New York – The Jewish Daily Forward profiles Skverer Rebbe, Rabbi David Twersky and the secretive dealings and goings-on in his New Square enclave and… Read More ›
Jewish groups had a meeting with London’s Deputy Mayor Steven Greenhalgh for Policing and Crime(MOPAC) to discuss anti-Semitic hate crime at demonstrations and on social media.… Read More ›
“We hope that whatever government is formed is a government that will – or whether there are elections, that those elections will produce — the… Read More ›
Bethoncourt, France – There is an increase in adolescent girls joining Islamic jihadists after being lured by Internet recruiters, European government officials say. The New… Read More ›
United Nations – In a move that Israel on Tuesday compared to gangster Al Capone running the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Iran is seeking… Read More ›
Amman – Arab media reports that the Jordanian government arrested 21 Muslim Brotherhood members for smuggling weapons and money into the West Bank. The Brotherhood… Read More ›
Two Israeli start-ups, Pixoneye and Pzartech, are two of the six super finalists in the iiAwards, a world start-up competition organized by the Paris Region… Read More ›
Washington – Two senior Republican senators are demanding the Obama administration provide Congress with records explaining what roll the justice department played and how suspected… Read More ›
United Nations – The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved an Arab-backed resolution Tuesday calling on Israel to put its nuclear facilities under international oversight and… Read More ›
Jerusalem – Seemingly paving the way for the formation of a new government with the haredi political parties after the coming election, Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›
Washington – The House unanimously approved a bill Tuesday that would block suspected Nazi war criminals from receiving Social Security benefits. The measure would shut… Read More ›
If it hadn’t been for Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, Lazer Lloyd thinks he would’ve been famous by now. On the other hand, he figures that by… Read More ›
Jerusalem – This might seem like an interesting time for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to promulgate a new law defining Israel’s identity as “the nation… Read More ›
Paris – In the hope that it would speed up peace efforts after decades of conflict, France’s lower house of Parliament voted Tuesday to urge the… Read More ›
New York – U.S. health officials on Tuesday released a draft of long-awaited federal guidelines on circumcision, saying medical evidence supports having the procedure done… Read More ›
Jerusalem – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday ordered the dismissal of his Finance and Justice ministers. and said he would dissolve parliament and seek… Read More ›
Tel Aviv – Israeli financial markets fell on Tuesday, as new elections appeared inevitable. with the shekel sliding 1.3 percent to a two-year low against the… Read More ›
Tel Aviv – At Ben Gurion airport a civilian plane has been tracked on a permanent flight path back and forth between Israel and an… Read More ›
This past summer, Armin Langer, a 24-year-old rabbinical student in Berlin, came to speak at the Sehitlik mosque in Neukoelln, a district of the German… Read More ›
Egypt – An investigation in Egypt is underway into a November 14 incident during which Islamic State members successfully hijacked an Egyptian missile boat. According… Read More ›
