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Chanukah Barbie Is Here — And She Actually Got the Jewish Holiday Right

By YAEL BUECHLER

(JTA) —The miracle of Chanukah came early this year: Chanukah Barbie is here.

Mattel would like us to call her “Holiday Sweater Barbie.” Respectfully, no. This is Chanukah Barbie.

She is dressed in the blue-and-yellow color palette...

In Britain, ‘Jewish Greens’ chief mulls quitting party after ‘Zionism is Racism’ motion passes

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

(JTA) — The head of the Jewish Greens said she may leave the Green Party of England and Wales after it adopted a policy that defines Zionism as racism and calls for a single democratic state “in...

Jewish communities worldwide under heightened threat after flydubai attack

By TOMER ALMAGOR

(JTA) — TEL AVIV – More than 48 hours after an apparent attempt to take over a flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv, the incident is raising fresh security concerns for Israelis and Jewish communities abroad, while leaving...

Zara removes Halloween costume likened to concentration camp uniform 

By GABE KAHN

(JTA) — Spanish fashion retailer Zara removed a children’s Halloween costume from its website on Wednesday after social media users noted that the gray-and-blue striped outfit resembled prison garb worn by inmates in Nazi concentration camps. 

Zara described...

What is flydubai and will it continue to link Israel and the UAE?

By TOMER ALMAGOR

(JTA) — TEL AVIV – The apparent hijacking attempt aboard flydubai Flight 1073 has put a spotlight on the Emirati airline, which has become a main air link connecting Israelis to the rest of the world.

The incident...

Israel-bound flight diverted to Saudi Arabia after terror attack on board

By TOMER ALMAGOR

(JTA) – A Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after passengers reported that an altercation broke out between two pilots. Israeli officials are describing the incident as a...

UK foreign secretary: The threats to Israel don’t justify its treatment of Palestinians

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

(JTA) — British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband called Palestinian suffering in Gaza and the West Bank a “stain on the conscience of the world” at the Labour Party’s annual conference in Liverpool, his most blistering attack on Benjamin...

IDF troops hold fire as Gazan child carries weapon down street for terrorist

By JNS STAFF

 (JNS.org) – Israel’s Foreign Ministry posted video on Sunday of footage from the Israel Defense Forces showing a terrorist using a Gazan child as a human shield to move weapons to a civilian home. The IDF refrained from...

German city bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victims

By TOBY AXELROD

(JTA) — A decision to bar the “stumbling stone” memorials to victims of the Nazis has touched a nerve in one small German town, and beyond.

At issue is a motion – passed Sept. 25 by the city...

More than 350 cultural figures slam Spanish festival for canceling a Jewish novelist for her Israel views

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

(JTA) — MADRID — More than 350 writers and other cultural figures have signed a petition defending the author Ariana Harwicz, who was disinvited from a literary festival in Spain over her support for Israel. 

The Jewish-Argentinian...