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Supreme Court overturns Tel Aviv ban on outdoor Yom Kippur prayers
Israel's Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday night against a ban on gender-separated Jewish prayer services in Tel Aviv's public spaces during the holiday of Yom Kippur, local media reported.
"We order that the appellants...
Oct. 7 memorial for Jews of color ‘missed opportunity’ for unity, says American Sephardi...
A group that describes itself as “unabashedly progressive” is defending its decision to hold an Oct. 7 memorial for “Sephardic, Mizrachi and all Jews of color,” after the event drew criticism from the American...
Afghan man faces 35 years in prison for allegedly planning terror attack on Election...
The U.S. Justice Department has charged Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, a 27-year-old Afghan citizen who lives in Oklahoma City, Okla., on Tuesday with planning a terror attack on Nov. 5—Election Day—in the name of ISIS.
Tawhedi faces up...
Horrors, hostages and heroes: The first anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks
Hearts pounded with fear as sirens blared, rocket interceptions boomed across the sky as men, women and children ran for safety and their lives to nearby bomb shelters on the Jewish holiday of Simchat...
Biden offers sympathy to Herzog on Oct. 7, ‘deep sadness’ for ‘loss of innocent...
In a phone call with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on the one-year anniversary of Hamas’s terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7 that left 1,200 people dead and 251 taken hostage into the...
Hamas started the war, ‘Israel is going to finish it,’ Vance says at pro-Israel...
J.D. Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, headlined a “Remembering Oct. 7” event on a sun-drenched afternoon in Washington, D.C., which brought hundreds of attendees to the National Mall.
“The best way to end the...
Israeli hostage Idan Shtivi declared dead
Israeli hostage Idan Shtivi, previously believed to be alive in Hamas captivity, was murdered during the terror group’s attack on Oct. 7, 2023, and his body taken to Gaza, Channel 12 reported on Monday, the first...
Former President Trump marks Oct. 7 with prayer visit to Ohel in New York
Marking one year since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel, former president and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump paid a personal prayer visit on Monday afternoon to the Ohel in...
Israel marks a year since Oct. 7 with official state ceremony
The state ceremony marking one year since the Hamas-led Oct. 7 infiltration and assault in Israel aired on television on Monday night, with pre-recorded speeches by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials.
The...
Belonging: The Story of the Jews, 1492-1900. By Simon Schama
“SOMETIME, somewhere, between Africa and Hindustan, lay a river so Jewish it observed the Sabbath.” “Belonging”, the second volume of Simon Schama’s story of the Jews, begins with this pious waterway, and continues with...