WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Joe Biden’s concerns about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned overhaul of Israel’s courts system should be taken into account by the Israeli parties seeking a compromise, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said...
(JNS) A Palestinian terrorist, who sought to infiltrate the town of Kedumim, killed an Israeli man on Thursday.
Magen David Adom emergency medical personnel treated the victim at the scene, some six miles west of Nablus (Shechem) in Samaria, before pronouncing...
By Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel 21c
• Published July 3, 2023
Israel has qualified for the men’s football (soccer) competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by advancing to the semifinals of the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
According to the qualification criteria, the top three ranked teams...
The Israel Defense Forces began a major counterterror operation in Jenin in the early hours of Monday, including the entry into the Samaria city of significant ground forces.
“IDF forces are currently encircling the refugee camp from all directions...
(JNS) Gal Gadot will next year become the first Israeli actor or actress to be honored with a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.
“This is unbelievable. I’m so, so grateful and thankful and humbled,” said Gadot in response to Monday’s announcement...
PESACH BENSON, Jewish News Syndicate
• Published June 22, 2023
(June 13, 2023 / JNS) A woman strolling on Israel’s Palmachim Beach south of Tel Aviv found a 3,000-year-old figurine of an Egyptian goddess, which she turned over to archaeologists at the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Lydia Marner, 74, a resident...
Educators will engage with the state of Israel’s past, present and future at the 22nd annual Enrichment Workshop on Modern Israel, held online by the Center for Israel Education and the Emory University Institute for the Study of Modern Israel from...
(JTA) — A biopic of Golda Meir, the Israeli prime minister who helmed Israel during the Yom Kippur War, is set to hit screens just one month shy of the conflict’s 50th anniversary.
“Golda,” directed by Oscar-winning Israeli filmmaker Guy Nativ...
(JTA) — Days after Israel’s under-20 soccer team shocked the world with a third-place finish in the FIFA Under-20 World Cup, another one of the country’s national teams is looking for international glory — this time in a sport played by few in...
Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published June 14, 2023
Nadav Tamir, the executive director of J Street Israel, visited St. Louis on June 13 to speak on the topic of “Israel at a Crossroads.” Tamir was previously Israeli consulate general to New England and advisor to the late Israeli President Shimon...
LA PLATA, Argentina (JTA) — Israel won third place in the U-20 World Cup on Sunday, capping a historic run in its first-ever appearance at the tournament by beating South Korea 3-1.
Local Jews and Israeli visitors made up a large portion of the crowd...
(JTA) — An Israeli protester following Simcha Rothman on the streets of New York and chiding him for his role in advancing a proposal to overhaul Israel’s judiciary filed a police report against the lawmaker after he rushed her and wrested away her...
