March 6, 2023

Far-right group carves Nazi slogans into sacred Native American site

White supremacist vandals carved neo-Nazi slogans into the rock face of a sacred Native American site near Billings, Montana. According to the StopAntisemitism organization, the far-right Big Sky Active Club extremist group took credit for the defacement in a post on alt-right social media platform Gab. “We are disgusted to see a swastika, 14-88 and

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Communications Min. to IDF reserve refusers: Go to hell

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi (Likud) issued a strongly-worded rebuke to the IDF reservists who are threatening to not report for duty in protest against the government’s planned judicial reforms. “And Mordechai would not kneel nor bow down,” Karhi wrote in a Twitter post to mark the start of the Purim holiday, quoting the Book of

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Ukrainian Chief Rabbi: ‘People did not learn from the experience of the 1930s’

Ukrainian Chief Rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman denounced Russia on Monday, charging that it”s alliance with Iran, Syria and North Korea, and the political situation under President Vladimir Putin, is eerily similar to the fascism of the 1930s. Rabbi Azman decried Putin”s constant assertion that the war in Ukraine is a campaign to “denazify” the country,

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Nasrallah: Israel is nearing its end

Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese terrorist organization, claimed that the controversy in Israel over the government’s planned judicial reforms showed that the Jewish State is approaching the end of its existence. “Everything that is happening in Israel is among the signs of the end of this entity,” Nasrallah said in a video address

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Watch: Police save teen from drowning off Tel Aviv beach

Tel Aviv District Police Naval Police officers rescued a 17-year-old boy who was in danger of drowning at sea. Police received a call on Monday evening about a teenager who was in distress in the waters of the Jerusalem Beach in Tel Aviv. The police quickly dispatched a boat, and the naval officers succeeded in

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YU, Yad Vashem partner to combat antisemitism through Holocaust education

Raising to the great need for Holocaust awareness while countering the alarming increase in antisemitism and Holocaust denial in the U.S., a powerful alliance between two historic institutions&mdashYeshiva University’s (YU) Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center &mdashpromises to build innovative educational programs

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Report: Netanyahu pressing Levin to show flexibility on judicial reform

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is attempting to convince Justice Minister Yariv Levin to show flexibility to allow negotiations to held under the auspices of President Isaac Herzog on Levin’s judicial reforms, Channel 13 News reported. Netanyahu is reportedly seeking flexibility on the composition of the judicial selection committee. Under the current system, Israeli Supreme Court

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New Hampshire city again vandalized with antisemitic graffiti

Less than two weeks after Portsmouth, New Hampshire police opened an investigation into at least 17 incidents of antisemitic and hateful graffiti found downtown on a synagogue, homes and businesses, local police are looking into another act of offensive graffiti discovered on Friday morning, according to the StopAntisemitism organization. Police announced that they were contacted

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Court shortens administrative detention of Huwara suspects

The Central District Court ordered the administrative detention of two of the suspects in last week’s riot in Huwara shortened, Yesterday, the court shortened the detention of the older suspect from four months to three, and today (Monday), the court shortened the detention of the 17-year-old suspect to under two months. The Honenu legal organization

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Netanyahu: IDF refusals threaten foundation of our existence

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participated in the reading of the Book of Esther at the Border Police base in Beit Horon Monday evening, together with Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. Netanyahu criticized the soldiers and pilots ho are refusing to report for duty in protest against the government’s planned judicial

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Toronto anti-Israel ‘apartheid’ sign slammed by Jewish groups

An anti-Israel sign referring to “apartheid” discovered on a sidewalk signpost in Toronto, Canada was denounced by Toronto Jewish groups late last week before being removed. The sign, which said “anti-apartheid is not antisemitism” and contained a spray painted blue Star of David, was described by Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) as an “incredibly

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Hesder rabbi: Pilots who refuse to show up for training should leave the IDF

Lt. Col. (res.) Rabbi Baruch Ganut, , former deputy commander of the Israel Air Force’s F-15 squadron and dean of the Ma’ale Ephraim Hesder Yeshiva, strongly criticized the fighter pilots who refused to report for reserve duty in protest against the government’s planned judicial reforms. “These pilots received training in the Air Force, they are

