‘Boy Meets World’ star aiming for Los Angeles area district with campaign focusing on good governance, says he wants to restore faith in government JTA — Ben Savage, the Jewish actor best known for the 1990s coming of age series “Boy Meets World,” is running to replace Adam Schiff, the …

Raphael Lemkin, a stateless Jewish refugee who died penniless, gave mankind’s greatest crime its name. You won’t find him mentioned in the place where he had his greatest achievement…or inscribed on any roll of honor, not even a plaque on the wall. Yet this lonely refugee crusader who was nominated …

Defense secretary meets with Netanyahu and Gallant at airport, as anti-government protesters block major highways Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin near Ben Gurion Airport on Thursday, where the Pentagon chief asked that Jerusalem take steps to de-escalate West Bank violence amid spiraling tensions. Netanyahu …

Net interest income increased 38% to NIS 13.5 billion as the Bank of Israel hiked borrowing costs from a low of 0.4% in April to 3.25% in November 2022 Bank Hapoalim, one of Israel’s largest lenders posted a record net profit in 2022 as rising interest rates and higher inflation …

Amichai Eshed’s transfer to head training division carried out with commissioner’s approval; shortly thereafter, Eshed is called to oversee response to terror attack in the city National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on Thursday announced the removal of the police’s Tel Aviv District Commander Amichai Eshed from his position, re-assigning …

Decrying ‘nightmare’ crisis over judicial revamp, president says current planned legislation undermines democracy, asserts he has reached behind-the-scenes agreement on most issues President Isaac Herzog on Thursday night denounced the government’s judicial overhaul legislation as “oppressive” and harmful to democracy, and called for it to be abandoned immediately and replaced …

Some actual facts for college and university students whose teachers are under attack for teaching actual facts. The Knesset Education Committee recently scheduled a session on “The Stifling of Free Expression in Academia,” in the wake of charges that a lecturer at Ben-Gurion University – and, we may assume (and …

The popular apparel brand’s CEO Jay L. Schottenstein is well-known for his charitable Jewish contributions, including to Chabad, whose teen program engineered the affixing event JTA) New York Jewish Week — American Eagle Outfitters now has a mezuzah on the front door of its flagship Times Square location, courtesy of …

New versions of Ian Fleming’s novels are to feature a disclaimer warning of controversial phrases, while explicitly racist terms will be scrapped Racist language is to be removed and warnings are reportedly to be added to Ian Fleming’s classic James Bond novels ahead of the reissue of the series in …

A petition on the website of the President of Ukraine, in which it is required to impose sanctions on a number of companies operating in the field of gambling, either directly related to the aggressor state or working in its interests, gained more than 25,000 votes. According to the e-petition …