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'I fear living in a city where anti-Zionist rhetoric is normalized,' said Central Synagogue's Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, saying his remarks echo 'age-old antisemitic tropes.' Days from the mayoral election, as polls suggest a significant decline in Jewish support for Mamdani, Buchdahl cited legal limits and the synagogue policy for refusing to endorse any candidate

After resigning last week over the Sde Teiman affair leak, the IDF legal chief, senior sources told Haaretz, used 'various pretexts to avoid opening or advancing investigations 'into numerous IDF abuses in Gaza, including the army's March 2025 killing of 15 medical personnel and a 2024 airstrike that killed seven World Central Kitchen volunteers

An Israeli Christian media summit is set to start on Sunday and will confer honors on pro-Israel media figures, including a posthumous award for Charlie Kirk

Sources said the prime minister urged leaders in the congress to delay, not block, the vote, which was not possible under WZO bylaws. Yair Netanyahu's name is not on the list, compiled by representatives of a majority of the factions, as voting on appointments began Sunday morning

Professor Marianne Hirsch also argued the Holocaust must be taught alongside Gaza and the "Nakba," warning against “exceptionalism” in Holocaust memory.

The Neo, produced by 1X Technologies, is called the first “consumer available humanoid robot, specialized in working on house chores.”

Now that the war in Gaza is mostly over, Netanyahu must deliver on his promise to launch a thorough probe into the October 7 attack. As elections grow closer, either a new government or the opposition force a state commission on Netanyahu, or he will manage to form one on his own terms

Oded Lifshitz, taken alive to Gaza and killed in captivity, sought to make this place more just and humane. His new collection of essays shows it wasn't out of naivety, but because he refused to lie to himself

Democracy is not only measured by the degree of agreement, but by the ability to contain ideological conflict

Democracy is not only measured by the degree of agreement, but by the ability to contain ideological conflict

Justice Minister Yariv Levin alleged that Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara misled Israel's top court in the matter of the military's top legal chief leaking a video showing abuse of a Palestinian detainee, saying there are 'high chances' the AG's testimony will be required

The incident comes shortly after a public bus driver in the UK capital refused to return a bus card belonging to an Orthodox Jewish man.

Israel's media sometimes portrays London as a no-go zone, but the uncovering of an 11th century cemetery in the City of London reveals the deep roots of the Jewish community, whose contemporary cultural figures include Stephen Fry, David Baddiel and Howard Jacobson. 'The Jewish ties to Britain are far too deep to be eroded by antisemitism or anything else,' says one expert

The implications of the 'Sde Teiman affair,' whose protagonists include the IDF's top prosecutor, a right-wing mob, Palestinian detainees, Israel's Channel 12 TV and Itamar Ben-Gvir's failed police force, are so wide-ranging they could help Netanyahu's crusade against Israel's core democratic institutions

The employee who demanded they leave the cafe reportedly said they refused to serve Zionists.

U.S. Special Envoy to Syria and Lebanon Tom Barrack said the path to stability in Beirut is the beginning of negotiations with Israel. He warned, however, that 'We don't have time for this diplomatic cadence. In four months, you could end all of this'

Opposition leader Yair Lapid condemned extremist politics, criticizing figures like Itamar Ben-Gvir and warning against distorting Judaism with violence and hatred. Former IDF Chief Gadi Eisenkot echoed concerns about political polarization and incitement