Ex-chief rabbi: holocaust in Syria; Palestinian car-rammer kills soldier;

Ex-chief rabbi: holocaust in Syria; Palestinian car-rammer kills soldier; ADL: 1 in 3 Americans think Trump an anti-Semite; JCC hoaxer ‘made millions’

 

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Former chief rabbi: What’s happening in Syria is a holocaust
A Holocaust survivor himself, Yisrael Meir Lau calls for emergency Knesset session; Yad Vashem expresses ‘deep concern’ over ‘carnage’
By JACOB MAGID
Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv attends a ceremony for a new Torah scroll brought to the synagogue of the Knesset, Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 9, 2015.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman visits the Yamam Counter-Terror Unit base on April 4, 2017. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
Syria chemical attack was ‘direct order’ from Assad, Liberman says
By ALEXANDER FULBRIGHT
Advertisement from Israeli grassroots fundraising campaign  “Just Beyond Our Border,” which aims to bring emergency supplies to the Syrians suffering from the civil war in their country. (Credit: courtesy)
Israelis who raised $550,000 for Syrian kids urge government to step up
By DOV LIEBER
An unconscious Syrian child receives treatment at a hospital in Khan Sheikhun, a rebel-held town in the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, following a suspected toxic gas attack on April 4, 2017. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)
Israeli intelligence believes Assad behind chemical attack
By AGENCIES
Soldier killed as Palestinian rams car into West Bank bus stop
Victim named as Sgt. Elhai Teharlev, 20; second person treated for light injuries after attack at Ofra junction, north of Ramallah; driver apprehended
By JUDAH ARI GROSS
Elhai Tehralev, an IDF soldier who was killed in car-ramming attack outside Ofra on April 6, 2017, in a picture dated from 2014. (Facebook)
Israeli security forces inspect the site of a car ramming attack outside the Israeli West Bank Settlement of Ofra on April 6, 2017. (AFP Photo/Thomas Coex)
European envoys condemn deadly West Bank car-ramming
By STUART WINER and JUDAH ARI GROSS
Illustrative: A gallows is prepared for an execution in Gaza, 2013 (AP/Gaza Interior Ministry)
Hamas hangs 3 in Gaza for ‘collaborating with Israel’
By DOV LIEBER
Palestinian high-school students attend a graduation ceremony from a military school course organised by the Hamas security forces and the Hamas Ministries of Interior and Education on April 2, 2017 in Gaza City (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
Hamas says ‘collaborators’ were behind Faqha assassination
By AVI ISSACHAROFF
UK’s PM May says Labour ‘betrayed’ Jewish community by failing to expel Livingstone
Ken Livingstone, April 4, 2017 (Sky News screenshot)
100 of Labour’s 229 MPs slam lenient treatment of ex-London mayor who insists Hitler was initially a Zionist; current London mayor says some of his views ‘anti-Semitic,’ no place for him in Labour
By SUE SURKES, JENNI FRAZER and AFP
Related article: UK Labour leader turns against ‘insensitive,’ unrepentant ally Livingstone
Nikki Haley: ‘How many more children have to die before Russia cares?’
