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ADL vice president resigns after three others who left tech team
Yaël Eisenstat, who until this month worked as a vice president and director of the Technology Center for the Anti-Defamation League, announced her resignation and shift to a new position at another organization focusing on election...
Alanis Morissette on finding her Jewish roots, fates of family in Holocaust
The musician who rose to prominence in the 1990s with her multiple hits, including “You Oughta Know,” has now learned the truth about her extended family.
Alanis Morissette appeared on the PBS show “Finding Your Roots,” in which researchers...
Anti-Israel Protesters Stir Rage of Motorists, Airline Passengers
Star Trek’s Captain James T. Kirk endured the wrath of Khan, Hamas is suffering the wrath of the Israel Defense Forces and pro-Palestinian blockaders are starting to confront the most ghastly of the wrathful...
A longer Gaza conflict’s implications for nuclear war with Iran
Introduction: In the closing days of 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu advised his nation that Operation Swords of Iron would take additional months to complete. During this period of extended Israeli involvement with counter-terrorism...
A new play tells the true story of a former Hasid who translated the...
The true story of a formerly Hasidic Baltimore man who encouraged Jews to convert to Christianity during the Holocaust serves as the unlikely jumping-off point for a new, Yiddish-language play beginning previews this week...
Former Mossad chief Zvi Zamir dies at 98
Zvi Zamir, the fourth director of Israel's Mossad national intelligence agency, died in Tel Aviv on Jan. 2. He was 98 years old.
Born Zvicka Zarzevsky in 1925 in Lodz, Poland, Zamir immigrated to Israel...
The two Yosefs
On the last Wednesday of 2023, the Israeli media reported the heartbreaking story of a soldier’s posthumous letter to his bereaved parents. Sgt. First Class Yosef Gitarts wrote, “I fell honorably for my people....
50,000 Jews visit Temple Mount in 2023
During 2023, 50,098 Jews visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, down from 51,483 in 2022, according to data compiled by Beyadenu, an Israeli NGO dedicated to strengthening the Jewish connection to the holy site.
Some...
In rare move, US slams Israeli ministers by name for calling for Palestinian resettlement
Matthew Miller, the U.S. State Department spokesman, rejected calls on Tuesday from two Israeli ministers for Palestinians to be permanently resettled outside of Gaza and for Israel to re-establish Jewish communities within the Strip.
“This...
FBI said to be investigating balloons over JFK airport amid anti-Israel protests
“If anyone is flying out of JFK Airport today, please plan to travel to the airport ahead of time. There are planned protests today and will cause delays,” Philip Rivera, the NYPD chief of...