(JTA) — An Israeli astronaut is making a decidedly low-tech delivery to the International Space Station: handmade matzo. Eytan Stibbe, 64, is one of three astronauts paying for the privilege of launching into space on Friday, in an initiative of Axiom Space, a private company based in Houston. Chabad of the Space and Treasure Coasts…
(JTA) — Two Hasidic Jews were shot and wounded while trying to visit Joseph’s Tomb, a shrine in the West Bank city of Nablus believed by some to be the burial site of Joseph, the son of the biblical patriarch Jacob. The two men did not coordinate their visit with Israel’s army, which typically escorts…
(JTA) — The heavily Orthodox town of Lakewood, New Jersey, is reeling after a string of violent attacks on Friday afternoon and evening, which included the stabbing of a Jewish man. The alleged perpetrator of the attacks, Dion Marsh, 27, was arrested at his home Friday night and charged with murder, weapons possession and bias…
(JTA) — Moshe Kantor, the Russia-born president of the European Jewish Congress, resigned from the Jewish group after the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on him because of his alleged involvement with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime. Kantor, a dual citizen of Russia and Britain who has been living in London for over decade, resigned on…
This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Sign up here to get Haaretz’s free Daily Brief newsletter delivered to your inbox. Two Israeli citizens were killed Thursday night in a shooting attack along Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Street, the fourth terror attack in two weeks. The victims were identified as Tomer…
This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission.Sign up here to get Haaretz’s free Daily Brief newsletter delivered to your inbox. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Friday that the assailant who had carried out Thursday’s terror attack in Tel Aviv had accomplices, and pledged that they would “pay a heavy…
(JTA) — In January, Michigan’s 11th district was redrawn as part of statewide congressional map changes. Two incumbent Democratic House representatives first elected in 2018, Haley Stevens and Andy Levin, soon went from cordial allies to primary opponents, each hoping to win the Detroit-area seat come November. Not long after, an email sent by Daniel…
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Rabbi David Wolpe of Sinai Temple, the largest Conservative congregation in Los Angeles, announced Thursday that he will step down from his position in June 2023. Wolpe has been with the congregation for nearly a quarter century. “They have been wonderful years, filled with joys and sadnesses, with debate and discovery, but mostly with learning…
(JTA) — This is a developing story. (JTA) — At least one gunman shot people at different locations along a downtown Tel Aviv street on Thursday night, leaving what Israeli emergency responders said were at least six people injured in serious condition. One was said to be in critical condition, according to the Magen David…
President Joe Biden is closely watching the volatile political situation in Israel as the government led by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett lost its majority in the Knesset on Wednesday. “We are certainly watching that very, very closely,” Yael Lempert, acting assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs, said in a pre-Passover Zoom call…
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