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Israel’s Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan speaks at the funeral of Druze police officer Kamil Shnaan in the northern village of Hurfeish, July 14, 2017. Shnaan was one of two Druze police officers killed by Arab terrorists last Friday near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Credit: Basel Awidat/Flash90.

Minority leaders express support for Israel’s new nation-state law

Despite some Druze leaders’ vocal opposition to the controversial nation-state law, some in the community, as well as within other minorities, are voicing support for the legislation. The nation-state law defines Israel as the nation-state...
CAPTION:Yaël Eisenstadt. Source: LinkedIn.

ADL vice president resigns after three others who left tech team

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Yaël Eisenstat, who until this month worked as a vice president and director of the Technology Center for the Anti-Defamation League, announced her resignation and shift to a new position at another organization focusing on election...

Gazans must be free to leave

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In order to succeed in its mission of destroying Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israel has no choice but to reconquer the entire enclave and eradicate all elements of the Hamas movement. Because of...

“Jewish South Florida”-a history and guide to everything Jewish, by Paul Kaplan

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Beyond the stereotype of elderly Jews visiting sunny beaches and stopping in at New York-style delis lies a rich history and Jewish cultural tradition. The area is populated by Ashkenazi Jews, Sephardic Jews with...

Sylvan Adams takes tikkun olam to new heights

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There is essentially no limit to Sylvan Adams’ commitment to biking, tikkun olam (the Jewish concept of repairing the world) and portraying his beloved country of Israel in a positive light. The Canadian-Israeli businessman...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog attends an event on Israel's 75th Independence Day, April 26, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Herzog: ‘Not since Holocaust have so many Jews been killed in one day’

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Following is the full text of the statement: As president of the State of Israel, I speak to you now from our capital city Jerusalem under the dark shadow of war, as my nation continues...
Rutgers University. Credit: Benjamin Clapp/Shutterstock.

Alumni group condemns anti-Israel comments by Rutgers University clubs

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An organization representing more than 10,000 alumni around the United States has denounced a recent anti-Semitic and anti-Israel statement by Rutgers University’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and the group Rutgers Mutual Aid,...
Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Trump pardons former adviser Steve Bannon and 70 others on the last day of...

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The announcement came just hours before President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. Trump also granted a presidential pardon to more than 70 people in his final hours in office. Pardons were announced for rappers Lil Wayne...
Sen. Robert Menendez (R-N.J.) speaking at AIPAC policy conference. Credit: AIPAC.

The top 10 Senate races Jewish voters should be eying

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While not officially on the ballot in November, the upcoming midterm elections in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are widely seen as a referendum on U.S. President Donald Trump. Among the many...

In a Passover message, British premier recognizes fight against anti-Semitism

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LONDON—In a message to the Jewish community on the occasion of Passover, British Prime Minister Theresa May spoke of anti-Semitism in the United Kingdom. “Of course, the Exodus from Egypt did not mark the end...