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(JTA) — A ballistic missile fired from Yemen severely damaged a Tel Aviv-area school early Thursday morning, in some of the most significant damage yet in an ongoing barrage from Houthi rebels based there. No children were present at the school in the suburb of Ramat Gan, which officials said would be rebuilt, and would reopen in another already constructed building within weeks. The rocket, which Israel partially intercepted, was fired as Israeli fighter jets were on their way to Yemen to target Houthi positions there. Dozens of jets t...
By Menachem Wecker (JNS) — At a Chanukah celebration at the Israeli embassy in Washington on Wednesday night, getting choked up while talking about the plight of the hostages was a bipartisan experience. Both Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and John Kirby, the White House national security communications advisor, paused to compose themselves as they addressed the audience. “For millions of Jewish men, women and children across the entire world, Chanukah is a sacred time. One where the...
It’s Chanukah. But it doesn’t feel like it so much. My one boy, the eldest, has finally finished his reserve service. now what? Now he is planning an overseas trip with his friend, a common plan for Israeli soldiers exiting their army service. My second boy who has been in Gaza, then Lebanon, then Syria, then the Golan Heights, tells me he is coming home this afternoon. So, I have to ready his bed, get the laundry done so the machine is clear for his things, make food, and make sure there are things he likes. I want to share greetings and ble...
By Izzy Salant (JNS) - "One day, I was going to be murdered by Hamas, and today, James Harden and the Clippers are applauding me," Omer Bilansky, general manager of a basketball league for high-school-aged children in the Eshkol region of Israel, tells Rabbi Erez Sherman, senior rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, on the court at Intuit Dome, the Clippers' home arena. On the jumbotron, both are shown wearing black T-shirts that read "Clippers Community Heroes" with labels to match, as the...
NYC Israeli shawarma spot makes NYT’s ‘Best New Restaurants’ list By Adi Nirman (JNS) — Spice Brothers, the Mediterranean restaurant operated by Israeli chef Lior Lev Sercarz, has earned a spot on The New York Times’s “New York’s 14 Best New Restaurants of 2024” list. Sercarz, born in northern Israel, met David Malbequi, the restaurant’s former co-owner, while working together for renowned chef Daniel Boulud. They opened Spice Brothers in September 2023, but the two eventually parted ways and Lev Sercarz remained to manage the restaurant. The r...
By Rossella Tercatin (JTA) — In April, when a group of pro-Palestinian activists pressured Florence’s city hall to have the local honorary Israeli consul resign, they also took aim at a politician, Sara Funaro, who was running for mayor. “We’re sorry that we haven’t heard one word of condemnation of the Israeli government’s behavior from Marco Carrai,” the honorary consul, the activists said. “Just as striking is the silence of Councilor Funaro, who has actually wished this person well in his work.” Funaro didn’t respond — and doesn’t appear to...
