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Rare photographs reveal early days of cinema in Israel
By Michelle Rosenberg
Collection of historic images include Jaffa Port, Haifa Port, and the Great Synagogue in Tel Aviv during Chanukah
ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan
House votes to sanction International Criminal Court leaders over Israel charges
By Ben Sales (JTA)
The Palisades Fire is a wildfire burning in the Santa Monica Mountains of Los Angeles County in Southern California which has killed at least three people. As of January 10, 2025, the fire had spread to 22,661 acres, destroying the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles and nearby Malibu.
‘It’s gone’ – historic Californian shul reduced to ashes in wildfires
By Michelle Rosenberg
President Javier Milei
Argentinian President awarded ‘Jewish Nobel Prize’ for support for State of Israel
By Michelle Rosenberg
President Javier Milei
January 15, 2025, 11:47 am
Argentinian President awarded ‘Jewish Nobel Prize’ for support for State of Israel
Javier Milei receives prestigious Genesis Prize, joining illustrious ranks of Natan Sharansky, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
By Michelle Rosenberg
Antisemitic graffiti painted in a fenced-off area of Temple De Hirsch Sinai in Seattle, Washington, on April 16, 2023. (Courtesy of Rabbi Daniel Weiner)
January 15, 2025, 11:04 am
Nearly half the globe has ‘elevated levels’ of antisemitic beliefs, ADL survey finds
About 46% of the global adult population is projected to harbor heightened levels of antisemitic views
By Asaf Elia-Shalev (JTA)
Deborah Lipstadt, United States Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, attends a press conference during a meeting of Special Envoys and Coordinators to Combat Anti-Semitism. Credit: John Macdougall/AFP/POOL/dpa/Alamy Live News
January 15, 2025, 10:34 am
Deborah Lipstadt, exiting as US antisemitism envoy, is hoping for the best under Trump
Lipstadt said she believes her office was successful despite the global rise of antisemitism in recent years
By Lauren Markoe JTA
Aimee Miculka found the melted form of a family menorah when her home in Colorado burned in a wildfire in 2021. (Courtesy Miculka)
January 13, 2025, 11:17 am
Just things’ — like what my LA neighbours have lost — are what makes houses into Jewish homes
When the ashes are cool, it will be time to help fire victims replace irreplaceable Judaica, an Angeleno writes
By Rachel Steinhard6t JTA-
ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan
January 13, 2025, 11:04 am
House votes to sanction International Criminal Court leaders over Israel charges
The bill freezes the property of, and denies U.S. visas to, anyone who helps the court in its effort 'to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute' a citizen of the United States or any ally who is not a signatory to the court
By Ben Sales (JTA)
The Palisades Fire is a wildfire burning in the Santa Monica Mountains of Los Angeles County in Southern California which has killed at least three people. As of January 10, 2025, the fire had spread to 22,661 acres, destroying the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles and nearby Malibu.
January 13, 2025, 9:35 am
‘It’s gone’ – historic Californian shul reduced to ashes in wildfires
Beloved spiritual home of 400 families destroyed as raging LA fires leave community reeling; 'It's like Armageddon,' says longtime member.
By Michelle Rosenberg
Thousands of Israeli protesters wave flags during a rally against the Israeli government's judicial overhaul bills in Jerusalem, March 27, 2023. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
January 10, 2025, 3:13 pm
Israel’s judicial overhaul is back. So are the protests
This time, a more limited proposal might pass
By Ben Sales (JTA)
The Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center smolders after burning in the Eaton Fire in Pasadena, California, Jan. 8, 2025. Pic: via JTA
January 10, 2025, 11:20 am
Jewish community springs into action as devastating Los Angeles-area fires widen
Among the thousands of people who have lost their homes are Jewish celebrities including  Billy Crystal, Adam Brody and Eugene Levy and at least one area rabbi
By Philissa Cramer (JTA)
Menachem Ussishkin, Chairman of the KKL Board alongside Moshe Sharett and Yosef Weitz, walking between rows of kindergarten children from Nahalal. The children's parents, who were residents of Nahalal, were employed by KKL in tree-planting work, including the planting of King George Forest, which was inaugurated during the ceremony. Courtesy of the Central Zionist Archives, KKL-JNF Central Office Archives, Jerusalem
January 9, 2025, 7:11 pm
Rare photographs reveal early days of cinema in Israel
Collection of historic images include Jaffa Port, Haifa Port, and the Great Synagogue in Tel Aviv during Chanukah
By Michelle Rosenberg
Jonathan Polin and Rachel Goldberg, parents of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was killed in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, attend their son's funeral in Jerusalem, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (Gil Cohen-Magen/Pool via AP)
January 9, 2025, 10:47 am
Families of American hostages held in Gaza to attend Trump’s inauguration
Representatives for the families of the American hostages also said that the relatives will meet with Trump administration officials when they are in Washington-
By Ben Sales (JTA)
Youssef (right) and Hamza Al-Zaydana (left) . Pic: YNet
January 8, 2025, 4:04 pm
Body of hostage Youssef al-Zaydana found in Gaza Strip
IDF express 'serious concerns' for the life of son Hamza, kidnapped with his father from Kibbutz Hulit
By Michelle Rosenberg
A home burns as the Palisades Fire rapidly spreads through the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood in Los Angeles
January 8, 2025, 2:09 pm
Pasadena synagogue burns down as fires rage across California
Torah scrolls saved as Chabad in the Pacific Palisades evacuate abruptly amid a separate fire flaring there
By Philissa Cramer (JTA)
A sign that displays a photo of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and reads "Congratulations! Trump, make Israel great!" is projected two days after the U.S. election, in Jerusalem.
January 8, 2025, 10:29 am
Trump repeats ‘all hell will break out’ threat if hostages are not released
The president-elect and his chosen envoy, real estate magnate Steve Witkoff, made the comments at a wide-ranging press conference
By Ben Sales (JTA)
Archeologists at the site (Photo: Emil Eljam, Israel Antiquities Authority)
January 7, 2025, 3:19 pm
Experts find private mikveh from Second Temple period in Jerusalem dig
Archeologists say ritual bath was a luxury few Jews could afford during the Early Roman time
By Michelle Rosenberg
Jean-Marie Le Pen
January 7, 2025, 2:19 pm
Convicted Holocaust denier Jean-Marie Le Pen dies at 96
Through five unsuccessful runs for president, Le Pen espoused racist and antisemitic rhetoric that landed him in legal trouble in France
By Philissa Cramer (JTA)
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