Daily Archives: August 14, 2018

The online nonprofit site “The Conversation” ran an article by Northeastern University Professor Dov Waxman titled “As Israel turns 70, many young American Jews turn away.” He argues that young Jews are less connected...

For the second consecutive week, Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square was the site of a Saturday-night protest against Israel’s nation-state law. But the difference between the two demonstrations speaks volumes about the nature of the...

An Israeli startup’s mobile guide has been chosen as the official mobility app for the Asian Games in Indonesia to help millions of fans get to sports competitions at the event from which Israel...

Support for a two-state solution to the long Israeli-Palestinian conflict has fallen to a two-decade low among Israeli Jews and Palestinians alike, a new poll has found. Conducted jointly by Tel Aviv University and the...

Part of the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) signed on Monday by U.S. President Donald Trump includes a provision requiring foreign media outlets like Al Jazeera to register with the U.S. government. Section 1085 of the...

Israel’s Ministry of Health warned the public not to enter several streams in the Golan Heights after nearly 30 people were hospitalized with bacterial infections after spending time in the water. The Israel Nature and...

U.S. President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Monday, which includes $550 million in assistance to Israel and temporarily halts the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey. This comes...

Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s unconditional offer on Monday to talk about relations between the two countries, as the U.S. reimposed sanctions last week on the regime, which is facing upheaval from...

Two Israeli swimmers won gold medals in the 2018 World Para Swimming European Championships in Dublin, Ireland, on Monday. Israel’s Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev took to Twitter to celebrate athletes Inbal Pezaro, 31,...

Aryeh Leib Hurwitz is attuned to all things musical. A chazzan (“cantor”) and ordained Chabad rabbi born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., he studied at yeshivahs around the world while honing his voice and performing...