By JTA
(JTA) — Police arrested two men in the severe beating of a Jewish man in Creteil, a Paris suburb. It was the second anti-Semitic attack there in the last week, a local Jewish watchdog group said. In the later attack, on May 30, three men in their 20s hit the Jewish man in his face […]
Arabs from Hawara stoned some 30 cars driving by on the main road.
Listen to the audio from last night's terror attack, and other surprises.
By Moshe Herman
Yishai presents a special Jerusalem Day audio interview that was recorded by photojournalist Daniel Tepper while the two were sitting on bustling Jerusalem streets.
The executive branch's embrace of the PUG will not be a group hug, according to some legislators.
By Batya Medad
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu should be using this opportunity to totally close off all negotiations and tell the world the truth.
A pro-Israeli Arab, Orim Shimshon, went to an anti-Assad Syrian protest in London's Trafalgar Square.
The IDF will soon begin using a special robot to gather intelligence in underground areas. Another vehicle will scan enemy territory before Israeli forces even enter the field.
By Batya Medad
It was Netanyhu's acceptance that has facilitated the rapid progress the P.A.'s Fatah has made.
Bnei Menashe children who made Aliyah with their families on May 26, celebrate their first Israeli Shavuot.
Inspiring thoughts about memory, completing tasks, marketing, and anorexia.
By Shalom Bear
An Arab terrorist was killed by return fire after shooting a group of soldiers at Tapuach Junction Monday night, wounding one.
By Shalom Bear
Israel's rabbis don't see evolution as a threat, and some believe it will help the students add more depth and understanding to their Torah learning and faith.
A rocket launched from the Palestinian Authority in Gaza hit near the Zikim area.
The Rolling Stones have arrived in Israel.
By Shalom Bear
While some people were surprised by the move, regular readers of JewishPress.com saw this one coming a mile away.
49 MKs didn't sign for anyone, including coalition heads Netanyahu, Lapid, Bennett & Liberman.
Author Jay Myers talks with Doug Goldstein about steering your business through a crisis.
In recent weeks, the eighth-graders started a team for the online game called “Jew Incinerator.”
PLO Chairman hails reconciliation deal as new beginning for Palestinians, fails to condemn Haniyeh comments
New law proposes banning cigarettes from health facilities; currently smoking permitted in open-air spaces
Police interrogated "S" about a price tag attack for two weeks; Family: Shin Bet acting like "thugs"
Morocco’s national soccer federation stepped in at the last minute last week to protect innocent young Moroccans from the unbridled humiliation and degradation of playing against Israeli children. On May 27, Moroccan authorities announced they would pull two teams, made up of 11-year-olds and 13-year-olds, from the Kawkab Athletic Club Marrakech out of the Mondial […]
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
According to PA law and in practice, the PA does not give stipends to terrorist prisoners' families, but salaries to the terrorist prisoners themselves.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara hosted the fifth session of the Shmuel Ben-Artzi Tanach Study Circle at their official residence in Jerusalem.
Rabbi Slifkin gives us a Jewish view on Evolution.
A new Israeli treatment for Gaucher disease, approved by the FDA, has received a green light in Canada as well.
Spain's King Juan Carlos, 76, is abdicating in favor of his son, Felipe, after 40 years on the throne.
By Rachel Levy
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says Islamist terrorism is "rearing its head" in Europe - and yet the EU praises unity with Hamas.
By Rachel Levy
A US president faces outraged lawmakers and public questions over swapping jailed Taliban terrorists for a hostage soldier.
An early morning round of rockets from Syria hit locations on the Hermon Mountain.
The strikes came in response to the recent rocket launches from Gaza at Israel.
By Moshe Herman
Yishai presents special audio recorded while on a tour with Ze’ev Orenstein, director of International Public Relations for the City of David Foundation.
A rocket from Gaza failed to make it over the fence. It crashed somewhere on the Hamas-controlled side.
Dozens of Arabs marched through the Old City of Jerusalem on Sunday night yelling about how much they hate Jews.
Russian-Israeli businessman Arcadi Gaydamak (R) seen with his daughter (C) and her husband Raphael Kalifa before their wedding in Jerusalem on June 1, 2014. Classy tuxedos. Arcadi Gaydamak once ran for mayor of Jerusalem.
Mehdi Nemmouche, the 29 year old French national who was arrested Sunday in connection with the May 24th killing spree at a Jewish museum in Brussels, is a known Islamic radical who is believed to have spent time in Syria fighting on behalf of Islamist groups in 2013. According to the BBC, Nemmouche hails from the […]
For your average Israeli, spicy hot might be fun, but not for me. Allow me to repeat - easy does it!
By JTA
Kosher meals for prisoners cost nearly four times the cost of non-kosher meals; appeal also covers prisoner beard length
Shamgar Commission was formed in 2008 to set policy on hostage deals, but recommendations remain classified
By Sandy Eller
No dairy cookbook would be complete without an array of sinfully decadent treats and there are plenty of those here as well, including three cheesecakes, one of which weighs in at a very slimming 180 calories or less.
Upon his return to London, Montefiore was given a hero’s welcome, including a big ceremony and special synagogue services and, when he met with Queen Victoria to present her with the firman, she honored him by permitting him to add the Lion of Judah holding a banner bearing the word “Jerusalem” to his coat of arms.
Initial sum of NIS 570 million to be invested in joint initiatives to connect young Jews to their Jewish identity and to Israel.
