Monthly Archives: March 2025
Reassessing Jewish education amid unprecedented antisemitism
The late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks once wrote: “To defend a country, you need an army. But to defend a civilization, you need schools.”
In an era of skyrocketing antisemitism, these words resonate more powerfully...
Democrats still wobbly on antisemitism
As the Trump administration takes an aggressive stand against antisemitism by withdrawing $400 million in grants from Columbia University, seeking to deport a pro-Hamas leader of campus protests at Columbia in the United States...
Relatives ask Trump admin, Congress to work urgently to free hostages
A week after a group of freed Israeli hostages met with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, a delegation of relatives of hostages still being held by Hamas in Gaza came to...
Netanyahu to sue Ya’alon for unproven claims PM received Qatari money
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he would sue Moshe Ya'alon, who served both as defense minister and IDF chief of staff, after he claimed the premier received millions from Qatar.
In an...
Israel begins border negotiations with Lebanon
Israel and Lebanon on Tuesday initiated negotiations towards settling the border between the two countries.
Representatives of the Israel Defense Forces, the United States, France and Lebanon agreed during a meeting in Naqoura in Southern...
‘Over 2,000 attempted terror attacks in past year’
The Israel Defense Forces' "Operation Iron Wall," an extensive and ongoing counterterrorism effort in Judea and Samaria launched on Jan. 21, is seeing the Israeli military take a new, decisive and sustained approach.
"Iron Wall,"...
Yemen’s Houthis to resume attacks on Israeli vessels
Yemen's Houthi militia said on Wednesday that it would resume its attacks on "any Israeli vessel" in nearby maritime routes, citing Israel's refusal to allow the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.
The...
Rare 17th-century Esther Scroll returns to Ferrara for Purim show
A rare 17th-century Esther Scroll, created in Ferrara, Italy, is returning to the city as part of a new exhibition at the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah (MEIS).
The exhibition, "Beautiful Esther:...
Baskets overfloweth: Last-minute spreads for Purim
Purim commemorates the survival of the Jewish people, who were marked for death by their Persian rulers in the fifth century B.C. In the face of destruction as part of an evil plot, Jews...
Education Department issues warning to 60 universities under probes for alleged Jew-hatred
The U.S. Department of Education sent notices to 60 colleges on Monday warning that they could face consequences if they fail to meet their obligations, under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, to protect...