Benjamin Kerstein
ARTICLES BY: Benjamin Kerstein
Leading Jewish Groups Join Pittsburgh Community to Mark First Anniversary of Tree of Life Massacre
Pittsburgh and its Jewish community were joined by political and communal leaders on Sunday as they marked the one-year anniversary of the massacre at the...
Netanyahu Congratulates Trump on Killing of Islamic State Leader: ‘An Important Milestone’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Donald Trump on Sunday after the US president announced the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in...
IDF Chief of Staff Warns of Potential Security Deterioration in Both North and South
The IDF released its new five-year plan of operations on Thursday, with its chief of staff warning, “The situation is fragile in the north and...
Poll: 78% of British Jews Prefer ‘No-Deal Brexit’ to Jeremy Corbyn as PM
Despite strong sentiments in favor of remaining in the European Union, British Jews overwhelmingly prefer a “no-deal Brexit” over the prospect of Labour party leader...
Australian Teenager Charged With Harassment and Making Death Threats Against Bullied Jewish Student and His Mother
An Australian teenager has been charged with stalking, harassment, and death threats against a Jewish schoolboy and his mother. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the...
Blue and White Leader Gantz Receives Mandate to Try to Form Government After Netanyahu Fails: ‘I Will Serve All Israeli Citizens’
Benny Gantz, the head of Israel's centrist Blue and White party, received the mandate to try to form a government from President Reuven Rivlin in...
Family Calls ‘Interview’ of Imprisoned Israeli-American Woman Naama Issachar a Russian Government PR Ploy
Russian media outlets carried an interview on Wednesday with the Israeli-American backpacker who was recently sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison after being arrested during...
UK Jewish Groups Condemn Desecration of Synagogue Cemetery
Leading UK Jewish groups on Wednesday condemned the recent desecration of a Jewish cemetery in Rochester, Kent. The vandalism at the Chatham Memorial Synagogue cemetery in...
Why Anti-Zionism Is Worse Than Antisemitism
There is currently a noisy and often bitter debate over the issue of anti-Zionism and antisemitism. The vast majority of the Jewish community, which remains...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin Honors Late Queen Mother of Romania, Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday officially marked the reburial of Queen Mother Helen of Romania, also known as Helen of Greece and Denmark, with...
‘The Canary in the Coalmine of Global Hatred’: UN Special Rapporteur ‘Alarmed’ by Growing Antisemitism on the Left, Right
The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief presented his findings on the rise of antisemitism to the General Assembly late last week,...
All US Troops Withdrawing from Syria Expected to Go to Western Iraq: Pentagon Chief
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Saturday that all of the nearly 1,000 troops withdrawing from northern Syria are expected to move to western...
After Latest Unity Offer Rejected, Israeli Coalition Talks Remain Stalemated
After a day of speculation, Israel’s centrist Blue and White party rejected a unity government proposal from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling it “not unity...
Trump Envoy Kushner to Visit Israel at End of Month to Assess Possibility of Unveiling Long-Awaited Peace Plan
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner will visit Israel at the end of the month in preparation for unveiling the administration’s “deal...
