read more
Israel dispatches ambassador to Warsaw, transfers Ukraine embassy staff to Poland
February 28, 2022 by JNS
Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced on Saturday that he had instructed ambassador-designate to Poland Yacov Livne to leave for Warsaw ahead of schedule. Read more
Jewish Agency opens six ‘aliyah’-processing complexes on Ukraine borders
February 28, 2022 by JNS
The Jewish Agency for Israel has opened six aliyah-processing stations at Ukrainian borders, the agency said on Saturday night. Read more
Israeli birth rate on decline, government data shows
With 4,709 fewer births recorded in 2020, Israel’s birth rate declined 2.6 percent over the previous year, according to data released from the Central Bureau of Statistics on Monday. Read more
Netanyahu: Israel must ‘speak out’ against Iran deal
February 23, 2022 by JNS
Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Monday that the nuclear agreement being finalized between world powers and Iran in Vienna would give Iran a path to a nuclear weapon and urged Israeli decision-makers to actively campaign against it. Read more
Rabbi in Ukraine assists Jewish residents who want to leave for Israel
“After a tense Shabbat, tonight was relatively quiet, and I hope this is a sign of things to come, despite the fact that gunfire has already resumed,” said Aryeh Schwartz, a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi in Donetsk, Ukraine. Read more
Controversial conversion-reform bill passes major hurdle
Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation gave a green light on Sunday for the highly controversial conversion bill spearheaded by Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana. Read more
75 new immigrants arrive in Israel from Ukraine
February 22, 2022 by JNS
“Everyone is just talking about the war,” said Yana Koblenko from Ukraine, who arrived in Israel on Sunday with a plane of 74 other new immigrants. “Until the last minute, I was worried the flight would be cancelled.” Read more
Ivan Reitman, ‘Ghostbusters’ director and son of Holocaust survivors, dies at age 75
February 16, 2022 by JNS
Jewish producer and director Ivan Reitman died in his sleep on Saturday night at his home in Montecito, California, at the age of 75, his family told The Associated Press. Read more
Top Turkish delegation to visit Israel
February 16, 2022 by JNS
A delegation of top Turkish leaders will arrive in Israel this week, ahead of a planned visit by President Isaac Herzog to the country, the president’s office said. Read more
Anti-Israel group compels Dutch universities to reveal Jewish, Israeli connections
February 15, 2022 by JNS
Administrators at more than a dozen universities in the Netherlands are complying with a freedom of information request filed by a pro-Palestinian organization to make public lists of their connections to Jewish and Israeli organizations and universities. Read more
Collectors livid as auction site vows to prohibit sale of Nazi artifacts
February 14, 2022 by JNS
The fight against the auctioning of Nazi artifacts took another turn over the weekend, as popular auction website “Bidspirit” announced a total ban on the sale of Nazi items. Any auction houses violating the ban will be removed from Bidspirit’s website, it warned.
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Study: Women twice as likely as men to experience COVID vaccine side effects
February 14, 2022 by JNS
Women experience nearly twice as many adverse events following inoculation with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as men, a new Israeli study published in the peer-reviewed journal Vaccines showed. Read more
Belgium museum returns Nazi-looted painting to Jewish heirs
February 13, 2022 by JNS
Belgium’s Royal Museums of Fine Arts has returned a painting to the great-grandchildren of a Jewish couple who owned the artwork before it was stolen by the Nazis, reported Reuters. Read more
Palestinians furious with PA over corruption, suspension of hospital construction
February 13, 2022 by JNS
The Palestinian Authority and its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, face sharp criticism for stopping the construction of a new Palestinian hospital to treat cancer patients, even though the funds were already raised for the project. Read more
Corbyn to join webinar affiliated with Muslim Brotherhood
February 13, 2022 by JNS
Former British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is scheduled to participate in a webinar that will feature extremist figures affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. Read more
Sa’ar moves to try to decriminalize recreational cannabis in Israel
February 11, 2022 by JNS
Israel’s Minister of Justice Gideon Sa’ar has proposed new temporary regulations to decriminalize recreational cannabis. Read more
Israeli study: Antibodies perform best after COVID infection, not vaccine
February 11, 2022 by JNS
Over time, the number of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies falls in both previously infected and vaccinated people, but the performance of antibodies improves only after a previous infection and not vaccination. Read more
Iran unveils 900-mile-range ballistic missile as nuclear talks resume in Vienna
February 10, 2022 by JNS
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unveiled on Wednesday a new, domestically produced, long-range precision ballistic missile, Tehran’s state media reported. Read more
Keshet Studios, Disney to produce series on woman who sheltered Anne Frank
February 10, 2022 by JNS
Keshet Studios will produce a limited series for Disney+ about Miep Gies, the Dutch woman who sheltered Anne Frank and her family during World War II. Read more
Lipstadt defends record, vows to fight anti-Semitism ‘without fear or favour’
February 9, 2022 by JNS
The Biden administration’s nominee Deborah Lipstadt to lead the U.S. State Department’s office that monitors and combats anti-Semitism appeared in the Senate on Tuesday for her confirmation. Read more
Chickpea seeds headed to International Space Station greenhouse
February 8, 2022 by JNS
Israeli chickpea seeds will be among the supplies and equipment sent to the International Space Station (ISS) later this month for a series of experiments aimed at controlling the growth of crops via technology. Read more
Holocaust survivors up in arms over planned auction of Nazi memorabilia…in Israel
Holocaust survivors and those involved in efforts to maintain the memory of the Shoah are up in arms over plans to put some 20 Nazi artifacts up for auction next week. Read more
The Amnesty report on Israel affirms the PLO’s 60-year ‘apartheid’ strategy
February 2, 2022 by JNS
A new Amnesty International report, called “Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: a cruel system of domination and crime against humanity,” is the latest in a series of political assaults on Israel by various “human rights” organizations, among them B’Tselem and Human Rights Watch…writes Dan Diker. Read more
Israeli Justice Minister taps Gala Baharav-Miara as country’s first female attorney-general
February 1, 2022 by JNS
Israeli Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Monday tapped former Tel Aviv District Attorney for Civil Affairs Gali Baharav-Miara as Israel’s next attorney general. Read more
Tennessee school board removes graphic novel ‘Maus,’ author calls it ‘Orwellian’
January 30, 2022 by JNS
A school board in Tennessee unanimously voted to remove a Pulitzer Prize-winning book on the Holocaust from its schools because it includes eight minor curse words such as “damn” and an illustration of a naked woman. Read more
Israelis in Kyiv asked to contact Foreign Ministry amid Ukraine-Russia tensions
January 28, 2022 by JNS
Israel’s Foreign Ministry and the Israeli Embassy in Kyiv have asked Israelis in the country to provide them with contact information, apparently in preparation for a possible military confrontation between Russia and Ukraine. Some 3,000 people have answered the call thus far. Read more
Israel, NASA set to cooperate on space programs centered around Mars, moon
January 27, 2022 by JNS
Israel and NASA are set to cooperate on the joint study of space, the moon and Mars, according to a report in recent days by EurAsian Times. Read more
Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi: ‘The Knesset won’t decide who is a Jew’
“I’m still a little weak. A few days ago I got over COVID,” Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau apologizes at the beginning of a conversation with Israel Hayom…writes Hanan Greenwood. Read more
