search

The latest Jewish News

Read this week’s digital edition

Click Here
More issues
Jesus
Jamie Foxx apologises for social media post (ABC News footage)
August 7, 2023, 12:01 pm
Jamie Foxx apologises to ‘the Jewish community and everyone offended’ by Christ-killer post
In a now-deleted Instagram post, the Django Unchained actor, 55, wrote: 'They killed this dude name Jesus… What do you think they’ll do to you???!'
By JN Reporter
Palestinian Christians Umm Burhan and Jamil Jarayseh in their home in Bethlehem. 8 December 2022. Credit: Jotam Confino, Jewish News.
December 12, 2022, 1:53 pm
As Christmas comes, Bethlehem’s Christians worry about their future
Palestinian Christians make up just one percent of the population in the West Bank, with some 33,000 living in and around Bethlehem. Jewish News meets some of them.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Prof. Dina Porat from Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies and Archaeology at Tel Aviv University with Pope Francis, Rome.
December 1, 2022, 11:50 am
Pope receives ‘Jesus from the Soil of the Holy Land’ painting by Israeli artist
"When he approached me, I offered him the gift. He was moved and asked his attendants to safeguard the artwork," recalled Prof. Porat who handed Pope Francis the artwork
By Jotam Confino in Israel
The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) (WIKIPEDIA/Collection : Santa Maria delle Grazie/ Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
July 11, 2020, 2:57 pm
OPINION: Nought out of ten for research
Derek Taylor reflects on Jesus's Jewish background, and how he's portrayed within Christian communities
By Derek Taylor
A painting of Pontius Pilate and Jesus. (Nikolai Ge/Wikimedia Commons)
December 2, 2018, 11:13 am
Israeli archaeologists say they found the ring of Jesus’ killer
Researchers claim to have discovered jewellery that belonged to Pontius Pilate, the Roman prefect who had Jesus crucified
By JTA
Mel Gibson (Wikipedia/ Author Georges Biard/ Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
March 22, 2017, 9:37 am
Mel Gibson now donates to Holocaust survivors
The Hollywood star known for a drunken anti-Semitic rant has been giving money to a Shoah survivor aid project
By Gabe Friedman (JTA)
A screenshot from one of PewDiePie's videos
February 14, 2017, 12:43 pm
YouTube star PewDiePie dropped by Disney over anti-Semitism accusations
Felix Kjellberg was reprimanded for videos featuring people saying 'Death to Jews' and 'Hitler did absolutely nothing wrong'
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Mel Gibson (Wikipedia/ Author Georges Biard/ Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
November 2, 2016, 10:32 am
Mel Gibson: It’s ‘really unfair’ people aren’t over anti-Semitic tirade
The actor who said ''Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world' wants critics to stop bringing up the hateful rant
By JTA
Prayer papers in the western wall
September 26, 2016, 10:55 am
Holy post! Holiday prayers delivered to Western Wall
Dozens of letters addressed to God were delivered to the cracks in Judaism's holiest site in Jerusalem's old city
Mel Gibson (Wikipedia/ Author Georges Biard/ Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
September 4, 2016, 12:47 pm
Mel Gibson confirms new project on Jesus’ resurrection
Movie will be follow-up to The Passion of the Christ, which movie critics and Jewish groups said stoked anti-Semitic themes.
By Jewish News Reporter and JTA
August 11, 2016, 3:01 pm
Special report – Inside Israel’s cults: messiah complex
Lisa Sanders continues her probe into cults that want to take the Jewish out of the Jewish state with a look at the high-tech OneForIsrael group
By Lisa Sanders
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is within the Christian Quarter of the walled Old City of Jerusalem.
June 7, 2016, 10:06 am
Historic renovation begins at Jesus’ Jerusalem tomb
The project focuses on repairing, reinforcing and preserving the Edicule - the ancient chamber in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
By Jewish News Reporter
He's not the messiah! Brian from Monty Pyhton's famous film. (Picture credit: Moviestore/Rex/Shutterstock)
May 12, 2016, 12:06 pm
‘Redeeming’ the Jewish state from its Jewishness
200 messianic churches are hard at work in Israel seeking to redeem the country from its Jewishness. We go behind the scenes at one of them.
By Lisa Sanders
Load More