Netflix cancels Israeli series ‘Hit & Run’ after one season
September 26, 2021 by JNS
Netflix will not renew for a second season the drama “Hit & Run,” which was co-created, executive produced and headlined by Lior Raz of “Fauda” fame. Read more
Netflix gains entire catalogue of works by ‘certainly anti-Israeli’ Roald Dahl
September 26, 2021 by JNS
Netflix has acquired the Roald Dahl Story Company (RDSC), giving it rights to all the works by the late British children’s author, who was openly anti-Israel and had a history of making antisemitic remarks. Read more
World War II letter connects families of Jewish survivors, Polish farmer who hid them
September 26, 2021 by JNS
The descendants of two Holocaust survivors and the farmer who hid them from the Nazis in Poland have connected with the help of a recently discovered post-World War II letter. Read more
At UN, Abbas demands Israel withdraw to pre-1967 lines or face consequences
September 26, 2021 by JNS
In his address to the U.N. General Assembly on Friday, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas demanded that Israel return to its pre-1967 borders or face consequences. Read more
Mark Zuckerberg and wife donate $1.3 million to 11 Jewish groups
September 24, 2021 by JNS
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are donating $1.3 million to 11 Jewish organizations, eJewish Philanthropy reported, citing a spokesperson for the couple. Read more
Ukraine passes legislation effectively outlawing antisemitism
September 24, 2021 by JNS
Ukraine’s parliament passed a law Wednesday defining and banning antisemitism. Read more
Holocaust survivor awarded Balzan Prize honouring scientific achievements
September 23, 2021 by JNS
A historian who is an Israeli-French-American Holocaust survivor was one of the recipients of this year’s international Balzan Prizes, which recognizes distinguished scholars, artists and scientists. Read more
Memorial honouring 102,000 Dutch victims of Holocaust opens in Amsterdam
A new memorial in Amsterdam’s Jewish Cultural Quarter pays tribute to the more than 102,000 Dutch victims of the Holocaust, the Associated Press reported. Read more
Members of lost tribe of Bnei Menashe celebrate Sukkot in northeastern India
September 23, 2021 by JNS
Like many Jews around the world, members of the Bnei Menashe community in India are gathering to celebrate Sukkot this week. In their festival prayers, they offered a special plea to fulfil their age-old dream to make aliyah during the coming year. Read more
Bennett says he won’t sit down with Mahmoud Abbas, rules out Palestinian state
September 16, 2021 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday that for now, he has ruled out a meeting with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and the creation of a Palestinian state. Read more
Warsaw’s Jewish community buries remains found of unidentified Holocaust victim
September 15, 2021 by JNS
Warsaw’s Jewish community buried the remains of an unidentified Holocaust victim on Tuesday, found in a building that was once part of the Warsaw Ghetto. Read more
Israeli ministries issue legal opinion on smuggling of child in Italian cable-car crash
September 15, 2021 by JNS
Israeli government attorneys said that the recent smuggling of 6-year-old Eitan Biran from Italy to Israel amounts to kidnapping under international law. Read more
Headstone of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg unveiled in Arlington National Cemetery
September 14, 2021 by JNS
The tombstone of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first Jewish woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, was unveiled days before the first anniversary of her death on Sept. 18. Read more
IDF chief: ‘We will not stop until remaining fugitives are caught’
September 14, 2021 by JNS
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi said on Sunday that it was only a matter of time until security forces catch up with the two fugitives still at large following last week’s prison break in northern Israel. Read more
Bennett meets with Egyptian President El-Sisi in Sinai
September 14, 2021 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Sharm El-Sheikh yesterday. Read more
Bin Laden son feels ‘shame, horror’ towards father’s actions, wants to visit Israel
September 12, 2021 by JNS
The son of Osama bin Laden, the slain leader of the Al-Qaeda terror group, reflected on the crimes of his father associated with the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and said he hopes to visit Israel in an interview with Yediot Aharonot. Read more
Slovakia apologizes for World War II laws against Jews
The Slovakian government apologized on Wednesday for World War II-era laws that stripped Jews of their rights. Read more
Jewish community recalls 9/11 with service projects, prayer, concert, memorial walk
September 10, 2021 by JNS
Allan Englander usually commemorates Sept. 11 at the Tribeca Synagogue, where he was having breakfast after morning minyan that Tuesday in 2001 when he heard a plane had hit the World Trade Centre…writes Kares Schwartz. Read more
In Israeli first, doctors separate twins with conjoined skulls
September 8, 2021 by JNS
Doctors at the Soroka Medical Centre in Beersheva have made Israeli medical history, successfully separating twins that had been conjoined at the head. Read more
UNRWA head: PA textbooks do include antisemitism, glorification of terrorism
September 5, 2021 by JNS
The head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) acknowledged that antisemitism and the glorification of terror can be found in school textbooks distributed by the Palestinian Authority, though insisted that it is not taught by his agency. Read more
Founder of far-right party in France on trial for inciting antisemitism
The trial has begun against Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France’s main far-right political party National Front (FN), who faces charges of inciting racial hatred against a Jewish pop singer and actor. Read more
Israel’s consulate in New York honours 9/11 victims on 20th anniversary of attacks
September 3, 2021 by JNS
Acting Consul General of Israel in New York Israel Nitzan and the Port Authority Police Department gathered at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday to mark the Jewish calendar’s 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and its victims. Read more
IDF launches retaliatory strike on Hamas targets in Gaza Strip after arson attacks, border riots
August 30, 2021 by JNS
The Israel Defense Forces conducted airstrikes against Hamas targets early on Sunday in response to incendiary balloon attacks and violent riots along the Gaza fence. Read more
Gantz condemns Kabul terror attacks: ‘We stand with our American partners’
August 27, 2021 by JNS
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz condemned the terror attack at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, reiterating that Israel “stands with our American partners.” Read more
Biden reschedules meeting with Bennett after two terror attacks reported in Kabul
August 27, 2021 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s much anticipated first meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden has been postponed for Friday after news of a terror attack near the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Read more
Neo-Nazi gets three years in prison for threatening ADL, journalists
August 27, 2021 by JNS
The leader of neo-Nazi efforts to threaten journalists and the U.S. Anti-Defamation League for exposing antisemitism was sentenced to three years in prison by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, reported by the Department of Justice. Read more
Controversial exhibit on Nazi-persecuted Jewish art dealer to open in Germany
August 26, 2021 by JNS
An exhibition is set to open in Düsseldorf, Germany, about the life and legacy of Jewish art dealer Max Stern after being abruptly cancelled in 2017 in relation to a restitution claim, reported The Art Newspaper. Read more
Israeli officials: Palestinian incendiary devices started fires in border communities
Nine fires broke out on Monday near Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip that Israeli investigators believe were started by incendiary balloons launched from the Hamas-controlled enclave, reported Ynet. Read more
Iranian ayatollah: ‘Jews are the greatest problem of Islam and humanity’
August 24, 2021 by JNS
According to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s representative in Iran’s Southern Khorasan Province, the Jews are humanity’s greatest problem. Read more
Third Pfizer vaccine shot 86 per cent effective for those over 60, Israeli healthcare provider said
August 20, 2021 by JNS
The third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine was 86 per cent effective for people over 60 years old, Israeli health care provider Maccabi said on Wednesday. Read more






