Israel Bans Ad Urging Women Not To Give Up Plane Seats For Hasids
Israel has rejected a billboard campaign by Reform Jews that urged female passengers at Ben-Gurion Airport not to give up their airline seats.
Birthright Scraps Trip By Uganda Jews After African Convert Is Deported
Plans to bring a first-ever group of Ugandan Jews to Israel on a Birthright trip are in jeopardy after another African convert was deported.
2 Families United By Spirit Of Tikkun Olam Die Together In Costa Rica Plane Crash
The Jewish community responded with shock and horror on Monday to news of the tragic death of two Jewish families in a plane crash in Costa Rica.
Barry Freundel’s Victims Slam New Play About Mikveh-Peeping Rabbi
A new play based on the real-life scandal involving Barry Freundel, who secretly videotaped naked women in the mikveh has sparked outrage.
Tourists Flock To Canned Israeli ‘Anti-Terror’ Camps Recreating Attacks
Tourists are pretending to be Israeli army commandos, specialists in counterterrorism — and paying to join canned anti-terror operations.
Birthright Faces J Street-Led Protest Over Israel Travel Ban
More than 500 Jewish American students are challenging Birthright, the biggest sponsor of trips to Israel in the world, to take a stand against a new law that would deny entry to Israel foreigners who support boycotting the country, even if the boycott is restricted to West Bank settlements.
Kushner Foundation Gives $342K to Chabad — Still Surprised About Jared and Ivanka’s Synagogue?
It might seem odd for a Modern Orthodox Jewish family to join a Chabad synagogue. But Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner are already quite invested in the ultra-Orthodox outreach movement – or to be more precise, their parents are.
Donald Trump Gave $10K to Radical West Bank Settlement
President-elect Donald Trump once donated $10,000 to institutions located in the West Bank settlement of Beit El, one of its founders revealed on Sunday.
David Friedman Raised Millions for Radical West Bank Jewish Settlers
David Friedman, who has been named America’s next ambassador to Israel, heads a fundraising organization that has raised tens of millions of dollars for one of the most radical settlements in the West Bank.
Women With Prayer Shawls Face 6 Months in Prison Under Orthodox-Only Western Wall Prayer Bill
A group of 16 members of the ruling coalition submitted a bill to the Knesset on Sunday that would prohibit any practices at the Western Wall that are not deemed strictly Orthodox. The bill would prevent women from wearing prayer shawls and tefillin, from reading from a Torah and from blowing a shofar at the Jewish holy site.