Trump: Assad regime ‘crossed many lines’ with chemical attack
US president calls Syria incident ‘an affront to humanity’; UN envoy says US may be ‘compelled to take our own action’
By AGENCIES
US President Donald Trump speaks at a press conference with Jordan's King Abdullah II in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 5, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM)
In this photo taken on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 Turkish experts evacuate a victim of alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syrian city of Idlib, at a local hospital in Reyhanli, Hatay, Turkey. (AP)
Turkey: Syria autopsies show chemical weapons used in attack
By BASSEM MROUE and SUZAN FRASER
US President Donald Trump attends a forum with Chief Executive Officers on the White House Campus on April 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)
Analysis: For Trump, the weight of world’s problems sinks in
By JULIE PACE
Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with Yahoo News in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 (SANA via AP)
Assad accuses Israel of waging war against Syria via rebels
By ALEXANDER FULBRIGHT
LIVE UPDATES Latest: Nunes announces he will step down from Russia-Trump probe
US planning Israeli-Arab peace summit for July — report
Israeli security forces inspect the site of a car ramming attack outside the Israeli West Bank Settlement of Ofra on April 6, 2017. (AFP Photo/Thomas Coex)
Sgt. Elhai Teharlev identified as soldier killed in car-ramming outside Ofra settlement; Israeli troops raid assailant’s West Bank home
By JUDAH ARI GROSS
ADL: ‘One-third of Americans think President Trump is personally anti-Semitic’
In first, poll finds most Americans worried about violence against Jews
Anti-Defamation League survey shows slight uptick in US anti-Semitism; large majority of Americans want Trump administration role in fight against hatred against Jews
By ERIC CORTELLESSA
Jewish tombstones lay vandalized at Mount Carmel Cemetery February 27, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Mark Makela/Getty Images/AFP)
Alan Clemmons, shown in 2015, called J Street anti-Semitic at an event on March 29. (Screenshot from YouTube)
Jewish groups across board defend J Street against ‘anti-Semitic’ label by state legislator
By BEN SALES
The Reichstag building in Berlin on May 15, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Germany approves bill targeting online hate, fake news
By JACOB MAGID and AP
Illustrative photo of French police officers on patrol near the Louvre Museum in Paris, February 3, 2017 (AFP/Alain Jocard)
Jewish woman found dead outside her Paris home
By JTA
Outside the lines
Dutch store pulls coloring book with Hitler picture
A photo shows a coloring book with an image of Adolf Hitler bought at the Dutch store Kruidvat by Ray Vervloed in Pijnacker, the Netherlands, on April 5, 2017. (Alexander Schippers/AFP)
Drawing complete with swastika somehow made its way into the children’s book ‘despite various tests,’ retailer says
By AFP
In modern first, Passover sacrifice to take place in Old City
Annual reenactment of slaughter of paschal lamb to be held Thursday inside the walls of ancient Jerusalem
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
A sheep is carried by a member of the Temple Institute, which works to preserve ancient Jewish traditions, for a 'practice' ceremony of the Passover sacrifice at Beit Orot in East Jerusalem, on April 18, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Related article: Netanyahu intervenes to save Temple Mount sifting project
Working on a building for Gulliver's Gate. (Courtesy)
It’s a small world, after all: Israeli creates a tiny universe in Times Square
Conceived by retired IDF officer Eiran Gazit, a $40m. fantastical 1:87 scale environment opens its doors in New York
By CATHRYN J. PRINCE
Erica Brown
The sigh of slavery
ERICA BROWN The harsh bodily labor, the back sore from whippings, the thin tunic, the coarse hands — all teach the compassion that’s the essence of Passover
Andrew Silow-Carroll
That zone around Mike Pence’s marriage
ANDREW SILOW-CARROLLThe vice president won’t dine alone in public with a woman because he’s religious — but does that make sense?
Miriam Schacter
My father, savior of Buchenwald
MIRIAM SCHACTER She found R. Herschel Schacter’s letter explaining why he left his pulpit for a WWII army chaplaincy
Yoel Oz
Confederation now!
