Australian city defers approval for menorah, angering Jews
“What happened in Stonnington Council was a slap in the face of the Jewish community,” said Dr. Dvir Abramovich, chair of the Melbourne-based Anti-Defamation Commission.
The Stonnington City Council in Australia has delayed approval for...
Guinness World Records ‘no longer accepting submissions from Israel, Palestinian territories’
The NGO, “Matnat Chaim” whose name means “Gift of Life” in Hebrew said it had contacted Guinness World Records regarding an event it is planning next month, which will bring together 2,000 Israeli kidney...
Francis’s popemobile turned into clinic for Gaza children
A Catholic charity on Tuesday unveiled a vehicle used by the late Pope Francis during a visit to the Holy Land that has since been converted into a mobile health clinic, which Christian leaders...
Adolf Hitler (no, not that Hitler) likely to win re-election in Namibia
A Namibian politician named Adolf Hitler Uunona is on track to win re-election this week for his second term as a regional councillor in northern Namibia, where he previously won his Ompundja constituency with...
Poland summons Israeli ambassador over Yad Vashem post
A “today in history” tweet by Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum highlighting how Jews were forced to wear a yellow badge during World War Two sparked a firestorm in Poland on Monday, with the...
Germany charges 100-year-old with World War II-related war crimes
Prosecutors in Dortmund, Germany, charged a 100-year-old man with war crimes they say he had committed as a guard during World War II and the Holocaust at a prisoner of war camp in Hemer,...
Yemenite synagogue in central Israel ransacked, Torahs defiled
Yemenite synagogue in central Israel ransacked, Torahs defiled
Police are probing the break-in as deliberate vandalism rather than theft.
(Nov. 24, 2025 / JNS)
Worshippers arriving for Friday night prayers at a Yemenite synagogue in the central...
Ethiopian Israelis mark Sigd holiday in Jerusalem
Thousands of Jews of Ethiopian descent gathered at Jerusalem’s Sherover Promenade on Thursday to celebrate the community’s ancient Sigd holiday, joined by Israeli government officials and public figures.
The celebration, held annually on the 29th...
Vilnius University launches new AI tool that accurately reads handwritten Yiddish
Scholars from Vilnius University in Lithuania have launched a breakthrough AI tool capable of reading handwritten Yiddish.
The Vilne-Yiddish model, developed at the university’s joint Digital Humanities Laboratory, was created by Sergii Gurbych, of the...
Vatican probes Swiss Guard over alleged antisemitic gesture
A recent alleged antisemitic incident involving a Swiss Guard watchman at the Vatican seems to have featured a “disagreement over a photograph at the service post,” a Holy See official said Tuesday.
The Vatican News quoted Matteo Bruni, director of...