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DC’s 'Harley Quinn' fights off allegations of antisemitism
The petition also accused three of DC’s comic creators of antisemitism after they reportedly referred to the character Sy Borgman as being “Half man, Half Jew."
By AARON REICH \
1/19/2020 11:04:37 AM
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Busy week for Israel's basketball and soccer leagues
Hapoel Jerusalem, Mac TA victorious in continental play • Haifa ousts Uhm El Fahem in State Cup
BY Josh Halickman \
1/17/2020 12:29:18 AM
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US and Mexico agree on plan to combat drug, arms trade
By REUTERS \
1/17/2020 1:28:40 AM
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ISIS 'mufti' weighing over 300 lbs captured by Iraqi SWAT
Shifa al-Nima was accused of ordering the destruction of heritage sites in Mosul. He was so fat that after being captured, he had to be put in the back of a truck, next to a mounted machine gun.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
1/18/2020 5:55:35 PM
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US warship spotted sailing through Taiwan Straits after elections
By REUTERS \
1/17/2020 2:36:38 AM
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Rabbi officiates bar mitzvah aboard United Airlines flight – watch
“He remarked that he knows the Shema, and says it sometimes, but he said he is 44 years old and had never put tefillin on in his life,” Rabbi Kalman Weinfeld explained.
By AARON REICH \
1/17/2020 5:39:56 AM
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170 people ill in possible norovirus outbreak in Yosemite National Park
Most of those who became ill spent time in Yosemite Valley during or around the first week in January, park spokesman Scott Gediman said in a written statement
By REUTERS \
1/17/2020 3:36:50 AM
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This Jewish blogger will soon have traveled to every country
The last five countries he has yet to visit are Ghana, Saudi Arabia, Ecuador, Jamaica and Palau.
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN/JTA \
1/17/2020 3:44:53 AM
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In 'Incitement,' director Zilberman tries to get in Yigal Amir's head
In Zilberman’s retelling, Amir’s road to perdition is paved with real or perceived personal slights and the misguidance of certain rabbis — and even of his own mother.
By TOM TUGEND/JTA \
1/17/2020 3:55:40 AM
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The narrative of intersectionality fails Jews
Identifying Jews as white in the context of American history is not only a perversion of the Jewish past but a denial of its peoplehood.
By BATSHEVA NEUER/JTA \
1/19/2020 4:43:14 AM
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US Vice President Mike Pence to attend Holocaust forum in Israel
This year’s conference coincides with the 75th anniversary of the Allies’ liberation of Auschwitz
By RON KAMPEAS/JTA \
1/17/2020 4:18:34 AM
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3 neo-Nazis who planned to bring guns to rally arrested by FBI
The rally is scheduled for the Martin Luther King Day holiday on Monday to protest gun control measures proposed by the state legislature and its new Democratic majority.
By MARCY OSTER/JTA \
1/19/2020 8:05:21 PM
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5.6-magnitude earthquake hits Mexico
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/17/2020 4:26:40 AM
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Italian police arrest suspect in videoed antisemitic vandalism - watch
The suspect was accused of breaking two windows “for the purposes of ethnic-religious hatred,” police said.
By JTA STAFF \
1/17/2020 4:42:36 AM
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LA county condo owner ordered to remove antisemitic, hateful material
The signs on the second floor condo also threaten Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Utah Sen. Mitt Romney
By MARCY OSTER/JTA \
1/17/2020 4:50:16 AM
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Antisemitic vandal paints, photographs swastika in Nebraska synagogue
The graffiti discovered on Wednesday morning on the South Street Temple was drawn in orange spray-paint
By MARCY OSTER/JTA \
1/17/2020 4:55:50 AM
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Olim struggle to find work as immigrant employment fair kicks off
Over 1,000 olim attended an employment fair organized by the Immigration and Absorption Ministry.
By TAMAR URIEL-BEERI \
1/17/2020 11:49:24 AM
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NJ pizzeria fired manager for antisemitic text over Rosh Hashanah
The family that owns Maurizio’s Pizzeria & Italian Ristorante in Eatontown, New Jersey, also has apologized to the teen who worked as a pizza delivery driver.
