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Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaking after he retained his parliamentary seat in Islington north London, June 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
Analysis
Robert Philpot
Scheduled Corbyn sitdown with Jewish leaders unlikely to be meeting of minds
Though the Labour head apparently consented to a list of preconditions prior to the talks on Tuesday, his party leadership seems to have missed the memo
Menachem Moskowitz, 52, who was assaulted and choked on his way back from Shabbat prayers in the Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, on April 23, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
Footage emerges of violent anti-Semitic assault in Brooklyn
By Michael Bachner and JTA
Actress Natalie Portman attends the 4th annual festival kick-off fundraising soiree during the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival at TIFF Bell Lightbox, Toronto, Canada, September 9, 2015. (Jason Merritt/Getty Images/AFP)
Natalie Portman’s snub ‘borders on anti-Semitism,’ says minister
By Sue Surkes
A view of Congregation Kolot Chayeinu in Brooklyn, New York. (Courtesy of Congregation Kolot Chayeinu/via JTA)
The almighty dollarBrooklyn synagogue pulls its money out of Chase bank to promote climate change
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
Chief of staff Yitzhak Rabin invites defense minister Moshe Dayan to the Western Wall in Jerusalem after it was captured in the Six Day War. (Ilan Briner/Government Press Office)
July 4, 2017, 4:27 pm
Netanyahu’s plea for ‘patience’ over Western Wall crisis is disingenuous
Op-ed: The prime minister travels the world trying to woo friends for Israel. Doesn't he care about losing the Jews?
By David Horovitz
Labor Party members cast their vote at a polling station in Jerusalem on July 4. 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 4, 2017, 1:58 pm
Labor leader Herzog ousted as primary winners Gabai, Peretz head to next round
Israel calls UNESCO's Jerusalem vote 'bizarre, irrelevant'; Israeli researchers name new flower after visiting Indian premier
By TOI staff
Danielle Layman (right) (courtesy)
July 4, 2017, 1:46 pm
Expat allegedly used Craigslist to order hit on her Israeli ex
Oklahoma woman who answered ad for acting gig says suspect called herself a Mossad agent, had detailed plans to kill 'IS operative' in Tel Aviv
By TOI staff
Lviv, Ukraine (Wikimedia Commons/Lestat/Jan Mehlich/CC BY-SA 2.5)
July 4, 2017, 1:28 pm
Firebomb hurled at Ukrainian synagogue
Separately, unidentified individuals scrawl anti-Semitic slogans on a Jewish community building, also in Lviv
By JTA
Herman Wouk during an interview with CBS, July 2, 2017 (screen capture/YouTube)
July 4, 2017, 1:28 pm
At 102, legendary author Herman Wouk has a new book out
Jewish novelist says his 'main task' has been depicting 'what happened in World War II and the Holocaust'
By Benjamin Kerstein
An illustration of Natan Sharansky's proposal, which will expand the Western Wall and create a permanent egalitarian space in the Robinson's Arch area. (photo credit: Creative Commons/Graphics by Uri Fintzy/JTA)
July 4, 2017, 1:12 pm
Full text: The complete version of the Western Wall compromise from January 2016
Negotiated over three and a half years, this is the 45-page, extraordinarily detailed threshing out of the Western Wall prayer arrangements -- worked out over 11 meetings, approved by Israel, and frozen on June 25 by the government
Jack Renshaw (YouTube screenshot)
From the WebJuly 4, 2017, 9:20 am
UK man arrested for anti-Jewish rhetoric
Counterterror officials accuse Jack Renshaw of using threatening, insulting language at far-right events
Shaul Divekar, an Indian who emigrated to Israel as a child, holds a poster announcing the visit of the Indian prime minister to Israel at his Indian spice shop in the market of the small city of Ramla, south of Tel Aviv, on July 2, 2017. (AFP/ MENAHEM KAHANA)
July 4, 2017, 6:23 am
Modi visit holds special meaning for Indian Jews in Israel
Indian PM's arrival Tuesday is a cause of genuine excitement for the community, presents a unique opportunity to increase its visibility
By Jonah Mandel
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, left, speaks on stage during a Fourth of July Independence Day celebration at the residence of the US Ambassador to Israel in Herzilya Pituah on July 3, 2017. (AFP / Heidi Levine)
July 4, 2017, 4:50 am
US envoy honors memory of Hadar Goldin, fallen US and IDF soldiers at July 4 event
David Friedman hosts Independence Day reception at Herzliya residence, hails Israeli-US relations, greatness
By TOI staff
Rabbi Nachum Eistenstein (Courtesy, via JTA)
July 4, 2017, 2:41 am
An ultra-Orthodox rabbi explains why his community opposes the Western Wall deal
Nachum Eisenstein accuses Reform, Conservative Jews of inventing a 'new religion,' says conversion bill is needed to protect bloodlines
By Andrew Tobin
The pluralist section, shaded in blue, will double in size to nearly 10,000 square feet. The Orthodox section, shaded in purple, takes up some 21,500 square feet. The area in back of the Orthodox section is meant for national ceremonies. (JTA)
July 4, 2017, 2:05 am
Full text: The executive summary of the now-frozen Western Wall compromise from January 2016
The Israeli government's suspension of this deal, for the expansion and oversight of an egalitarian prayer section, has sparked a major crisis in ties with many Diaspora Jews
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Fourth of July celebrations at the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, July 3, 2017. (Screenshot)
July 4, 2017, 1:50 am
PM pleads for patience amid Western Wall, conversion bill row
In 4th of July celebration remarks at US ambassador's residence, Netanyahu says he's committed to making every Jew feel 'at home' in Jewish state
By TOI staff
Palestinian children are seen in the West Bank city of Hebron, January 18, 2017. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
July 3, 2017, 8:56 pm
United Church of Christ condemns Israel for treatment of Palestinian children
Resolution calls on Israeli authorities to prohibit torture and ill-treatment of detained minors
By JTA
File: US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at a ceremony for new ambassadors at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on May 16, 2017. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Pool/Flash90)
July 3, 2017, 8:17 pm
US envoy Friedman meets with J Street ‘kapos’
Despite past tensions, left-wing Jewish group says meeting shows need to 'maintain a dialogue among the pro-Israel community'
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of signs calling for the boycott of Israel at an anti-Israel protest in San Francisco, April 2011 (CC BY-dignidadrebelde, Flickr)
July 3, 2017, 7:34 pm
North Carolina state legislature passes anti-BDS bill
Proposed law requires state institutions to stop contracts with companies that boycott Israeli companies, products
By JTA
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