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Mamma Mia in Israel: The refreshing hit of summer 2015

Mamma Mia in Israel: The refreshing hit of summer 2015

The successful musical, based on Abba’s greatest hits, brings its fantastic London cast to Tel Aviv for a limited run. In one of the high… Read More ›

The French train gunman is ‘dumbfounded’ that some are labeling him a terrorist

The French train gunman is ‘dumbfounded’ that some are labeling him a terrorist

  PARIS/ALGECIRAS, Spain (Reuters) – A gunman who attacked passengers on a high-speed train in France two days ago is “dumbfounded” at having been taken… Read More ›

1 trillion yuan might be deployed to prevent a stock market meltdown in China

1 trillion yuan might be deployed to prevent a stock market meltdown in China

  Having seen the nation’s benchmark Shanghai Composite stock index get slammed by 4.21% on Friday, taking its weekly loss to 11.54%, Chinese authorities wheeled… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Ehud Barak’s Iran Bombshell Could Shake Up Israeli Politics

Jerusalem – Ehud Barak’s Iran Bombshell Could Shake Up Israeli Politics

  Jerusalem – Former Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s comments that Israel nearly attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities but the plan was scuttled by military men and… Read More ›

Chinese stocks are getting hammered again

Chinese stocks are getting hammered again

  Fresh from being slammed by more than 4% on Friday, a sell-off which took weekly losses to more than 10%, Chinese stocks have been… Read More ›

New York – AP Report: NYC To Probe Secular Education At Orthodox Jewish Schools

New York – AP Report: NYC To Probe Secular Education At Orthodox Jewish Schools

  New York – There was no science, no geography and no math past multiplication at the ultra-Orthodox Jewish school Chaim Weber attended. And the… Read More ›

New York – Yosi Piamenta: The Man And His Music

New York – Yosi Piamenta: The Man And His Music

New York – Jewish music lovers worldwide are mourning the loss of guitarist Yosi Piamenta who passed away today at the age of 64 after… Read More ›

La Liga: Messi misses penalty but Barcelona win, Real Madrid held

La Liga: Messi misses penalty but Barcelona win, Real Madrid held

    Lionel Messi missed a first-half penalty but ended the day smiling as Barcelona narrowly overcame Athletic Bilbao 1-0 at the San Mames in… Read More ›

Two men charged after threats made to Pokemon event in Boston

Two men charged after threats made to Pokemon event in Boston

  Two Iowa men are facing firearm charges after authorities found weapons and ammunition in their vehicle following social media threats made to attendees of… Read More ›

Train shooting heroes: The men who helped avert a massacre in Europe

Train shooting heroes: The men who helped avert a massacre in Europe

The three friends from the United States traveled in Europe as vacationers. Now the world knows them as heroes. Anthony Sadler, Spencer Stone and Alek… Read More ›

2015 World Athletics Championships: Usain Bolt defeats Justin Gatlin

2015 World Athletics Championships: Usain Bolt defeats Justin Gatlin

Usain Bolt overcame the doubters and the form book to beat controversial rival Justin Gatlin to 100m gold at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing… Read More ›

PM on Barak tapes: Time to end ‘irresponsible’ security talk

PM on Barak tapes: Time to end ‘irresponsible’ security talk

Netanyahu finally responds to recordings in which his ex-defense minister calls him weak, reveals aborted plans to strike Iran   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought… Read More ›

Iran is laughing at leaky Israel, says Liberman after new Barak tapes aired

Iran is laughing at leaky Israel, says Liberman after new Barak tapes aired

While bashing former defense minister, Yisrael Beytenu leader also takes aim at PM for failing to tackle Iran effectively   Israel’s former foreign minister said… Read More ›

IS blows up 2,000-year-old temple in Syria’s Palmyra

IS blows up 2,000-year-old temple in Syria’s Palmyra

Antiquities chief says jihadists destroyed shrine of Baal Shamin, built in 17 CE and expanded in 130 CE   Islamic State group jihadists on Sunday… Read More ›

‘No ulterior motives for cancellation of Israel flights’

‘No ulterior motives for cancellation of Israel flights’

Airline due to shut down flights between Philadelphia and Tel Aviv starting January, say decision motivated strictly by economics. American Airlines, which announced last week… Read More ›

Released asylum seekers blocked from Tel Aviv, Eilat

Released asylum seekers blocked from Tel Aviv, Eilat

Some 1,200 to be released from Holot on Tuesday, Wednesday; those caught in Tel Aviv or Eilat to be detained at Saharonim. While some 1,200… Read More ›

Faulty finances: Israel’s economic growth below Spain, Greece

Faulty finances: Israel’s economic growth below Spain, Greece

Report in Finance Ministry notes decrease in exports, manufacturing as reasons for poor economic performance; Kahlon: ‘Figures worry me as finance minister, citizen of Israel.’… Read More ›

Will West and Arab states accept border changes that redivide region?

Will West and Arab states accept border changes that redivide region?

Almost 100 years ago, the Sykes-Picot Agreement carved out the modern Middle East; Is stage two in the works?   As a result of regional… Read More ›

Israel imports 77% of its oil from Iraqi Kurdistan, report says

Israel imports 77% of its oil from Iraqi Kurdistan, report says

Between May and August 11, $1 billion of oil was imported into Israel.   Up to three-quarters of the oil supply in Israel was imported from… Read More ›

Daniel on the way to the lion’s den

Daniel on the way to the lion’s den

Danny Danon is leaving the cabinet to take up his dream job, fighting the Israel-haters at the United Nations.   When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Read More ›