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Rhinebeck, NY – Jacob Neusner, Who Shaped American Jewish Studies, Dies

Rhinebeck, NY – Jacob Neusner, Who Shaped American Jewish Studies, Dies

  Rhinebeck, NY – Jacob Neusner, who transformed the study of American Judaism, becoming one of the most influential 20th-century scholars of the religion, has… Read More ›

New York – Port Authority Rejects Ad Encouraging Women Not To Switch Seats To Accommodate Orthodox Male Flyers

New York – Port Authority Rejects Ad Encouraging Women Not To Switch Seats To Accommodate Orthodox Male Flyers

New York – It was a colorful billboard intended to advise women flying from Newark International Airport during the busy holiday season that no one… Read More ›

Aerial view reveals scale of disaster left by Hurricane Matthew

Aerial view reveals scale of disaster left by Hurricane Matthew

Port-au-Prince, Haiti – From the air, the path left by the power and fury of Hurricane Matthew is clearly visible. Trees stripped of foliage, scattered… Read More ›

Trump, Clinton wage scorched-earth debate

Trump, Clinton wage scorched-earth debate

Donald Trump will live to fight another day — but it took the nastiest, most bitterly personal presidential debate in recent memory for the Republican… Read More ›

Donald Trump’s mission: Make Clinton’s life hell for the next month

Donald Trump’s mission: Make Clinton’s life hell for the next month

  St. Louis – Donald Trump issued an unmistakable threat to Hillary Clinton Sunday night: I am willing to cross any line to make the… Read More ›

Israeli authorities face questions over failure to thwart Jerusalem terrorist

Israeli authorities face questions over failure to thwart Jerusalem terrorist

Killer was supposed to be in prison for assaulting officer, had served time, and was reportedly detained five times in past two weeks   As… Read More ›

After deadly terror attack, police chief urges ‘return to normal’

After deadly terror attack, police chief urges ‘return to normal’

Roni Alsheikh hails resilience of Jerusalemites, assures residents law enforcement is ‘densely’ deployed in capital   Israel Police Commissioner Roni Alsheikh on Sunday urged Jerusalemites… Read More ›

Abbas’s Fatah party honors Jerusalem killer as ‘martyr’

Abbas’s Fatah party honors Jerusalem killer as ‘martyr’

PA leader’s faction declares day of mourning for terrorist who shot dead two Israelis; Hamas leader congratulates his parents in phone call   The political… Read More ›

German police detain Syrian man wanted in alleged bomb plot

German police detain Syrian man wanted in alleged bomb plot

Jaber Albakr, the 22-year-old subject of a nationwide hunt, was caught in Leipzig; he is believed to have been preparing a bomb attack; Albakr had… Read More ›

Lieberman calls for boycotting Joint List

Lieberman calls for boycotting Joint List

Campaign to boycott Knesset speeches by members of the Joint List following their refusal to partake in Shimon Peres’s funeral approved by Prime Minister Netanyahu;… Read More ›

Shaked’s ‘Jewish revolution’ raises MK uproar

Shaked’s ‘Jewish revolution’ raises MK uproar

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Bayit Yehudi)recently laid down her vision for a libertarian, hands-off government and judicial system over the weekend, arousing respect but also… Read More ›

Nazi graffiti found on NY Jewish cemetery days before Yom Kippur

Nazi graffiti found on NY Jewish cemetery days before Yom Kippur

The local Temple Beth Shalom’s 70 year old congregation was heartbroken and upset over the vandalism of their property.   A Jewish cemetery in the… Read More ›

Sara Netanyahu’s appeal rejected

Sara Netanyahu’s appeal rejected

Like an earlier ruling by the same court for a different employee, the court ruled that she had no basis to appeal.   The National… Read More ›

The banker who used Nazis to help save Jews

The banker who used Nazis to help save Jews

Friedrich Carl von Oppenheim used bureaucratic and legal channels to make a difference in WWII.   A year prior to the start of the Second World War,… Read More ›

Activists in Jerusalem insist Trump still fit to be President

Activists in Jerusalem insist Trump still fit to be President

Perhaps unsurprisingly, there were no women among the volunteers, although several women passing by expressed their opposition to Trump and the campaign stand itself.  … Read More ›

Bennett: Pardon Hebron shooter immediately if found guilty

Bennett: Pardon Hebron shooter immediately if found guilty

Leader of nationalist Jewish Home party says Elor Azaria ‘shouldn’t sit a single day in prison’ for killing disarmed Palestinian assailant   Jewish Home party… Read More ›

‘It’s sexual assault’: Joe Biden issues scathing rebuke to Trump

‘It’s sexual assault’: Joe Biden issues scathing rebuke to Trump

  Vice President Joe Biden slammed Donald Trump on Saturday over a newly revealed 2005 video in which the Republican presidential nominee boasted about forcing himself… Read More ›

Trump: ‘I will never drop out’

Trump: ‘I will never drop out’

  Despite mounting calls for him to leave the race, many of which are coming from his own party, Donald Trump defiantly insisted on Saturday… Read More ›

The Mossad needs a tailor

The Mossad needs a tailor

The Israeli Mossad has put out a request for an experienced master tailor to come work for the secretive spy agency; this is not the… Read More ›

Chicago, IL – Obama Casts Early Vote For 2016 Election During Chicago Trip

Chicago, IL – Obama Casts Early Vote For 2016 Election During Chicago Trip

  Chicago, IL –  President Barack Obama on Friday cast his ballot for the Nov. 8 election during a trip to his hometown of Chicago.… Read More ›