Daily Archives: May 8, 2019

Ukraine’s president-elect Volodymyr Zelensky held what was called a “historic” meeting on May 6 in Kiev with the six leading representatives of the country’s Jewish community. The meeting with the chief rabbis of Ukraine’s six...

There is no question that individual Jews have a lot of clout in Congress.  Four of the 28 Jewish members of the House of Representatives hold important committee chairmanships. They are Democrats Eliot Engel on...

"Each state is expected to aid and enforce the law of nations, as part of the common law, by inflicting an adequate punishment upon the offenses against that universal law." - William Blackstone, Commentaries on...

U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Elan Carr said earlier this week that it was “stunning and unprecedented” that the Jewish identity of Ukraine’s newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelensky, played no role...

Following an Israeli High Court ruling that Israel must grant permits to 100 Palestinian Authority residents to attend a joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony, some 9,000 Israelis and a few dozen Palestinians took part...

For the first time, a Memorial Day ceremony was held in Jerusalem on Tuesday night honoring the memories of Orthodox Jewish soldiers who laid down their lives in service to their country, as well...

A town square in the Tel Aviv suburb of Petach Tikvah will be named for U.S. President Donald Trump, announced Mayor Rami Greenberg on Monday. The move comes “in gratitude to and appreciation to the...

Israel saw a record number of tourists in 2018 from Muslim countries, including ones with which it has no formal relations, according to Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority. Some 72,109 citizens from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait,...

The United States extended five of seven temporary waivers late last week to permit countries part of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal to conduct civil nuclear projects with the regime, but with limits as...

Just a few days before Israel Independence Day (Yom Ha’atzmaut)—despite the fact that more than 600 rockets were fired at Israel over the weekend by Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip—220 Jews...