Jerusalem – The Jewish Federation Community News (formerly Jewish Sound)

March 11, 20150

ISIS video shows alleged execution of Arab-Israeli accused of spying

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- The Islamic State released a video that allegedly shows the execution of an Arab-Israeli teenager that the Islamist group accused o

January 13, 20150

Israeli President Rivlin’s eulogy for French victims of terror

By Israel’s president, Reuven Rivlin A eulogy by President Rivlin at the funeral in Jerusalem for the victims of the attack on the kosher shop in P

January 7, 20150

A trip to remember, for remembrance’s sake

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound They’ve done this trip before, but this summer, the Holocaust Center for Humanity is doing something ne

December 17, 20140

A taste of Old Jerusalem, right here at home

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound Somewhere in the deepest nooks and crannies of Jerusalem’s old city is a small factory that churns out

December 4, 20140

Stabbing outside West Bank supermarket injures two

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Two shoppers outside a West Bank supermarket were stabbed by an assailant in what police are treating as a terrorist attack. The

December 1, 20140

Words matter: how vocabulary defines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

By Jacob Kamaras, JNS.org Settlements or Jewish communities? West Bank or Judea and Samaria? East Jerusalem or eastern Jerusalem? Those are som

November 28, 20140

Israel uncovers Hamas plan for large-scale terror attacks

(JTA) — Israeli security services uncovered a Hamas plot to carry out several large-scale terror attacks on Israeli targets. More than 30 H

November 21, 20140

Shipment of weapons bound for eastern Jerusalem intercepted

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- A shipment of knives, swords, fireworks and Tasers bound for eastern Jerusalem was intercepted by Israel Police. Police seiz

November 19, 20140

A personal account of the terror in Har Nof

By Tziporah Heller Dear friends, Yesterday at about 7 a.m. my daughter Miri called. "Mordechai just came home from shul. He said that Arabs cam

November 18, 20140

Terror victims mourned in Jerusalem — and beyond

By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service TEL AVIV (JTA) -- They all lived on the same street. They had all moved there from abroad. They were all rabbi

November 18, 20140

Five Israelis killed in terror attack on Jerusalem synagogue

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Five Israelis were killed in a terror attack during morning prayers at a Jerusalem synagogue, including one Druze policeman who died

November 17, 20140

Jewish man stabbed with screwdriver in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- A Jewish man was stabbed with a screwdriver in central Jerusalem. The victim, 32, was treated on the scene for stab wounds to hi

October 22, 20141

Netanyahu slams Abbas over deadly rail attack in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for the light rail attack in Jeru

October 14, 20140

AP’s veteran Gaza reporter leaves home to preserve belief in coexistence

By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Ibrahim Barzak spent his childhood counting the days to weekends, when he would travel wit

October 13, 20140

Temple Mount attack foiled after police storm Al-Aqsa mosque

(JNS.org) Jerusalem Police units stormed the Al-Aqsa mosque compound early Monday and prevented dozens of masked assailants from carrying out a planne

July 24, 20140

Finding equality in a Jerusalem bomb shelter

By Aaron D. Panken, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) – When the siren sounded, the Rolling Stones’ tortured 1969 track “Gimme Shelter” popped

July 7, 20140

Netanyahu speaks with slain Palestinian teen’s father; three suspects confess

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the father of the Palestinian teen allegedly murdered by Jews in a revenge attack.

June 25, 20140

Netanyahu addresses Presbyterian church divestment

Last Friday, June 22, the Presbyterian church announced its intentions to divest from companies that do business with Israel in the West Bank. Several

May 28, 20140

Beyond Yom Yerushalayim: Memorial Day for fallen Ethiopian Jews

While most of us are aware that today is Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day), the Israeli holiday that commemorates the reunification of Jerusalem in

April 30, 20140

New Fatwa issued allowing foreign Muslims to visit Temple Mount

A new Fatwa issued by the Amman today allows visiting Muslims to enter the Al-Aksa Mosque on Jerusalem's Temple Mount. The new Fatwa cancels out what

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