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Yes co-founder Chris Squire dies

Yes co-founder Chris Squire dies

Bassist Chris Squire, a founding member of progressive British rock band Yes, died Saturday in Phoenix after battling leukemia, his band mates confirmed. “It’s with… Read More ›

Copa America 2015: Sorry Brazil exits on penalties to Paraguay

Copa America 2015: Sorry Brazil exits on penalties to Paraguay

Brazil’s hopes of restoring national pride after its disastrous 2014 World Cup exit were cruelly dashed after losing a penalty shootout to Paraquay to exit… Read More ›

David Sweat shot and captured alive after New York manhunt

David Sweat shot and captured alive after New York manhunt

Malone, New York – Prison escapee David Sweat is listed in critical condition at Albany Medical Center, a hospital official told reporters Sunday night. Emergency, trauma,… Read More ›

Berlin’s new Jewish conductor met by anti-Semitism in German press

Berlin’s new Jewish conductor met by anti-Semitism in German press

One website calls Russian-born Kirill Petrenko, philharmonic’s first Jewish conductor, ‘the tiny gnome, the Jewish caricature’   BERLIN (JTA) — The newly announced future conductor… Read More ›

Hamas masses troops on Israeli border, trains for new round of fighting

Hamas masses troops on Israeli border, trains for new round of fighting

Still, wrapped up in tension between its military and political wings, Gaza’s ruling Islamist group isn’t keen on engaging Israel anytime soon   Something relatively… Read More ›

Take the offensive against anti-Israel academics, top think tank urges

Take the offensive against anti-Israel academics, top think tank urges

JPPI hands Prime Minister Netanyahu series of recommendations, including emergency immigration plan for French Jewry   A major Jewish think tank of Sunday urged the… Read More ›

Jews in Paris: If you’re pro-Israel in France, you’re finished!

Jews in Paris: If you’re pro-Israel in France, you’re finished!

While armed soldiers were sent to secure synagogues in the French capital, members of the country’s Jewish community say it is not enough; ‘There are… Read More ›

2 soldiers seriously injured in fire at air force base

2 soldiers seriously injured in fire at air force base

Soldiers, who suffered burns to 70-80 percent of their bodies, fighting for their lives; IDF still investigating causes of fire. Two IDF soldiers were fighting… Read More ›

Israeli Navy preparing to take over Gaza-bound flotilla

Israeli Navy preparing to take over Gaza-bound flotilla

Four boats carrying 47 pro-Palestinian activists will be welcomed with letter from PM: ‘It looks like you took a wrong turn. Perhaps you meant to… Read More ›

Report: Islamic Jihad leader to end hunger-strike after Israel agrees to his release

Report: Islamic Jihad leader to end hunger-strike after Israel agrees to his release

Khader Adnan, 37, had been hospitalized in critical condition as a result of rejecting food since May 4.   An Islamic Jihad leader jailed by… Read More ›

A balance between access and sovereignty

A balance between access and sovereignty

Every sovereign nation has its secrets. And every nation is entitled to protect those secrets.   VIENNA – Every sovereign nation has its secrets. And… Read More ›

PA’s Abbas gives Hamas Tuesday deadline to join unity government

PA’s Abbas gives Hamas Tuesday deadline to join unity government

Azzam al-Ahmed, senior Fatah official in charge of talks, cancels trip to Gaza   Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday that Hamas has until… Read More ›

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 ›