Maj. Rabbi Shraga Dahan, a military rabbi in the IDF, on Sunday revealed his unique way of confronting an extremist haredi youth who verbally assaulted him over his military service
Hundreds of people on Sunday attended the May 1st parade in Tel Aviv as a launch for the Israeli “Workers’ Week” organized by the Histadrut labor union. “What we need is
Israeli media has largely ignored covering how Arab assailants just before Passover on April 20 threw firebombs at Jerusalem’s northeast Pisgat Ze’ev neighborhood, causing a massive brush fire that approached the homes
Leftist Jewish MK Dov Khenin of the near completely Arab Joint List party spoke with the British Sky News on Sunday, and claimed that Israel is committing an “ethnic cleansing in a very
A German official on Sunday denied a report in Der Spiegel the day before, according to which Chancellor Angela Merkel may end unconditional support for Israel due to frustration with Prime Minister
A young 26-year-old woman from Jerusalem was bitten by a poisonous snake on Sunday evening as she hiked near the popular Ein Ampi Spring, in the region of Beit Hamekhes Junction
Gila Katzav, wife of former president Moshe Katzav, met twice in recent months with current President Reuven Rivlin, Channel 1 News reported on Sunday night. According to the report, during
Orthodox Jews have a strict rule regarding not eating chametz (leavened foods) which were owned by Jews during Passover – during which a strict prohibition on consuming or even owning chametz
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum challenged a claim by the Iranian foreign minister that Iranian government authorities had nothing to do with a Holocaust cartoon contest. “The organizations associated with
The Israeli police are recommending to give an honorary citation to a patrol officer and a police volunteer who killed the Arab terrorist responsible for the lethal Jaffa (Yafo) stabbing
US President Barack Obama decried the “rise of anti-Semitism” in his annual proclamation of May as Jewish American Heritage Month. “We cannot pay proper respect to the legacy of Jewish
Two suspects have been arrested over the death of Israeli backpacker Ofer Gross in Hungary, according to German media reports. The two young suspects – aged 21 and 19 – were
IDF Civil Administration forces accompanied by Border Police officers arrived on Sunday afternoon to Givat Gal, located adjacent to Kiryat Arba in Judea, and began seizing equipment from a home
A senior Israeli official said Sunday that ties with Berlin remained “good” following a report about diplomatic tensions with Germany, considered to be the Jewish state’s main European ally. “Relations between Israel and Germany are,
An event co-sponsored by the Palestinian American Coalition (PAC) advertised MK Ahmed Tibi’s (Arab Joint List) arrival to California with an image of the politician adjacent to the American and the Palestinian Liberation
Police on Sunday arrested a 54-year-old man dangerously riding an electric bicycle on the sidewalk of Jerusalem Boulevard in Jaffa. After questioning, the cyclist told police officers that he drank
Getnet Asnakew made aliyah to Israel from Ethiopia back in 2002, and as an oleh he is eligible for financial support from the government in buying an apartment – there’s
Less than a year after becoming leader of the UK Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn is already facing calls for his ouster. The head of the UK’s second largest party has
After a week without leavened bread, some shoppers are anxious to head for the nearest bakery following the end of the Passover holiday. In recent years, crowds of impatient customers
Police have located the body of 40 year-old Jerusalem resident Ofir Gross in a local forest, they announced Sunday, one week after disappearing in Hungary. The Foreign Ministry has stated that
Muslims are only allowed to acquire citizenship in non-Muslim countries in “life or death” situations, a Saudi scholar insisted last month – and even banned visiting the Western world. Saudi
The Romanian government has instructed state universities to allow Jewish students to miss exams and classes on Shabbat and Jewish holidays, the European Jewish Association (EJA) announced Sunday, following concerted efforts
Surveyors struck oil in Israel, with an oil deposit discovered near the Dead Sea. On Sunday the Hatrurim consortium, named for the Hatrurim formation in the Dead Sea area, announced
JTA – A reporter who wrote a critical profile of Melania Trump has been deluged with anti-Semitic abuse. Julia Ioffe told the Guardian that on April 28, the day her
The ongoing anti-Semitism scandal within Britain’s Labour Party has now reached news heights, with one of party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s closest aides – former London Mayor Ken Livingstone – suspended from
President Reuven Rivlin should pardon El-Or Azariya, the soldier who controversially shot dead a neutralized terrorist, MK David Bitan (Likud) opined in a special Arutz Sheva interview Sunday. Bitan is heading a petition to
24 year-old Sapir Nissani has been identified as a journalist suspected of attempted matricide, it was cleared for publication Sunday. Nissani, a Kfar Saba resident, was arrested Thursday after her mother
Last week’s Jerusalem bus bombing carried out by member of Hamas shows the Islamist movement’s “determination” to continue resisting Israel, the head of the Palestinian group in Gaza said on Thursday. Addressing thousands