Loading… The Israeli navy’s missile boat squadron, Shayetet 3, on Thursday completed a major two-week exercise simulating an attack by hostile naval forces on Israeli vessels and territorial waters. Specialized
The Palestinian Authority (PA)’s official Fatah TV broadcasted an inciting cartoon series for children in honor of Ramadan, according to Palestinian Media Watch (PMW). The cartoon teaches young kids that
(JTA) — Most people know Elie Wiesel as the author of “Night,” one of the first published autobiographical accounts of what life was like inside Nazi concentration camps. The book,
Suspected radical Islamists threw improvised explosives at police guarding a large group of Muslim worshipers in Bangladesh on Thursday. At least one officer and one other person were killed, and
Chava Mark, the wife of Michael “Miki” Mark, who was murdered by Arab terrorists last Friday in a shooting attack on Route 60 near Hevron, is recovering from the attack
Ezri Tubi, a spokesman for the Samarian town of Yitzhar and self-styled Hasbara media guru, takes on the issue of Israel’s national anthem, Hatikva, and whether it has any relevance
About 200 demonstrators protested next to the offices of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate as a hearing took place about the legitimacy of a conversion conducted by the prominent American Orthodox
Controversy over the matter of Reform and Conservative services at the Western Wall has flared up again today. Reform and Conservative activists arrived at the Western Wall this morning (Thursday)
A Jewish woman alleged that she and her companion were ejected from a Mexican restaurant in upstate New York because they support Donald Trump. Esther Levy, 61, told the New
A man in his 30s has been arrested on the suspicion of sexual assault of children on buses. Police reported this morning (Thursday) that an arrest has been made in
Belarusian Nobel Prize laureate has stirred controversy in Poland by saying that many Poles, including priests, participated in the persecution of Jews during the Holocaust. Svetlana Alexievich, who was awarded
A week after 13-year-old Hallel-Yaffa Ariel was murdered in her bed in Kiryat Arba, her mother is calling for Jews to join the family in ascending the Temple Mount in
Revisiting what he defined as uncertainty over French Jewry’s future, Natan Sharansky said Jews are increasingly feeling uncomfortable in France despite the government’s best efforts to protect them. Sharansky, head
Donald Trump’s son-in-law on Wednesday insisted that his father-in-law is not racist or anti-Semitic, after fresh controversy engulfed the Republican White House hopeful, AFP reports. Jared Kushner wrote an essay
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama agreed during a telephone call Wednesday to “intensify” military coordination between their two countries in Syria, the Kremlin said, according to
(JTA) — Women-only swimming hours will be allowed to continue at a public pool in a heavily Orthodox neighborhood of Brooklyn. The New York City Parks Department decision on the
In this lecture Reuven Dovid Bryant discuss how we can begin to live stress free and master the yetzer hara. Rabbi Noson once remarked that the evil inclination cares much less about
SYDNEY (JTA) — Five Jewish candidates in Australia — including the first Jewish Liberal from New South Wales in the 115-year history of the Parliament — have been assured seats
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — A Jewish sports club in Argentina was the victim of a threat that included the Islamic State logo. A threatening note with the logo was
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday once again defended his controversial “Star of David” tweet, The Jewish Insider reported. Speaking at a rally in Cincinnati, Ohio, Trump insisted that
For the first time, the United States on Wednesday sanctioned North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for human rights abuses, ABC News reports. The Treasury Department added the young ruler,
A senior commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) recently threatened Israel, saying the ground is ready for the annihilation of “the Zionist regime”. The comments by IRGC Deputy
Ron Kehrmann, whose 17-year-old daughter Tal was murdered in a suicide terror attack on a bus in Haifa in 2003, on Wednesday said he supported the demand by the parents
One of Elor Azariya’s fellow soldiers testified in military court on Wednesday. Azariya has been charged with manslaughter for killing a neutralized terrorist. Channel 10 reports that Corporal M. said, “I
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu explicitly rejected demands by the Obama administration that Israel cease all construction over the Green Line, saying that the US position on Judea and Samaria was
In addition to new security efforts that have been approved by the Political-Security Cabinet, the government is advancing a broad plan to support the Har Hevron communities, with an emphasis on
Israel has become known as the “start-up nation” because of the long list of hi-tech innovations it has introduced to the world. Now there is another innovation – albeit in
The residents of Amona set up a protest tent in front of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s Jerusalem office on Wednesday. They are demanding that the government cancel the evacuation of the
Chaya Gittel Lachman was 16 when she moved into Seeach Sod’s group home last year. Although her and her brother, Refoel (14), have been enrolled in Seeach Sod schools for
The decision by a Petach Tikva religious court to nullify the conversions performed by a prominent Orthodox rabbi in New York has sent shockwaves through the American Jewish community, raising