An Orthodox Jewish teen from suburban New York City came up short in her bid to make the U.S. Olympics table tennis team and did not compete in the trials on Shabbat. Estee Ackerman, a 14-year-old freshman at the Yeshiva University High School for Girls in Queens, lost matches for two consecutive days at the…
The Waqf, the Islamic trust that oversees the Temple Mount, says it opposes an expanded egalitarian prayer area at the Western Wall. The Waqf has filed a complaint with the Israel Police and will consider other steps, The Associated Press reported Sunday, citing Omar Kiswani, director of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. The Muslim body lays…
Days after three Arab-Israeli lawmakers met with the families of Palestinians who killed or attempted to kill Israelis, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said he would propose legislation that would punish Knesset members for inappropriate behavior. “I would like to examine new and reinforced legislative changes to ensure that anyone who acts in this…
The 1980s heavy metal band Anthrax is being sued for copyright infringement over the Ugly Hanukkah Sweater. A Detroit artist and businessman, Aaron Cummins, filed a $1 million lawsuit in U.S. District Court, claiming he made the original design in 2012 and registered it with the U.S. Copyright Office in 2013, the Detroit Free Press…
A 10-day, first-class trip to Israel is one of the gifts that will be offered in the swag bags of this year’s Oscar nominees. The trip, valued at $55,000 by Distinctive Assets, the company that put together the gift bags, is just one gift in the bag that total’s $200,000 worth of luxurious gifts, the…
Former settler leader Dani Dayan will not become Israel’s ambassador to Brazil, a top government official reportedly said. “We needn’t delude ourselves; Dani Dayan will not be the ambassador to Brazil. We condemn Brazil’s behavior,” Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Tzachi Hanegbi said Sunday , during a committee discussion on Brazil’s refusal to accept…
Jewish prayer books and Torah scrolls in a synagogue in an illegal West Bank outpost were burned by suspected Palestinian arsonists. The synagogue is located in the Givat Sorek outpost, established on a hill overlooking the site where three Jewish teens were kidnapped from a bus stop and murdered in the summer of 2014. The…
A Sudanese migrant stabbed and wounded a soldier in Israel on Sunday and was shot dead, police said, adding the suspect appeared to have lashed out in solidarity with the Palestinians. If that motive is confirmed, it would be the first such attack by a foreigner during a four-month-old surge of Palestinian street violence fueled…
An Israeli fashion store’s decision to fire Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer, 46, as its house model and replace her with a 25-year-old sparked a national debate on women’s rights in that industry. Zurer, a Tel Aviv-born actress who had prominent roles in Steven Spielberg’s 2005 film “Munich” and the 2013 Superman franchise “Man of Steel,”…
Hillel Rio announced it would not close down just three hours after lamenting that it would, all via its Facebook page. Before posting the second “official note,” the campus organization’s branch in Rio de Janeiro drew hundreds of supportive messages hailing the work led by its volunteers. Afterward, the group was slammed for what some…
(JTA) — Framed by a slide of two young guys in jeans and T-shirts playing ping-pong on the Facebook campus, Jonathan Greenblatt described an event hosted by the social media behemoth in Palo Alto, California, the week before. “Some of the stuff we’ve done has been really exciting, like in Silicon Valley,” Greenblatt, the Anti-Defamation…
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