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Arab nations do not support Iran Nuclear Deal

Arab nations do not support Iran Nuclear Deal

In a strange twist, not only is Israel concerned about Obama’s negotiations leading to a nuclear Iran, but there may also be several Arab nations… Read More ›

Jihadist group threatens to turn Libya into another Syria

Jihadist group threatens to turn Libya into another Syria

 Libya’s Foreign Minister Mohamed Dayri has called for Western military support, saying the growing threat from jihadist groups threatened to turn his country into another… Read More ›

The number of new homes under construction rose by 40 %

The number of new homes under construction rose by 40 %

The number of new homes under construction in Jewish settlements in the West Bank rose last year by 40 percent, the Peace Now anti-settlements watchdog… Read More ›

ISIS abducts at least 90 people

ISIS abducts at least 90 people

Islamic State militants have abducted at least 90 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria, a monitoring group that tracks violence in Syria said… Read More ›

Jewish college students face antisemitism on campuses

Jewish college students face antisemitism on campuses

In high school many of us learned about WWII and the injustice done to the Jewish people. Some of us may have even had the… Read More ›

Jewish music festival coming to Bay Area

Jewish music festival coming to Bay Area

After 30 years, the Bay Area’s Jewish Music Festival as we know it is going out with a bang, a trill and a heartfelt hallelujah.… Read More ›

Workers at Israel Chemicals unit Dead Sea call strike

Workers at Israel Chemicals unit Dead Sea call strike

Workers at Israel Chemicals unit Dead Sea Works embarked on an allout strike after management did not respond to demands by the Histadrut labor federation… Read More ›

Young Muslims in Norway are organizing a peace rally at a synagogue

Young Muslims in Norway are organizing a peace rally at a synagogue

Following the terror attacks in Copenhagen, where a Jewish man was killed last weekend, a group of young Muslims in Norway are organizing a peace… Read More ›

“Out of the Shoebox” – An Autobiographic Mystery By: Yaron Reshef

“Out of the Shoebox” – An Autobiographic Mystery By: Yaron Reshef

Out of the Shoebox is a fascinating journal that reads like a detective story, comes across as an imaginative quest into the past, yet is… Read More ›

Israeli co-directors Mihal Brezis and Oded Binnun are living Hollywood dream

Israeli co-directors Mihal Brezis and Oded Binnun are living Hollywood dream

Most young, independent filmmakers try to play it cool, but Mihal Brezis and Oded Binnun, the Israeli co-directors of Aya, a movie nominated for the… Read More ›

IDF chief of staff prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem

IDF chief of staff prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem

Israel has sworn in a new military chief of staff who is taking over command of the country’s armed forces amid a tumultuous period in… Read More ›

The longest Gaza smuggling tunnel has been discovered

The longest Gaza smuggling tunnel has been discovered

Egyptian security officials say they have found a 2.5-kilometer (1.5-mile) smuggling tunnel leading into the Gaza Strip, the longest such passageway discovered in their crackdown… Read More ›

France is alarmed after Copenhagen shooting attacks

France is alarmed after Copenhagen shooting attacks

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Monday the threat of militant attacks in the country remained “particularly high” and that exceptional security measures would… Read More ›

Bill Clinton made an appearance at a fundraiser for Jewish Preschool of the Arts

Bill Clinton made an appearance at a fundraiser for Jewish Preschool of the Arts

Bill Clinton made an appearance at a fundraiser for the Philip Berley Preschool of the Arts, a school run by the Chabad Center for Jewish… Read More ›

Israel is ready for a large number of people immigrating from Europe

Israel is ready for a large number of people immigrating from Europe

The cabinet approved a 180 million Shekel immigration plan aimed at French, Belgian and Ukrainian Jews on Sunday, only hours after a Jewish guard was… Read More ›

Terror inside Danish synagogue

Terror inside Danish synagogue

What should have been the happiest moments of Chana Bentov’s life turned into a nightmare of epic proportions as the 12 year old’s bat mitzvah… Read More ›

Canadian police prevents a plot to kill people at a shopping mall

Canadian police prevents a plot to kill people at a shopping mall

Police foiled a plot by two suspects who were planning on going to a mall and killing as many people as they could before committing… Read More ›

Danish film maker was killed in Copenhagen

Danish film maker was killed in Copenhagen

The documentary filmmaker Finn Noergaard was killed in a shooting at a free speech event in Copenhagen. The Danish Film Institute’s chief Henrik Bo Nielsen… Read More ›

Four men arrested for sending email death threats to Israel Consul

Four men arrested for sending email death threats to Israel Consul

Four men were arrested for sending email death threats to the Israel Consul in Marseilles. One of the men was 19 years old and a… Read More ›

Microsoft is buying Israeli N-trig

Microsoft is buying Israeli N-trig

Microsoft is buying N-trig, an Israeli provider of digital pens and chips for touch screens, for at least $200 million, the Calcalist financial news website… Read More ›