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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 593

Zev Stub

Zev Stub

Zev Stub is the Times of Israel's Diaspora Affairs correspondent.
Lenny Solomon (singing) performs with Shlock Rock at the Young Israel of Oceanside synagogue in 2018 (Courtesy)
May 20, 2025, 7:19 am
In ‘King of Shlock’ documentary, an Orthodox rocker tries to parody like it’s 1999
Short film takes intimate look at the four-decade career of Lenny Solomon, whose niche cover act Shlock Rock became an iconic staple for religious American Jews in the 80s and 90s
By Zev Stub
Rabbi Charley Baginsky, Paul Langsford, Dr. Ed Kessler MBE, Karen Newman and Rabbi Josh Levy announce the formation of Progressive Judaism, in a photo provided by the new organization, May 18, 2025. (Zoe Norfolk)
May 19, 2025, 5:20 pm
UK’s liberal Jewish streams merge into unified ‘Progressive’ movement
Resolving ideological differences, the new movement represents about 30% of the country’s affiliated Jews
By Zev Stub
A dancer performs on stage at the World of Dance Festival and Israeli Breakdance Championships in Jerusalem, May 13, 2025 (World of Dance)
May 18, 2025, 4:30 pm
As Israeli breakdancing finds its flow, locals throw down for chance at world stage
The urban dance style is gaining momentum here — mostly among B-boys — as local crews develop their style and look to represent Israel at the upcoming world final in Los Angeles
By Zev Stub
People shop at the BIG Fashion Glilot mall, March 4, 2025 (Tal Gal/Flash90)
May 17, 2025, 12:28 pm
Open seven days a week, flashy new mall near Tel Aviv rekindles Shabbat battle
Backed by the local mayor, BIG Fashion Glilot defies law limiting commercial activity on Jewish day of rest, drawing attempted government crackdown and Haredi boycott
By Zev Stub
Illustrative photo of a ritual circumcision. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 14, 2025, 6:52 pm
Belgium’s Jewish community on edge after police raids on illegal circumcisions
Police in Antwerp looking for rabbis conducting the religious rite without medical license; Jewish group says raids part of larger campaign of intimidation against Jews in Belgium
By Zev Stub
The Israeli flag flutters between the European (L) and the German flag in front of the Reichstag building hosting the Bundestag, the German lower house of Parliament in Berlin, while the German chancellor gave a speech on the Israel-Hamas conflict during a Bundestag session on October 12, 2023. (Odd Andersen/AFP)
May 13, 2025, 6:16 pm
Survey: 82% of Europeans don’t consider fighting antisemitism a priority
Poll by the European Jewish Association finds that more than 20% blame Jews in their own countries for the war between Israel and Hamas
By Zev Stub
Asaf Cafri (left), an IDF reservist who was killed in Gaza on April 25, 2025, and his great-grandmother, Holocaust survivor Magda Baratz, pictured on a billboard set up in Rishon Lezion in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the day before his death. (Oren Dai/Rishon Lezion Municipality)
May 11, 2025, 4:45 pm
Holocaust survivor dies 2 weeks after great-grandson killed in Gaza as she visited Nazi camp
Asaf Cafri died in Strip while great-grandmother Magda Baratz and his father visited Bergen-Belsen; her son says death of Asaf was ‘very hard’ for her
By Zev Stub
Noam party leader Avi Maoz speaks at the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, March 31, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 8, 2025, 8:00 pm
Coalition revives contentious bid to limit Law of Return; this time, it may pass
An amendment that would deny people with only one Jewish grandparent the automatic right to immigrate to Israel is expected to be approved when it is discussed again in two months
By Zev Stub
A pro-Palestinian student walks in a tent outside the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, England, Thursday, May 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
May 8, 2025, 2:28 pm
Report details ‘terrible,’ normalized antisemitism at UK universities
Testimonials presented to House of Lords find sharp spike in anti-Jewish activities since Oct. 7, show Jewish students are ‘frightened’ to be on campuses
By Zev Stub
The Brandenburg Gate is illuminated with the flag of Israel in Berlin, Germany, October 7, 2024, to mark the one-year anniversary of Hamas's October 7 massacre in Israel. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)
May 7, 2025, 8:20 pm
80 years after Nazi Germany’s surrender, antisemitism is rising worldwide, report finds
Existing policies to fight ‘tsunami’ of hate have failed, says J7 group representing Jews in the seven countries with largest Jewish populations outside Israel
By Zev Stub
A federal police agent holds two photos and the identity card found in the house in which the man believed to be Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele lived, June 7, 1985. Photo on left shows Mengele eating. Photo on right shows Mengele during a picnic with friends and in the middle is the identity card. (AP Photo)
May 6, 2025, 7:30 pm
New documents shed light on ‘Angel of Death’ Mengele’s escape from Nazi Germany
Notorious German SS officer and physician of Auschwitz requested to travel from Argentina to West Germany in 1959 using his real name, sources reveal
By Zev Stub
Protesters hold signs reading "Boycott Israel, It worked with South-Africa" as they gather during a an anti-Israel demonstration, in front of the Foreign Affairs ministry in Madrid, on May 27, 2024. (Thomas Coex/AFP)
May 5, 2025, 4:11 pm
Government report accuses West of bolstering antisemitism by criticizing Israel
Diaspora Ministry dubs Canada ‘champion of antisemitism,’ tying Trudeau’s condemnation of military action in Gaza to 670% spike in anti-Jewish incidents
By Zev Stub
This handout photo taken and released by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet on December 10, 2024, shows Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) visiting the torched Adass Israel Synagogue with Rabbi Shlomo Kohn in Melbourne on December 10, 2024. (Handout / DEPARTMENT OF PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET / AFP)
May 4, 2025, 5:39 pm
Disappointed by Labor victory, Australia’s Jews hope for a new tack on hate crimes
Jewish organizations look to incumbent Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to crack down on antisemitic attacks that have proliferated throughout the country
By Zev Stub
Construction of new buildings in Jerusalem. February 05, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
May 2, 2025, 10:49 am
Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel in April 2025
The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in the local property market right now
By Zev Stub
View of Beit Shemesh on February 8, 2021. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
May 2, 2025, 10:49 am
In Beit Shemesh, neighborhood after neighborhood turns Haredi, squeezing out others
Residents of the Neve Shamir neighborhood are up in arms over plans to turn what was initially intended to be a mixed community into an ultra-Orthodox one
By Zev Stub
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