WASHINGTON – US Vice President Joe Biden hailed Israel’s late founding father, Shimon Peres, as a symbol of optimistic leadership throughout dark times for… Read More ›
In an unusually strong statement, the State Department called plans to construct a ‘significant’ new settlement of up to 300 housing units and establish an… Read More ›
Ateret Cohanim: There is “no force or coercion used in any circumstance – only free sale, free will and financial payments.” Ateret Cohanim, a… Read More ›
Jerusalem – The world’s oldest man, who turned 113th on Thursday, plans to mark his birthday by celebrating his bar mitzvah in the Israeli city… Read More ›
A trio of scientists, one of them Jewish, were announced to be the winners of the 2016 Nobel prize in physics; their work deals with… Read More ›
The World Health Organization’s upcoming report on worldwide obesity has terrible data on Israel, which is only second to the USA for childhood obesity. An… Read More ›
The termination of the pro-BDS group’s accounts took place in Ireland and Northern Ireland in late September according to the Irish news outlet RTÉ. … Read More ›
Community members say public discourse on refugees has crossed line into hate speech as referendum results deal blow to populist PM Members of Hungary’s… Read More ›
Ultra-Orthodox grip on government over issues of religious freedom and equality rankles a clear majority of Israelis JERUSALEM (JTA) — The haredi Orthodox parties… Read More ›
Minister tells local TV that deal wouldn’t make Hashemite kingdom dependent on Jewish state, but would cut $600 million from energy bill Jordan on… Read More ›
Normally, the US Supreme Court begins its term on the first Monday in October, but this year, arguments will be delayed until Tuesday with three… Read More ›
As the 2016 presidential campaign has been at the center of many discussions and debates for over a year now, it is also likely to… Read More ›
The spokesman for Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte sought to clarify the leader’s controversial comparison of his war against suspected drug offenders to Adolf Hitler’s extermination… Read More ›
Selichot tours through the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem’s Old City before the High Holy Days are interfering with the residents’ sleep. All-night prayers for forgiveness,… Read More ›
A man with a container of gasoline and a gun reportedly came to the Moscow Choral Synagogue and asked to meet with the chief rabbi;… Read More ›
On one side, a decorated IDF chief of staff; on the other, an experienced politician; from day one to that fateful moment when three shots… Read More ›
Before moving to Israel, Peres’s grandfather Rabbi Zvi Meltzer hugged him and said, “My child, be a Jew.” In August 1942, Shimon Peres’s grandfather… Read More ›
Several Jews and Arabs detained day before ceremony for late president Shimon Peres, though no specific threat mentioned; security upped for Abbas Police rounded… Read More ›
On a Rosh Hashanah call with American Jewish leaders, Democratic candidate says she ‘made it clear’ to Netanyahu she’ll defend Israel WASHINGTON — Democratic… Read More ›
Large parts of Jerusalem shuttered amid ‘unprecedented’ security measures as dignitaries from 70 nations gather to pay their respects Shimon Peres, Israel’s ninth president… Read More ›
