By Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency
• Published November 7, 2024
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had dispatched two planes to Amsterdam to rescue Israeli soccer fans beset by mobs after a game between Ajax, a local team, and Maccabi Tel Aviv, an Israeli team.
Videos that circulated on WhatsApp and...
(JTA) — Hamas released its second hostage proof of life video in a week, this time featuring Omri Miran and Keith Siegel, as pressure mounts on the terrorist group to accede to the terms of a ceasefire and hostage release.
Siegel, 64, is one of several...
(JTA) — As of early March, five months into Israel’s war with Hamas, American Jews felt close to Israel but were also likely to feel uncomfortable with its government’s actions, according to a Jewish Federations of North America poll.
Almost...
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(JTA) — Former President Donald Trump is set to address a conference organized by a haredi Orthodox education group weeks after his dinner with two prominent antisemitic figures sparked a wave of criticism.
Trump will speak Friday at the annual President’s...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Iranian regime has launched dozens of plots to kill its perceived enemies abroad, including Jews, among them the French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy, according to a report in The Washington Post.
The Iranian regime dramatically...
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Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the...
(JTA) — Two weeks after feting Donald Trump as America’s most pro-Israel president ever, the Zionist Organization of America had harsh words for the man who aspires to return to the White House.
“ZOA deplores the fact that President Trump had...
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American Jews likely need no reminders...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Jewish Federations of North America is launching a campaign to expand its security program to every federation in the country, an initiative that will cost $54 million.
JFNA CEO Eric Fingerhut announced the initiative on Monday...
Alicia Silverstone has had a long and varied career in the public eye, from her star-making turn in the 1995 film “Clueless” to her reemergence a decade later as a vegan and animal rights activist.
Silverstone’s father was born Jewish on October...
The last place I thought I'd find some interesting Jewish history was on my plate during a recent visit to Pumpernickels Delicatessen in Creve Coeur.
As I perused the menu, I mentioned to my wife that I hadn't had a knish in years, and remembered how...