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NYC man who assaulted Jews given 18-month sentence

A Staten Island pro-Palestinian activist who travelled to Manhattan in April 2021 where he beat up a Jewish man at a pro-Israel rally was sentenced to 18 months in prison, the New York Times reported. Saadah Masoud pleaded guilty to federal hate crime changes in November 2022 stemming from that assault and a string of

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Justice Anat Baron: Home demolitions may cause more terrorism

The Supreme Court today (Monday) approved the demolition of the home of Mohammad Murad Sami Sof, the terrorist who murdered three people in a stabbing attack in the Samaria city of Ariel in November 2022. Justices Uzi Vogelman and Gila Canfy-Steinitz wrote the majority opinion rejecting the petition by the terrorist’s family and the HaMoked

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Irish sale of Nazi items slammed by son of Holocaust survivor

The son of a Holocaust survivor is speaking out after learning of an upcoming auction of Nazi memorabilia taking place in Ireland. Mullen”s auction house in Bray, Ireland, around 12 miles south of Dublin, is set to sell by auction on March 11 over 400 Nazi-linked items, including a statue of Adolf Hitler in uniform,

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Antisemites harass Baltimore Jews on Shabbat

There were multiple reported incidents of Jews being harassed by antisemites in Baltimore this past Shabbat. The incidents occurred in the Pickwick Apartments neighborhood and were responded to by Baltimore Shomrim and the police, according to Baltimore Jewish Life. Witnesses told Shomrim that several people driving a dark colored Chevrolet Cruze accosted Jewish residents near

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Lapid & Gantz: Israel stands at brink of emergency and Netanyahu presses on

Yesh Atid and National Unity party leaders Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz issued a joint statement Monday afternoon in response to the efforts of President Isaac Herzog to hold direct talks to reach a negotiated solution to the crisis surrounding the government’s planned judicial reforms. Lapid and Gantz said: “Our every attempt to reach out

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Israel Antiquities Authority: Artifact bearing name of Ahasuerus’ father is not authentic

The Israel Antiquities Authority announced that an inscription bearing the name of the Persian king Darius the Great is not authentic. Following the publication, the expert who participated in the excavation expedition last August, contacted the Israel Antiquities Authority. She is one of the few researchers specializng in ancient Aramaic inscriptions, and admitted demonstrating to

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Civilian National Guard: First company already being trained in Lod

Documentation presented to the Knesset Committee for National Security, headed by MK Tzvika Foghel, has revealed that Israel Police is in the process of training and funding a company of citizen volunteers from the city of Lod, who will form a special alert squad as part of the police’s preparation for the possibility of riots

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A reasonable solution to the Judicial Reform debate

I am not just a Rav of 40-plus years. I also was Chief Articles Editor of UCLA Law Review, was a federal law clerk to the Hon. Danny J. Boggs in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and was a law professor for nearly twenty years. Judge Boggs was Chief Judge

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Hebrew University develops protein-based biosensor to detect plant disease

In a new study recently published in The Plant Journal, researchers at Hebrew University”s Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment utilized a new molecular sensor system capable of entering plant cells and identifying potential diseases. With potatoes playing a crucial role in global food security, researchers worked on developing a method to enable early detection

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Factory worker killed in stone crusher accident in Ashkelon

A factory worker in his 50s was killed as a result of a work accident at a factory yard on Hutzot Hayotzer street in Ashkelon. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Lior Vaknin said: “According to the factory workers, one of the workers was trapped inside a machine that crushes rocks and stones. Unfortunately, his death was

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Tens of thousands expected to join Tzohar Megilla readings

Tens of thousands of Israelis are expected to participate in Megilla readings for the Purim holiday, taking place in hundreds of communities throughout Israel. Led by Tzohar and the Ohr Torah Stone organization, the annual program will include new locations this year in Azrieli Malls, where actors will act out the Purim story, aiming to

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