Times Of Israel
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 07:55:09 +0000Activists fight Netanya hotel plan they say will harm nature reserves
Ecological corridor supposed to link Poleg reserve with wildflower hub and seasonal pool deemed too small, with court set to decide if city broke planning agreement
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 07:06:52 +0000Iranian hackers take down servers of Israeli internet hosting company Cyberserve
Black Shadow hacking group, which hit Shirbit insurance firm last year, takes a number of Israeli sites offline including public transport companies, museum; warns of data leak
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 05:56:43 +0000Clocks in Israel to turn back overnight Saturday-Sunday
People in Israel to get an extra hour of sleep as daylight savings ends
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 04:57:20 +0000‘We are no longer afraid’: Sudan anti-coup protesters gear up for mass rallies
Organizers hope to hold a 'million-strong' march against the coup; UN calls for military to show restraint toward demonstrators; US says death toll higher than official figures
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 03:38:41 +0000Official: US unlikely to push Sudan on normalization with Israel following coup
US also turns to UAE to exert its influence over Sudanese military in a bid to pressure them to restore civilian-led transitional government
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 02:57:48 +0000Yearlong program helps US colleges find and fix overlooked campus antisemitism
Hillel's Campus Climate Initiative assesses Jewish life at participating schools; whether kosher food is available, Jewish holidays accommodated, and if bigotry is tolerated
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 02:27:32 +0000Dutch Reform rabbi says COVID-19 policies remind her of Nazi Germany
Tamarah Benima says 'those in power all had the best of intentions. Also when they declared Jews a danger to public health'; Dutch Jewish groups condemn 'offensive comparisons'
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 01:59:27 +0000Kansas labor leader compares Biden’s vaccine mandates to Holocaust
Local Jewish community condemns 'odious and historically ignorant and offensive' comparisons, calling them 'sickening displays of ignorance and antisemitism'
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 00:44:19 +0000Israeli study: COVID booster shots 92% effective at preventing serious illness
Research published in Lancet also finds 3rd shot 81% more effective in preventing deaths compared to those who've had only 2 shots at least 5 months ago
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 23:38:51 +0000Tyler Herron, former Team Israel baseball pitcher, dies at 35
Herron was eligible to play for Israel at 2017 World Baseball Classic through his Jewish grandmother; circumstances of death not immediately clear
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 22:56:36 +0000Lawyers deny UK’s Prince Andrew sexually abused American teen
NY court asked to throw out lawsuit brought by Virginia Giuffre, a victim in the Jeffery Epstein trafficking case, claiming she fabricated charges against the royal for publicity
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 22:15:39 +0000Fired rabbi defends himself against charges of ‘insurrection’ at NY synagogue
Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt was fired two weeks ago from New York's Park East Synagogue amid accusations he tried to orchestrate a coup to replace the congregation’s senior rabbi
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 21:35:20 +0000NY’s pension fund halts investments in Unilever over Ben & Jerry’s Israel stance
Fund currently holds $111 million in shares in the icecream maker's parent company; New York becomes 4th state to sanction Unilever over West Bank boycott
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:27:57 +0000Most Iran gas stations still offline three days after cyberattack
Of 4,300 fuel stations across Islamic Republic, 1,450 have been reconnected to central fuel distribution system, authorities say, following attack they blame on foreign state