Daily Archives: July 1, 2024
Rome Jews ask Meloni to act against youth group Jew-hatred
After a reporter exposed Nazi chants and antisemitic remarks directed at a Jewish Italian senator at the youth movement associated with the party of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Roman Jews are calling for...
‘Iran is fighting us on a seven-front war,’ Netanyahu tells JINSA delegation
The first thing that the Jewish state must do is to defeat Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a delegation of retired U.S. Jewish military leaders at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel...
JNS poll: Most Israelis think early elections would hurt deterrence
While 60% of Israelis are dissatisfied with the government’s handling of the conflicts on the country’s southern and northern borders, the majority believes that early elections would hurt the war effort, according to a...
‘New urgency’ since Oct. 7 in Justice Department battle against hate crimes, assistant AG...
The Department of Justice “will not relent in standing up for the Jewish community,” Kristen Clarke, U.S. assistant attorney general for civil rights, told more than 60 Orthodox Union lay and professional leaders last week.
“I want...
IDF soldier killed, another wounded fighting Hamas in Rafah
Israel Defense Forces Sgt. Ori Itzchak Hadad, 21, from Beersheva, was killed while fighting Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, the military announced on Monday.
Hadad served as a combat soldier in the Nahal Infantry Brigade’s...
SXSW festival bars US Army as sponsor after ‘careful consideration,’ anti-Israel pressure
South by Southwest (SXSW), the more than 35-year-old annual conference and music festival held in Austin, Texas, announced recently that it is revising its sponsorship model “after careful consideration.”
“The U.S. Army, and companies who...
Pulse of Israel conference tackles Jewish identity, independence
Pulse of Israel hosted its second annual conference on Sunday evening, in a night dedicated to finding solutions to problems facing Israel and achieving “independence” after the war.
“We need to be who we are...
France’s right wins big in first round of parliamentary vote
France’s far-right topped the country’s first round of legislative elections on Sunday for the first time, with the National Rally, the party of Marine Le Pen, winning about one-third of the vote.
Finishing second was...
Iraq, Iran step up training of militia fighters
Iraq and Iran are reportedly ramping up efforts to train hundreds of fighters for pro-Iranian militias, particularly the Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq, according to Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar.
Sources told Al-Akhbar that training is taking place both within Iraq...
Six teachers celebrated for excellence in innovative Jewish education
A mathematics teacher who combined geometry with architecture for a classroom project. A special education teacher who uses dolls for therapy. A grammar school instructor who started a communication simulation project to increase pupils’ confidence...