Yearly Archives: 2017

Last week, the remains of King Victor Emanuel III were brought back from exile in Egypt to Italy by an official air force aircraft — and then quietly reinterred in the burial plot for...

It’s been a rocky year for Israel’s relationship with Diaspora Jewry, and particularly with its No. 1 supporter, US Jewry. Israel’s relationship with the latter hit major bumps in the road in 2017 over...

A group of eighty-two Ethiopian Jewish immigrants landed at Ben-Gurion Airport last Thursday evening (21 December), bringing to 1,200 the total number of Jews from the East African country which the Jewish Agency has...

The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, the largest film-fest in Georgia drawing nearly 40,000 movie-goers each year, has announced its 2018 line up for several key nights, including opening and closing. The festival, held at various...

Israelis are recognized leaders in any number of fields including technology, medical research, innovation and humanitarian aid. As the year comes to a close, NoCamels has put together a list of this year’s most influential...

The numerical value of the opening word “Vayechi” (“וַיְחִי”) is 34. This number alludes to two sets of seventeen years in Yaakov’s life. The first seventeen years represent the number of years Yosef lived...

Clashes broke out between Palestinians and IDF troops outside the tomb of Yehoshua bin Nun in the northern West Bank early Thursday morning. The army was securing the holy site in the village of Kifl...

HERZLIYA, ISRAEL - The Israel Council on Foreign Relations, which operates under the auspices of the World Jewish Congress, co-hosted Tuesday a symposium on the growing role that China is playing on the world...

Yisrael Katz said he wanted to honour the US president for his decision to recognise the city as Israel's capital. The Western Wall is the holiest site where Jews are permitted to pray. The proposed new railway...

Shiraz Jewish community says has no leads vandals' identities, believes attack related to Trump Jerusalem move A second synagogue in southern Iran was reported vandalized on Wednesday, with attackers damaging Torah scrolls, prayer books, and...