When Flatbush Girl Does Politics She Shakes Multiple Status Quos

Her campaign serves as a platform for Miles' neighborhood-level cult of personality, and more than a little rebellion against the powers that be and the modes governing the religious Jewish community.

Ancient Torah Scrolls Spared in Devastating Rio Museum Fire

The Torah scrolls had been moved to a university library near the museum before the fire.

Capitol Police Drag Linda Sarsour from Senate Kavanaugh Hearing

Sarsour and the other leftist activists began yelling at the Judiciary Committee's chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) as soon as he opened the hearing.

Traveler’s Alert: Flight Delays Expected in Israel

Flight paths in the area around Cyprus are being altered, affecting the international lanes to and from Israel.

Update: Arab Vocalist’s Conversion Rejected by Israel’s Chief Rabbinate

Qadri was informed the conversion would not be recognized because it was carried out by a rabbi who is independent from the state network of Rabbinate authorities authorized to conduct conversions.

European Jewish Congress Calls on Labour to Use IHRA Definition to ‘Root Out Its...

“Much more needs to be done by the leadership to rebuild Labour’s credibility as an anti-racist party and to reassure British Jews that the party makes no exceptions for antisemitism in any form."

Jewish Ethicist Says Sanctioning ‘Anti-Vaccine’ Parents Justified But Not Effective

"Such sanctions will likely have limited impact upon parents who are so swayed by incorrect information.”

UK Cans Math Dept. Head over ‘Israel Should Be Wiped Off the Planet’ Post

"Mr Harpreet Singh is prohibited from teaching indefinitely and cannot teach in any school, sixth form college, relevant youth accommodation or children’s home in England."

New Perspective: Philippines President Now Says Hitler Was ‘Insane’

Duterte also said despots who show their insanity "should be disposed of at the first instance."
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Dozens of New Hareidi Recruits Join IDF Paratroopers Brigade

“The soldiers of Hetz company are proving it is possible to serve in IDF combat brigades without compromising on a hareidi way of life.”

Popular Arab Singer Celebrates Birthday with Conversion to Judaism

Her name now is Bracha bat Sarah, in Hebrew, a “blessing” and daughter of the Biblical matriarch Sarah, mother of the Jewish faith.

Rabbi Sacks Foretells Jewish Exodus from UK

“When people hear the kind of language that’s been coming out of Labour, they cannot but feel an existential threat.”

Israeli Academic Leading Call to Boycott Ariel University Conference

"If the academic code of ethics was created for any purpose at all, it was to combat academic boycotts of Israel."

Roseanne Barr Is Making Aliyah, Maybe

In a 2011 interview, Roseanne said she would like to run for Prime Minister of Israel.

Jewish Healing Movement Pioneer Rachel Cowan Dead at 77

A convert to Judaism who, with her late husband, Paul, author of "An Orphan in History,'' helped many assimilated Jews to seek out their Jewish heritage.

Israel Bans Entry of ‘Four Species’ at Airport, Distributes Free Local Sets

The ban is due to fears of plant diseases and the spread of insects and other pests, even in those brought in for ritual purposes.

7 Arrested in New York Yeshiva Funding Scam

The funds were to be allocated to pay for consultants, vendors and services as well as to purchase video conferencing equipment for yeshivas.

German Police Officers Probed over Nazi Salutes Allegations

In Germany, Nazi salutes are a criminal offense punishable by up to three years in prison.

If-Not-Now Fundraiser Shares War Story from Camp Ramah

In June, Ramah national director Rabbi Mitchell Cohen circulated an email vowing: “Ramah camps have not engaged—and will not engage—in any way with IfNotNow as an organization.”

European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, Chabad, Unveils Historic Preservation at Lubavitch Jewish Cemetery

Joseph Popack: “The impact that this small town had has on the entire world is tremendous, and to me personally it means everything.”

Response To A Loving Brother

He brought to attention worse legislation in Denmark and said the international community should reserve its outrage for Syria torturing hundreds of people to death.

UK Labour Whip Resigns Parliamentary Post Over Party Leadership’s Anti-Semitism

“The leadership is doing nothing substantive to address this erosion of our core values. It saddens me that we are increasingly seen as a racist party.”

Israeli Honeymoon Ends in Death of Husband in Thailand

The couple was traveling on a tour of southeast Asia this summer as part of their honeymoon; Thailand was to be their final stop before returning to Israel.

Poles Commemorate 74th Anniversary of Lodz Ghetto Liquidation

On September 8, 1939, German forces entered Lodz and immediately began targeting and terrorizing Jews, who constituted 34%, or 223,000 people, of the city’s prewar population of 665,000.

Pew’s New Analysis Shows 42% of US Jews Reject their Religion

No other religious group came even close in terms of the number of members born to the group who want to have nothing at all to do with its beliefs.

Israeli Consulate to Open in Uman for Rosh Hashanah

Israel Police will also send over a special force—as it has done every year—to help the Ukrainian police establish order in Uman during the holiday.

Israeli Foreign Ministry to Open Temporary Consulate in Uman for Rosh Hashanah

The Ministry said the consulate will deal with matters such as lost or stolen travel documents, and any other emergency assistance.

Sigmund Freud’s Letter Detailing his Jewish Roots, Family and Career on Auction

"I was born on the 6th of May [18]56 in Freiberg / Moravia. My father and mother came from Galicia."

BBC to air Rabbi Sacks’ Morality Series, Also: Jeremy Corbyn Is an Anti-Semite

"When he implies that, however long they have lived here, Jews are not fully British, he is using the language of classic pre-war European anti-Semitism."

Who Is a Jew? Probably Not Julia Salazar

From pro-Israel Christian, Salazar became a bona fide anti-Zionist Jewish activist.

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