Daily Archives: July 25, 2023
Tisha B’Av online series takes viewers to sites of Jewish tragedies
In advance of Tisha B’Av, the World Mizrachi movement has launched new videos in its free online series titled “Kinot on Location.”
Organization representatives based in Israel and around the world provide explanations and insights...
Jews and Muslims gather to mark 28th anniversary of Srebrenica genocide
The Conference on Collective Memory, an initiative supported by the World Jewish Congress and other nonprofit groups, hosted an event earlier this month at the Srebrenica Memorial Center in Potočari, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
It drew thousands of...
UTJ bill would make Torah study ‘core state value,’ enshrine draft exemptions
The United Torah Judaism Party on Tuesday proposed the passage of a quasi-constitutional Basic Law that would define Torah study as a “core state value," in a bid to effectively place on par the...
Israeli newspapers run black front-page ad after judicial reform vote
Several leading Israeli newspapers ran entirely black front page advertisements on Tuesday morning, in response to the passing of key judicial reform legislation the day before.
The ads, published by "Israel Hayom," "Haaretz," "Yediot Ahronot" and "Calcalist," were paid for by the Israeli...
Netanyahu’s brother casts doubt on Biden’s mental fitness
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s physician brother on Tuesday questioned the mental state of U.S. President Joe Biden.
In an interview with the Kan public broadcaster, Dr. Iddo Netanyahu, 71, said he does not believe that Biden...
Biden officials sift through Herzog visit, judicial reform in video briefing
A senior member of the National Security Council, which advises the U.S. president, said on Monday that U.S. President Joe Biden wants to see compromise on future Israeli legislation despite the government’s passage of...
Israel rebukes Amman over harassment of religious Jews
Israel has lodged an official complaint with Jordan over the repeated harassment of religious Jewish tourists at border crossings, the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem said Tuesday.
The protest expressed in a letter from Foreign Minister...
African-American Christians seek to fulfill MLK’s dream in Israel
A delegation of 200 African-American Christian women met on Tuesday with leaders of the Knesset’s Christian Allies Caucus in Jerusalem, seeking to strengthen the ties of friendship with the Jewish people epitomized by the...
Real Madrid opens Jerusalem soccer clinic
Spanish superclub Real Madrid opened its youth training camp in Jerusalem on Monday, welcoming teenage soccer players from Israel, Morocco, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority.
The children of personnel at foreign missions in Israel will...
High Court justices cut trip short to study petitions against reform law
Several Israeli Supreme Court Justices visiting Germany cut their trip short and are returning to Jerusalem to study petitions opposition groups filed against the “reasonableness law” the Knesset passed on Monday.
All 64 members of...