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Israel and Hamas reach hostage-ceasefire agreement (Jan 15, 2025 07:27 PM - HomePage)A senior Israeli source involved in the details of the negotiations has confirmed that Israel and Hamas have reached a hostage-ceasefire agreement.
Jared Kushner becomes biggest shareholder in Phoenix (Jan 15, 2025 07:06 PM - HomePage)
The Capital Market, Insurance and Savings Authority has approved the sale of shares in Phoenix Financial Ltd. (TASE: PHOE) to the Affinity Fund of Jared Kushner's, son-in-law of US President-elect Donald Trump.
Exclusive: Nvidia to invest over $500m in new Israeli computing facility (Jan 15, 2025 06:52 PM - HomePage)
The Data Center Engineering Facility near Yokne'am will house one of Israel's most powerful server farms, and will serve Nvidia Israel's R&D teams in developing AI technologies.
Unexpectedly low December CPI reading cuts 2024 inflation (Jan 15, 2025 06:49 PM - HomePage)
Israel’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell 0.3% in December but housing price rises gained momentum.
Is the TikTok ban about China — or is it really about Gaza? (Jan 15, 2025 06:38 PM - Forward.com – All)
The Supreme Court is set to rule this week on whether or not to ban TikTok, the short-form video app. Those promoting the ban say it poses a national security threat and could allow the Chinese government to mine Americans’ data; ByteDance, which owns the app, is a Chinese company. But many users on the... The post Is the TikTok ban about China — or is it really about Gaza? appeared first on The Forward .
Analysis: Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal is a rare moment in U.S. politics (Jan 15, 2025 06:21 PM - Forward.com – All)
In a rare moment during the final days of the transition between two administrations, Republicans and Democrats are uniting in support of the newly announced ceasefire-hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, with both sides claiming their approach helped advance the agreement and move the region toward peace. The terms of the deal, which will stop... The post Analysis: Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal is a rare moment in U.S. politics appeared first on The Forward .
Wed: Imminent Gaza deal lifts TASE (Jan 15, 2025 06:06 PM - HomePage)
Nova and Camtek led he gains today as El Al slipped.
Israel and Hamas agree to ceasefire deal after 15 months of war (Jan 15, 2025 05:50 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — This is a developing story. Israel and Hamas have reportedly agreed to a deal that will cease more than a year of fighting in Gaza and Israel, bring dozens of Israeli hostages home and free hundreds of Palestinian security prisoners. The agreement was reportedly confirmed by multiple parties to the negotiation on Wednesday.... The post Israel and Hamas agree to ceasefire deal after 15 months of war appeared first on The Forward .
Jared Kushner set to double stake in leading Israeli financial firm (Jan 15, 2025 04:52 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Jared Kushner is set to double his investment firm’s stake in one of Israel’s leading financial firms, just days before his father-in-law, Donald Trump, will return to the White House. Israeli regulators have allowed Kushner’s Affinity Partners to buy an additional 4.95% of Phoenix Financial, Bloomberg News reported. Phoenix, founded shortly after Israel’s... The post Jared Kushner set to double stake in leading Israeli financial firm appeared first on The Forward .
Israel's bullish markets see hostage deal as just the start (Jan 15, 2025 04:50 PM - HomePage)
Market sources are optimistic about broader regional moves, including the possibility of renewed talks with Saudi Arabia, which could transform the Middle East.
VIDEO: Itsik Horn speaks in Yiddish about his two sons, hostages in Gaza (Jan 15, 2025 04:19 PM - Forward.com – All)
די וואָך האָט מען אַרויסגעלאָזט אַ ווידעאָ, וווּ איציק האָרן, דער טאַטע פֿון צוויי ערבֿניקעס אין עזה, רעדט אויף ייִדיש וועגן דעם פּײַנלעכן מצבֿ זינט כאַמאַס האָט זיי פֿאַרכאַפּט דעם 7טן אָקטאָבער פֿון קיבוץ ניר עוז. לויט די לעצטע נײַעס־באַריכטן זעט אויס ווי מע וועט אין גיכן באַפֿרײַען 33 פֿון די 94 ישׂראלים וואָס געפֿינען... The post VIDEO: Itsik Horn speaks in Yiddish about his two sons, hostages in Gaza appeared first on The Forward .
