Archaeologists find fabled Crusader moat outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls
Archaeologists have discovered an 11th-century moat just outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls—the first hard evidence of a fabled Crusader siege against the city 920 years ago. Attested to in several historical documents, many scholars...
International Fellowship emergency effort helps raise $500,000 for Mevo Modi’im
In its continued efforts to help the families of the incinerated community of Mevo Modi’im get back on their feet, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has helped the small moshav raise more than $500,000...
A quarter-century after his passing, the Rebbe’s sphere of influence continues to grow
For the Lubavitcher Rebbe, rather than his memory and influence shrinking in the 25 years since his passing, his legacy has only served to create a phenomenal growth in the movement he nurtured, inspired...
Bipartisan group organizes private tour of Holocaust museum for US Congress
A bipartisan group has organized a private, after-hours tour of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., for members of Congress on July 16.
Jewish Insider first reported the upcoming tour.
An invitation was released on Thursday...
French immigrants’ organization says Israel is ‘unprepared’ to take in French Jews
Data published Tuesday by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics pointing to a continued decrease in the number of French Jews immigrating to the Jewish State come as no surprise to officials involved in efforts to help...
The truth about Jerusalem’s City of David and the lies about Silwan
A photo of the U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and U.S. envoy Jason Greenblatt on July 1 striking a thin, symbolic wall with a sledgehammer—a wall built to separate two parts of the...
Immigration to Israel up in 2018, with more Russians, fewer French arriving
A total of 28,099 new immigrants arrived in Israel in 2018, an increase of 6.6 percent compared to 2017, according to statistics published Tuesday by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics.
According to the data, over...
Foundation for Jewish Camp opens West Coast center
As part of a new initiative included in an ambitious five-year strategic plan, Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC) is opening a West Coast Regional Center to better serve Jewish day and overnight camps, naming...
Artur Brauner, Holocaust Survivor and German Film Producer, Dies at 100
He was born the oldest son of a Jewish family in Łódź, Poland. His father was a timber wholesaler. Brauner attended a general education liceum in Łódź, where he took the matura final exam, and then studied at a...
The Rebbe fought anti-Semitism by spreading pro-Semitism
We take it for granted that the way to address the evil of anti-Semitism is to fight it. It’s a natural part of our vocabulary. We fight, we confront, we condemn, we call out....