KFC Ready for Fourth Attempt at Launch in Israel

BY MARCY OSTER JERUSALEM (JTA) — The American fast food chain KFC is recruiting staff ahead of a planned reopening in Israel, the business daily Globes reported. The company announced six months ago that...

‘Jeopardy’ Question About Church of the Nativity Causes Controversy

(JTA) — Is Jesus’ birthplace in Israel or Palestine? According to the popular prime time game show “Jeopardy!,” the answer just may be both. At the end of the first...

Nitsana Darshan-Leitner Speaks For Israel Bonds

On February 4, at The Continental building in Manhattan, in her fourth speaking engagement with Israel Bonds’ Women’s Division, Israeli attorney and human rights activist, founder of Shurat HaDin...

“Lion of Zion” Ari Fuld Still Roars

By Tammy Mark How can strangers across the world connect so quickly and deeply with each other? Deep bonds can often come through tragedy or through shared values. In Michal...

A Tzaddik’s Protection

By Yochanan Gordon I had written a completely different article for this week and had already submitted it to the editors to prepare for print. In fact, as I feverishly...

Israel Police to Welcome First Hijab-Wearing Muslim Lieutenant

Sabreen Saadi is set become the first hijab-wearing Muslim woman to attain the rank of lieutenant in the Israel Police. “I always love to share stories about Arab Israelis since...

Torah Writing Effort Atop Masada Offered By JNF

For the first time ever, the public can be part of a unique piece of history as Jewish National Fund-USA (JNF-USA) offers “Be Inscribed” campaign, an opportunity to buy...

Israeli Supreme Court Bars Woman From Using Serial Donor’s Sperm

BY MARCY OSTER JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that an Israeli woman cannot get pregnant with the sperm of an American man who has been identified as a...

Fired Egged Bus Driver Gives His Wife a Get

JERUSALEM – Ohr Torah Stone (OTS), the modern Orthodox network of 27 institutions which has become a leader advocating for women wrapped in the agunah crisis, lauds the apprehension of the...

Mosaic United, Jewish Agency Launch Shalom Corps For Millennials

During the closing plenary of the Jewish Agency for Israel’s annual Board of Governors meeting in Jerusalem, Isaac Herzog, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, and Rabbi Benji...
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