By MARCY OSTER/JTA \
1/17/2020 5:05:02 AM
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Turkey considering ‘mission accomplished’ in Syria - experts
Turkish and Syrian intelligence chiefs reportedly discussed a ceasefire in rebel-held Idlib and the status of eastern-based Kurdish forces.
By KRISTINA JOVANOVSKI / THE MEDIA LINE \
1/17/2020 5:57:14 AM
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Jerusalem exhibition unveils rich history of Yemenite Jewry
Bible Lands Museum show details mysterious kingdom that abandoned polytheism and adopted Jewish rituals nearly 2,000 years ago
By MAYA MARGIT/THE MEDIA LINE \
1/17/2020 6:01:19 AM
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Taliban open to 10-day ceasefire with US
By REUTERS \
1/17/2020 7:20:25 AM
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Disturbances on Temple Mount during Friday prayers at al-Aqsa
On Thursday, Hamas called for Palestinians to protest against Israeli “violations” at religious sites in Jerusalem and the West Bank.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/17/2020 10:31:00 AM
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Despite 'Year of Tolerance,' human rights violations abound in Middle East
The latest World Report from Human Rights Watch makes for gloomy reading.
By TARA KAVALER/THE MEDIA LINE \
1/17/2020 8:05:11 AM
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UK woman convicted of falsely accusing Israelis of rape appeals sentence
The British teenager was convicted for lying about being gang-raped by a group of young Israeli men but she states that the police forced her to retract her accusations.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/17/2020 8:51:39 AM
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Entrepreneur Zayid Zayid opens Israel's largest women's fashion complex
The gospel of women’s evening gowns will come from Shfaram.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/17/2020 9:00:57 AM
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Iran’s Khamenei: IRGC Quds are humanitarian organization with human values
Iran's leader delivers Friday prayer sermon for the first time since 2012.
By REUTERS \
1/17/2020 1:38:44 PM
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Iranian foreign ministry: Don't turn plane crash into a political issue
Abbas Mousavi said Tehran had cooperated "beyond expectations" with countries whose citizens were killed in the crash.
By REUTERS \
1/17/2020 10:35:57 AM
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They support BDS and promote draft resistance: Is this human rights?
Meet Prof. Rachel Giora and Dr. Anat Matar from Tel Aviv University.
By DR. DANA BARNETT \
1/17/2020 11:00:29 AM
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Jerusalem: An empty city?
In 2017 there were 163,000 empty apartments in Israel, of which around 73,000 had been unoccupied for long periods and were termed “ghost apartments.” Of these, 15,100 were said to be in Jerusalem.
By BARRY DAVIS \
2/16/2021 6:50:49 PM
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Republican Muslim former refugee launches bid to take Ilhan Omar's seat
Dalia al-Aquidi is tired of Ilhan Omar playing identity politics. "Muslims, Christians, Jews are all Americans," she said.
By DONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS \
1/18/2020 1:53:02 AM
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Drugs fighting cancer, depression and HIV added to health basket
The Health Basket Committee announced the addition of 141 medical technologies worth NIS 500 million.
By EYTAN HALON \
6/14/2020 9:40:33 AM
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Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and US
See Shabbat times for your area.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/17/2020 11:51:54 AM
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Iranian representative coming to Ukraine next week, Kiev says
By REUTERS \
1/17/2020 12:15:57 PM
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Ukraine PM offers to resign after tape suggests he criticised president
Honcharuk said on Friday the recording had been doctored and was made up of different fragments of what had been said at government meetings.
By REUTERS \
1/17/2020 12:27:37 PM
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Explosive device attached to balloons from Gaza land near Ashdod
The episode marks the last of a series of incidents occurring in the past few days.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/17/2020 2:05:26 PM
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UK expands Hezbollah asset freeze, targets entire organization
Previously it was only Hezbollah's Military Wing which was subject to asset freezing under UK government rules.
By REUTERS,JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/18/2020 7:18:14 AM
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Air France-KLM: Stopped flying over Iran after downing of Ukraine plane
By REUTERS \
1/17/2020 1:30:56 PM
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Syria ceasefire has failed as civilians killed daily - UN rights boss
By REUTERS \
1/17/2020 1:33:14 PM
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Pain still acute as Hungary's Jews mark liberation of Budapest ghetto
Budapest today boasts a large and vibrant Jewish community, but antisemitism remains a persistent problem. Nearly 20% of people dislike Jews, according to a 2018 CNN poll.
