By Shmuley Boteach – JPost You’d imagine that seven million Israelis are aware that they’re up against an onslaught of billions who are unsympathetic or hostile. Amazingly, they’re not. Last Shabbat morning I spoke in the Nitzanim Synagogue in Jerusalem, delivering the morning sermon. Five days after my daughter’s wedding, I was in high spirits […]
By Tanveer Mann for Metro.co.uk An Iranian wrestler was reduced to tears after he was forced to fake an injury so he wouldn’t have to fight his Israeli opponent. The wrestler, called Peyman, had been waiting to start his match at the World Youth Championships in Hungary when he was approached by his coach. Footage recorded by Al […]
By JC Reporter As the argument over the French burkini ban rages, one Charedi woman has described it as “the best commercial ever for modest swimwear”. Yardena G, a Paris-born mother of nine who now lives in Jerusalem, owns Sea Secret, a swimsuit label for religious women. She said the burkini ban would boost her […]
By Richard Natale Jewish actor Gene Wilder, (Jerome Silberman) who starred in “Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein” and “Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” died Monday at 83. Gene Wilder, who regularly stole the show in such comedic gems as “The Producers,” “Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein,” “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” and “Stir Crazy,” died Monday […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — Argentine Jewish boxer Carolina Raquel Duer won the interim International Boxing Federation’s world bantamweight title in her return to the ring after two years. Duer, 38, nicknamed “The Turk,” knocked out Aline de Casia Scaranello of Brazil in the sixth round Friday in Quilmes, a Buenos Aires suburb. The bout […]
By Times of Israel Staff Researchers say new method monitors brain activity, could be used to preempt flare-up of mental disorders such as schizophrenia Israeli scientists say they have come up with a way for brain power to control when drugs are released into the body, by using tiny robots made out of DNA to […]
By Viva Sarah Press Slide-on aimer case for smartphones is like bowling with bumpers and will help you catch Pokémons almost every time. It was only a matter of time before the popular Pokémon Go digital game would spawn add-on gadgets and an Israeli startup is hoping to get an early foot in the door […]
Australian youth who terrorised kids will also visit a Jewish museum, read Elie Wiesel, Primo Levi as per judgement One of the five drunken youths arrested for terrorising Jewish children on a school bus in Australia will visit the Sydney Jewish Museum as part of his punishment. The offender, who cannot be named because he […]
By CIJnews Staff B’nai Brith Canada recently contacted York University President Mamdouh Shoukri’s office about anti-Semitic Facebook postings by Nikolaos Balaskas B’nai Brith Canada, a leading Jewish advocacy group which combats anti-Semitism and racism, has recently contacted York President Mamdouh Shoukri’s office complaining about “anti-Semitic” Facebook postings by Nikolaos Balaskas, a long-time laboratory technologist at […]
By SHANE DESIATNIK The simple act of holding hands has rarely meant so much. When Holocaust survivor Luba Marczak met 21-year-old Yazidi woman Nadia Murad – who survived a massacre of her family members by ISIS in 2014 – they didn’t need words to exchange their stories and give each other strength. A long embrace, a […]
