Remember that the man who drafted the IHRA definition and its associated examples, American Jewish lawyer Kenneth Stern, has publicly regretted their impact, saying that in practice they have severely curbed freedom of speech about Israel. . ... Denying the Jewish people their..…

The law also declares Jerusalem, undivided, as Israel's capital the language as Hebrew the calendar as Zionist and Jewish the flag of Israel as the flag and Hatikvah as the state's anthem.. ... In the years of our service for the state of Israel, we could always say and..…

Under Israel's Law of Return, anyone who is married to Jew, has Jewish grandparents and those. Jewish Agency for Israel recognizes Abayudaya as Jewish, and the ministry, the arbiter of such matters, does not.. ..…

Even as in the fundamental laws adopted during the years of the liberal interval, they are always conditional provided that no law exists to the contrary, or except in case of emergency, or if this does not contradict Jewish of the State of Israel.. ..…

This, of course, would destroy the concept of a Jewish state, since Israel would become a majority Palestinian state. . ... Ben Gurion, a wily politician, successfully smothered this idealistic project under his vision of Israel as a sovereign state of the Jewish people. ..…

Has funded the Conservative Friends of Israel and LFI and he sits on Executive Committee of Jewish Leadership Council.  ..…

With the establishment of Israel seen it created reality where criticism of the state was assumed to be criticism of Jewish people. ... That's why any Jew from around the world can come in become citizen of the state of Israel, even as Palestinian citizens of Israel..…

On the controversial issue of the continued building of Jewish settlements in West Bank, the prevailing view among Israeli Jews is that settlements help the security of Israel. ... minority of Jewish Americans say they have traveled to Israel, comparable to the share of..…

They also are more likely than those in the other three groups to say building Jewish settlements in West Bank helps Israel's security.. ... Hilonim, are by far Jewish group Israel, making up roughly half of Israeli Jews. ..…

majority of Israeli Jews say the State of Israel should preference to in such scenario, while roughly quarter say Jewish law should take priority and 13% say it depends on the situation or volunteer another response.. ... majority of Israeli Jews oppose making halakha the law of the..…

But Jewish communities do not always agree about what it means to be Jewish, according to Pew Research Center survey of religion Israel ( compared with our 2013 survey of U.S. ... American Jews also are more likely than those in Israel to see and good sense of humor as..…

The letter from Zilber and Shin Bet follows inquiry into the questioning taking place at Israel's border crossings after American Jewish and prominent of Israeli Peter Beinart was questioned on his political views upon arriving in the country for his niece's bat mitzvah last month.. ..…

The yesterday occurred near Hebron, Arab city into which Jewish settlers have moved. According to Israel Radio, two in car with Israeli license plates opened fire on Palestinian workers as they drove home through the village of Kharas.. ..…

To Jewish leaders and voters Palm Beach County, Harris emphasized her support for Israel and her belief that Jews are the chosen people.. ... You ca not make up for being against Jewish issues just by saying Israel is wonderful and Jews are the chosen people, said..…

Israel's government has promised all the settlements, even this thin string of Jewish neighborhoods in the heart of Gaza Strip, will remain protected by Israeli under the accord signed earlier this month with Palestine Liberation Organization... ... Jewish settlers were..…

Similarly, since roughly eight-in-ten of the world’s Jews live in either the United States or Israel, Jewish fertility rates are heavily influenced by patterns in those two countries. ... For example, most of the projected decline in the number of Jews in Europe (from 1.4 million in 2010..…

Jewish of Israel has grown from about half in 1945 to 5.6 in 2010. For example, Jewish from France.. ..…

One month later, Nahum Goldmann, co-chairman of Jewish Agency for Israel and president of the World Jewish Congress, convened meeting of 23 Jewish national and international organizations. ... Pursuant to the Agreement, West Germany agreed to pay Israel for the costs..…

The PEPs can't be consistent opponents of U.S. imperialism, since they support Israel, a key bulwark of the empire. They compromise their anti-racism since they back Israel as Jewish homeland--where Palestinians are deprived of most or all basic human rights. ..…

While Jewish settlers are Israeli citizens and therefore enjoy the due process afforded by Israel's civilian courts, West Bank Palestinians are noncitizens and thus fall under the jurisdiction of military courts in. ... Last year, the Students for Justice Palestine at University of..…

The Future of the Jews: How Global Forces Are Impacting the Jewish People, Israel, and Its Relationship with the United States . by Stuart E. ... Secretary Kerry has warned that Israel “will be left to choose between being a Jewish state or a democratic state.” ..…

But his heart was always in Israel, the historic homeland of the Jewish people. ... And I believe that peace with the Palestinians is consistent with Israel’s founding values — because of our shared belief in self-determination, and because Israel’s place as a..…

Ariel Ben Solomon, Deputy Online Editor at Jewish News Syndicate and resident of Israel, describes the philosophy of Hamas when it comes to dealing with West and how Western solutions may not work in Middle East.. ..…

United Nations General Assembly passed resolution calling for the establishment of Jewish State Eretz- Israel and this was not something the nations swooped in and did for Jewish People General Assembly required the inhabitants of Eretz- Israel to take such steps as were..…

And by downplaying the significance of Avigdor Lieberman, Shas, and the settlers, American Jewish groups allow these older Zionists to continue to identify with that more internally cohesive, more Israel of their youth, Israel that now only exists in their memories.. ... But..…

Born and raised in Soviet Union, Ilatov also sponsored bill to limit the call to prayer from mosques and, in another attack against the 20-25% of Muslim and Christian Israelis, should be mandatory for judges  to sing Israel's anthem and adhere to the idea of the State of Israel as..…

Abbas devoted a large portion of his speech to attacking Israel's recently approved nation-state law, which defines Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people. . 'Last July, Israel adopted a racist law that crossed all the red lines,' he said. ..…

Netanyahu continued to paint rosy picture of Israel for Palestinian citizens, despite documented history of police brutality against Palestinians Israel, lack of basic services and economic opportunities Palestinian villages, and the fact that not single new Palestinian community has been built..…