(JNS) It’s easy for archaeologists to detach themselves from ancient finds, but the discovery of a brass compass from a massacre of 35 Israeli soldiers in 1948 left two researchers feeling like they received a “punch in the stomach.” The Israel...
(JTA) — A Palestinian man rammed his car into pedestrians in Israel’s busy Mahane Yehuda market as the country prepared for Memorial Day and Independence Day, wounding five people. One man, in his 60s or 70s, was said to be fighting for his life.
A...
Jackie Hajdenberg and Jordan Palmer
• Published April 20, 2023
(JTA) — Shake Shack, the American fast-casual restaurant chain famous for its burgers and milkshakes, is heading to Israel.
The chain announced Wednesday on social media that a location will open next year in Tel Aviv, which has a robust burger scene...
“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be,” wrote Robert Browning in his poem “Rabbi Ben Ezra,” imagining the wisdom of a real 12th century scholar counseling us to recognize the challenges of youth and the possibility of true maturity and...
(JTA) – Like many synagogues have done over time, Congregation Kol Ami in Seattle is partnering with local Israelis to celebrate Israel’s birthday — a big one this year.
But Kol Ami won’t be holding a straightforward celebration for Israel’s...
(JTA) — The Jewish Federations of North America is defending its decision to invite Benjamin Netanyahu to its conference in Tel Aviv next week while praising the protesters who want the Israeli prime minister to be snubbed.
The conference, called...
When Rabbi David Wallach was looking for an institution to help him become a better Jewish day school teacher, he was frustrated to find that most of the places he researched offered either training in Jewish studies or general teacher training. It was...
A world-famous Israeli actor spying for the Mossad. Sounds crazy, no?
In news that may either shock you or come as wholly unsurprising, Haaretz reports that Chaim Topol, the star of 1971’s Fiddler on the Roof film and for decade’s Israel’s...
(JTA) — Israel’s government has banned the entry of Jews to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount through the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan later this month, a decision prompted by heightened Israeli-Palestinian tensions.
In past years, the mount...
(JNS) Thousands gathered on Tuesday afternoon in Israel for the funeral of 48-year-old Lucy Dee, who died on April 10, days after being shot in the April 7 terror attack that also claimed the lives of two of her daughters: Maia, 20, and Rina, 15.
“Lucy,...
By Naama Barak, Israel21c
• Published April 10, 2023
For an Israeli filmmaking couple, the decision to create a documentary of Ari Nagel, the infamous “Sperminator” who’s fathered more than 130 kids, came from a deeply personal debate.
“I think that as a couple living in Israel who’ve reached...
(JNS) The mother of two sisters slain in a Palestinian terrorist attack died on Monday from wounds she sustained in the shooting in the Jordan Valley.
Lucy Dee, 48, passed away in the hospital where she had been since the attack last Friday.
According...
