Police forcefully arrest man standing near right-wing protest without clear cause

Police forcefully detained a man Saturday night seemingly for no reason, after he silently stood in front of right-wing protesters holding a small demonstration in Tel Aviv. It is unclear what action... Read more »

Boy, 15, shot to death in northern town, reportedly by accident

A 15-year-old boy was shot to death Wednesday evening in the northern town of Kafr Yasif, as the wave of violent crime plaguing Israel’s Arab communities continues. Hebrew media identified the boy... Read more »

Why do Thanksgiving and Giving Tuesday feel so Jewish?

Thanksgiving has been part of American Jewish life almost since the country’s founding. When George Washington proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving in 1789, New York’s Congregation Shearith Israel — the oldest Jewish... Read more »

Hong Kong Fire Kills 13 in Tai Po High-Rise Complex

A blaze that extended across several high-rise apartments in a Hong Kong housing complex resulted in at least 13 deaths, CNN reported. Fire services confirmed the toll, adding that other persons are... Read more »

How Seth Rudetsky became Broadway’s loudest Jewish voice after October 7

No matter what time of day or night, whether there is a show in production or not, there is a tradition that, in every theater, one light must remain lit. It is... Read more »

The untold story of hostage Shlomo Mansour, killed on October 7

At a conference held at Bar-Ilan University, marking the national day commemorating the departure and expulsion of Jews from Arab countries and Iran, a day created to restore to the public sphere... Read more »

Hamas, Islamic Jihad to hand over deceased hostage

Hamas announced on Tuesday that together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad, it will transfer a deceased hostage at 16:00 local time. According to the terrorist organizations, he was found in central Gaza on... Read more »

In blow to Trump, US judge tosses cases against ex-FBI chief Comey, New York AG James

WASHINGTON (AP) — A US federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought... Read more »

How Jews built the NBA

On a chilly night in Toronto on November 1, 1946, the New York Knickerbockers tipped off against the Toronto Huskies in the very first game of what would become the NBA. Just... Read more »

Israel faces mounting crisis over extremist settler attacks in West Bank

On November 11, roughly 100 Israeli extremists carried out one of the largest settler attacks in recent memory, targeting Palestinian factories and farmland in the northern West Bank, between Nablus and Tulkarm. ... Read more »