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...
Doron Perez elected to rotating WZO chairmanship
The World Zionist Congress elected new leadership for the World Zionist Organization (WZO) on Tuesday, securing a rotating chairmanship for incumbent Yaakov Hagoel and Doron Perez, a South Africa-born rabbi from Israel whose son...
Pope Leo holds first meeting with PA chief Abbas in Rome
Pope Leo XIV met with Mahmoud Abbas in Rome on Thursday, in the pontiff’s first in-person meeting with the Palestinian Authority chief since assuming the papacy in May.
The pope and Abbas previously spoke over the...
Iranian terror cell that allegedly targeted Jews arrested in Europe
An Afghan national was arrested in Denmark on Wednesday on suspicion of taking part in an Iranian plot to attack Jewish targets in Germany, the Associated Press reported.
The suspect, identified only as Tawab M. due to...