By Shalom Bear
While definitely offensive to Muslims, it's not clear Le Pen even had Jews in mind when removing pork-free options from the school's menus.
Police questioned the man who was acting suspiciously, and stopped a terror attack from happening.
Justice Minister Tzipi Livni who headed up the Peace Talks is shooting in every direction, laying blame on everyone for the failed talks.
By Shalom Bear
30,000 Haredim recently received their permanent IDF exemptions, but now the Haredi community isn't meeting their minimal draft quotas.
At around 7PM on Saturday, the Gazans launched a rocket towards Ashkelon. The rocket landed in an open area, and no damage or injuries were reported.
On Thursday, four rockets were launched from Gaza and snipers fired on Israel security. The IAF retaliated.
Masbia Soup Kitchen Network to provide 18,000 meals this Passover season. Volunteer!
By Shalom Bear
It looks like the "peace talks" have finally come crashing down.
An 840-foot skyscraper, the largest residential tower in the Middle East, will rise in the Greater Tel Aviv area, the Azorim Development and Investment Company announced Thursday. Construction on the 65-floor complex, which will include an observatory, will begin soon on the site located in Ramat Gan, an upscale city adjacent to Tel Aviv. The […]
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall and who even wants to put him together again?
By JTA
A Yeshiva University rabbinical student who pleaded guilty to child exploitation and possession of child pornography was sentenced on Tuesday to 13 years in federal prison. Rabbis and a professor from Yeshiva University had written letters to the Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the United States District Court in New York, requesting leniency in his […]
There at least two ways to stop mortar shells. Kill the terrorists or kill the mortars. Guess which one Israel chooses?
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Israel helps bring freedom to Turkey - what more can you say?
By JTA
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Wednesday against a Minnesota rabbi who claimed he was cut from an airline’s frequent flier program for earning too many miles. Rabbi Binyamin Ginsberg was one of Northwest Airlines’ top fliers when he was cut from its program in 2008. Northwest has since been absorbed by Delta. The rabbi, […]
If not now, then later, the Arabs will again prove they never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Barkat discussed with the Congress members Jerusalem's status in the international arena, and asked them to ensure that Jerusalem stay unified.
By JTA
Israeli vandals slashed the tires of 40 cars and trucks and sprayed a hate message was sprayed on a wall in a Christian village near Safed (Tzfat) late Wednesday night or Thursday morning, the second attack apparently aimed at Christians in one week. The message sprayed on a wall of the Jish village read “Only […]
By JTA
Rivka Haut, a foremost advocate for agunot, Orthodox women who have been refused a religious divorce and also a founder of the Women of the Wall founder was buried this week after she succumbed to pancreatic cancer at the age of 71. At the Women of the Wall prayer service on Tuesday, the worshipers recited […]
By JTA
A dozen Canadian border security officials raided the compound of the fringe Haredi Orthodox sect Lev Tahor Wednesday and arrested seven members believed to be in violation of immigration laws. Two families in the Lev Tahor community are at the center of an ongoing child custody case, including one family who fled to Guatemala, the […]
Terrorists in northern Gaza shot at an IDF patrol near the Gaza security fence early Thursday afternoon as attacks on soldiers become almost daily. No one was injured. The army maintains a small base on the outskirts of kibbutz, located in the Western Negev.
A sports broadcaster would have his hands full trying to keep up with Wednesday’s fast-paced frantic Peace Talks Game.
Shooting at Fort Hood, suspect at large.
“No I get by with a little help from my friends/Mm I get high with a little help from my friends” – the Beatles.
Unless this becomes law, a terrorist who aided in the U.S. hostage taking in Iran will get a U.S. visa
“Keeping Mr. Pollard on the bargaining table won’t salvage the talks.”
One or more anti-Semites sent a package of suspicious white powder and a photograph of Nazis to the home of Ireland’s Justice Minister Alan Shatter on Wednesday. Security officials raised an emergency alert, and a bomb squad arrived to investigate. Officials concluded the powder was harmless baking powder. The photograph showed Nazi soldiers at a […]
By JTA
Workers began demolishing a wall in Warsaw near the spot where Jews were gathered for transport to the Treblinka concentration camp, but a city official said it will be rebuilt and was torn down so trees and vegetation could be cut. The wall borders the square in the former Warsaw Ghetto known as the Umschlagplatz […]
An unidentified gunman, possibly an Egyptian soldier, shot through the windshield of IDF jeep Wednesday evening, shattering glass that caused light injuries to one soldier during an Israeli maneuver to stop smugglers. The army said it could not identify the source of the rifle fire. Israeli soldiers at the border also came under fire on […]
Abbas is the number one candidate for Best Actor of the Year in the Worst Play of the Century
Dechner admitted funneling significant amounts of money to the defendants in order to move the Holyland project forward.
By JTA
What do expect from a man who also wants a law that prohibits “promoting” homosexuality and grants citizenship embryos?
LAS VEGAS – The GOP Jewish faithful descended in force on Las Vegas, turning out in record numbers and striking a feisty, combative tone at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual conference.
