One woman was killed and several people were injured after a stage collapsed on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. The collapse came Wednesday afternoon during a rehearsal for the national Memorial Day ceremony to be held next week, according to reports. A bank of heavy lights crashed to the stage, according to reports. The accident occured…
Former captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit has been released from the Israel Defense Forces. Shalit was officially released, at the rank of sergeant-major, on Wednesday, six months after he was freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza. Shalit signed his release forms at his home in Mitzpe Hila in northern Israel, in lieu of going to…
A Hasidic teenager who firebombed the home of a neighbor over a religious disagreement was sentenced to seven years in prison. Shaul Spitzer, 18, of the New York State village of New Square, pleaded guilty under a plea bargain in February to the arson attack on the home of Aron Rottenberg. He was sentenced on…
In their upcoming round of talks next month with Iran over its nuclear program, the six major powers will demand an Iranian commitment to suspend uranium enrichment at the relatively high level of 20 percent, a senior American official said. There has been concern in the West that enrichment at 20 percent would put the…
IDF Lt. Col. Shaul Eisner, who was filmed over the weekend hitting a Danish protester with his rifle butt in the Jordan Valley, was dismissed from his position on Wednesday. IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz decided to dismiss Eisner, after the recommendations of GOC Central Command Nitzan Alon and Sami Turgeman, commander of the…
Amnon Ben Ami was awarded the first Ilana Elovic Bezalel Prize for Painting, which was named in memory of a self-taught Israeli-American artist. The prize, which was launched internationally in December in search of a deserving Israeli artist, was presented Monday at the Bezalel Gallery in Tel Aviv. It carries an award of $20,000, as…
A Jewish assistant principal can proceed with a lawsuit against New York’s Department of Education for anti-Semitic remarks directed against him by his superior. A U.S. District Court judge in Manhattan in a 25-page order ruled that the hostile work environment and religious discrimination lawsuit filed by Peter Weiss can advance. He is seeking back…
The same vandal who apparently has defaced the Avenue Z Jewish Center in Brooklyn several times may have struck again. A Star of David and the word “Jew” were found etched into the sidewalk near the synagogue in the Sheepshead Bay section with the initials “RUS” inscribed near the graffiti. The same initials have been…
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie cautioned against Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank, Jerusalem or the Golan Heights. Speaking at a news conference Tuesday following his first trip to Israel earlier this month, Christie, who has been mentioned by Republicans as a possible vice presidential pick, said the most “eye-opening” part of his trip was…
IDF Lt. Col. Shaul Eisner, who was filmed over the weekend hitting a Danish protester with his rifle butt in the Jordan Valley, personally responded to allegations against him on Tuesday. Eisner, was suspended from duties following the incident, said that “it could have been a professional mistake to use a weapon in front of…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received a letter from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday, detailing the PA’s demands regarding the resumption of Middle East peace talks. The missive was delivered by a Palestinian delegation headed by chief PA negotiator Saeb Eerekat during a meeting at the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem. Earlier in the day,…
