(JTA) — Israeli swimmer Ami Dadaon won a gold medal Friday in the men’s 100-meter freestyle S4, his third career Paralympic gold medal and Israel’s second in as many days in Paris.
Dadaon, 23, finished the race with a time of 1:20.25, finishing...
(JTA) — Israeli Asaf Yasur won a gold medal Thursday in taekwondo, Israel’s first medal at the Paris Paralympics.
Yasur defeated Turkish opponent Ali Can Ozcan by a score of 19-12 in the gold medal match for the 58-kilogram weight class in the...
BY MOLLY LEVINE, JEWISH LIGHT INTERN
• Published July 24, 2024
MAKANDA, Ill. – For the past month, 18 Israeli children have explored the ins and outs of something foreign to them: Jewish sleepaway summer camp.
“I was nervous but more happy because I [knew] that I was going to meet tons of friends,” said...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Washington, D.C. with families of Israeli hostages, one of his first stops on a highly anticipated trip to the United States and a sign of how much focus is being placed on talks over a hostage release...
CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION, ISRAELED.ORG
• Published July 18, 2024
July 18, 1290 — England Expels Its Jews
King Edward I orders the expulsion of the Jews from England, where they had settled in significant numbers only in the 11th century. Despite gaining legal protections early in the 12th century, Jews suffer massacres...
(JTA) — A chorus of Israeli and Palestinian teens won hearts, applause and a chance at $1 million with a successful “America’s Got Talent” audition that aired on Tuesday night.
The Jerusalem Youth Chorus performed Phillip Phillips’ “Home,”...
The central figure in an iconic 1967 photograph of three paratroopers at the liberated Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem died on Saturday. Yitzhak Yifat was 81.
Yifat, 24 at the time the photo was taken, can be seen in the center of the...
Steeply discounted shipping of donations to support the Israeli war effort aboard El AL aircraft is coming back days after Israel’s national airline said it planned to end the program.
El Al’s decision to reinstate the discount follows reporting...
(JNS) -- In a historic first, evidence of the last Jewish revolt against Roman rule in Israel 1,650 years ago has been uncovered in the central Israeli city of Lod, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Sunday.
The discovery of a large public...
The next leader of AIPAC will be Elliot Brandt, who has served as a senior official of the pro-Israel lobby for decades and will take the helm shortly after the November elections, as Israel faces volatile conflicts on multiple fronts.
Brandt, currently...
(JTA) — Israel is joining the Western nations requiring an advance online application and a fee for citizens from visa-exempt countries, including the United States.
Until now, Americans who want to travel to Israel haven’t needed to do anything...
By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 8, 2024
Two resolutions supporting Israel advanced in the Missouri legislature this week. House Continuing Resolution 30 passed in the House of Representatives on May 6 by a vote of 108 to 8. Another 22 house members voted “present.” The resolution, known...
