Anti-Semitism drives record-high Western European immigration to Israel

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The one-stop news site covering Israel, the region and the Jewish people worldwide   THE DAILY EDITION   WHAT MATTERS MOST ON » FRI, JAN 15, 2016   Share This: Visit the timesofisrael.com - updated 24/7. The Jewish world's fastest-growing website. Click here!   Sharansky: Unprecedented number of Jews 'feel that Europe is no longer their home'   Anti-Semitism drives record-high Western European immigration to Israel   Amid rise in attacks, 9,880 make aliya in 2015, including almost 8,000 from France   By ARON HELLER         After stabbing, 2 French lawmakers wear kippahs to parliament   By JTA     Marseille supporters urged to wear kippahs to upcoming match   By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF     French Jews ask: Is wearing your faith a risk, or a right?   By ANGELA CHARLTON       When the world’s newest Islamic republic honors the Jewish state   Paul Hirschson, Israel’s ambassador to Gambia, dissects the significance of a tiny West African nation’s name change   By RAPHAEL AHREN     Netanyahu slams Sweden’s ‘immoral’ criticism, EU’s ‘illegal’ W. Bank building   Angry PM urges a ‘resetting’ of ties with Europe and pans ‘absurd’ labeling of settlement goods; tells journalists Swedish FM’s remarks are ‘outrageous, stupid’   By RAPHAEL AHREN         At rally, right-wing activists urge Swedish FM to resign   By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF     Israel-bashing FM Wallstrom seen ‘becoming a problem’ for Sweden   By GAëL BRANCHEREAU     IDF opens investigation into shooting of Palestinian   By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF       Bernie Sanders surging in polls, but are Jews feeling ‘the Bern’?   ANALYSIS While Democratic hopeful is closing in on front-runner Hillary Clinton, his electability among his coreligionists is in question   By RON KAMPEAS       Trump, Cruz go head-to-head, outshine rivals in latest debate   By JULIE PACE and BILL BARROW     ‘The Nation’ endorses Sanders for president   By JTA     Obama says Michelle will not run for president   By DARLENE SUPERVILLE           A thousand and one sheitls   DIANA LIPTON Haredi women adapt The King and I to their religious sensibilities, in a high-octane, stellar performance with soul       6 ways you can spark a Jewish revival   JOEL HOFFMAN As US Jewry’s future looks dire, it’s time to get to work and start inviting, teaching, posting and matchmaking       Does the left want peace?   TODD BERMAN The 2-state camp seems to be doing all it can to NOT win friends or influence the future of the Jewish State       The spiritual child   JONATHAN SACKS The Jewish emphasis on educating the next generation begins with Moses’ inspirational speech about freedom (Bo)       Garbage truck driver finds top secret Navy docs   In what IDF calls ‘serious case,’ highly classified materials from 2nd-in-command’s office almost dumped at trash site       Hadassah clinical trials for new ALS treatment ‘very encouraging’   ‘Close to 90 percent of patients’ showed slowed progression or improvement, researchers say       Israeli start-up keeps bad bugs at bay, no poison needed   EdenShield’s GateKeeper kept almost 100% of crop-destroying pests out of greenhouses — without pesticides       3 Columbia U students killed on volunteer mission to Honduras   Trio, part of university’s Medical Brigade program, die when bus crashes into ravine; one victim was Orthodox Jew       ‘Son of Saul’ nominated for best foreign language Oscar   Hungarian Holocaust movie won Golden Globe; Spielberg, Milchan, Lanzmann films also in the running       In NY, 1,100 kids break challah-baking record   More than 1,000 eggs, 1,000 pounds of flour and 7,000 ounces of water said used in Kids Mega Challah Bake     Al-Shabab says it killed 64 Kenyan soldiers in Somalia   Kenyan military disputes account, says terror group attacked Somali government soldiers       Stay away from sharks, says Israel’s parks authority   Divers warned to steer clear of endangered fish attracted by warm water expelled from Hadera power station       George W. Bush page most edited on Wikipedia   Former US president tops list with 45,862 revisions; Jesus, Obama, and Hitler also make the Top 10     HEBREW MEDIA REVIEW   FRI, JAN 15, 4:01 PM     Taking the stump   Haaretz eyes Netanyahu’s defense of the NGO bill, and Yedioth Ahronoth fears for the jobs of supermarket staff       London Haredi school that doesn’t teach English ordered to close   School fails to meet ‘minimum’ standards, inspectors say; narrow curriculum encourages ‘cultural and ethnic insularity’   By JTA       Mystery surrounds Saudi Arabia death of Israel-linked defense contractor   US family of Christopher Cramer, who worked for an Elbit subsidiary, doesn’t believe Saudi claim his death was a suicide   By KATHY MCCORMACK         French university expels Kuwaiti student for anti-Semitic posts   Amira Jumaa was fired from French Consulate for calling Jews ‘scums and rats,’ is first student expelled by prestigious Sciences Po since 1872   By JTA       State promises ‘no celebrity discount’ as Olmert seeks deal   Attorney for former PM, who is to start prison term next month, meets state prosecutor, aims to minimize jail time in series of cases   By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF     Why the West Bank refugee camps refuse to join the Third Intifada   REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK In Jenin and Balata, they’re waiting for a one-state solution… or for Islamic State   By AVI ISSACHAROFF     Related article: Palestinian said killed in Gaza clashes with IDF     After Tel Aviv shooting, Arab-Jewish distrust deepens   Deadly terror attack by Israeli Arab gunman intensifies debate about discrimination and loyalty   By TIA GOLDENBERG and AREEJ HAZBOUN       Peres making ‘excellent’ recovery, plans Swiss trip   Despite mild heart attack, ex-president, 92, set to fly Wednesday to Davos for 15 meetings with world leaders   By AFP           Beloved actor Alan Rickman lost pro-Israel fans over Rachel Corrie play   Renowned stage and film actor, who died Thursday, wrote and directed a play about young American activist who died in the Gaza Strip   By JESSICA STEINBERG         How David Bowie’s ‘adoptive’ Jewish family welcomed him to America   In January 1971, before his rise to world fame, rocker spent opening night of first US tour at Maryland home of the Obermans   By GABE FRIEDMAN       Israeli app helps you see your way to diet success   Forget numbers, charts, and diaries. MakeMyPlate shows you exactly what you should be eating, says CEO Alin Cooperman   By DAVID SHAMAH     Obesity’s link to lack of sleep is gut-wrenching problem, study shows   Intestinal bacteria helps keep fat at bay – but late-night hours at the office is seen to prevent them from doing their job   By DAVID SHAMAH         Woody Allen’s sidekick shares almost all in new memoir   Tony Roberts writes at length about his long friendship with world’s most famous neurotic Jew; just don’t ask about Allen’s romantic life   By LONNIE FIRESTONE

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