Monthly Archives: November 2022
Netanyahus win defamation suit against ex-Israeli premier Olmert
A Tel Aviv court ruled on Monday that former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert defamed Benjamin Netanyahu and his family, according to local media.
Olmert was ordered to pay to Netanyahu, his wife Sara and...
‘There is no problem with having a halachic state’
The return of the right to power in the recent Israeli elections is “a badge of honor for the sector and proves that this is what the public wants,” according to Rabbi Haim...
Famous Israelis team with wounded combat vets to bring PTSD out in the open
Sixty of Israel’s leading politicians, entrepreneurs and social activists teamed up with injured Israeli combat veterans and for a special photographic exhibition, opening Thursday night in New York City. The project features participation from Israeli...
US Birthright participants 160% more likely to marry Jews
U.S. Jews who participated in Birthright trips to Israel are more highly identified and engaged in communal life than their peers who did not, according to an analysis of the Pew Research Center’s 2020...
Israel to soccer fans visiting Qatar: Keep a low profile
Israelis attending the 2022 FIFA World Cup that kicks off on Sunday are being urged to avoid standing out.
“The Iranian team will be in the World Cup and we estimate that tens of thousands...
Israel’s new coalition shouldn’t write off American Jewry
It may be that some of the statements emanating from certain partners in Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government are more a function of posturing than genuine policy priorities. But even if those expressing them are...
Israel, Counter-Terrorism and the Perils of Policy Projection
From the beginning, Israel has fashioned its counter-terrorism policies as a military matter of strategy and tactics. Today, little has meaningfully changed in this orientation, and a disproportionate measure of attention and investment remains...
Pelosi and Hoyer to step down from House leadership roles after nearly two decades...
Two of the most powerful members of the House of Representatives announced on Thursday that they would not seek positions in leadership during the next Congress.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), 82, the first woman speaker...
Over 300 attend aliyah events across North America
Jerusalem consistently ranks as the No. 1 destination of choice among olim from the United States and Canada.
Since Nefesh B’Nefesh, a nonprofit organization that facilitates aliyah from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, began operations in 2002, approximately 17,000 olim from North...
Gantz: US-Israel cooperation on Iran threat ‘more critical than ever’
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz emphasized the Iranian threat in a conversation with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Thursday.
Gantz “highlighted that Iran, particularly in recent times, has proven to pose a strategic...