Israel’s Supreme Court Bars Far-Right Candidate Michael Ben-Ari from National Elections
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Supreme Court voted to disqualify Michael Ben Ari, head of the far-right Jewish Strength or Otzma Yehudit Party from running...
Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell Join the List of Speakers at This Year’s AIPAC Conference
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, and Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., are among the speakers at this year’s AIPAC conference. Pelosi, the U.S. House...
Measles Vaccine Clinic At Young Israel of Oak Park Today
Oakland County Health Division holds clinic 1-4 p.m. today. The Oakland County Health Division will hold a Measles Vaccine Clinic from 1-4 p.m. today, Friday,...
A Jewish Comedian is the Front-Runner in Ukraine’s Presidential Vote
By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA) — Ukraine’s presidential elections is shaping up to be a case of life imitating art. The leading candidate in the March 31...
Israel Won’t Have Diaspora Jewry Representative Light Independence Day Eve Torch
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel will not have a representative of Diaspora Jewry light a torch this year at the annual Independence Day eve ceremony...
Meet the Orthodox Millennial Who Convenes Jewish Artists, Protests Trump and Talks with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
NEW YORK (JTA) — Since Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez burst onto the national scene, Jewish leaders have talked about her and what she means for Israel...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s 86th Birthday is Coming — and Brooklyn Wants to Party
(JTA) — It’s party time in Brooklyn for Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s 86th birthday. The New York City borough’s president, Eric Adams, is holding a bash...
Multi-Million-Dollar Holocaust Museum Opens in Macedonia
SKOPJE, Macedonia (JTA) — The capital of this Balkan nation of 2 million people saw the dedication of a multi-million-dollar Holocaust museum that has...
Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Landa, Last Chabad Yeshiva Student to Survive Holocaust via Shanghai, Dies at 100
(JTA) — Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Landa, the last Chabad yeshiva student to survive the Holocaust by escaping to Shanghai has died. Landa died in his...
Two Israelis, Eight Americans on Crashed Ethiopian Airlines Flight
(JTA) — Israel has offered its assistance to the Ethiopian government following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight carrying 149 passengers and eight...
Student Removed from NJ Private School After Anti-Semitic, Racist Graffiti Discovered
(JTA) — An 11th grader no longer attends a private school in New Jersey after anti-Semitic and racist graffiti was found in bathrooms on...
Israeli Businessman Running for President of Guatemala
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A Guatemalan-born Israeli businessman is running for president of his native country. Yitzhak Farhi, 58, moved to Israel at the...
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