News Roundup: Yom HaZikaron, Volunteers, Divorce Kidnapping
Flag-waving Israel Scouts help observe Yom HaZikaron on Tuesday, April 21, at Ahavath Achim Synagogue. (photo by Marcia Jaffe)
Compiled by Joe Sterling
Wednesday’s top stories from Israel and the Jewish world:
- Israel stands in silence to honor its fallen soldiers (Yediot Ahronot)
- Obama says U.S. warned Iran on Yemen arms shipments (Yediot Ahronot)
- Judge rules N.Y. transit authority must run ad referring to Muslims killing Jews (JTA)
- 3 rabbis convicted in plan to kidnap Jewish men and force them to grant divorces (JTA)
- Lessons learned from the Gaza war, from battalion commanders (Haaretz)
- Israel cites rise in number of overseas volunteers (Haaretz)
- Gallup: Israel one of the least religious countries (Jerusalem Post)
- Over 270,000 light virtual candles via Defense Ministry app (Jerusalem Post)
- Israel’s conflicted president wrestles with democracy, Jewish historical rights (Times of Israel)
- Tricky drafting of Iran nuclear bill to begin (Times of Israel)
- Gershom Gorenberg: The Israeli right does not understand what it means to be here (Haaretz)
- Liel Leibovitz: We’re all racists now (Tablet)
- Laurence Weinbaum: Confronting Poland’s wartime history (The Washington Post)
- Jewish first baseman Ike Davis stars as a pitcher (Yahoo! Sports)
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