(JTA) — Asked how to avoid religion-based divisions between people, Pope Francis advised an Israeli musician to “never react” to provocations. The pontiff told this to Ofir Jacob on Monday at the Vatican during a meeting the pope had with several creators from different countries who are active on the YouTube video website. Jacob, who…
— A former employee of the Israeli Prime Minister’s Residence was awarded some $31,000 by a Jerusalem labor court for mistreatment at the hands of the prime minister’s wife. It was the second time this year the Jerusalem District Labor Court had ruled against Sara Netanyahu in an employment abuse case. On Tuesday, the court found in favor…
Benjamin Netanyahu has turned to a 14-year-old Arab peace plan in trying to project a softer image internationally for a new governing coalition in Israel widely seen as more hardline towards Palestinian statehood. In what some political commentators and opposition politicians called spin but a spokesman for Netanyahu dubbed “an important development,” the right-wing prime…
Jules Browde, a South African lawyer and human rights activist who helped defend Nelson Mandela, died May 31 at 98. During a 50-year legal career, Browde worked with both Mandela and fellow African National Congress freedom fighter Oliver Tambo. He led Lawyers for Human Rights, a prominent group that fought the apartheid regime for decades….
Brief panic over a label on a toy box caused a short delay on a flight from Cyprus to Israel on Tuesday when an aircraft cleaner thought it was a warning of a bomb. The Aegean Airlines flight bound for Tel Aviv via Larnaca, was searched by police at the Cypriot airport on Tuesday after…
RIO DE JANEIRO — One of Brazil’s most prominent Jewish activists, Gerson Bergher died at age 91. A former president of the Brazilian Zionist Organization, Bergher, who has served as a politician in Brazil for many years, died Monday in Rio. He reportedly began his political career based on an advice to do so by…
(JTA) — Amid a divisive debate in Ukraine on state honors for nationalists viewed as responsible for anti-Semitic pogroms, the country observed the first minute of silence in memory of Symon Petliura — a 1920s statesman blamed for the murder of 50,000 Jewish compatriots. The minute was observed on May 25, the 90th anniversary of…
(JTA) — The European Jewish Congress is demanding that action be taken against a British lawmaker at the European Parliament, who compared Israelis to a skin disease. “We can give you a list of all the things we attempted to do, the Israelis are all over this place like a rash,” MEP Martina Anderson from…
The Iranian nuclear deal was one of the main factors that influenced Donald Trump’s decision to run for president in 2016, his son, Eric Trump, said on Sunday. “I think, honestly, the Iran nuclear deal was one of the things that made him jump into the race,” Eric Trump told John Catsimatidis on the “Cats…
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Citing potential radicalization, the Dutch government prevented the opening of a Muslim school by a group whose former leader praised Islamic State terrorists and wished for Allah to drown Israel in a tsunami. Education Ministry Undersecretary Sander Dekker on Monday said that the government is withholding funding and permits for SIO — a…
A brother of Hitler’s who was thought to be older was actually younger and died within days, raising questions about how his death might have affected the future leader of Nazi Germany, a historian said in comments published on Monday. Hitler is widely thought to have been the fourth of six siblings, but records from…
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