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World’s oldest Jew dies
JTAFeb 15, 2024
Pearl Berg, thought to be the oldest Jewish person in the world and the third oldest American, died on Feb. 1 in Los Angeles. She was 114.
IDF on brink of Rafah
JNSFeb 15, 2024
Conquering Rafah in southernmost Gaza is essential to defeating Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says, amid intense international pressure against the...
Biden criticizes Israel on humanitarian aid
Ron Kampeas, JTAFeb 14, 2024
President Joe Biden is conditioning US defense assistance on not impeding the delivery of humanitarian aid. The policy announcement was made Feb. 8.
Daring IDF operation led to rescue of two hostages
JNSFeb 14, 2024
Israeli forces in Gaza freed two hostages in an overnight mission Feb. 11-12 in Rafah. Fernando Simon Marman, 60, and Norberto Louis Har, 70, both kidnapped while...
Denver City Council forced into recess; ceasefire proclamation fails
Steve MarkFeb 13, 2024
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters hijacked the Denver City Council, again. It was to no avail.The Council voted Feb. 12 not to adopt a proclamation that called...
IDF rescues 2 hostages in Rafah
JTAFeb 11, 2024
The Israeli military has rescued two hostages in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, the second such rescue since Hamas took hundreds of Israelis captive on Oct. 7.
Denverites rally for hostages; relatives speak
Steve MarkFeb 08, 2024
One by one, family members of Israeli hostages in Gaza and of those killed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, made pleas to a crowd of a few hundred at Washington Park in...
Despite living in their own war zone, Ukrainian Jews are supporting Israel
Steve LipmanFeb 08, 2024
Many Ukrainian Jews today , despite being of limited financial means, dependent on pensions or small salaries, are contributing to the Jerusalem-based Schechter...
Russia extends journalist Gershkovich’s pre-trial detention
JTAFeb 08, 2024
A Moscow court extended the pretrial detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich through March 30, meaning that he will have spent at least a year behind...
Hamas is weakening, but campaign against it will be lengthy
Yaakov Lappin, JNSFeb 07, 2024
While the Israel Defense Forces is gaining ground against Hamas by the day, destroying it as a military force will take time, according to former IDF officers.
