Ohio Man Arrested For Online Threat Against Youngstown JCC
Ohio - An Ohio man was arrested after he appeared in a post on Instagram to threaten an attack on a local Jewish Community Center.
James P. Reardon Jr., 20, was arrested early Sat...
Rashida Tlaib Joins Shabbat Service With BDS Supporters Following Canceled Israel Trip
Detroit - Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., joined a Friday night Shabbat service in a Detroit park arranged to show the freshman congresswoman support after she was denied entrance to ...
California Rejects Anti-Jewish And Anti-Israel School Curriculum
California - The California State Board of Education has rejected a proposed ethnic studies curriculum for the state’s schools, saying it “falls short and needs to be substantially...
Neo-Nazis Plaster Racist Fliers On 3 Seattle Synagogues
Seattle - Neo-Nazis affiliated with the anti-Semitic Daily Stormer Book Club plastered racist fliers on three Seattle synagogues.
The fliers were posted over the weekend by a mask...
BDE: The Mekubal Rav Chaim Cohen “The Chalban” (The Milkman) Is Niftar At 84
Israel - VIN News regrets to inform you of the Petirah of the Mekubal Rav Chaim Cohen, also knows as The Chalban (The Milkman).
According to Kikar Shabbat, Rav Chaim was in seriou...
Pro-Israel And Jewish Groups Criticize Fresno Event Featuring Vitriolic Anti-semitic Speaker
“A robust debate on Israel and the Palestinians is important and welcome. But in the aftermath of the Pittsburgh and Poway killings, it is disturbing that someone with a blatantly ...
Berlin – German Netanyahu Cartoon Triggers ‘Anti-Semitism’ Row
Berlin - A cartoon in a regional German paper on Tuesday depicted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu as poisoning the Middle East peace process, sparking accusations that the German...
Israel – IDF To Enlist 300 Ultra-Orthodox Soldiers Into 2 New Charedi Units
Israel - The IDF was set to enlist 300 haredi soldiers on Thursday into two new units which are being established to accommodate the specific requirements of ultra-Orthodox recruit...
Israel – Member Of Neturei Karta Group Charged With Spying For Iran (video)
Israel - A state prosecutor has charged an Israeli man with offering to spy for Iran, Israel's archenemy.
The indictment, released on Thursday, says the suspect belongs to the f...
Israel – Knesset Charedi Enlistment Committee Holds Inaugural Meeting
Israel - The Shaked Committee on haredi enlistment held its inaugural meeting in the Knesset Thursday, to prepare the government bill for its final vote.
"The topic we're dealin...
Jerusalem – Netanyahu, Trying To Re-Focus World’s Attention On Iran
Jerusalem - With the world's attention having shifted over the last few weeks to Egypt and Syria, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is trying to bring it back to Iran, telling the ...
West Bank – Israel Moving Ahead With New 1,000 Settler Housing
West Bank - Israel is moving forward with plans to build more than 1,000 homes in two small isolated Jewish settlements deep in the West Bank, a spokesman said Thursday, as Palesti...
Jerusalem – Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Taps Arye Deri As Next Shas Head
Jerusalem - A spokesman for Israel's ultra-Orthodox Shas party says it has reinstated Arieh Deri as party leader.
Deri last held the post in 1999, the year he was convicted of a...
Jerusalem – Museum Unveils Mysterious Hebrew Tablet
Jerusalem - An ancient limestone tablet covered with a mysterious Hebrew text that features the archangel Gabriel is at the center of a new exhibit in Jerusalem, even as scholars c...
Rome – Pope Accepts Peres’ Invitation To Israel
Rome - Israeli President Shimon Peres invited Pope Francis on Tuesday to visit Israel, at his first meeting with the new pontiff who has appealed for peace in the Middle East.
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West Bank – Palestinian Prisoner In Deal With Israel Ends Fast
West Bank - A Palestinian prisoner who refused food for eight months ended his hunger strike on Tuesday after reaching a deal with Israeli for early release, his lawyer and the mil...
Poland – Warsaw Ghetto Memorial Reflects A Changing Poland
Poland - Almost nothing remains of the old Warsaw Ghetto: a few buildings here and there, a synagogue, some fragments of a brick wall. The rest was blown up by the Germans in their...
Paris – French Chief Rabbi Says Will Not Quit Over Plagiarism Scandal
Paris - Gilles Bernheim, the grand rabbi of France, refused to quit on Tuesday despite admitting to several counts of plagiarism and to deception about his academic credentials.
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Norwich, England – Jews Bury 17 Medieval Massacre Victims Discovered At Bottom Of Well
Norwich, England - The remains of 17 bodies, discovered at the bottom of a well in the city of Norwich in 2004, were given a Jewish burial in Earlham Cemetery in Norwich.
The Bo...
Israel – Likud Beytenu And Yesh Atid Sign Coalition Deal, Excluding Ultra-Orthodox Jews
Israel - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed a coalition deal Friday with rival parties to form the next government, a spokesman said, in an agreement that was stalled...