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04.04.2016 | 25 Adar II, 5776

04.04.2016 | 25 Adar II, 5776

In Pictures: Israeli tails - President Rivlin's puppy love

President Reuven Rivlin and his wife Nechama host event for canine companions seeking adoption.

Speaker of the US House decries 'ridiculous and counterproductive BDS shenanigan'

By HERB KEINON,LAHAV HARKOV
Foreign Ministry to sponsor hasbara video contest

By HERB KEINON
Hundreds of Israeli companies and shareholders listed in Panama Papers

By NIV ELIS,JTA

Herzog denies talking about case with Mandelblit

State argues new probe should not impact his ministerial appointment.

By GIL HOFFMAN
Netanyahu, Barak fire back at posthumous attack from Meir Dagan

In an interview conducted before his death, the former Mossad chief questioned the PM and former prime minister's management of the country.

By GIL HOFFMAN
Ezra Furman to make Israel debut

The 29-year-old Chicagoan is a bisexual, cross-dressing, observant Jew.

By DAVID BRINN
Crafting contours

Homegrown religious rocker Ruth Nudelman pursues all kinds of musical routes on her debut album.

By BARRY DAVIS
Bennett powers in party to be cut tonight

Activists in the party want more power for themselves and to punish Bennett for leading the party from 12 seats to eight in last year's election.

By GIL HOFFMAN
Tel Aviv Court rules in favor of Arab employee who claims racial discrimination

“This shows the great importance of a verdict carrying a clear message to employees who are discriminated against – that the doors of the labor courts are open to every one of them.”

By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI
The Jerusalem Post's top 5 stories of April 4

Shaked declares war on High Court, Iran warns US not to cross red lines, Trump misses new grandson’s bris to continue campaigning, and more.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
Netanyahu: 'I'll clear my schedule this week to meet Abbas'

PM says his door “is always open to those who want to pursue peace with Israel.”

By HERB KEINON
Nearly 8,000 pupils injured in road accidents in 2012/13, report says

Twenty-five pupils were killed, 204 were severely injured and the rest were lightly wounded.

By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI
Supreme Court denies Jewish radical's request for leave from jail to attend son’s brit mila

Ettinger has been detained on administrative detention for close to eight months, having been arrested in August following the infamous Duma terrorist arson.

By JEREMY SHARON
US-Israel alliance needed now in light of ISIS, Iran threats, visiting US Speaker says

“I wanted to come to Israel first to emphasize how important the US’ commitment to Israel and strong friendship with Israel is to us,” Paul Ryan says at Knesset.

By LAHAV HARKOV
Shaked slams High Court 'hypocrisy': Why didn't they strike down the Oslo Accords?

Justice minister slams Court for striking down Netanyahu's gas policy, saying she fears that the world will start to view Israel as a "country which eats its investors."

By YONAH JEREMY BOB
Mac TA beats Greens to strengthen hold on second place

Tel Aviv and Haifa are the league’s two best defensive teams, but their offensive deficiencies had just as much to do with Sunday’s low-scoring affair.

By ALLON SINAI
Clinical Mac TA keeps heat on Southerners

Yellow-and-blue lives dangerously but claims win ahead of Beersheba’s visit to Jerusalem

By ALLON SINAI
Wars of the Jews, 21st century edition

A series of challenges to the monopoly of Israel’s state rabbinate may threaten stability of government

By NOGA TARNOPOLSKY/THE MEDIA LINE
Huge leak reveals deep corruption linked to offshore accounts

Israeli banks and citizens are among those implicated.

By REUTERS,JPOST.COM STAFF
Ceremony marks 50th anniversary of Israel’s first Nobel Prize

This year has been designated Agnon year, marking 50 years since Shmuel Yosef Agnon became the first Israeli to win a Nobel Prize.

By GREER FAY CASHMAN
Analysis: Unyielding religious establishment threatens to be its own undoing

Slowly but surely, the conflict between democratic rights, and the legally enshrined monopoly of one Jewish denomination over religious life in Israel is being chipped away.

By JEREMY SHARON
Opera review: LA CENERENTOLA

The Israeli Opera Tel Aviv Opera House, March 21

By URY EPPSTEIN
Rendezvous with French cinema

French directors Roschdy Zem and Emmanuelle Bercot are here in Israel to discuss and present their latest films as part of the French Film Festival.

By HANNAH BROWN
Deri, under criminal investigation, asks his followers not to rebel

Shas leader showed up for Sunday's cabinet meeting and maintains a full work schedule ahead of questioning under caution that is expected to take place later this week.

By GIL HOFFMAN
UN censors Israeli exhibition featuring Zionism and Jerusalem

Three out of 13 displays put together for the exhibition were disqualified by the UN including one about Jerusalem, another about Israeli Arabs and a third about Zionism.

By DANIELLE ZIRI
Taub Center: Proposed changes to unemployment law will harm women, families and Arab Israelis

The study found that the proposed change to the law will mean that about 15% of those receiving benefits today will not be entitled to benefits.

By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI
Jerusalem Post Group launches TMI, a brand new celebrity gossip website

Congratulations gossip fans: TMI launches, giving readers all the latest celebrity news in Israel and around the world.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
Court won't allow Jewish terror suspect to attend son's circumcision

Meir Ettinger’s wife, Moriah Ettinger, wrote a letter to the Ashkenazi and Sephardi chief rabbis of Israel, calling on them to intervene on his behalf.

By BEN HARTMAN
'Time to rethink school trips to Nazi camps,' Tel Aviv principal says

The principal of Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium in Tel Aviv told Army Radio that the trips to Poland were becoming “social occasions rather than learning experiences.”

By JPOST.COM STAFF
The Jerusalem Post's top 5 stories of April 3

Star of David engravings at archaeological site cause stir in Egypt, IAF disturbed by rise in the ballistic missile threat, suspected terror stabbing in central Israel, and more.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
Ariel visits Rabin Center, encourages all Israelis to go

Ariel is the chairman of Tkuma, the right-flank of Bayit Yehudi, and was a vocal opponent of the Oslo Accords signed when Rabin was premier.

By LAHAV HARKOV
BDS activists vandalize ad for 'Open a Door to Israel' Paris exhibit

The incident took place just as the Carousel du Louvre was hosting a display staged by the Foreign Ministry titled “Open a Door to Israel.”

By DANA SOMBERG
US Senator: Netanyahu expressed concern over anti-Muslim rhetoric in presidential race

Democratic Senator Tim Kaine claims in radio interview that both Netanyahu and Erdogan are worried by candidates' "anti-Muslim rhetoric."

By JPOST.COM STAFF

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Ezra Furman to make Israel debut

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Herzog denies talking about case with Mandelblit

State argues new probe should not impact his ministerial appointment.