Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Jewish

Opinion: Understanding The Collapse Of Liberal Zionism

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NEW YORK (JNS/Jonathan S. Tobin ) - There’s a reason why most Israelis find it difficult to listen patiently to lectures from liberal American Jews. For Israelis, their country is ...

US Palestinians Urge Biden, If Elected, To Overturn Trump’s Pro-Israel Policies

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WASHINGTON (JNS) - Palestinian Americans have been pressuring Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden to shift U.S. policy in favor of the Palestinians if he wins the elect...

Isaac Herzog: 2,200 Jews Died Of Coronavirus In Countries Other Than US, Russia

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JERUSALEM (JNS) - Jewish Agency for Israel Chairman Isaac Herzog on Wednesday told Jewish leaders from abroad that the coronavirus has claimed the lives of some 2,200 Diaspora Jews...

Uman Mayor Nixes Rosh Hashana Pilgrimage: ‘Could Cause Coronavirus Outbreak’

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UMAN, UKRAINE (VINnews) —The mayor of Uman, the Ukrainian town where Breslov Chasidim congregate every year at the tomb of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, has spoken out against this yea...

Opinion: We’re Hasidic Women With Our Own EMT Corps. Here’s Why We’re Fighting For Our Own Ambulance.

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NEW YORK (JTA) - Editor’s note: On Nov. 19, 2019, the Regional Emergency Medical Services Council of New York City voted not to grant the all-female Orthodox EMT corps Ezras Nashim...

Jewish Groups React To Supreme Court Ruling Protecting Religious Freedoms In Hiring

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WASHINGTON (JNS) - Jewish groups expressed mixed reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday after it considered multiple cases on protection for religious schools agai...

Toronto Restaurant Uses ‘Zionistsnotwelcome’ Hashtag

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TORONTO (JTA) — A Toronto health food restaurant with a history of social media posts considered anti-Semitic has come under fire for using the hashtag “zionistsnotwelcome” on Twit...

1,000 Jewish Groups Received At Least $500 Million In Government Loans. Some Laid Off Staff Anyway.

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NEW YORK (JTA) - More than 1,000 Jewish organizations received federal coronavirus relief loans totaling approximately $540 million to $1.3 billion. The recipients included seve...

Nefesh B’Nefesh: We Received 25,000 Calls in the US During June

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — Nefesh B'Nefesh, the veteran Jewish organization which has been encouraging aliya from western countries and the USA, reported unprecedented interest in option...

Opinion: How Much Anti-Semitism Does It Take To Cancel An NFL Star?

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PHILADELPHIA (JNS/Jonathan S. Tobin) - Imagine if a professional football player used his Instagram account to support the Ku Klux Klan and to promote hateful myths attributing hor...

Girl Detained By Israeli Police: ‘I’m Still Trembling’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Batya Getter, the 11-year-old girl detained by police because she did not have a mask, has still not fully recovered from the traumatic episode. Getter's fath...

United Airlines To Launch Tel Aviv-chicago Route, Add More Flights To Israel

NEWARK, NJ (JNS) - United Airlines announced on Tuesday that it is further expanding its international schedule in September with nonstop service three days a week between Chicago ...

Chareidi Woman Told: ‘You Spread Disease, All Of You Should Be Put In A Ghetto. I Hate You’

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TEL AVIV (VINnews) — An unfortunate corollary of the first wave of the coronavirus epidemic is that many Israelis believe the source of the outbreaks to be from the Chareidi commun...

Secular Jews Are Starting To Understand The Haredi Orthodox — Thanks To Israeli Television

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NEW YORK (JTA) — At 4 a.m., Israeli rocker Aviv Gefen was still crying, head in hands, in the empty Haifa-area amphitheater where he had performed the previous late May evening. St...

NFL Star Posts Anti-semitic Quotes Attributed To Hitler On Instagram – Jewish Owners are Silent

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PHILADELPHIA (JTA) - NFL star DeSean Jackson posted quotes on social media attributed to Adolf Hitler and Louis Farrakhan, but the Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver said he has no ...

Police Discrimination: Secular People Are Handed Masks, Chareidim Are Handed Fines

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A Chareidi woman posted on Facebook pointing out the difference between the way Israeli police are treating Chareidim not wearing masks and secular people flo...

New York: Judge Denies Permission For Sleepaway Camps To Operate

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a disappointing development on Monday, a federal judge ruled to deny New York sleepaway camps permission to operate this summer. The story began on June ...

Watch: Israeli Police Detain 11-Year-Old Chareidi Girl Over Mask Infringement

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Police in Israel have been vigorously enforcing health regulations over the past three months in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. In recent weeks, with t...

Israel Announces Successful Launch Of New Spy Satellite

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Defense Ministry announced the successful launch of a new spy satellite early on Monday that would help the country monitor Iran’s nuclear activity as its...

Riots In Meah Shearim After Woman Detained For Not Wearing Mask

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Riots broke out in Meah Shearim Saturday night after a woman was detained by police for refusing to identify herself after police found her without a mask. Ri...