Israel
Five states consider sanctions on Ben & Jerry’s
Ron Kampeas, JTAJul 29, 2021
WASHINGTON — Could Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop selling its ice cream in the West Bank trigger many or all of the laws that US states have passed in […]
Capitalism comes to kosher
Linda Gradstein, JTAJul 29, 2021
JERUSALEM — The Eucalyptus, a restaurant just outside the Old City here, draws in diners by offering “authentic biblical cuisine” — made from ingredients and...
Ben & Jerry’s faces legal challenges
Ron Kampeas, JTAJul 22, 2021
WASHINGTON — Ben & Jerry’s decision this week to pull out of an agreement that allowed its Israeli franchisee to sell its product in what the company terms...
Conservative prayer at Kotel disrupted on Tisha b’Av
JTAJul 22, 2021
JERUSALEM — A crowd of Orthodox men disrupted a Conservative prayer service on Tisha b’Av, a Jewish day of mourning, at the Western Wall — shouting down...
More American Jews critical of Israel
Ron Kampeas, JTAJul 15, 2021
WASHINGTON — A survey of US Jewish voters taken after the Israel-Gaza conflict finds that a sizable minority believe some of the harshest criticisms of Israel,...
Citizenship law limiting Palestinian immigration fails
JNSJul 08, 2021
By Josh Hasten Politics makes strange bedfellows. In the predawn hours on July 6, the Likud Party celebrated alongside the anti-Zionist Joint Arab List, as the...
Forty years since Israeli attack on Iraqi nuclear facility
JNSJun 24, 2021
By Lilach Shoval On the 40th anniversary of “Operation Opera” — the Israeli Air Force’s attack on the nuclear reactor in Iraq — the Israeli Defense Ministry on...
Israel swimming success in Spain marred by anti-Semitism
JTAJun 24, 2021
BARCELONA — Standing poolside in Barcelona, Eden Blecher and Shelly Bobritsky beamed with pride and satisfaction as they struggled to catch their breath. The two...
Local reaction to new Israel government
Chris LeppekJun 17, 2021
The old adage that when you have two Jews you’re likely to get three opinions is likely to be put to the test this week, in consideration of the new government that...
Incendiary balloons; retaliation
JTAJun 17, 2021
JERUSALEM — After balloons filled with incendiary material were sent from Gaza into the Israeli countryside, Israel’s military said it launched a fresh offensive of...
