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First pure olive oil produced in 2000 years

First pure olive oil produced in 2000 years

The holiday of Hanukka is known as the festival of lights but in many respects it is also the festival of oil, specifically the olive… Read More ›

Sarah Silverman will star in an HBO pilot

Sarah Silverman will star in an HBO pilot

Sarah Silverman will star in an HBO pilot “as a pathologically honest woman having a modern mid-life crisis,” Variety reported. Silverman, who recently received the… Read More ›

Israel reduces separation between Jews and Arabs at schools

Israel reduces separation between Jews and Arabs at schools

The Israeli education system is in the midst of a slow process of reducing separation between Jews and Arabs, according to the annual Taub Center… Read More ›

Jews like former Florida governer Jeb Bush

Jews like former Florida governer Jeb Bush

Leading his announcement with a “happy Hanukkah” and hosting a menorah lighting party, former Florida governor Jeb Bush has already secured the backing of prominent… Read More ›

Jewish campus groups combat sexual violence

Jewish campus groups combat sexual violence

Jewish campus groups were ready for the painful national dialogue that took place in the wake of murky rape allegations at the University of Virginia.… Read More ›

Hollywood is playing a major role in Auschwitz 70th anniversary

Hollywood is playing a major role in Auschwitz 70th anniversary

Hollywood is playing a role in commemorations of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The USC Shoah Foundation announced Tuesday that Hollywood heavyweights… Read More ›

World’s tallest Menorah

World’s tallest Menorah

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio joined hundreds of Jewish community residents in Brooklyn, lighting the world’s tallest Menorah at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn. “This… Read More ›

‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’ tops box office

‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’ tops box office

“Exodus: Gods and Kings” toppled “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1″ from its perch atop the box office, but its opening weekend results fell… Read More ›

Boris Johnson will ignite Chanukah in Trafalgar Square in London

Boris Johnson will ignite Chanukah in Trafalgar Square in London

Boris Johnson will ignite Chanukah in style next Tuesday  in Trafalgar Square. The annual festival will see the lighting of Europe’s largest menorah during a party… Read More ›

An Oscar nominee struggles to get funding

An Oscar nominee struggles to get funding

Israeli filmmaker Guy Davidi is struggling to raise enough money to finish his new film. Davidi’s “5 Broken Cameras,” which he co-created with Emad Burnat,… Read More ›

Attack on Israeli embassy in Athens

Attack on Israeli embassy in Athens

Police said they found 54 bullet casings about 130 feet from the embassy building. The assailants used a Kalashnikov assault rifle. “Whoever perpetrated this cowardly… Read More ›

Michael Oren speaks about his abiding concerns about Israel and US

Michael Oren speaks about his abiding concerns about Israel and US

Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren has a new life as a college lecturer in Israel and the author of a forthcoming book about… Read More ›

Rivlin believes Jewish and Arab citizens can live together

Rivlin believes Jewish and Arab citizens can live together

Though deeply concerned by the violence that has erupted in Israeli society, and equally concerned by the public and political atmosphere that ushered in the… Read More ›

Israeli drama “Gett” nominated for Golden Globe

Israeli drama “Gett” nominated for Golden Globe

An Israeli film has made the list of nominees contending for best foreign language film in the 72nd Golden Globe Awards. The Hollywood Foreign Press… Read More ›

Rabbi Elimelech helps cancer-striken kids overcome pain

Rabbi Elimelech helps cancer-striken kids overcome pain

Over the dozen years he spent working at a camp for children who were struggling with cancer, Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg often witnessed the excruciating pain… Read More ›

Jewish students at University Park will be able to connect via a new App

Jewish students at University Park will be able to connect via a new App

Although there are 6,000 Jewish students at University Park in Pennsylvania, three Penn State seniors felt that it was not easy to connect with them.… Read More ›

Israel condemns Thai Government film featuring Hitler

Israel condemns Thai Government film featuring Hitler

A short propaganda film commissioned by Thailand’s military rulers was supposed to promote the “12 core values” every Thai student must learn, but there was… Read More ›

Israel may owe Iran $100 m.

Israel may owe Iran $100 m.

Israel may owe Iran $100 million over the Eilat-Ashkelon pipeline, which made headlines last week when a breach spilled millions of liters of oil into… Read More ›

Rabbi Yehuda Glick was honored with a Human Rights Award

Israeli activist Rabbi Yehuda Glick, recently released from the hospital after an assassination attempt, was honored on Wednesday with a Human Rights Award by the… Read More ›

Ultra-Orthodox women demand a public voice in government

Ultra-Orthodox women demand a public voice in government

The backlash against ultra-Orthodox women who are daring to demand a public voice in government didn’t come as a big surprise, but it did come… Read More ›