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Funny Kosher food segment from the Seinfeld TV series

Funny Kosher food segment from the Seinfeld TV series

Jay Leno in Israel! Funny monologue at the Jerusalem Theater

Jay Leno in Israel! Funny monologue at the Jerusalem Theater

Analysis: Why Germany is the weakest Western link in nuclear talks with Iran

Analysis: Why Germany is the weakest Western link in nuclear talks with Iran

The negotiations coincide with this year’s celebration of 50 years of diplomatic relations between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany.   With the Iran… Read More ›

Protesting classroom crunch, parents to keep kids from school

Protesting classroom crunch, parents to keep kids from school

Students in some 70 cities to get day off as parents step up protest against class sizes swelling to 40 children or more   Parents… Read More ›

Tesla’s battery-swapping plan has a mere shadow of the promise it once showed

Tesla’s battery-swapping plan has a mere shadow of the promise it once showed

  In 2013, Elon Musk showed off Tesla’s battery-swapping technology, which can remove and replace the drained battery pack of a Model S with a… Read More ›

Greeks are withdrawing money from ATMs faster than they can be replenished

Greeks are withdrawing money from ATMs faster than they can be replenished

  ATHENS (Reuters) — More than a third of automated teller machines across Greece ran out of cash on Saturday before they were replenished as Greeks pulled out… Read More ›

Washington – White House Lit In Rainbow Colors After Supreme Court Ruling

Washington – White House Lit In Rainbow Colors After Supreme Court Ruling

  Washington – The White House is lit up in rainbow colors in commemoration of the Supreme Court’s ruling to legalize same-sex marriage. Gay and… Read More ›

China’s gold hoard will slay the mighty dollar

China’s gold hoard will slay the mighty dollar

  Tiger Woods in his prime wasn’t close to being invincible. He was invincible. From the time Tiger Woods burst onto the golf scene by… Read More ›

New Jersey – Gov. Christie Goes Live With Presidential Campaign Site

New Jersey – Gov. Christie Goes Live With Presidential Campaign Site

New Jersey – Republican Chris Christie’s political team has gone live with a presidential campaign website days before he jumps into the 2016 race. The… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israeli 11-Year-Old Boy Pronounced Dead In Tragic Fall From School Roof

Jerusalem – Israeli 11-Year-Old Boy Pronounced Dead In Tragic Fall From School Roof

Jerusalem – The City of Jerusalem is in mourning tonight after an 11-year-old boy from Ramot Aleph was pronounced dead after falling down a staircase… Read More ›

Jeb Bush touts record on guns

Jeb Bush touts record on guns

  Henderson, Nevada – Jeb Bush on Saturday said he doubted gun control measures supported by President Barack Obama would have prevented recent tragedies, including the… Read More ›

Monsoon washes away lives, homes and gemstones in India’s diamond district

Monsoon washes away lives, homes and gemstones in India’s diamond district

  While many die from extreme heat across the border in Pakistan, monsoon rains in an Indian state known for its diamonds have also wiped… Read More ›

More than 500 injured in explosion at Taiwan water park

More than 500 injured in explosion at Taiwan water park

  At least 510 people were injured — 183 of them hospitalized in intensive care unites — after flammable powder apparently exploded in midair at… Read More ›

US slams Israel’s treatment of Palestinian prisoners

US slams Israel’s treatment of Palestinian prisoners

Annual human rights report decries ‘killings and abuse of Palestinian detainees’; criticizes PA restrictions, Hamas killings and terrorism   The annual US State Department report… Read More ›

No injuries as Israeli ambulance in West Bank takes fire

No injuries as Israeli ambulance in West Bank takes fire

At least four bullets hit MDA vehicle near Beit El, local official blames reopening of nearby road into Palestinian town   Unknown assailants shot at… Read More ›

Seeing few gaps, New Zealand to push for Israeli-Palestinian talks

Seeing few gaps, New Zealand to push for Israeli-Palestinian talks

As Wellington takes reins of UN Security Council, foreign minister says sides not far apart, hints he won’t support resolution imposing conditions   New  Zealand… Read More ›

Website records testimonies of anti-Semitism on US campuses

Website records testimonies of anti-Semitism on US campuses

‘I am terrified knowing I may not be able to discuss my Judaism without taunts, or worse, violence,’ says Northwestern University student. A new webpage… Read More ›

Thousands protest natural gas deal

Thousands protest natural gas deal

Crowd demonstrates in Tel Aviv against government’s plan to let a American-Israeli energy group keep control of most of the country’s natural gas deposits. Thousands… Read More ›

Rift in Foreign Ministry prevents effective fight against BDS

Rift in Foreign Ministry prevents effective fight against BDS

Division developed in the ministry after professionals urged cooperating with Jewish left-wing organizations to fight boycott, with politicians choosing to brand all criticism as anti-Semitism… Read More ›

Israel and ICC on a collision course

Israel and ICC on a collision course

The UNHRC report on the 2014 Gaza war and Jerusalem’s response suggest a clash between Israel and the ICC is becoming much more likely.  … Read More ›