Bennett speaks with Putin, Zelensky as mediation efforts on war continue
March 15, 2022 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky separately on Monday as the Israeli leader’s mediation efforts continued. Read more
Israeli field hospital for Ukrainian refugees to be named after Golda Meir
March 15, 2022 by JNS
Israel announced on Monday that it has officially approved a field hospital for refugees in Western Ukraine. Read more
Former largest yeshivah in world becomes refugee camp in Poland for Ukrainian Jews
March 10, 2022 by JNS
A yeshivah in Poland that was once the largest in the world has been converted into a refugee camp for Ukrainian Jews fleeing their home county as Russia’s war continues. Read more
IDF demolishes homes of terrorists behind murder of Yehuda Dimentman
March 10, 2022 by JNS
The Israeli military on Tuesday demolished the homes of two of the Palestinians behind the terrorist attack in December that claimed the life of Israeli yeshivah student Yehuda Dimentman. Read more
Lipstadt confirmation vote for US antisemitism envoy stalled by senator’s objection
The confirmation vote for Deborah Lipstadt to serve as the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism was delayed on Tuesday after Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) objected to her nomination. Read more
Bennett speaks with Putin, Zelensky as US announces ban on Russian-oil imports
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the second time in recent days. Read more
Israel’s Romanian embassy evacuates pediatric cancer patients to Israel
March 9, 2022 by JNS
Israel’s embassy in Romania helped facilitate the evacuation this week of Ukrainian pediatric cancer patients to Israel for treatment. Read more
Bennett: Israel gearing up for ‘significant’ wave of immigration from Ukraine
March 7, 2022 by JNS
Israel is prepared for a “significant” wave of immigration as a result of the war in Ukraine, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday. Read more
Zelensky appeals to world Jewry not to stay silent after bombing of Babi Yar
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed directly to Jews around the world not to keep silent about the situation in Ukraine on Wednesday morning as the Russian military bombed Babi Yar Holocaust memorial site in Kyiv, Ukraine a day earlier. Read more
Harold “Smoky” Simon, one of the IAF’s founders, dies at 101
March 4, 2022 by JNS
Three days after he passed away at the age of 101, close to his 102nd birthday, tributes continue to pour in for Harold “Smoky” Simon on Thursday, one of the legendary founders of the Israeli Air Force. Read more
British Jewish group blasts Amazon for selling ‘Free Palestine Intifada’ clothing
March 4, 2022 by JNS
Campaign Against Antisemitism has accused Amazon of promoting incitement against Israel by continuing to sell apparel that displays anti-Semitic slogans and images. Read more
Zelensky says that he is disappointed in Israel’s stance on the conflict
March 4, 2022 by JNS
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he is disappointed in Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s stance on the conflict. Read more
‘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
