(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...
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
• Published April 9, 2023
(JTA) — When Benjamin Netanyahu put his controversial calls for judicial reform on pause two weeks ago, many thought the protesters in Israel and abroad might declare victory and take a break. And yet a week ago Saturday some 200,000 people demonstrated...
(JTA) — Dozens of rockets fired from Lebanon hit Israel’s north in a significant escalation of tensions that followed clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian worshipers at a Jerusalem holy site.
Israel’s government-run Kan broadcaster...
(JNS) Israeli President Isaac Herzog resumed talks on Monday with Knesset factions aimed at hammering out a compromise on judicial reform.
The president again hosted working teams representing the ruling coalition and the leading opposition parties...
(JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not in contempt of court when he allegedly violated a conflict of interest arrangement, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara said on Monday.
Baharav-Miara said that while she believes the prime minister...
