Jerusalem: Israel plans ‘Trump station’ near Western Wall
Yisrael Katz said he wanted to honour the US president for his decision to recognise the city as Israel's capital.
The Western Wall is the holiest site where Jews are permitted to pray.
The proposed new railway...
Synagogues vandalized as Iran declares Jerusalem ‘capital of Palestine’
Shiraz Jewish community says has no leads vandals' identities, believes attack related to Trump Jerusalem move
A second synagogue in southern Iran was reported vandalized on Wednesday, with attackers damaging Torah scrolls, prayer books, and...
Houston mosque leader accused of anti-Semitic sermon, expresses remorse
The Anti-Defamation League expressed "deep concern" Tuesday over a sermon by a Houston imam that included references to killing Jews, but in a statement, the imam expressed remorse for the language he used. He...
U.S. Jewish leaders commend Guatemala
Leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Tuesday commended Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales in the wake of his announcement that his country would move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
The leaders...
Knesset passes law requiring officials to ‘consider Jewish tradition’ to permit Shabbat work
The Knesset approved a bill that would require Israeli officials to “consider Jewish tradition” when issuing permits for work on Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath.
Under the current law, work can only take place in Shabbat...
Israel reacts to declaration that Jerusalem does not belong to Jews, Arabs
The Israeli embassy in Cairo, Egypt, has expressed gratitude at an Egyptian writer’s controversial remarks about the status of Jerusalem.
The embassy was reacting to an interview that was broadcast on Sunday, in which Youssef...
‘Never Give Up:’ A Holocaust Survivor Shares her Story
A Jewish man’s home was hit with anti-Semitic vandalism in Melbourne, Australia on Monday, the Daily Mail reported.
The Christmas Day incident saw swastikas and “SS” spray-painted on the “brick fence, driveway, and front door” of the...
Israeli First: Balloons And Glue Used To Cure Avm In The Brain
An innovative method for closing arteriovenous malformations (AVM) in the brain using a balloon has been performed for the first time in Israel at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
An AVM is a congenital tangle...
School kids in Berlin tell German Jew ‘Hitler was good’
A Jewish German student was subjected to anti-Semitic abuse in early December by Arab fellow students in Berlin who screamed at him that “Hitler was a good man because he murdered Jews.”
The verbal abuse...
Israeli grandmother gives birth to her 20th child
A haredi Orthodox grandmother’s delivery of her 20th child was no big deal to her, but it was an exciting event for the maternity department staff at Hadassah University Medical Center in Ein Kerem.
Wednesday’s...