Knesset moves to make Israel Jewish
With a 48-41 vote in the 120-seat Knesset Wednesday, lawmakers gave initial approval to a bill to redefine Israel as "the national home of the Jewish people." Authors called the bill, which would enshrine...
Author of controversial ‘Jewish State’ bill insists it’s unprejudiced and fair
n June 2011, Avi Dichter, then an opposition Knesset member with the centrist Kadima party, started collecting signatures for a proposal he had been working on to officially define Israel as a Jewish state...
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder welcomes FIFA Council’s move to defer decision...
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder commended the executive council of the international football association, FIFA, for deferring its decision on the standing of the Israeli Football Association. The council made its announcement...
Palestinian rock throwers inspiration for trending toy, says inventor
The latest craze sweeping the toy world, the fidget spinner, was developed in response to rock-throwing by Palestinian youth.
Twenty years ago, while on a visit to Israel, Catherine Hettinger heard about Palestinian youth throwing...
This Israeli Woman Is On A Hunger Strike To Get A Divorce
A 53-year-old Israeli Jewish woman is on a hunger strike outside Israel’s parliament building because the state has forbidden her from divorcing her husband.
Jewish law requires both husband and wife to agree to a...
Turkey’s Erdogan accuses Israel of massacring Palestinians
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel of “massacres” against the Palestinians and chided the international community for its silence.
Erdogan made his comments on Monday at the Al-Quds Forum in Istanbul, a two-day international event...
Texas Adoption Agencies Could Soon Ban Gays, Jews, Muslims
Parents seeking to adopt children in Texas could soon be rejected by state-funded or private agencies with religious objections to them being Jewish, Muslim, gay, single, or interfaith couples, under a proposal in the...
Israeli Doctors Warn Foreigners Not To Force Feed Palestinian Hunger Strikers
Israeli physicians are calling on doctors around the world to refuse to come to Israel in order to force feed Palestinian prisoners on a hunger strike.
The Israel Prisons Service is reportedly contemplating bringing foreign...
Danny Rubenstein ’17 to Represent the United States in the World Maccabi Games
Playing college sports is a dream that becomes reality for only a handful of lucky athletes. Representing your country on the field of play is another level of rarity, reserved for competitors who have...
Is A Jewish Group Funding Killers While The U.S. Slams Palestinians For Doing The...
At the White House on Wednesday, President Trump admonished Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to “resolve” the issue of paying the families of Palestinian terrorists to show that he is serious about peace.
But Palestinians...