Israel news feed
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JPost.com - Antisemitism - 17:34 Dec 25, 2024
Hasson was banned from tournaments dedicated to the popular Nintendo fighting game, after anti-Israel players were angered by his pro-Israel social media posts.
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JPost.com - Antisemitism - 17:25 Dec 25, 2024
At Chabad of Lake Forest's Third Annual Chanukah Menorah Lighting, the Hanukkiah will not remain on public display after the event ends, the city said in a statement.
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JPost.com - Antisemitism - 17:09 Dec 25, 2024
"The world needs us to be Jews now more than anything," said OU Executive Vice President Rabbi Moshe Hauer.
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Haaretz - 16:17 Dec 25, 2024
Israel has still not established a dedicated rehabilitation path tailored to the needs of former hostages. 'Families report a shortage of resources, guidance, and psychological care, as well as a lack of systematic follow-up,' states a report by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum -
Haaretz - 14:28 Dec 25, 2024
On the green hills of Galilee in the shadow of Sepphoris, archaeologists found the village recorded by Josephus and Jewish sources, and its synagogue -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 14:12 Dec 25, 2024
The 29-year-old presented himself at a police station after police searched his home in connection to the around 20 people who raised antisemitic banners at a Parliament House protest.
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JPost.com - Business & Innovation - 13:55 Dec 25, 2024
Wednesday's scuffle continues a public spat between the two over Ben-Gvir's dissatisfaction with his ministry’s expected 2025 budget.
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JPost.com - Banking & Finance - 13:55 Dec 25, 2024
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Haaretz - 13:43 Dec 25, 2024
'We're just asking for step one,' Aysenur Eygi's widower, Hamid Ali, says, as the family met with U.S. lawmakers in a bid to find out more about the the investigation into her killing. Answers from Secretary of State Blinken proved 'extremely disappointing,' he added -
Haaretz - 12:47 Dec 25, 2024
'The most important action right now is to keep the hostages in the public eye,' says Yizhar Lifshitz, whose parents were kidnapped on October 7. His mother was released, but his father remains in Gaza -
Haaretz - 10:49 Dec 25, 2024
Israel's prime minister and his fans love to compare his wartime leadership and oratorical skills to Churchill's. But from allying with violent nationalists and suppressing 'unpatriotic' media outlets to ICC arrest warrants for war crimes, Netanyahu's trajectory resembles far more that of Slobodan Milošević -
JPost.com - Business & Innovation - 10:24 Dec 25, 2024
The report also provides preliminary data on the first half of 2024, indicating a degree of recovery, totalling $11.8 billion.
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Haaretz - 10:15 Dec 25, 2024
'Modesty' and 'Marathon Mom,' on an Orthodox Jewish professional runner, will be screened at this year's Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival at the city's Cinematheque -
JPost.com - Business & Innovation - 10:13 Dec 25, 2024
Windward says that, since its flotation, it has more than tripled its customer base.
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Haaretz - 10:09 Dec 25, 2024
It's not just Americans who have trouble pronouncing the name of this winter holiday. Israelis get it wrong too -
Haaretz - 10:07 Dec 25, 2024
The ancient Israelites, led by Judas Maccabeus, did vanquish the oppressor Antiochus - but Greek rule would only be shaken off 20 years later under Judas' younger brother. A must-read before the holiday begins -
Haaretz - 10:06 Dec 25, 2024
Ancient Jews also marked Hanukkah with fire, but the menorahs we know today are a modern innovation -
Haaretz - 10:03 Dec 25, 2024
Modern tradition assumes Hanukkah candles were born with the holiday but Josephus hadn't heard of them: It seems we borrowed them from the pagan Saturnalia