US Senate Confirms Mike Huckabee as Israel Ambassador
During Huckabee’s confirmation hearing in March, he told senators that he personally supported Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria.
During Huckabee’s confirmation hearing in March, he told senators that he personally supported Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria.
The kiddush cup, which has an estimated value of $3 million-$5 million, will be auctioned in New York on October 29.
The artwork, titled 'Aeneas and his Family Fleeing Burning Troy', is believed to be a commentary on the exile caused by the English Civil War several years earlier, according to the gallery’s website.
Rashed said the restaurant is expected to receive its certification from Rabbi Zev Schwarcz at IKC in the coming weeks and that there will be a grand opening celebration, likely after Passover.
The song is mostly in English, with a verse in French and a line in Hebrew, quoting from Jewish scripture: 'Vast floods cannot quench love, nor rivers drown it.'
In a summary of the company’s financial position on Wednesday, Gulden conveyed optimism, indicating the company’s desire to move past the Yeezy scandal.
Brody previously won a Golden Globe for his 'The Brutalist' performance last month, as well as a Critics Choice Award earlier this month.
In January, Turski gave a speech at the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, where he warned against rising antisemitism.
According to the student paper, around 20 students in total have reportedly utilized the program, including Eckstein and several other Jewish students who said they left other prestigious schools over antisemitic environments.
Hamas is also due to release six living hostages on Saturday.
Perhaps nowhere has the war’s effect on Israeli ecosystems been more pronounced than at the Agamon Hula Valley Nature Reserve, famed for its mesmerizing bird migrations.
Seven in 10 said Jews are less secure than they were a year ago, and more than 90% believe antisemitism has increased over the past five years.
'This Thursday, in a show of solidarity with Agam and all the remaining hostages, let’s have all of our female students come to school wearing braids,' posted Fuchs Mizrachi School, an Orthodox day school in Beachwood, Ohio.
In keeping with Touro’s mission to support the underserved, the clinical services that Touro’s dental school offers the public while students are in training focuses on the underinsured, uninsured and the indigent.
The competition falls a year after Raphael testified in front of the United National Human Rights Council about her experience on Oct. 7.
'Compiled over five decades, this remarkable archive represents every Jewish baseball player of the 191 total as of the 2024 MLB season,' the listing says.
The Catamounts wouldn’t have made it to the finals without their Israeli forward.
It’s so old that the Aramaic used in the stele was still being written in the Phoenician alphabet — a language that predates Aramaic.
Fried has a 3.07 ERA in 151 career starts and is a two-time All-Star, hree-time Gold Glove winner, Silver Slugger winner, and 2021 World Series champion.
The vandalism comes after the university’s new student government threatened to withhold funding from all student groups until the university agreed to divest from Israel.
The 9,000-square-foot museum occupying eight floors in an octagon-shaped structure will be located at the site of Thessaloniki’s Old Railway Station, where the first Nazi train carrying Jews to Auschwitz departed on March 15, 1943.
'At this point in my life, I’m just doing my best to accomplish my purpose. And, you know what: G-d, take the wheel,' says Sam Salz.
Marcus is survived by his wife and stepson; his children from his first marriage; and grandchildren, for whom he said his 2022 book, 'Kick Up Some Dust: Lessons on Thinking Big, Giving Back, and Doing It Yourself,' was intended.
Criticism of Mayor Brandon Johnson centered on his omission of the victim’s Jewish identity.
The LGBTQ advocacy group has suspended The Aguda, its Israeli affiliate, and excluded Tel Aviv as a conference site.
Yad Vashem calls on Jewish communities worldwide to illuminate synagogues and centers on November 9-10.
Jewish leaders call for heightened security and urge caution on assumptions of antisemitism.
A UCLA report reveals pro-Palestinian protests spurred antisemitic harassment against Jewish students, faulting administrators for lack of action.
The Holocaust scholar shaped the field for over six decades and advised global remembrance efforts.
Shai Davidai is an outspoken Israeli and pro-Israel professor.
Lufthansa barred 128 Orthodox Jews from boarding a flight in 2022,
Over the years, the account featured Ebert showing off Jewish foods including challah and rugelach, celebrating various Jewish holidays, and, crucially, telling and retelling her Holocaust story.
Last year’s total of at least 15 Jewish players in the league may be surpassed.
One year after the devastating Oct. 7 attacks, Yom Kippur becomes a time of profound communal grief and remembrance.
Shofars sounded along the Ukrainian frontlines, offering Jewish soldiers a powerful moment of faith during Rosh Hashanah.
With the High Holidays approaching and the anniversary of the October 7 attacks looming, experts warn of a toxic environment for Jewish communities, both domestically and abroad.
180 Nova massacre survivors find strength and unity in a profound Shabbat retreat.
Since Oct. 7, Israelis in the U.S. feel a stronger connection to their homeland, navigating complex issues of identity, community, and belonging.