Was Casanova an antisemite, a believer in Kabbalah — or both? (Jan 15, 2025 03:57 PM - Forward.com – All)
According to Margarethe Weissenstein, the Vienna-born Jewish author of The Power of the Charlatan, Casanova — who was born 300 years ago in 1725 — was an itinerant charlatan who manipulated credulous nobles and other moneyed clients through 18th century Europe with promises about numerology, supposedly derived from the Kabbalah. Historian Pawel Maciejko notes that... The post Was Casanova an antisemite, a believer in Kabbalah — or both? appeared first on The Forward .
Keystone Fund plans data center in Be'er Tuvia power plant (Jan 15, 2025 03:15 PM - HomePage)
According to the plan, the campus will be divided into two data centers - with a total capacity of 40 megawatts of IT.
In ‘Midas Man,’ a by-the-numbers tribute to the fifth Beatle (Jan 15, 2025 03:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
Beatles manager Brian Epstein was infamously eulogized by a rabbi who didn’t know him. Following a private, Orthodox burial, Rabbi Norman Solomon called Epstein, who died at 32 of an accidental overdose,“a symbol of the malaise of our generation.” It was a stunning description of a man whose acumen transformed a scruffy quartet of Liverpudlians... The post In ‘Midas Man,’ a by-the-numbers tribute to the fifth Beatle appeared first on The Forward .
Jared Kushner set to become biggest shareholder in Phoenix (Jan 15, 2025 02:18 PM - HomePage)
The Capital Market, Insurance and Savings Authority is set to approve the sale of shares in Phoenix Financial Ltd. (TASE: PHOE) to the Affinity Fund of Jared Kushner's, son-in-law of US President-elect Donald Trump.
Exclusive: Nvidia investing over $500m in new Israeli computing facility (Jan 15, 2025 01:24 PM - HomePage)
The Data Center Engineering Facility near Yokne'am will house one of Israel's most powerful server farms, and will serve Nvidia Israel's R&D teams in developing AI technologies.
Opposition MKs boycott c'ttee discussions on Levin-Sa'ar plan (Jan 15, 2025 12:49 PM - HomePage)
The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee this morning approved the reopening of discussions on the plan to change the composition of the Judicial Selection Committee.
Nvidia investing over $500m in new Israeli computing facility (Jan 15, 2025 12:27 PM - HomePage)
The Data Center Engineering Facility near Yokne'am will house one of Israel's most powerful server farms, and will serve Nvidia Israel's R&D teams in developing AI technologies.
Intel to spin off venture capital arm (Jan 15, 2025 12:04 PM - HomePage)
Intel Capital, which is very active in Israel, will continue under another name and raise capital independently.
Nvidia investing over $500m in new Israeli data center (Jan 15, 2025 11:34 AM - HomePage)
The center, near Yokne'am, will be one of country's largest, and will serve Nvidia Israel's R&D teams in developing AI technologies.
6 Chabad tunnel defendants plead guilty (Jan 15, 2025 10:55 AM - Forward.com – All)
(New York Jewish Week) — Six men who were arrested in an attempt to dig a tunnel into the Brooklyn headquarters of the Chabad Hasidic movement accepted plea deals on Monday, while four others opted to go to trial. The guilty pleas were the latest stage in the Chabad tunnel saga, which burst into view... The post 6 Chabad tunnel defendants plead guilty appeared first on The Forward .
Sovereign wealth fund collection halved in 2024 (Jan 15, 2025 07:07 AM - HomePage)
Nearly NIS 1 billion was collected in 2024, compared with about NIS 2 billion in 2023, the Israel Tax Authority reports.
