Shaul Ladany lived through a Nazi concentration camp and escaped the massacre of 11 fellow Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. He will participate in a joint German-Israeli ceremony in Munich on Monday marking the 50th anniversary of the attack on the Olympians by Palestinian terrorists.
Although the remains were discovered in 2004, advances in DNA analysis have only enabled researchers to identify the victims almost 20 years later.
Newport-based Congregation Jeshuat Israel is the current tenant at the 250-year-old Touro Synagogue.
Theodore Herzl went against all those who ridiculed him and raised donation after donation to hold the First Zionist Congress. 125 years later and 74 years after the establishment of the State of Israel – Jews are returning to Basel.
Over 1,300 Jewish leaders, entrepreneurs and philanthropists are expected to gather in Basel, Switzerland, to celebrate the event that paved the way for the future State of Israel.
David Shuker, in his late seventies, dreams of bidding farewell to his "beloved birthplace" Najran, which is off limits to him due to being an Israeli citizen.
Cohen was head of the prestigious ultra-Orthodox Porat Yosef yeshiva, and for the past eight years – since the passing of Shas leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef – headed the faction and its Council of Torah Sages. "A spiritual leader who humbly and modestly led a large and important public in Israel," Isaac Herzog wrote, elulogizing the rabbi.
German security guard detained after performing the Nazi salute in front of the Israeli canoe team, who arrived in Munich for the European Championships.
Group that targets antisemitism and anti-Zionism publishes report documenting hundreds of examples of antisemitism in the past 18 months.
Several Jewish and pro-Israel groups signed a joint letter blasting the vote, which passed by a large margin.
