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Family reunited seven decades after the Holocaust

By Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News Thanks to genetic testing, a Jewish family was reunited last month in a tearful reunion seven decades after the...

Sheepshead Bay on High Alert After Man in Mysterious Van Tried to Lure 9-Year-Old Girl In

By: Ariella Haviv For over 50 years, the Jewish neighborhood in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn has always prided itself on the fact that the...

A Festival of Jewish Books–Record Sales Mark Historic Day in Chassidic History

By: Dovid Margolin With more than 2,000 volumes in its vast catalogue, Kehot Publication Society is the world’s leading publisher of Jewish books. Yet nearly...

Hundreds of Jewish heritage sites in Morocco to be restored

By World Israel News staff Hundreds of historical Jewish sights are set to be restored in Morocco as part of a new initiative introduced by...

Israel Releases Draft Report on Gov’t Culpability in 1950s Yemenite Children’s Affair

Edited by: TJVNews.com For decades now, Israel has been battling grotesque rumors concerning the horrifying abduction of Yemenite children from their families during the 1950s....

Orthodox women’s group seeks to reverse trend, have women reappear in public sphere

By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News From gender-segregated buses to repeated vandalism of images of women in public, incidents that appear to suggest women don’t...

Jewish Leaders, Organizations Mourn Passing of World War II Vet, Longtime Senator Bob Dole

“ was an outspoken supporter of security assistance to Israel and was the lead sponsor of the Jerusalem Embassy Act,” AIPAC wrote on Twitter. By:...

Yom HaGirush: The Inside Story of ‘Expulsion Day’

That name, Yom HaGirush, marks when Jewish communities across many countries were once again dispossessed, but became repossessed in the free nation of Israel By:...

ZOA Accuses Holocaust Museum of ‘Appalling’ Censorship of Palestinian Mufti Ties to Hitler

By Joshua Klein(BREITBART NEWS) Following a published letter by the head of “Yad Vashem” — Israel’s premiere Holocaust museum and research center — defending...

‘Let There Be Light’: First Night of Chanukah 2021 in Photos

Menorahs great and small brighten the world By: Dovid Margolin & Mendel Super “The essential thing is the deed,” wrote the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of...

What Is Chanukah?

Info you need about Chanukah By: www.Chabad.org Chanukah is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime “festival of lights,” celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting, special prayers and fried...

Six Ancient Findings in the Footsteps of the Maccabees

A look at some of what Israeli archeologists have dug up from the Hasmonean dynasty that ruled the land following the Maccabees’ Hanukkah triumph. By:...

In Wake of Anti-Semitic Incidents, Hanukkah Menorah-Lightings Evoke Jewish Pride

The holiday’s message of religious freedom and spiritual light is an antidote to global intolerance, say rabbis. By: Sarah Ogince The North MoPac Expressway runs up...

Six Ancient Findings in the Footsteps of the Maccabees

A look at some of what Israeli archeologists have dug up from the Hasmonean dynasty that ruled the land following the Maccabees’ Hanukkah triumph. By:...

Nutritionists take aim at ultra-Orthodox diet, point to spiritual benefits of healthy food

By World Israel News staff Members of the ultra-orthodox community in Israel are being encouraged to foster healthier eating habits by recognizing the spiritual benefits...

Kollel Lev Echad Creates Talmidei Chochomim, Makes Shidduchim & Focuses on Future of Klall Yisroel

By: Fern Sidman As far back as Biblical times, Judaism has always placed paramount importance on the mitzvah of providing support and succor to those...

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