Yisrael Kristal, a Polish Jew who survived the Holocaust to immigrate to Israel and become the world’s oldest man, died on Friday at the ripe age of 114. Kristal’s more-than-a-century of life were marked by tragedy. Born in Poland, he lost his first wife and their two children to the Holocaust – after the children…
When Rabbi Capers Funnye was inaugurated to the role of Chief Rabbi of his Hebrew Israelite community, he laid out dramatic plans. One of his “highest goals” as leader of the International Israelite Board of Rabbis, he said, would be to admit women into the organization’s rabbinical academy, and allow women to serve on the…
Seltzer has long been a Jewish beverage of choice, from the saloons of the Lower East Side to the Shabbat tables of today. And it looks like America is catching on, as seltzer consumption hits a new record. According to NPR’s Morning Edition, Americans last year downed 170 million gallons of the fizz drink (“sparkling…
(JTA) — Curious George — that curious little monkey — is beloved by millions of readers around the world. His adventures with the Man With the Yellow Hat impart important life lessons amidst silliness and mayhem. But many people probably don’t know that the children’s book character was actually born during very dark times. His…
Jerusalem’s city government has set aside plans to redevelop the abandoned Palestinian village of Lifta, with its historic stone homes, into a luxury development featuring 200 McMansions. “The plan has been taken off the agenda so that it can undergo additional professional consideration,” the municipality said in a statement after a planning committee turned down…
As a financial scandal threatens the continued reign of Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel’s prime minister, is he going full Trump? As the premier attacks the media and rallies his base, some say the answer is yes. Bibi released his inner Trump at a rally last night to shore up his support as possible indictments await…
This article has been updated after the original Times of Israel article was changed. 18 year-old Denis Shapovalov, who was born in Tel Aviv, upset top-seeded Rafael Nadal 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the third round of the Rogers Cup. “It’s what I dreamed of all my life growing up, playing guys like Rafa (Nadal),…
(JTA) — Before murdering tens of thousands of Jews at Babi Yar near Kiev, Nazi troops dumped at the killing site dozens of Jewish headstones they had stolen from Jewish cemetery, researchers in Ukraine discovered. “The tombstones were removed from a local Jewish cemetery during the Holocaust and thrown into the same ravines where over…
(JTA) — July saw the largest number of Israelis visiting the Temple Mount in any single month since it came under Israeli control in 1967. Some 3,200 people visited the site, which is holy to Jews and to Muslims, who refer to the compound as Haram al Sharif, Army Radio reported Friday. In previous years,…
(JTA) — Two players on Iran’s national soccer team were banned for life from playing for their country for participating in a match against Israelis. The players, Masoud Shojaei, 33, the captain of the national team, and Ehsan Haji Safi, 27, one of Iran’s most promising players, were banned Thursday for playing for their Greek…
(JTA) — Forty years after he terrorized New York with a string of deadly assaults, serial killer David Berkowitz said remorsefully that he expects to die in prison for actions which he cannot explain. Berkowitz, 64, said this during an interview published by the New York Daily News Thursday, the 40th anniversary of his arrest…
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