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New York – Hamantaschen For Purim Inspires Dozens Of Variations Share Tweet Share Mail

New York – Hamantaschen For Purim Inspires Dozens Of Variations Share Tweet Share Mail

  New York – The most recognizable symbol for the Jewish holiday of Purim is a three-cornered cookie, called a hamantaschen. Purim, which begins March… Read More ›

Banned Islamist group suspected behind slaying of Hindu priest in Bangladesh

Banned Islamist group suspected behind slaying of Hindu priest in Bangladesh

  Dhaka, Bangladesh – A Hindu priest was killed and a devotee injured in northern Bangladesh on Sunday in the latest attack on minority religious figures… Read More ›

In Syria, dozens killed as bombers strike in Homs and Damascus, regime says

In Syria, dozens killed as bombers strike in Homs and Damascus, regime says

ISIS has claimed responsibility for multiple attacks in strongholds of the Syrian regime Sunday that killed at least 122 people and scores of others injured,… Read More ›

Kalamazoo Uber driver picked up fares between killings, source says

Kalamazoo Uber driver picked up fares between killings, source says

Kalamazoo, Michigan – The man accused of killing six people and injuring two more in a Saturday evening shooting rampage in Kalamazoo, Michigan, was an Uber… Read More ›

Rubio, Cruz jostle to claim ‘alternative-to-Trump’ vote

Rubio, Cruz jostle to claim ‘alternative-to-Trump’ vote

GOP frontrunner takes commanding win in South Carolina, says he’s going to make it all the way to the White House   FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP)… Read More ›

Trump’s campaign long ago spread beyond early-to-vote states

Trump’s campaign long ago spread beyond early-to-vote states

GOP frontrunner’s finance report shows he’s invested just $17.5 million in election bid, far less than competitors   WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s unorthodox bid… Read More ›

Clinton says Trump, Cruz ‘missed the mark’ on Israel

Clinton says Trump, Cruz ‘missed the mark’ on Israel

Democratic presidential frontrunner ‘will do everything’ to support Israel, recognizes need for Palestinian state   Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton lashed out at GOP candidates… Read More ›

Prisoner on death row performs Bar Mitzvah

Prisoner on death row performs Bar Mitzvah

Houston Chabad rabbi helps Jewish prisoner on death row put on tefillin and perform a Bar Mitzvah; the rabbi says, ‘When he saw that I… Read More ›

Israel presents Bedouin with demolition orders

Israel presents Bedouin with demolition orders

Israel sent notices to ramshackle 12 Bedouin properties; affected bedouin says ‘The Israeli occupation seeks to displace us from our territory’ Israel’s Civil Administration, the… Read More ›

Israeli sailor’s olympic dreams are crushed

Israeli sailor’s olympic dreams are crushed

Following altercation at friend’s house, Israeli champion sailor is ran over by a car; suspect says he lost control of car. Maor Ben Harush, who… Read More ›

Government, environmentalists butt heads over Haifa pollution at special Knesset session in Haifa

Government, environmentalists butt heads over Haifa pollution at special Knesset session in Haifa

Government representatives said it is too early to tell if there is correlation between pollution and health problems in Haifa – everyone else criticized them… Read More ›

Last year some 13,000 trucks laden with products from Turkey and Bulgaria passed through Israel, an increase of more than 25%.

Last year some 13,000 trucks laden with products from Turkey and Bulgaria passed through Israel, an increase of more than 25%.

  Chances are good that if members of the Saudi royal family are eating Turkish dried fruit or wearing Bulgarian shoes, some of those products… Read More ›

AP bureau chief: Israeli media criticism of foreign press verges on ‘incitement’

AP bureau chief: Israeli media criticism of foreign press verges on ‘incitement’

Comments come during Israeli offensive against “biased media.”   Israel’s increasingly hostile condemnations of the foreign press are beginning to verge on incitement, Associated Press… Read More ›

Kerry to meet Abbas in Jordan; no planned visit to Israel

Kerry to meet Abbas in Jordan; no planned visit to Israel

Talks come as France, Quartet promote bids to break impasse.   US Secretary of State John Kerry, who arrived in Jordan on Saturday, is expected to… Read More ›

Kerry tells Lavrov Syria truce must come as soon as possible

Kerry tells Lavrov Syria truce must come as soon as possible

Top US diplomat rails against ‘indiscriminate continued bombing’ by Russian aircraft in support of Assad regime   AMMAN, Jordan – US Secretary of State John… Read More ›

Here’s why Google invested $1 billion in Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Here’s why Google invested $1 billion in Elon Musk’s SpaceX

  Did you notice this big investment Google made last year? You may have missed it. After all, the U.S. space company hadn’t yet earned… Read More ›

‘Down to 3’: Marco Rubio delivers triumphant speech after South Carolina finish

‘Down to 3’: Marco Rubio delivers triumphant speech after South Carolina finish

  Sen. Marco Rubio, locked in a neck-and-neck battle with Sen. Ted Cruz for second place in the South Carolina Republican presidential primary, said in a… Read More ›

Donald Trump just passed a historic test toward winning the GOP nomination

Donald Trump just passed a historic test toward winning the GOP nomination

  The prospect of Donald Trump winning the Republican nomination for president is starting to look more and more likely after what was shaping up… Read More ›

Columbia, SC – Cruz Says His Campaign ‘Has Beaten’ Trump

Columbia, SC – Cruz Says His Campaign ‘Has Beaten’ Trump

  Columbia, SC – Texas Sen. Ted Cruz says he is the only campaign that “has beaten and can beat” billionaire Donald Trump, who won… Read More ›

New York – Pressure Grows On Hillary Clinton To Release Goldman Sachs Speeches

New York – Pressure Grows On Hillary Clinton To Release Goldman Sachs Speeches

  New York – Hillary Clinton continued to resist calls to release her transcripts of paid speeches she gave to Goldman Sachs and other banks,… Read More ›