Sister of Hasidic Jumper Faigy Mayer Found Hanging From Parent’s Staircase In Borough Park
The sister of a Hasidic Jewish woman who committed suicide by jumping from a New York rooftop bar has taken her own life.
Woman’s Conversion To Judaism Voided After 30 Years; Daughter Launches Legal Battle
An Israeli woman whose Jewish faith was called into question by a rabbinic court in 2012 despite her being raised as a Jew has filed an appeal in a bid to ensure her daughter avoids suffering the same fate.
Jennifer Lawrence’s Image Axed Fom ‘Hunger’ Ads In Israeli Religious Communities
Promotional posters featuring the image of Jennifer Lawrence in the run-up to the release of the movie “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2” will not be seen in handful of religious neighborhoods throughout Israel, Variety reported Thursday.
Jonathan Pollard Is Free
Jonathan Pollard, who was sentenced to life in prison for spying against the United States on Israel’s behalf, was released on parole Friday, after 30 years in prison his wife Ester told supporters in Israel.
I Left Hasidism To Become A Woman
A man who descends from a Hasidic “dynasty” is transitioning into a woman — enraging members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community she left behind.
Tragedy In Ashdod: Teacher Dies In Front of Students
Pedestrians in Ashdod on Sunday morning alerted Magen David Adom after hearing the cries and screams of children from inside a building on Horesh Street.
Israeli Rabbi: Paris Attacks Are Payback To Europeans For What They Did To Jews At The Holocaust
Jerusalem – A religious Zionist cleric from a Jewish settlement on the West Bank told mourners on Saturday during the funeral of an Israeli father and son gunned down by Palestinian terrorists that the attacks in Paris were deserved due to what Europeans “did to our people 70 years ago.”
Rabbi Barred From Airport Prayer
A rabbi is demanding a public apology from Heathrow airport after being told to remove his shoes inside its multifaith prayer room.
Hackers Target JFS Website
JFS’ website was hacked on Wednesday by a group who described themselves as the “Tunisian Fallaga Team”.
Former US Olympic Fencer Dies In Fire Set By Havdalah Candle
A 95-year-old Florida man, a championship fencer in the 1950s, died after accidentally setting himself and his house alight with a Havdalah candle.