Lipstadt has ‘hope’ Trump team will build on her antisemitism work (Jan 14, 2025 11:55 PM - Forward.com – All)
Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, the Biden administration’s special envoy for antisemitism, struck a remarkably optimistic tone Tuesday on the question of how President-elect Donald Trump’s team will approach the portfolio she has managed since 2022. “I’m very proud of the relations I have on both sides of the aisle,” Lipstadt told a group of Jewish reporters... The post Lipstadt has ‘hope’ Trump team will build on her antisemitism work appeared first on The Forward .
A lost film about Jewish immigrants on the Lower East Side returns to the big screen in NYC (Jan 14, 2025 10:35 PM - Forward.com – All)
(New York Jewish Week) — In the early 1920s, a Jewish filmmaker set out to create a movie that would counter the rising antisemitism of the time. The result was “Breaking Home Ties,” a silent film about Russian Jewish immigrants in the Lower East Side that depicts Jews and Jewish practice in a sensitive light.... The post A lost film about Jewish immigrants on the Lower East Side returns to the big screen in NYC appeared first on The Forward .
Hezbollah strives for financial rehabilitation (Jan 14, 2025 07:28 PM - HomePage)
Iranian diplomats bringing suitcases of cash, and winning bids for Lebanese government construction tenders are allowing Hezbollah to rebuild its financial infrastructure.
‘This is when it’s good to be Jewish’: Community rallies in response to LA fires — but faces uncertain future (Jan 14, 2025 07:24 PM - Forward.com – All)
When Judy Zweig discovered that a precious family heirloom was destroyed after her Pacific Palisades home of 30 years burned to the ground, she was wracked with guilt. “I was the last one home,” she said, holding back tears. “I just walked away and left everything.” Perhaps the most painful loss: a silver candelabra that... The post ‘This is when it’s good to be Jewish’: Community rallies in response to LA fires — but faces uncertain future appeared first on The Forward .
‘This is when it’s good to be Jewish’: Community rallies in response to LA fires, but faces uncertain future (Jan 14, 2025 07:24 PM - Forward.com – All)
When Judy Zweig discovered that a precious family heirloom was destroyed after her Pacific Palisades home of 30 years burned to the ground, she was wracked with guilt. “I was the last one home,” she said, holding back tears. “I just walked away and left everything.” Perhaps the most painful loss: a silver candelabra that... The post ‘This is when it’s good to be Jewish’: Community rallies in response to LA fires, but faces uncertain future appeared first on The Forward .
‘The rabbis did disaster pretty well’: Amid wildfires, LA Jews cope with regret — and rancor (Jan 14, 2025 07:24 PM - Forward.com – All)
When Judy Zweig discovered that a precious family heirloom was destroyed after her Pacific Palisades home of 30 years burned to the ground, she was wracked with guilt. “I was the last one home,” she said, holding back tears. “I just walked away and left everything.” Perhaps the most painful loss: a silver candelabra that... The post ‘The rabbis did disaster pretty well’: Amid wildfires, LA Jews cope with regret — and rancor appeared first on The Forward .
Javier Milei, Argentina’s pro-Israel president, is first non-Jew to win ‘Jewish Nobel’ (Jan 14, 2025 07:19 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — For the first time since its inauguration more than a decade ago, the prize dubbed the “Jewish Nobel” is going to a non-Jew: Javier Milei, the president of Argentina. Milei’s selection marks another first for the Genesis Prize Foundation: the first prize given to a head of state, a departure for an award... The post Javier Milei, Argentina’s pro-Israel president, is first non-Jew to win ‘Jewish Nobel’ appeared first on The Forward .
Can one of our most problematic musicals finally overcome its racist past? (Jan 14, 2025 06:59 PM - Forward.com – All)
When Show Boat opened on Broadway in 1927, it was an instant hit. Now, as co-music director and orchestrator of Show/Boat: A River Dan Schlosberg said, “People don’t want to touch it.” Show/Boat: A River, directed by David Herskovits, founding artistic director of Target Margin Theater, reexamines Show Boat as a deeply flawed piece of... The post Can one of our most problematic musicals finally overcome its racist past? appeared first on The Forward .
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