JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone to discuss the conflict in Syria and security cooperation. The conversation Saturday evening, which also included discussion of other developments in the region, was announced by the Prime Minister’s Office in a statement. “The two leaders discussed developments in…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s security cabinet decided the bodies of Hamas terrorists killed during attacks on Israelis will not be returned to their families and will instead be buried. In a meeting Sunday, the security cabinet focused on bringing about the release of Israeli civilians and the bodies of Israeli soldiers held by Hamas in…
(JTA) — At least 39 people were killed and dozens wounded in an apparent terrorist attack on an Istanbul night club, where a man was seen firing into a crowd of revellers celebrating the new year. One Israeli, 19-year-old Lian Nasser, from the Arab-Israeli city of Tira, was among the dead and her friend was…
(JTA) — Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post on his social media network that while he once questioned his Jewish upbringing, he now believes that “religion is very important.” The post came after he wished his followers a “Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah” on Dec. 25, according to reports over the…
(JTA) — A massive fire in Queens, New York, destroyed more than a dozen businesses, most Jewish owned. The blaze that erupted Friday evening in Kew Garden Hills required nearly 200 firefighters to bring under control. Most of the businesses were closed in the predominately Orthodox Jewish neighborhood when the fire swept through the strip…
SYDNEY (JTA) — Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull paid an unexpected visit to Sydney’s Central Synagogue to join its Friday night service and menorah lighting, telling the congregation that Australia stands “shoulder to shoulder” with Israel. Turnbull called the synagogue’s rabbi, Levi Wolff, Friday afternoon in honor of Hanukkah. During the call, Wolff, invited Turnbull to attend…
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Among his last official acts, outgoing President Barack Obama has signed a bill affixing the name of Tibor Rubin to the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Long Beach, California. Rubin, a Hungarian-born child survivor of the Holocaust, had to wait 55 years until his valor in the Korean War was recognized with…
(JTA) — A large menorah in the front yard of an Arizona family was twisted into the shape of a swastika. The Hanukkah candelabra was made of gold spray-painted PVC pipes and solar-powered lights. Mom in Arizona had to tell her kids: “People hate us for no reason.”https://t.co/fIeD7I0bzj pic.twitter.com/HGP7yfy06N — Julie Zauzmer (@JulieZauzmer) December 30, 2016…
(JTA) — An entertainment company in Greece canceled a game in which players use clues to escape from a room themed around the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. The Rubicon agency, which is located in the northern Athens suburb of Galatsi, in recent weeks advertised the Auschwitz “escape room” on social media. Jews and non-Jews complained it…
(JTA) — Joel Sollender, a World War II prisoner of war who appeared in television ads for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, has died. The cause of his death on Tuesday evening was congestive heart failure, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported Thursday. Sollender, who was Jewish, was 92. “He had a great patriotic feeling about this…
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday denied allegations of wrongdoing published by local media outlets, who say the attorney-general will launch a criminal investigation against the prime minister next week. A statement issued by a Netanyahu spokesman said the probe would fail to uncover any evidence against him. “All the supposed affairs will turn out to…
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