Online scams in Yiddish. Don’t be fooled!
A message has started to appear in many people's emails, a message - sometimes in Yiddish with Latin letters, sometimes in a "tszebrojene Yiddish" with Yiddish letters a message inviting the reader to share...
Will Kosovo and Serbia establish embassies in Jerusalem? Not if the EU has its...
It’s easy to miss all of the announcements coming out right now by countries normalizing relations with Israel. But even more intriguing was the announcement last week that Serbia and Kosovo planned to establish...
Serbia designates Hezbollah in its entirety as terror group
The United States applauded Serbia on Sunday for announcing that it will designate Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist organization.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the move “another significant step limiting this...
EU court adviser calls for Belgian ritual-slaughter ban to be struck down
The European Court of Justice should strike down a Belgian ban on kosher ritual slaughter without stunning, said an advocate general for the European Union’s highest court on Thursday.
Gerard Hogan cited that the 2009 E.U. law...
Fire breaks out in Beirut port as city recovers from Aug. 4 explosions
A large fire broke out on Thursday at the port of Beirut, one month after a massive explosion killed nearly 200 people, injured as many as 6,500 and left hundreds of thousands in the city homeless.
The...
EU court adviser calls for Belgian ritual-slaughter ban to be struck down
The European Court of Justice should strike down a Belgian ban on kosher ritual slaughter without stunning, said an advocate general for the European Union’s highest court on Thursday.
Gerard Hogan cited that the 2009 E.U. law...
Norway arrests suspect in 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant in Paris
Norwegian police arrested a suspect in a 38-year-old terrorist attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris that left six people dead and at least 20 wounded.
The suspect, a man who had been sought by...
Top Hamas official: Hezbollah supported Fatah during Second Intifada
Hamas deputy political bureau head Saleh al-Arouri said on Monday that Lebanese Shi’ite terrorist group Hezbollah’s support for his organization and for Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction had “never ceased.”
During an interview...
Soccer legend Lionel Messi to be face of Israel’s OrCam Technologies
Jerusalem-based OrCam Technologies, which develops artificial intelligence-based wearable devices to aid the blind and visually impaired, announced on Wednesday that it was partnering with soccer legend Lionel Messi.
OrCam’s MyEye device can read texts aloud,...
Fearing coronavirus spread, chief rabbi upends key Rosh Hashanah ritual
A key ritual ahead of Rosh Hashanah has been effectively banned by Israel’s Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau this year, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Tashlich, a prayer during which Jews symbolically throw their...