By REUTERS \
1/17/2020 1:37:46 PM
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Iran's Quds Force aimed to launch terror groups in Africa, UN hears
A report by the UN's Panel on the Central African Republic details how the Quds Force allegedly met with the country's former president to offer him backing in return for amassing a terror group.
By DONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS \
1/18/2020 9:00:45 AM
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Despite economic growth, most Egyptians still struggling
While Egypt boasts one of few countries in the MENA region whose economy improved, the relief is not being felt on the microeconomic level
By TARA KAVALER/THE MEDIA LINE \
1/17/2020 3:40:05 PM
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Russia: Iran was spooked by reports of U.S. F-35s when it downed airliner
By REUTERS \
1/17/2020 4:00:15 PM
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Iran can take fight beyond its borders, Khamenei says in rare sermon
In his first Friday prayers sermon in eight years, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also told thousands of Iranians who chanted "Death to America!" that European powers could not be trusted.
By REUTERS \
1/17/2020 4:10:59 PM
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Netanyahu spoke with Putin: 'We will do everything to get Naama back home'
A week before the Russian president is set to arrive, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a video revealing that they spoke: "I'm optimistic, I feel he truly wants to reach a solution."
By ERIC BENDER/MAARIV,ANA BERSKY/MAARIV \
1/18/2020 9:45:32 AM
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US, Israel cooperation leads the way in pediatric disaster preparedness
Physical and psychological factors make children particularly vulnerable but their specific needs are now being addressed, thanks to a close partnership between American and Israeli experts.
By STEVEN GANOT/THE MEDIA LINE \
1/17/2020 5:31:00 PM
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Israeli diplomat blasts German peace conference as antisemitic
Conference excluded German Jew who rejects BDS
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL \
1/18/2020 9:33:57 PM
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Iranian protester speaks to Israeli station i24News, risks his life
He provided his opinion on the current political reality in Iran, Soleimani and Iran's nuclear weapons program. "What the Iranian people want with all their being, is that the regime will fall."
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/18/2020 1:54:47 PM
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Quentin Tarantino on Tel Aviv, missiles and learning Hebrew
The director is married to Israeli singer/model Daniella Pick, who is pregnant with their first child, and he said he doesn’t just feel at home in Tel Aviv — it really is his home now.
By HANNAH BROWN \
1/19/2020 7:21:56 AM
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U.S.'s representative on Iran: Tehran's threats will isolate it more
By REUTERS \
1/17/2020 6:22:02 PM
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Canada says black boxes from Iran crash should be sent to France
By REUTERS \
1/17/2020 7:35:05 PM
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Trump taps lawyer Dershowitz, others for impeachment trial defense
By REUTERS \
1/17/2020 7:38:45 PM
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Ukraine president gives PM second chance after recording leak
By REUTERS \
1/17/2020 8:02:33 PM
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Second largest Israeli food and beverage company bans animal testing
Following criticism regarding a recent study in which mice were starved, killed and dissected, Strauss Group announced that it is banning animal testing.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/17/2020 8:47:32 PM
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Egypt extends the detention of Coptic activist by 15 days.
The activist was told that if he wishes to be released, he must stop writing about violations of freedom of religion or belief in Egypt.
By OMRI RON \
1/17/2020 8:48:34 PM
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Suspected murder/suicide: Man and a woman were found dead in Petah Tikva
By ALON HACHMON \
1/17/2020 10:10:40 PM
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Why doesn't Israel have emergency dispatchers?
There have been several laws unsuccessfully proposed to found a single, unified rescue body; many argue that it could have rescued the young couple who drowned in a stuck elevator on January 4.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/18/2020 11:46:03 AM
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US Supreme Court takes up presidential Electoral College dispute
The Supreme Court will take up appeals in two cases involving electors who decided to vote in the Electoral College process for someone other than Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016.
By REUTERS \
1/17/2020 11:12:49 PM
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Murder-suicide suspected in Petah Tikva: Bodies of man and woman found
A man and a woman were found dead in a Petach Tikva apartment on Friday evening, discovered by the woman’s son.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/18/2020 12:38:25 AM