Monthly Archives: September 2023
Islamic Movement inciting anti-Jewish unrest ahead of Rosh Hashanah
The Islamic Movement in Israel, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, is upping its efforts to incite anti-Jewish unrest ahead of the High Holiday season, which kicks off this weekend with Rosh Hashanah, JNS has...
Rothman to High Court: No right to interfere in legislative process
A tense exchange took place between Israel's High Court of Justice and member of Knesset Simcha Rothman during Tuesday's hearing on the “reasonableness law" as the latter told the court it had no right to intervene in...
List names 3,000-plus Jews protected by Catholics in Rome during World War II
From September 1943 through June 1944 during the Second World War, more than 150 women’s and men’s religious orders, as well as other Catholic groups, protected 4,300 people. Information has now revealed the names of those...
Internal EU paper contains antisemitic tropes, Jewish group claims
A recent internal European Union paper denigrates Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, referring to his Jewish background and employing derogatory antisemitic themes, according to the European Jewish Association.
The European External Action Service (EEAS), the E.U.'s...
US, EU condemn Israeli plans for Jewish neighborhood in Abu Dis
The United States and European Union on Monday slammed Israeli plans to build a Jewish neighborhood in the Arab village of Abu Dis on the eastern outskirts of Israel’s capital.
Washington and Brussels issued the condemnations as the...
Israeli Health Ministry: Rising number of students smoking
An Israeli Health Ministry report on cigarette smoking released on Tuesday spotlighted a growing trend with grave consequences.
“It is estimated that in Israel the percentage of smokers is over 20% of the adult population,...
Supreme Court hearing on ‘reasonableness’ law kicks off
Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, convened on Tuesday to consider petitions against the so-called "reasonableness" law, an amendment to Basic Law: The Judiciary passed by the Knesset in July.
The hearing,...
On the ground in Morocco: Sharing hope, paving the way
On Saturday afternoon, I was asked to join a jump team of first responders heading to Morocco to provide initial medical treatment and assess how the organization I volunteer for, United Hatzalah, could best assist survivors...
UNESCO vote highlights continued UN bias against Israel
Most people know the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization through its eponymous and popular designation of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. By UNESCO's own definition, "World Heritage sites belong to all the peoples of the...
Hungary’s Jewish renaissance
Another Budapest synagogue rose from the ashes last week thanks to Chabad of Hungary. It was the tenth to do so, marking a Hungarian Jewish renaissance that began some 10 years ago, breathing new...