YOEL OZ The Two States One Homeland movement calls on Israelis and Palestinians to work together, as one large dysfunctional family
Barry Manilow performs in concert during his 'One Last Time! Tour 2016' in Hershey, Pa., March 17, 2016. (Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP)
Barry Manilow comes out of the closet
Jewish crooner says he hid long-term relationship with manager because he didn’t want to disappoint female fans, but everyone’s been great
Israeli police officers clash with ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during an anti-draft protest in Jerusalem on March 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
With 1 undercover as soldier, police arrest ultra-Orthodox assailants
Cop in IDF uniform walks into Jerusalem’s Mea She’arim neighborhood, along with backup; pounce on attackers
The main stage at the GameIn Pro video game competition in Tel Aviv, April 5, 2017. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
Israel’s gamers flock to Tel Aviv for first national championship
The GameIn Pro video game competition, the first of its kind, draws thousands in event ‘celebrating eSports’
Shia LeBeouf speaking with Jimmy Kimmel in an interview in October 2014. (YouTube screenshot)
Shia LeBeouf movie opens in the UK to audience of one
Selling a further four tickets by Wednesday, ‘Man Down’ due to close Thursday after singularly unsuccessful premiere in English town
The annual CannaTech cannabis technology conference in Tel Aviv on March 20, 2017. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
Hebrew University launches cannabis research center
Institute will conduct and coordinate research on marijuana and its biological effects with an eye toward commercial solutions
The 28 Eurovision 2017 participants after planting trees during their four-day trip to Israel (Courtesy Yosi Zeliger)
Eurovision singers plant trees, perform in Tel Aviv
For second year, Israel invites singers ahead of May contest
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, left, and Education Minister Naftali Bennett arrive at a press conference at the Education Ministry on March 19, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
Government offices hit most 2016 targets, government report says
Ministries on average are meeting 72% of their performance aims; Finance Ministry says it has exceeded objectives for lowering deficit
Hebrew Media Review
HEBREW
MEDIA REVIEW
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Syrian President Bashar Assad appears in an interview with Japanese television station TBS aired on January 20, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)
Taking names, but not kicking Syria’s gas
Israeli papers rail at the UN’s inaction while Liberman points the finger squarely at Assad for ordering the use of chemical weapons
JCC bomb hoaxer made millions selling forged docs online — report
After finding his bitcoin account, investigators believe Israeli-American teen sold counterfeit IDs on dark net for cryptocurrency
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
An American-Israeli Jewish teenager, accused of making dozens of anti-Semitic bomb threats in the United States and elsewhere, is escorted by police as he leaves a courtroom in Rishon Lezion on March 23, 2017. (AFP/Jack Guez)
Trump thinks he’ll ‘be successful’ on Mideast peace
During a joint press conference with Jordan’s king, president says he’s ‘working very, very hard’ to strike coveted deal
By ERIC CORTELLESSA
President Donald Trump and Jordan's King Abdullah II speak during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
3 IDF soldiers jailed for beating Palestinian man
Nahal Brigade troops sentenced to 42 days in prison for excessive use of force when detaining suspect who resisted arrest
By TAMAR PILEGGI
Illustrative image of soldiers of the Nahal Brigade during military training, Northern Israel. April 1, 2009.  (IDF Spokesperson / Flash 90.)
Picture of a whitefly (Courtesy: Jyothish Kumar P.G. at Flickr)
Whiteflies can help us make better drones, study says
The tiny insects may hold the secret to stabilizing the takeoff of small robotic drones, Tel Aviv University researchers find
By SHOSHANNA SOLOMON
Critics claim Irish confab on Israel’s right to exist uncorks anti-Semitism
Event, previously planned for Southampton University in the UK, was rescheduled after massive protests and allegations of one-sided bigotry
By MICHAEL RIORDAN
Attendees at this past weekend's anti-Israel conference at University College Cork, in Ireland, which ran from March 21 - April 2, 2017. (Courtesy)
Related article: Israel pans bid to fly Palestinian flag over Dublin city hall
Senior Fatah member hit with lawsuit upon arrival at JFK
Jibril Rajoub served with civil claim for $250 million by family of Palestinian-American man allegedly tortured, killed by PA
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
Palestinian Football Association (PFA) head Jibril Rajoub holds a press conference on October 12, 2016 in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Abbas Momani/AFP)
Explosions heard at Hezbollah compound near Damascus — report
Local media also report battle between rebels and Syrian troops, Hezbollah fighters in southern Syria
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
In this Saturday, May 9, 2015 file photo, a Hezbollah fighter stands on a hill next to the group's yellow flag in the fields of the Syrian town of Assal al-Ward in the mountainous region of Qalamoun, Syria. (AP Photo/Bassem Mroue, File)
Related article: Syrian activists: Islamic State slits throats of 33 young men
White supremacists don’t know what to make of Jared Kushner
Jew-haters looking to define Trump’s ‘nefarious’ son-in-law take a page from the ‘Elders of Zion’
By BEN SALES
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner leaving after the presidential inauguration at the U.S. Capitol, January 20, 2017. (Saul Loeb/Pool/Getty Images/via JTA)