'I think this is a really beautiful gesture of solidarity, and the Jews dunking on this don’t understand how urgently we need our friends and allies to speak up,' tweeted Eylon Levy, the former Israeli government spokesman.
The carbon dating indicated that this was the earliest intact Hebrew codex by more than a century.
Hezbollah has its own drones, which fly into Israeli territory to drop bombs on Israeli positions, so soldiers are asking for special protective netting.
Joseph Edelman, a New York hedge fund manager who served on Brown's governing board, called the decision to proceed with such a vote 'a stunning failure of moral leadership.'
Earlier this year, The US House of Representatives declared the phrase antisemitic.
He had also won gold medals in the high jump event at the 2023 World Championships and the 2019 World Junior Championships.
Attendees said the losses of people they didn’t know thousands of miles away still hit them hard.
The federal government will spend nearly $150 million more this year than it did in 2023 to secure religious organizations.
Organizers have arranged for several of Burning Man’s famous 'art cars,' including a fire-breathing dragon and an illuminated zeppelin.
Berdichevsky is currently ranked No. 41 in men’s wheelchair tennis by the International Tennis Federation, and reached his career-best ranking of No. 20 in October 2019.
It was also only the eighth-ever occurrence of a Jewish pitcher-catcher battery.
Last year he became the first American man, and third U.S. fencer overall, to win individual medals at back-to-back world championships.
Born in Prague, Peter Buxtun was a baby when the Sudetenland, the German-speaking part of Czechoslovakia, was ceded to Nazi Germany.
Read on to meet this year’s Jewish MLB draft class.
'Lord, please keep them in your sight and hasten the day of their freedom,' said Leora Levy.
Allan Pearlman, 26, saved two fellow recruits during medical emergencies, drawing on his EMT training.
Renowned for her candid and grandmotherly approach to sex education, Westheimer's career spanned decades, making her a cultural icon and a pioneer in her field.
'Political violence has no place in our country.'
Read on for a (nearly exhaustive) list of Jewish and Israeli athletes to watch as Paris 2024 approaches.
The Mayor of Amsterdam condemned the act, calling it a violation of Frank’s memory, and police are investigating. By Andrew Lapin, JTA A statue of Anne Frank in Amsterdam was defaced Tuesday, with the word “Gaza” painted in red on the base. The statue sits in a public park near the famous annex where Frank... Read more »
Jackson-Bolanos faces charges including first-degree murder and home invasion.
Shlomo Tannor, an AI engineer from New York, created CarleBot, a Shazam-like app that identifies melodies by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach.
The investigation revealed 75 incidents of harassment between October and March.
'The problem came up because Maria is from Israel,' the artist's partner shared on Instagram.
Anthony Housefather is now Trudeau's adviser on combating antisemitism after a spike in attacks on synagogues and schools.
The text message exchanges took place while the administrators were attending a May 31 panel discussion titled 'Jewish Life on Campus: Past, Present, and Future.'
Some students are reconsidering their college plans amidst rising anti-Israel sentiments on American campuses.
This is Yad Vashem’s first conference since the horrific October 7th massacre, providing an essential opportunity to discuss the severe challenges of Holocaust education in this post-October 7th world.
Since being picked 77th overall in the 2021 draft, Steinmetz has been working his way up the many ranks of the Diamondbacks minor league system.
The latest hostage deal proposes a six-week ceasefire in exchange for hostages and Palestinian prisoners.
Turell played 54 games for the Motor City Cruise, averaging 14.2 and 11.9 minutes per game respectively in two seasons.
A German court has fined Björn Höcke €16,900 for chanting a Nazi-associated phrase in public.
176 Jewish gravestones vandalized at 2 Cincinnati cemeteries.
The lawsuit targets Iran, Syria, and North Korea, accusing them of supporting the terrorists responsible for the deadly attacks.
Mia Schem, who was abducted from the festival and released after 55 days in a hostage deal, also addressed the crowd, calling on them not to give up on the 124 hostages still inside Gaza.
Zeev Buium is ranked by ESPN as the No. 6 prospect entering the draft.
Father Charles Coughlin, once a popular Depression-era radio personality, spread antisemitic conspiracy theories, praised fascists, and justified Nazi persecution of Jews.
Students have been 'subject to derision and social exclusion.'
The center offers full-board dining, spa amenities, and emotional support for women and couples dealing with stillbirth.
The released footage shows the brutal abduction of three hostages by Hamas.
'This is an exciting time for myself, my family, and the Sharks organization to move forward,' Warsofsky said in an emotional introductory press conference Monday afternoon.
Ukrainian Jews found a rare moment of peace in war-torn Ukraine as they gathered in Uzhhorod for the first Limmud FSU festival since the Russian invasion.