Pro-Israel leaders, senior officials hold counter-conference to protest upcoming Durban IV
A group of pro-Israel academics, activists, government officials and members of the media held a virtual conference strongly criticizing the Durban conferences against racism, which from its first and most notable conference in Durban,...
Survey finds nearly two-thirds of Jewish students feel unsafe, half hide identity
A new survey has found an alarming level of anti-Semitism experienced by Jewish students on college campuses, with students who claim a strong sense of Jewish identity and connection to Israel feeling unsafe and...
After series of lawsuits, Hillel breaks ground for new Jewish center at UC San...
The Hillel of San Diego has started construction on a new Jewish center across from the University of California San Diego campus after facing several lawsuits that challenged the project.
The Beverly and Joseph Glickman...
Former rescuer of Soviet Jews helps bring Afghan women to freedom
A group of 41 Afghan women and their families were rescued from Taliban-ruled Kabul last week in a successful mission that brought them safely to Abu Dhabi.
Among them were athletes, including members of the...
Lapid holds first conversation in seven years with Swedish counterpart
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid spoke with his Swedish counterpart, Ann Linde, in the first such conversation between the two countries’ top diplomats in nearly seven years.
“I spoke with @AnnLinde, the Minister of Foreign...
NYPD officer charged for vandalizing Jewish summer camp during Rosh Hashanah
An officer of the New York City Police Department has been arrested and charged for breaking into and vandalizing a Jewish camp on the second day of Rosh Hashanah.
Matthew McGrath, 37, of Middletown, N.Y.,...
Blinken hosts livestream with Abraham Accord members to mark one-year milestones
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the Biden administration will continue to build on the Trump administration’s successful Abraham Accords between Israel and its Arab neighbors in a virtual event marking the accord’s one-year...
UAE aids delivery of citrons, myrtle to Iranian Jewish community ahead of Sukkot
The United Arab Emirates helped coordinate the delivery of around 500 citrons, known as etrogim in Hebrew, and packages of myrtle to Iran’s Jewish community to be used for Sukkot, reported The Jerusalem Post.
Citrons and myrtle, called...
Memorial honoring 102,000 Dutch victims of Holocaust opens in Amsterdam
A new memorial in Amsterdam’s Jewish Cultural Quarter pays tribute to the more than 102,000 Dutch victims of the Holocaust, the Associated Press reported.
The National Holocaust Memorial of Names, which was unveiled on Sunday, is comprised of...
Understanding the enemy: An interview with Dr. Anat Berko
Israel Defense Forces Lt. Col. (ret.) Dr. Anat Berko is a criminologist and a world-renowned expert on terrorism whose research focuses on suicide bombers and their handlers. Over the course of 20 years, she...