Nine-year-old Yossi was the only Jewish player in his Arizona little league. His refusal to give up tzitzit was a lesson in humility.
By JTA
A Dutch municipality is facing criticism for describing Jerusalem, Nazareth and Tiberias as “cities in Palestine.” Likkud Netherlands, a local association, published on its website Friday an article which carried a screen capture photo from Google Street View of the street sign of Tiberias Path in the city of Eindhoven with the description, in which Likkud Nederland […]
By Shalom Bear
Grades 8 and 9 will begin learning about the theory of evolution starting next year.
On June 1, 2001, a Hamas suicide bomber blew himself up in front of Tel Aviv's Dolphinarium disco. He killed 21 children and injured 132 more.
Israel has prohibited three Gazan leaders from travelling to Ramallah.
Mehdi is believed to have Jihadist ties, and had visited Syria in 2013.
The Palestinian Authority-Hamas unity deal will reportedly allow Hamas to keep their army and weapons. So, I guess this picture of Hamas in Rafiach on Friday, will soon be a regular scene in Ramallah and Hebron too. Can't wait.
Lapid did not say if we will then be cancelling or reducing taxes in exchange.
The courts has extended the gag order on releasing any information on the Shelly Dadon murder investigation for another month.
By Shalom Bear
Moshe Yosef and his wife Yehudit, were in charge of directing Rav Ovadia's household and business empire.
The Palestinian Authority's unity partner in Gaza fired a rocket at the Eshkol region.
Abbas said the unity government will follow international law, just as the PA does now.
The PA seems to hope the technical distinction will be enough to trick the American government, or at least provide plausible deniability.
By JTA
Likud Netherlands accused the municipality of “wiping Israel off the map.”
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
One shul was destroyed, and the fire department managed to save the Torahs in the second.
By Shalom Bear
A terrorist shot 13 bullets at a group of people in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo during Shabbat.
MS. PSAKI: Well, there has been no invitation issued to Prime Minister Hamdallah...
Residents on the Israeli side of the Golan Heights were woken up by alert sirens at 5:55 AM on Saturday morning, in response to fighting in Syria along the border with Israel.
Someone scammed California taxpayers, using their money for faculty meet-ups with terrorists.
By Edwin Black
This vote was not about the Conference. This was about J Street; the vote was not even close.
Do you wonder at times what possible purpose some little insect might have for being?
How can we, as parents and educators, make the learning process less unbalanced for our boys? Can we move them out of the back of the classroom?
A car was hit twice by bullets near the Adam town in the Binyamin, just before Shabbat.
Having a young child did not prevent the devoted Zionist couple from involvement in underground activities.
By Ron Ansel
As parents, it is a given that we love our children and want what’s best for them. How do we go about making that happen?
By Erica Lyons
There is seemingly great pressure to orchestrate a production worthy of the Hong Kong skyline that will serve as a backdrop.
She compares me to her romance "heroes," and I seem to always fall short of her expectations.
One who loves can buy a factory-made knick-knack for his partner, but a personal hand-made gift is infinitely more precious.
Life is what you make of it. And if our lives are defined by Torah, then these weeks of Sefira are all about making the most of it.
The IDF suspects there might be another 3 terrorists on the loose with a bomb.
Hamas-Fatah Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has been invited to Washington D.C., according to Palestinian Authority sources.
The 49 days between Passover and Shavou'ot are dedicated to enhancing one's behavior, following in the footsteps of the Jews, who forged/enhanced their own national character during the 40 years in the desert.
By JTA
Will a Hamas representative be invited too? Or will Abbas fill that role?
Steve Ballmer of Microsoft fame, has won the bid to buy the LA Clippers, for $2 billion dollars.
By Shalom Bear
Netanyahu said that it was the US's demand to freeze settlements that prevented the meeting of the Department of Planning in the Civil Administration.
Wearing an overcoat in today's 95 degree weather, gave away that the man might be wearing a bomb under his jacket.
They seek to be color-blind, and religion-blind. But in being so, they are also terror-blind.
For the 47th anniversary of the liberation of Jerusalem from the Jordanians, Israel's Jerusalem Day parade ended at the Kotel. Next year on the Temple Mount.
Judaism is not only about doing the Mitzvos. It is also a belief system.
A federal judge just issued the first substantive ruling in a challenge to the IRS’s pose of political neutrality.
Allah, isn't a god to these Muslims, Allah is a weapon. Something to throw at people you hate and are scared of.
By Shalom Bear
A Hamas official captured by the Shabak (Israel's General Security Service) last month spilled the beans during his interrogation on how Hamas operates and is funded, particularly in Jerusalem.
By Shalom Bear
Who says you can't always get what you want?
By JTA
Israel’s ambassador to the Ukraine, Reuven Din El, called the leaks “harmful and dangerous politically, operationally and to our image,” and make Ukrainian Jews subject to charges of dual loyalty.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
In a single day, Israeli planes will be able to strike thousands of terror targets and expand the IDF’s achievements during extended operations.
By JTA
Hackers believed to be from Iran used social media and a fake news website to spy on leaders in the United States, Israel and other countries.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Japan’s largest pharmaceutical company, Takeda, recently signed an agreement with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries to commercialize the Israeli company’s innovative treatment for Parkinson’s disease, rasagiline, in Japan.
By JTA
A 250-year-old Torah scroll that has spent half its existence in a museum was returned to a British Jewish community.
Int'l media and leftwing groups keep struggling to prove the IDF killed two Arab teenagers, while their own video "evidence" contradicts their claims.