Monthly Archives: July 2023
Netanyahu nixes proposed Basic Law on Torah study
A bill proposed on Tuesday to define Torah study as a "core state value" is "off the table and will not be advanced," said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling Likud Party, after members...
The distorted ‘nakba’ narrative
Israeli Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli is an angry man. Chikli, who has a history of being outspoken, has lately turned his sights on the German government. He has complained about inappropriate comparisons between the...
A new opportunity for the Jewish people
I was born in Syria, grew up in Lebanon and eventually moved to Brazil from where I made Aliyah. After nine months of learning Hebrew in an ulpan, I met my husband and moved to...
Illegal construction on biblical site prompts rare Israeli action
Over the past several days, Staff Officer for Archeology (SOA) inspectors within Israel's Civil Administration carried out enforcement operations in the Tel Aroma archaeological site in Samaria, located in Area B, which is under...
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...