JTA
By JTA
-
Life Israeli Lawmaker: ‘I Will Wage War’ to Prevent Funding Non-Orthodox Mikvehs
JERUSALEM — A Knesset committee approved funding to build mikvehs for use by non-Orthodox Jewish movements in Israel, but its chairman promised a “world war” in allowing the plan to advance. The Finance Committee allocated 10 million shekels, or more than $2.6 million, for the project on Monday, The Jerusalem Post reported. The four mikvehs…
-
Fast Forward Rabbinic group, Anti-Occupation IDF Vets Join Up for Tours of West Bank and Gaza
A North American human rights rabbinic group and a controversial organization of Israeli Defense Forces veterans have joined forces to offer daylong learning trips to the West Bank and Gaza. T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, which represents 1,800 North American rabbis and their constituents, and Breaking the Silence, IDF veterans who speak out…
-
Fast Forward Judo Fighter Yarden Gerbi Scores Israel’s First Olympic Medal in Rio
Yarden Gerbi became the first Israeli to medal at the Rio Olympics, bringing home a bronze in the women’s 63-kg judo competition. Gerbi defeated Miku Tashiro of Japan on Tuesday for Israel’s first Olympic medal since the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. “The medal is for all of Israel, for everyone who supported me and cheered…
-
Fast Forward Trump Adviser Reportedly Meets Senior Israeli Officials in Jerusalem
David Friedman, an adviser to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, visited Jerusalem and met with senior officials from the Prime Minister’s Office. According to a report in Haaretz, a senior government official told the newspaper that Friedman had sought the meeting and that to maintain balance, an adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had traveled…
-
Fast Forward West Bank Jewish Resident Charged With Inciting Attacks on Israeli Soldiers
A 24-year-old Jewish woman from the West Bank settlement of Yizhar was charged with incitement for online comments in support of attacks on Israeli soldiers and Arabs. Eliraz Fein was arrested two years ago for participating in an online discussion in which she said it was permissible under Jewish law to use potentially lethal force…
-
Fast Forward Palestinian Couple Lose Jobs After Aiding Jewish Terror Victims
A Palestinian husband and wife who helped a Jewish family following a deadly terrorist attack in July are looking for work in Israel after being fired for assisting Jews. Yochai Damari, the head of the Har Hebron Regional Council, in a Facebook post Sunday called on the Defense Ministry to procure work permits in Israel…
-
Fast Forward Belgian Official Who Called Israel ‘Identical Twin’of ISIS Apologizes
A Belgian Muslim official in charge of promoting tolerance apologized for his vitriol against Israel, which he said was a modern Nazi Germany and “an identical twin” of the Islamic State terrorist group. Youssef Kobo, the adviser on diversity for the minister in charge of equal opportunity in the regional government of Brussels, said he…
-
Fast Forward GOP-Backed Independent Candidate for President Studied in Israel
Evan McMullin, a Brigham Young University graduate who in Israel on a Defense Department grant, has announced that he will run as an independent in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. McMullin announced his candidacy on Monday. He worked as an undercover operations officer for the Central Intelligence Agency and later as a senior national security and…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward Why the Antisemitism Awareness Act now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements
- 2
Culture Trump wants to honor Hannah Arendt in a ‘Garden of American Heroes.’ Is this a joke?
- 3
News School Israel trip turns ‘terrifying’ for LA students attacked by Israeli teens
- 4
Fast Forward The invitation said, ‘No Jews.’ The response from campus officials, at least, was real.
In Case You Missed It
-
Film & TV Netflix’s newest Israeli show has nothing to do with Israel
-
Fast Forward Jill Sobule, pop star who also composed songs for a new ‘Yentl,’ dies at 66
-
Yiddish צווישן טרער און מוט — צווישן געדענקען און אומאָפּהענגיקייטBetween tears and courage — between memory and resilience
הירהורים צום 77סטן געבוירן־טאָג פֿון מדינת־ישׂראל
-
Opinion Ireland’s prime minister gave condolences for Hitler’s death — here’s why that’s a contemporary problem
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
