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Kushner Meets with Abbas in Bid to Renew Peace Process

Kushner Meets with Abbas in Bid to Renew Peace Process

Earlier on Wednesday, Trump’s top advisor met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.   “President Trump is committed to working to reach a serious… Read More ›

GOC Southern Command: Hamas developing capabilities at Gazans’ expense

GOC Southern Command: Hamas developing capabilities at Gazans’ expense

Egypt sends fuel for Gaza’s only power plant to allow for nearly eight daily hours of power for three days; shipment a sign of improved… Read More ›

136-year-old Jewish refugee agency has a new mission in the Trump era: Fighting back

136-year-old Jewish refugee agency has a new mission in the Trump era: Fighting back

HIAS has seen its activist profile rise higher this year than at any point in its lengthy history   NEW YORK (JTA) — On January… Read More ›

Miami, FL – Israeli Company That Produces Water From Air Launches First Pilot Program In Florida

Miami, FL – Israeli Company That Produces Water From Air Launches First Pilot Program In Florida

  Miami, FL – Large parts of Florida are suffering from severe drought, and hurricane season threatens to make things worse. Enter Water-Gen, an Israeli company whose… Read More ›

US, Iraq say ISIS blew up famous Mosul mosque

US, Iraq say ISIS blew up famous Mosul mosque

The United States and Iraq said ISIS blew up a historic mosque in Mosul that was the ideological heart of the terror group and the… Read More ›

EU Justice Minister: Progress Made in Fighting Antisemitism on Social Media

EU Justice Minister: Progress Made in Fighting Antisemitism on Social Media

“Lawyers and experts have to consider that this hate speech can incite real violence in the real world.”   The European Union has made a… Read More ›

Why the government is afraid of academia

Why the government is afraid of academia

Op-ed: The best way to defend students is to keep developing their critical thinking skills and their political instincts so that they won’t believe everything… Read More ›

Washington – Clamping Down, White House Puts The ‘Brief’ In Its Briefing

Washington – Clamping Down, White House Puts The ‘Brief’ In Its Briefing

  Washington – President Donald Trump’s White House is putting the “brief” in press briefings. Sean Spicer, the embattled press secretary, spoke for 30 minutes… Read More ›

Einstein letters on God, Israel and physics fetch $210,000

Einstein letters on God, Israel and physics fetch $210,000

Eight letters, written between 1951 and 1954, by esteemed Jewish scientist were initially valued at up to $46,000   JERUSALEM — Letters written by Albert… Read More ›

Minnesota officials have released the dashcam footage showing Philando Castile’s shooting

Minnesota officials have released the dashcam footage showing Philando Castile’s shooting

  Minnesota officials on Tuesday released dashcam footage showing the fatal police shooting of Philando Castile by officer Jeronimo Yanez, who was acquitted by a… Read More ›

Israelis Come Face-to-Face with ‘The Enemy’

Israelis Come Face-to-Face with ‘The Enemy’

The project, called The Enemy, is showing as a part of the Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival until Saturday and is the brainchild of… Read More ›

Gaza slowly brewing up trouble

Gaza slowly brewing up trouble

Analysis: Prof. Mkhaimar Abusada of Al-Azhar University believes that the heat, the humidity from the sea and the increasing pressure on Hamas could blow up… Read More ›

Paul Shaffer’s post-Letterman act: Touring with ‘The World’s Most Dangerous Band’

Paul Shaffer’s post-Letterman act: Touring with ‘The World’s Most Dangerous Band’

The ‘Late Show’ sidekick and musical director has taken to the road again, with the occasional pit stop in shul   NEW YORK (JTA) —… Read More ›

Washington – Trump’s Legal Plan Quite Simple So Far: Fight, Fight, Fight

Washington – Trump’s Legal Plan Quite Simple So Far: Fight, Fight, Fight

  Washington – President Donald Trump has given his legal team a clear direction: Fight, fight, fight. That tactic from Trump’s lawyers and proxies has… Read More ›

Otto Warmbier, the US student detained by North Korea and returned in a coma, has died

Otto Warmbier, the US student detained by North Korea and returned in a coma, has died

  Otto Warmbier, the US student who was medically evacuated from North Korea to his home in Cincinnati last week, died on Monday at 2:20… Read More ›

Chilean Jews Concerned Over ‘Imported’ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Chilean Jews Concerned Over ‘Imported’ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Tensions are present on soccer fields, in media and universities.   A series of recent events in Chile have caused heightened tensions between the Jewish and… Read More ›

Van rams worshippers leaving London mosque, killing at least one

Van rams worshippers leaving London mosque, killing at least one

Witnesses say a white van deliberately swerved into a group of worshippers leaving a London mosque, killing one and injuring several; driver held by members… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Liberman withheld info on Palestinian city expansion

Netanyahu: Liberman withheld info on Palestinian city expansion

PM denies saying he didn’t know of plan for Qalqilya, claims defense minister failed to tell cabinet it included 14,000 new homes   Deepening a… Read More ›

Shanghai – At Least 26 Hurt After China Eastern Airlines Flight Hits Turbulence

Shanghai – At Least 26 Hurt After China Eastern Airlines Flight Hits Turbulence

Shanghai – At least 26 people were injured when a China Eastern Airlines flight from Paris to the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming hit turbulence… Read More ›

London’s Finsbury Park — a closer look

London’s Finsbury Park — a closer look

  The area of London where a vehicle hit pedestrians early Monday local time is ethnically diverse and home to a large Muslim community. Finsbury… Read More ›