tel aviv Archives – Page 20 of 59

Ethiopian-Israelis, police clash in Tel Aviv during demonstration

Jewish Journal May 4, 2015

A demonstration in Tel Aviv by thousands protesting police brutality against Ethiopian-Israelis degenerated into violence.

Israelis mourn after a year of increased attacks

Jewish Journal April 28, 2015

At Combatants for Peace’s first commemoration 10 years ago, just a few hundred attended. This time around, the hall was filled beyond capacity. It was the largest memorial in Tel Aviv. Still, traditionally, Yom HaZikaron is about remembering soldiers who lost their lives while in the Israeli army. Their deaths are viewed as a sacrifice to the existence of the state of Israel. In that sense, Tel Aviv’s memorial, which rejects that narrative and casts soldiers’ deaths as victims in a political conflict, evoked shock and anger from many.\n

Report: Violent anti-Semitic incidents worldwide soar by 40 percent

Jewish Journal April 15, 2015

Anti-Semitic attacks surged worldwide in 2014, with the highest number of incidents occurring in France, according to an annual study published in Israel on Wednesday.

Celebrity Israeli rabbi pleads guilty to bribery charges

Jewish Journal April 14, 2015

Yoshiyahu Pinto, an Israeli rabbi who has counseled such celebrities as LeBron James, pleaded guilty in a Tel Aviv court to bribery charges.

Shifting sands of truth unravel in ‘The English Bride’

Jewish Journal March 18, 2015

As the play “The English Bride” begins, the audience is immediately thrust into a near cataclysm with a burst of police sirens and an announcement over a loudspeaker: “Attention! Attention! All passengers on El Al flight 1540 to Dusseldorf and Tel Aviv. The flight is canceled.”

Polls get it wrong as Netanyahu wins big

Jewish Journal March 18, 2015

Israelis went to sleep believing that the two largest parties – the Likud of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Zionist Union headed by Isaac Herzog – had each received 27 seats in the Israeli Knesset, and Israel’s President could ask either party to try to form a governing coalition.