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Paris – French Ex-minister: Germany ‘Took Our Jews And Gave Us Arabs

Paris – French Ex-minister: Germany ‘Took Our Jews And Gave Us Arabs

  Paris – A former French minister stirred up controversy Friday after saying Germany “took our Jews and gave us Arabs” as France began taking… Read More ›

New York – Ex-Tennis Star James Blake: Fire NYC Officer Who Tackled Me

New York – Ex-Tennis Star James Blake: Fire NYC Officer Who Tackled Me

  New York, NY – Former tennis star James Blake, whose caught-on-camera takedown by a plainclothes New York City police officer prompted apologies from the… Read More ›

Washington – Biden Invites NYPD Officer Injured In His Motorcade For DC Visit

Washington – Biden Invites NYPD Officer Injured In His Motorcade For DC Visit

  Washington –  Vice President Joe Biden has invited the police officer injured in his motorcade to visit with him in Washington. The New York… Read More ›

Colorado DJ fired over Taylor Swift accusation sues singer

Colorado DJ fired over Taylor Swift accusation sues singer

  A former Colorado radio DJ sued Taylor Swift this week, after accusations that he “grabbed her bottom” got him fired from his job, according… Read More ›

Crane collapse kills 107 people at mosque in Mecca days before Hajj

Crane collapse kills 107 people at mosque in Mecca days before Hajj

A construction crane crashed through the roof of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, killing 107 people and casting a grim shadow on a yearly pilgrimage… Read More ›

Blast in building storing explosives kills dozens in India

Blast in building storing explosives kills dozens in India

  New Delhi – At least 89 people were killed and scores injured when a building that housed mining explosives blew up in central India on… Read More ›

Germany gears up to receive 40,000 migrants over weekend

Germany gears up to receive 40,000 migrants over weekend

Troops deployed to Munich where most are expected to arrive; polls show majority favor move to take in refugees   Germany is preparing to receive… Read More ›

Migrants applauded by 75,000 fans at German soccer game

Migrants applauded by 75,000 fans at German soccer game

In Israel, by contrast, Maccabi Tel Aviv fans raise banner against refugees   Young migrants accompanied Bayern Munich players onto the pitch and took center… Read More ›

Canada pledges $100 million for Syrian refugee camps

Canada pledges $100 million for Syrian refugee camps

No plans announced to resettle more migrants; ex-premier slams ‘cold-hearted reaction’ to crisis   TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s Conservative government has so far declined to… Read More ›

On Rosh Hashana, challenge the lives we have created

On Rosh Hashana, challenge the lives we have created

Op-ed: A Jewish society is one which understands that to be fully human is not to accept our failings; to be fully human is to… Read More ›

Israeli mini-scanner tells what’s in food, drink or pills

Israeli mini-scanner tells what’s in food, drink or pills

Start-up launches pocket molecular sensor that can tell you how many calories are in that burger, if that jacket is real leather, how ripe that… Read More ›

Uproar in Lebanon after general’s death reported

Uproar in Lebanon after general’s death reported

A report says that Antoine Lahad, former commander of the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army, is dead and will be buried in Lebanon, sparking a social… Read More ›

Taiwan awards ‘China’s Schindler’ presidential honor

Taiwan awards ‘China’s Schindler’ presidential honor

Envoy to Vienna issued thousands of visas to Jews trapped in Austria during World War II.   TAIPEI – Daniel Weihs, who served as the Science… Read More ›

Germany’s Merkel sees need to cooperate with Russia on Syria

Germany’s Merkel sees need to cooperate with Russia on Syria

Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with his Russian, French and Ukrainian counterparts in Berlin on Saturday evening.   Germany and other western European powers need… Read More ›

‘In 5776, Israel must adopt a more tolerant form of Judaism’

‘In 5776, Israel must adopt a more tolerant form of Judaism’

Rabbi Michael Melchior has been a strong moral voice in Israel for many years.   The Jewish year 5775 was not one of particular tranquility… Read More ›

In pre-High Holidays call, Obama tells US rabbis he plans to meet soon with Netanyahu

In pre-High Holidays call, Obama tells US rabbis he plans to meet soon with Netanyahu

Netanyahu until now has rebuffed such overtures because of his disagreement with the US leader over the Iran nuclear deal.   WASHINGTON – President Barack… Read More ›

Former executives of a huge law firm that imploded could go to prison for 25 years

Former executives of a huge law firm that imploded could go to prison for 25 years

  (Reuters) — A Manhattan prosecutor urged a jury Thursday to convict three former executives of Dewey and LeBoeuf on the charge that they allegedly… Read More ›

HP is now trying to rescue some employees involved in its unusual layoff

HP is now trying to rescue some employees involved in its unusual layoff

  HP is now trying to rectify a situation in which the company was forcing a few hundred of its employees to take new jobs… Read More ›

Joe Biden’s interview with Stephen Colbert turned incredibly emotional

Joe Biden’s interview with Stephen Colbert turned incredibly emotional

  Vice President Joe Biden, in an emotional interview with comedian Stephen Colbert on Thursday, said he was not in a place to say that… Read More ›

New York – Brian Williams Returning To Air On Sept. 22

New York – Brian Williams Returning To Air On Sept. 22

  New York – Former NBC News anchor Brian Williams will return to the air on Sept. 22 as part of MSNBC’s coverage of Pope… Read More ›