Author: Arsen Mayer

(JTA) — It sounded like a story heard time and again: A government official criticizes her rivals for breaking COVID restrictions — and then is caught breaking them herself. That is what seemed to happen Friday night, when an Israeli reporter tweeted that Israel’s Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli had traveled to the United States, contrary […]

(JTA) — The office of Israel’s chief Ashkenazi rabbi wants to exhume from a Jerusalem cemetery the body of a woman said to be a Christian who pretended to be Jewish. A top representative of Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau outlined the plan in June to exhume or alternatively fence off the woman’s grave. Or […]

Daily Beast to review editorial standards after writer calls Israeli army ‘genocidal’ – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

(JTA) — Video from a packed engagement party is roiling the Jewish community of Melbourne, Australia, amid a growing outbreak of COVID-19 that has extended yet another stringent lockdown there. Compliance with local rules has been spotty across Melbourne during the latest lockdown, which comes after a year and a half of intense restrictions meant […]

Progressive Jewish leaders condemn AIPAC for ads slamming ‘Squad’ members – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

Eric Holtz quits as Team Israel’s baseball manager after 4 years at the helm and a disappointing Olympics – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

Citing new quarantine rules, Birthright cancels remaining summer trips to Israel – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

(JTA) — Twenty years ago today, a deadly suicide bombing in Jerusalem plunged Israel into grief and, for its citizens, crystallized a feeling articulated by the city’s mayor: “We are in a war.” The attack at Sbarro pizzeria on Aug. 9, 2001, which killed 15 civilians and injured more than 100, occurred in a world […]