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Hackers attacked a Twitter account belonging to the Pentagon

Hackers attacked a Twitter account belonging to the Pentagon

U.S. and European government sources said investigators strongly believe that Junaid Hussain, 20, was the leader of CyberCaliphate, though they do not know if he… Read More ›

Danish Jews want more police security

Danish Jews want more police security

Copenhagen, Denmark -Denmark’s Jewish community has asked for a police presence outside the Copenhagen synagogue during services and when students arrive and leave the city’s… Read More ›

Authorities said 54 people had been detained in France for glorifying terrorism

Authorities said 54 people had been detained in France for glorifying terrorism

Charlie Hebdo’s defiant new issue sold out before dawn Wednesday around Paris, with some scuffles at kiosks over dwindling copies of the satirical paper fronting… Read More ›

French Jews offered come to Israel

French Jews offered come to Israel

The Jews of France have gotten the message. It is time to leave their Diaspora dwelling and come home to Israel. Just as it is… Read More ›

Romney launching a third run for president

Romney launching a third run for president

Now it appears the competition among the more establishment-minded GOP candidates for president will end up just as fierce. With Mitt Romney’s move in the… Read More ›

Remembering philanthropist Menachem Stark

Remembering philanthropist Menachem Stark

A Hachnosas Sefer Torah (new torah scroll dedication ceremony) will be held next week Motzei Shabbos (Saturday night), January 24th, in Willambsurg, in memory of… Read More ›

A man linked to Charlie Hebdo attackers is arrested in Bulgaria

A man linked to Charlie Hebdo attackers is arrested in Bulgaria

A French citizen believed to have links to one of the Kouachi brothers is arrested in Bulgaria. Fritz-Joly Joachin, 29, was arrested under two European… Read More ›

Facebook users in U.S. will receive Amber Alerts to find missing children

Facebook users in U.S. will receive Amber Alerts to find missing children

Facebook users in the U.S. will soon receive Amber Alerts to help find missing children who may be located near them. Facebook Inc. is working… Read More ›

Strong candidates at Israel elections

Strong candidates at Israel elections

Eli Yishai  is wooing the Chardal, a section of the Dati Leumi that has suffered serious disillusionment in the past. Polls have him struggling to… Read More ›

Jewish stars shine at the Golden Globes

Jewish stars shine at the Golden Globes

The biggest, though uncredited, Jewish winner of the evening may have been the late novelist Stefan Zweig (1881-1942), whose writings inspired director Wes Anderson’s “The… Read More ›

Egypt arrests ISIS members that planned to assassinate government ministers

Egypt arrests ISIS members that planned to assassinate government ministers

Egypt has arrested an Islamic State cell that planned to assassinate government ministers. The suspects from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Egypt were supposed to have gotten… Read More ›

Foive-point plant for tackling anti-Semitism

Foive-point plant for tackling anti-Semitism

A five-point plan for tackling anti-Semitism was presented to Theresa May and law enforcement officials this week. The proposals – from the Campaign against Anti-Semitism… Read More ›

France deployed more police officers to protect Jewish schools

France deployed more police officers to protect Jewish schools

France has deployed nearly 5,000 police officers to protect Jewish schools after last week’s attacks, according to AFP. Overall, 10,000 security forces will be mobilized… Read More ›

Two terrorists convicted of plotting to bomb Mamilla open mall

Two terrorists convicted of plotting to bomb Mamilla open mall

Two Hamas members involved in a plot to bomb the Mamilla open mall in downtown Jerusalem are convicted on terrorism charges on Monday. Ahmad Rishak,… Read More ›

54% of Israelis blame Netanyahu for high cost of living

54% of Israelis blame Netanyahu for high cost of living

According to a survey conducted by the Project Hamedagem, 54% of the Israeli public believes that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is mainly to blame for… Read More ›

Obama was absent at Sunday’s rally for unity in Paris

Obama was absent at Sunday’s rally for unity in Paris

Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday he will travel to Paris this week to show solidarity with the French people, following sharp criticism of… Read More ›

Prime Minister visits site of Kosher deli attack

Prime Minister visits site of Kosher deli attack

Benjamin Netanyahu visited Monday the kosher supermarket in eastern Paris where four Jews were killed when an Islamist gunman stormed the store of Friday. Accompanied… Read More ›

UK police service meets French ambassador to discuss security cooperation

UK police service meets French ambassador to discuss security cooperation

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe met the French Ambassador on Monday to discuss co-operation over security and policing in the light… Read More ›

Al-Qaida is behind Paris attacks

Al-Qaida is behind Paris attacks

A member of al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen says the group directed the attack against the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris “as revenge for… Read More ›

A young man was stabbed in the back

A young man was stabbed in the back

A young Israeli man was stabbed in the back with a screwdriver by an Arab suspect near Damascus Gate in the Old City. The attack… Read More ›