Israel’s New Coronavirus Chief Launches National Plan To Combat The Pandemic
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel’s newly appointed coronavirus project coordinator, professor Ronni Gamzu, on Tuesday presented his plan to halt the spread of COVID-19.
In a press confe...
Israeli Artist Takes Aim At Netanyahu With Life-size Statue
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Residents of the city of Tel Aviv woke up Wednesday to a jarring sight: a pop-up exhibit depicting a life-size statue of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Net...
New ‘Kosher Netflix’ Streaming Service In Israel Lets Viewers Skip The Immodest Parts
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israelis who don’t want to see racy content have a new streaming service that allows them to skip the immodest parts.
The Tov TV service, dubbed the “kosher Ne...
Coronavirus Patients Should Not Fast On Tisha B’av, Israel’s Chief Rabbi Says
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Those with the coronavirus should not fast on Tisha B’Av, the chief Ashkenazi rabbi of Israel has ruled.
The ruling applies even if the patient is feeling fine...
Lebanon Accuses Israel Of Provoking Border Escalation
KFAR CHOUBA, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon's prime minister Tuesday accused Israel of provoking a “dangerous escalation” along the border in an attempt to modify the mandate of a U.N. pea...
Opinion: On Tisha B’av, It’s Time For Americans To Step Back From Apocalyptic Rhetoric
NEW YORK (JNS/JONATHAN S. TOBIN) - Americans are experiencing a summer of discontent in a way that exceeds any in living memory. The nation is divided not just along political line...
Rabbi Chaim Kanievski And Rabbi Edelstein : Don’t Attend Weddings or Stay in Beis Medrash if No Precautions Taken
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Chaim Kanievski and Rabbi Gershon Edelstein issued a number of rulings in the wake of the rise in infections in Chareidi locations in Israel as well as ...
More Than 100,000 Viewers Worldwide Tune In To Online Torah Event
JERUSALEM (JNS) - More than 100,000 viewers worldwide tuned into a series of online lessons hosted this week by Yeshivat HaKotel, a major religious Zionist hesder yeshiva located a...
Israel To Relax Synagogue Attendance Restrictions Ahead Of Tisha B’av, Ministers Say
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel’s Health Ministry will increase the number of worshipers permitted in synagogues ahead of Tisha B’Av, which begins on Wednesday evening, the heads of the u...
World Bank Grants Palestinians $30 Million In Welfare Aid
WASHINGTON (JNS)- The World Bank on Monday approved a $30 million grant to the Palestinian Authority in an effort to help the cash-strapped government stay afloat.
The funds hav...
Netanyahu: Hezbollah ‘Playing With Fire’ After IDF Foils Attack At Border
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hezbollah is “playing with fire” after the terror group launched an attack in Israeli territory on Monday that was ...
Trump To Nominate Retired Colonel Who Downplays Iran Threat, Points Fingers At Jews
WASHINGTON (JNS) - U.S. President Donald Trump announced his intent on Monday to nominate retired U.S. Army Col. Douglas Macgregor as U.S. ambassador to Germany to succeed Richard ...
Opinion: How J Street Is Attempting To Desecrate Tisha B’av
NEW YORK (JNS/STEPHEN M. FLATOW) - If you thought Tisha B’Av was about the destruction of the holy temples and two Jewish states in ancient times, think again. According to J Stree...
Coronavirus Crisis Sparks A Young Israeli Protest Movement
JERUSALEM (AP) — In attending his first-ever public protest, 34-year-old Nimrod Gross arrived with the only prop he felt reflected him — the blue-and-white Israeli flag.
The for...
Israel, Hezbollah Trade Fire Across Volatile Lebanese Border
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces on Monday exchanged fire with Hezbollah militants along the volatile Israeli-Lebanese frontier, as Israeli civilians living in the area were ordered...
Palestinians: Settler Vandals Firebomb West Bank Mosque
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian Authority said Monday that a group of Israeli settlers has tried to burn down a mosque near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Hussam Abu...
Israeli Drone Crashes In Lebanon Amid Tensions With Syria
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said a military drone crashed in southern Lebanon on Sunday as regional tensions ran high, days after a series of cross-border exchanges between Israel and ...
Israeli Cabinet Moves Ahead With $1.9 Billion Covid-19 Stimulus Plan
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel’s Cabinet on Sunday approved a plan to grant nearly every Israeli citizen a one-time cash payment to help stimulate the country’s struggling economy, which...
Arrests And Clashes Follow Anti-netanyahu Protests In Israel
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Police said Sunday they arrested more than a dozen Israelis in country-wide protests the previous night that drew thousands of people in a growing and persi...
Israeli Scientists Develop Hand Sanitizer From Waste
JERUSALEM (Israel21C) - Hand sanitizers—once the preserve of nurses, mothers and the uber-clean—have now become a ubiquitous accessory found in purses, cars, businesses and offices...