Dozens of Jewish celebrities and artists, as well as hundreds of rabbis, took out a full-page ad in The New York Times Thursday to object to ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
The ad is a response to President Donald Trump’s calls to permanently relocate...
Hamas said that it will release three more Israeli hostages on Saturday, a sign that the ceasefire in Gaza may hold despite a crisis earlier this week.
Israel has not confirmed that its dispute with Hamas was resolved. But negotiations are ongoing,...
By Mira Fox, The Forward
• Published February 12, 2025
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Tu B’Shvat is the Jewish day of the trees, a celebration of all things plant and fruit. And what better way to celebrate...
Google Calendar has removed International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Jewish American Heritage Month from its default display in the United States, part of a broader removal of cultural and ethnic observances from the app.
The removal is being noticed...
Philissa Cramer, JTA
• Published February 11, 2025
A video released on social media on Tuesday shows a wide array of Jewish celebrities, including Steven Spielberg and Woody Allen, wearing a T-shirt with a raised middle finger and the word “Kanye” — a rejection of the rapper Kanye West’s antisemitism.
The...
(JTA) — The video appeared on Instagram in October. A man, in the dark of night, is spray-painting over a mural in New Orleans depicting a large pair of eyes with the Palestinian flag incorporated into their pupils, paired with text reading “All Eyes...
Netanyahu threatens Hamas ceasefire, warning that if hostages are not released by Saturday at noon, Israel will resume fighting in Gaza. The statement adds more uncertainty to the three-week-long ceasefire, as tensions escalate over hostage negotiations.
“If...
Jonathan D. Salant, JNS
• Published February 10, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that “all hell is going to break out” if Hamas did not release the remaining hostages by Saturday.
“As far as I’m concerned, if all of the hostages aren’t returned by Saturday at 12 o’clock—I...
Rapper Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, released an ad during the Super Bowl that directed people to his website Yeezy.com, which now only sells one item: a white T-shirt with a black swastika.
The rapper filmed the 30-second advertisement on his iPhone...
Among the star-studded Super Bowl ads that viewers saw during Sunday’s game was an awkward 30-second spot, filmed vertically on an iPhone, in which the rapper Kanye West, AKA 'Ye' talks about his new teeth and instructs the audience to go to Yeezy.com.
As...
The Palestinian Authority will no longer pay stipends to the families of convicted terrorists and other prisoners, in a gesture to President Donald Trump.
| RELATED: Hamas says that it will delay next hostage release
The longstanding program determined...
Hamas said it will delay an Israeli hostage release scheduled for Feb. 15 until further notice due to Israel’s alleged violations of the ceasefire agreement, a spokesman for the terror group stated.
Abu Obeida, spokesman for Hamas’s Al-Qassam Brigades, posted...
