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'Time to take the plunge': How October 7 sparked a huge wave of Jewish conversions in America

Haaretz - 16:39 Jun 02, 2024

U.S. rabbis say they have never seen anything like it: An unprecedented spike in the number of people interested in converting or enrolling in conversion classes. 'Lots of people were shaken up by what happened' on October 7 'and started feeling a need to make sense of this difficult world of ours,' suggests one spiritual leader
David Levy, former Israeli foreign minister and deputy PM, dies at 86

Haaretz - 16:24 Jun 02, 2024

A former leader of the Likud movement, Levy served in the Knesset for four decades as well as the foreign minister, housing minister and Aliyah and integration minister. A 2018 recipient of the Israel Prize, Levy 'was one of the first to express the demand of many for distributive and social justice'
'We'll always have Mexico': The untold story of Israel's marvelous national soccer team in the 1970 World Cup

Haaretz - 15:45 Jun 02, 2024

An Israeli TV series shines a new light on a unique achievement in soccer but also on a time when 'Israel was brimming with pride, feeling omnipotent and super popular in the world'
Briahna vs Brianna: American Political Pundits Feud on Social Media Over Israel's War Against Hamas

Haaretz - 15:32 Jun 02, 2024

'When Hamas talks about eliminating Israel, it's not about killing all Jews, it's about eliminating a Jewish state': Commentator Brianna Wu took to X over journalist Briahna Gray's anti-Zionist stance at a recent debate on the Gaza war
Biden's gamble: Why he's willing to risk it all to end the Gaza war

Haaretz - 14:39 Jun 02, 2024

U.S. President Biden's surprise announcement of a cease-fire proposal was his most decisive intervention since the war began. It's clear that the conflict is becoming a burden too heavy for his presidency to bear
'No surrender, not to American pressure, not to anything': In New York, Netanyahu minister flatly rejects Biden cease-fire proposal

Haaretz - 13:39 Jun 02, 2024

Over 3,000 marchers joined families of hostages in calling for an immediate deal to free the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza at New York's Israel Day parade. 'We must not back down until we bring them home,' said U.S. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer ahead of the march

Tags: New York
Inside Biden's shock cease-fire and hostage deal proposal to end Israel-Hamas war in Gaza

Haaretz - 13:29 Jun 02, 2024

Whether the cease-fire proposal that U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Friday came from Washington or Jerusalem, it is now clear that the world sees this attempt to end the Gaza war as 'Biden's deal,' and that he's put himself on the line like never before

Tags: Gaza
Real impact of performative activism? How 'All Eyes on Rafah' became an Instagram sensation

Haaretz - 12:56 Jun 02, 2024

The AI-generated image, which has been shared nearly 50 million times in a week, has drawn both praise and criticism in the Middle East, and also a countercampaign by Israeli influencers
Top court out, President Herzog in: Netanyahu's plan for state inquiry into October 7

Haaretz - 12:40 Jun 02, 2024

Sources close to Netanyahu tell Haaretz he fears the acting Supreme Court president would appoint the former court president Esther Hayut to head a state commission of inquiry
Man charged with hate crimes after driving car at ultra-Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn

Haaretz - 12:31 Jun 02, 2024

New York AG rebuked the incident, stating that 'there's no room for hate in the city'. This comes as a recent NYPD report finds 62 percent of all hate crimes are directed at the city's Jewish community
Despite faults, Biden's proposal offers an alternative to 'eternal war' in Gaza

Haaretz - 12:13 Jun 02, 2024

The timing and manner in which the proposal was presented are a clear sign of the White House's desire to bring about an end to the war. If Hamas leadership in Gaza agree, the rest of the group's leaders will do the same

Tags: Gaza
Large fire breaks out in Jerusalem, forcing evacuation of Israel Museum

Haaretz - 11:50 Jun 02, 2024

23 firefighting teams have been dispatched to the scene, as well as eight firefighting planes. The museum's management reported that there were no casualties or damage to property, and no artwork was compromised
Like Israel, Hamas isn't offering Palestinians a 'day after' – just more war and suffering

Haaretz - 09:37 Jun 02, 2024

Armed struggle has failed to stop the ongoing theft of Palestinian land. The destruction and death wrought by Israel in the Gaza Strip calls for a different kind of struggle – one that takes into account its people's right to live
Iran's ex-President Ahmadinejad to run in presidential election, state TV says

Haaretz - 09:01 Jun 02, 2024

The former leader was barred from standing in the 2017 election by the Guardian Council, a year after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned him that entering was 'not in his interest and that of the country'
Israel's top court deliberates petitions against draft exemption for ultra-Orthodox

Haaretz - 06:20 Jun 02, 2024

An extended panel of nine judges heard petitions on an issue that could have far-ranging implications for Netanyahu's government
In laying out Israel-Hamas deal, Biden posed critical questions for Gaza's 'day after'

Haaretz - 02:59 Jun 02, 2024

Netanyahu will have to decide who will manage the Gaza Strip at the first stage of the deal. If he continues to shun the Palestinian Authority, Hamas will fill the vacuum
Explosions heard in northern Syria, several deaths reported

Haaretz - 02:40 Jun 02, 2024

Maldives will ban Israelis from entering the country over the war in Gaza ■ Anti-tank missile hits home in Israel's north ■ Defense chief Gallant: Israel is preparing alternative ruling body in Gaza that will challenge Hamas ■ Fires break out in Israel's north following rockets barrages from Lebanon ■ Lebanese state media reports two killed in Israeli strikes near border
Israelis must resist Netanyahu's two-pronged tactic to skirt responsibility and stay in power

Haaretz - 22:13 Jun 01, 2024
Ayelet Shaked needs to be investigated for corruption, too

Haaretz - 21:57 Jun 01, 2024
Biden wants peace, but Israel wants war

Haaretz - 21:56 Jun 01, 2024

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