A vast prehistoric necropolis some 4,200 years old has been found near the Palestinian city of Bethlehem, proving for the first time that the city had existed and thrived in Canaanite times. The burial ground, found by a team of Italian and Palestinian archaeologists, covers 3 hectares of the site called Khalet al-Jam’a. It was discovered…
In a rare move, a Dutch watchdog on anti-Semitism called on the City of Amsterdam to rename a municipal hall bearing the name of a former official who helped deport Jews to their deaths. The Center for Information and Documentation on Israel, or CIDI, on Saturday urged the city government of the Dutch capital to…
An organization promoting Holocaust commemoration in Central Europe pledged to provide new offices to an association of Poles who jeopardized their lives to save Jews during the Nazi genocide. Jonny Daniels, founder of the From the Depths group, on Sunday said his organization had decided to allocate an open-ended subsidy of approximately $15,000 annually for…
Bernie Sanders said being Jewish is “essential” to who he is. Sanders was asked during the Democratic presidential debate in Flint, Michigan, on Sunday evening about reports that Jews were disappointed that he appeared to be have downplayed his Jewishness during his campaign. “I am very proud to be Jewish, and being Jewish is so…
In the results of Saturday’s national elections announced Sunday, the People’s Party-Our Slovakia garnered 8 percent of the vote, three times more than expected, which is equal to 14 seats. The country’s parliament, the National Council, has 150 members. Party chairman Marian Kotleba had led the neo-Nazi Slovak Togetherness-National Party, a banned party that organized…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Chief Rabbinate canceled a meeting with the prime minister over the government’s plan to expand the egalitarian prayer section at the Western Wall a day after the Rabbinate said it would create its own plan. The meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set for Sunday. Hours after the meeting was…
Israel’s culture minister had a blunt message on Sunday for liberals worried about what they consider efforts by the government to stifle dissent in the arts: “Cut the bullshit.” Free-speech debate in Israel has grown fierce under conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Non-governmental organizations and artists that document or dramatize conditions for Palestinians complain about…
(JTA) — A former Auschwitz medic, now 95, has been found unfit to stand trial for his role in the murder of more than 3,600 people at the Nazi death camp. A court appointed physician determined that Hubert Zafke’s health is too poor to go on trial, Neubrandenburg state court told the dpa news agency…
(JTA) — An Israeli-American man who owns kiosks in shopping malls in several states was among ten Israelis indicted for illegally employing 140 Israeli nationals to sell Dead Sea beauty products. Omer Gur Geiger, a resident of Raliegh, North Carolina, and nine other men and women were arrested last week and indicted in federal court…
(JTA) — The family of Robert Levinson, a Jewish-American man who disappeared from Iran in 2007, held a rally, calling on the U.S. and Iran to work together to get him released. Levinson, 68, of Coral Springs, Florida, a private detective and a former FBI agent, has been missing since disappearing from Iran’s Kish Island…
(JTA) — Actress Lena Dunham has been hospitalized and will undergo surgery. A spokesperson for Dunham said in a statement that the “Girls” creator and star was taken to the hospital Saturday morning. She reportedly suffered the rupture of an ovarian cyst, part of her ongoing battle with endometriosis. Dunham, 29, has been public about…
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