Israel
Netanyahu pleads not guilty
JTAFeb 11, 2021
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pleaded not guilty in his ongoing trial for corruption charges, then left the courtroom while the hearing was...
IDF Home Front battles children’s pandemic concerns
JNSFeb 11, 2021
By Yaakov Lappin The Israel Defense Force’s Home Front Command has many key duties when it comes to boosting the resilience and emergency preparedness of the Israeli...
IJN exclusive: Aryeh Lightstone, former senior advisor in Jerusalem embassy, speaks
Chaim GoldbergFeb 04, 2021
How does a Jewish boy from Denver go on to become one of the most powerful, if underrated, influencers of US Mideast policy? Who was the right-hand man of a primary...
Deaths of major rabbis leaves Orthodoxy reeling
Shira Hanau, JTAFeb 04, 2021
JERUSALEM — Four times on Sunday, Jan. 31, Orthodox men carried the body of a beloved Torah scholar wrapped in a black and white prayer shawl through the streets of...
Abayudaya may not come on aliyah
Shira Hanau, JTAFeb 04, 2021
NEW YORK — American Jews with ties to a small community of Jews in Uganda are condemning the Israeli Interior Ministry’s decision to reject the right of those Jews...
Will Netanyahu win again?
Ben Sales, JTAJan 14, 2021
JERUSALEM — In about two months, Israelis will vote in a national election. Seem familiar? It is. Israel will hold its fourth election in just two years — the latest...
Israel’s rapid vaccine rollout comes amid spiking infection numbers
JTAJan 07, 2021
By Philissa Cramer and Ben Sales JERUSALEM — Israel is making headlines for its response to COVID-19 — again. Early on in the pandemic, Israel was lauded for its...
Ethiopian Israeli aims to unite Jews of all backgrounds
JTAJan 07, 2021
By Leoni Jesner JERUSALEM — Born on a roadside during Operation Solomon, which airlifted over 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel in 1991, Ashager Araro’s start to life...
Pioneer in Jewish feminism passes
Shira Hanau, JTADec 31, 2020
JERUSALEM — Rabbi Yehuda Herzl Henkin, a pioneer in the world of Jewish feminism who experienced personal tragedy later in life, died Dec. 23 in Israel. Henkin and his...
Yad Vashem controversy grows
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTADec 24, 2020
WARSAW — As the head of Poland’s Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, Piotr Cywinski and his staff rarely intervene in matters that don’t concern their imposing...
