Israel Orthodox protesters disrupt bat mitzvah at Western Wall An American teen was harassed during her bat mitzvah ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem last week as haredi Orthodox protesters sought to interrupt… By Noga Tarnopolsky, JTA Aug 1, 2022
World Zelensky reportedly strips 3 Jewish oligarchs of citizenship Three powerful and prominent Jewish oligarchs in Ukraine appear to have had their citizenship stripped as their long-simmering conflict with President… By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA Jul 28, 2022
Politics WhatsApp founder Jan Koum donates record $2 million to AIPAC WhatsApp founder Jan Koum has become the largest individual donor to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s campaign committee, spending $2… By Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTA Jul 22, 2022
Israel Ben Shapiro: Israel needs America’s free market, not its ‘woke culture’ While Israeli hip-hop sensation Hadag Nahash was rocking out the Tel Aviv Port in an outdoor concert Wednesday evening, across the road another celebrity… By Deborah Danan, JTA Jul 22, 2022
Analysis Did a year of political coalition bring Israel's Jews and Arabs closer? Mansour Abbas, the first leader of any majority-Arab party to join an Israeli government launched his reelection campaign earlier this month with a visit… By Noga Tarnopolsky, JTA Jul 19, 2022
Sports Joc Pederson joins Team Israel for 2023 World Baseball Classic Palo Alto High School graduate Joc Pederson, the San Francisco Giants’ outfielder starting in Tuesday’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game, will compete… By Gabe Fisher Jul 19, 2022
Israel Biden: ‘ground is not ripe’ for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks After meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, U.S. President Joe Biden conceded that “the ground is not ripe at this moment” to… By Gabe Friedman, JTA Jul 18, 2022
Sports Biden is first US president to attend Maccabiah Games Joe Biden became the first U.S. president to attend the Maccabiah Games, known also as the Jewish Olympics, on Thursday. The audience at the opening… By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA Jul 15, 2022
Analysis Could Iraq stop the rest of the Middle East from uniting against Iran? It has become a kind of mantra in Washington and Jerusalem: Integrate much of the Middle East, including Israel, into a single security system to keep… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Jul 15, 2022