Stories published through the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, an international not-for-profit news agency and wire service that covers issues of interest to Jews.
JTA
The Latest
-
Fast Forward Kushner Learns Brazil Will Move Embassy To Jerusalem From President-Elect’s Son
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — The son of Brazil’s president-elect has confirmed to the U.S. president’s Jewish son-in-law that his country’s embassy will move to Jerusalem. “The question should not be whether we will do it, but when we will do it,” Brazilian congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro told Jared Kushner during a meeting in Washington on…
-
Fast Forward Rand Paul Is Blocking U.S. Military Aid To Israel
(JTA) — Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is blocking U.S. military aid to Israel. Paul, who has previously called to cut defense assistance to Israel, recently put a hold on the U.S.-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018, which codifies into law the $38 billion defense aid package for Israel over 10 years that…
-
Fast Forward IDF Investigating Blown Gaza Operation That Led To Hundreds Of Rocket Attacks
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Defense Forces is investigating the blown covert operation in Gaza that led to hundreds of rockets being fired into southern Israel. One Israeli soldier was killed and another seriously injured when a special operations force was discovered on Nov. 11 in Khan Younis, leading to a shootout between the soldiers…
-
Fast Forward California College’s Faculty Votes To Suspend Study Abroad In Israel
(JTA) — The faculty of Pitzer College in Southern California voted to suspend the school’s study abroad program at Haifa University in Israel. The faculty also voted to condemn the school’s trustees for opposing a student government resolution to divest from Israel, according to the Claremont Independent, a student newspaper at the private liberal arts…
-
Fast Forward CNN Poll In Europe Shows How Little People Know About The Holocaust
(JTA) — In a poll conducted among 7,092 adults in seven European countries, 28 percent of respondents said that Jews are too influential, and a third said they have no substantial knowledge of the Holocaust. The CNN poll, by ComRes, on anti-Semitism was performed in September in Britain, France, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Sweden and Austria,…
-
Fast Forward IDF To Destroy Home Of Palestinian Teen Who Killed American-Israeli Activist
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Defense Forces will demolish the home of the Palestinian teen who stabbed and killed American-Israeli activist Ari Fuld outside a West Bank shopping mall. The IDF announced Tuesday that it would destroy the third floor apartment of the family of the assailant, Khalil Jabarin, 17, located in the West Bank…
-
Fast Forward Driver Arrested For Trying To Run Over Jews Leaving Los Angeles Synagogue
(JTA) — Los Angeles police arrested a man who allegedly attempted to run over two people outside of a synagogue. The incident occurred on Friday night. Police are investigating it as a possible hate crime, the NBC Los Angeles affiliate reported. A security camera video shows the driver trying to run down the two visibly…
-
Fast Forward Orthodox Jews Not To Blame For Flight Diverted For Shabbat, El Al Says
JERUSALEM (JTA) — El Al will compensate the 400 passengers on Flight 002, from New York to Tel Aviv, which was forced to divert in order to allow Sabbath-observant passengers to get off the plane. The flight which left New York more than 5 hours late on Thursday, Nov. 15, was diverted mid-flight to Athens,…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News An Israeli restaurant chain said it closed due to boycotts. Protesters are celebrating.
- 2
Sports It’s so cool that Sandy Koufax was there for that
- 3
Opinion Jews are worried about Zohran Mamdani. Here’s why they shouldn’t be
- 4
Opinion Can an idyllic dream of Israel ever be reality? She says: ‘Coexistence, My Ass’
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Feminist vs. Jewish: These women say NYC’s mayoral election is forcing a painful choice
-
Fast Forward Hundreds of thousands of haredi Jews protest in Jerusalem against Israeli military draft
-
Fast Forward Conservative students grill Vance on support for Israel at Turning Point USA event
-
Yiddish אַ קאָנפֿערענץ וועגן ייִוואָ קומט פֿאָר אין איר געבוירן־שטאָט — ווילנעA conference about YIVO takes place in its birthplace — Vilnius
איין פֿאָרשער האָט גערעדט וועגן דעם וואָס נישט בלויז די פֿרומע און אָרעמע ייִדן האָבן גערעדט ייִדיש, נאָר די רײַכע און געבילדעטע אויך.
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