By JTA
A Russian Jewish group is preparing to open a kosher “Shachar Club” nightclub in the center of Moscow Saturday night, the Russia-language Israeli news site izrus.co.il reported. “Jewish youth in Moscow should have somewhere with an easy, relaxed atmosphere to hang out, discuss their identity, or just have fun,” a co-founder of the new club, […]
Another bust of a terrorist ring exposes deeper Islamic and Hamas' roots in Jerusalem.
By JTA
The Atlanta Hawks toured the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum accompanied by the survivor mother-in-law of the NBA team’s owner, Bruce Levenson. Players and most of the coaching staff, along with Levenson and General Manager Danny Ferry, made the visit to the Washington museum. They were joined by Irene Boyarsky, 85, who spent time in a […]
The oldest surviving synagogue building in the United States was evacuated Tuesday night after New York firefighters discovered cracks in columns supporting the second floor. The structure was built in 1849 and was the home of Congregation Anshe Chesed before being bought in 1986 by the Spanish sculptor, Angel Orensanz. The center is an art […]
By JTA
“There is still a subset of Americans who are deeply infected with anti-Semitism.
The Saudi Arabian government a new law aimed at outlawing any activity loosely connected to terrorism -- or criticism of the government.
Al-Quds reporter outraged by precedent of releasing Pollard - guilty of espionage, but not murder.
On April 1, 1933, the Nazis carried out their first nationwide boycott of Jewish businesses. Today we would call that BDS.
Obama is increasingly out of touch with reality.
The State Dept. has systematically covered up the truth that the Palestinian Authority teaches incitement against Israel.
By JTA
Televangelist Pat Robertson said Jews are too busy “polishing diamonds” to do weekend chores. Conservative activist Rabbi Daniel Lapin appeared on the “700 Club” Monday with Robertson to discuss what makes Jews successful. “What is it about Jewish people that make them prosper financially? You almost never find Jews tinkering with their cars on the […]
Kerry and Abbas are making fools out of themselves.
The best weightlifters in the world will arrive for the championship, taking place in Tel Aviv April 5-12. The championship, will take place at a high school, and practices will take place in a see-through hall in the Tel Aviv Port. Both activities will be open to the public. This is the first time that the […]
Can the US free Pollard if he refuses to attend his parole hearing, apparently a protest to being exchanged for terrorists?
By JTA
Kiryas Joel in upstate New York agreed to halt gender segregation at a public park in the Hasidic village. The decision announced Monday by Kiryas Joel, which is populated by Satmar Hasidim, settles a lawsuit filed in December by civil liberties groups, according to the Courthouse News Service. The Kinder Park was opened in April […]
No one really believes it will happen this year, and it may not even be “kosher,” but there’s nothing like faith.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu visited the matza bakery in Kfar Chabad on Tuesday, two weeks before the beginning of Passover. "At home, I have eaten this matza for years.” he said. “Today, for the first time, I am also preparing it myself. I am very excited. I wish the entire Jewish People a Happy Passover." […]
Israel’s collective stomach is wrenching over the prospect of massive concessions for Pollard and more “peace talks.”
By JTA
A Catholic monastery near Beit Shemesh was vandalized sometime before Tuesday morning with anti-American and anti-Christian epithets, and the tires of four vehicles also were slashed. “America is Nazi Germany” and “Price Tag — Peace Agreement,” as well as “Jesus is a monkey” and “Mary is a cow,” were spray painted on the walls of […]
Eilat residents woke this morning to two loud explosions in the air.
Women become victims of honor violence if their behavior is seen to cause shame or violate norms.
Feel sorry for Pollard. He is doomed in jail but would feel doomed if freed in exchange for prisoners and “peace talks.”
The fact that Hamas and Gaza are two words that Kerry never mentions underscores his illusions.
By JTA
An Italian tourist tried to smuggle a piece of barbed wire from the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum out of Poland in his suitcase. The man was detained Sunday by border guards at the airport in Krakow. The tourist said he found the rusty piece of wire, which is nearly 16 inches long, on the ground. “During interrogation, […]
Palestinian Authority rock-throwing terrorists struck again Monday afternoon on Highway 60 Earlier in the day, Arabs on the southern section of Highway 60 between Gush Etzion and Kiryat-Arba-Hevron, hurled rocks at soldiers on patrol. No one was injured. Israeli soldiers continue to be under orders not to fire at terrorists who use rocks and boulders […]
By JTA
Award-winning Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai is preparing a film about the AMIA Jewish center bombing in Buenos Aires. The Brazilian production company Prana Films will produce the movie based on the 1994 bombing attack on the center that left 85 dead and hundreds wounded. One venue will be the Paraguayan city of Ciudad del Este, […]
Kerry may force Israel to free more terrorist; the problem is he won’t take them with him when he leaves.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Israel's unemployment rates have been trending low over the past two years.
Israel Railways has received its first electric train, and will operate it on the new Jerusalem-Tel Aviv line which is under construction but has been delayed and now is scheduled to open in 2018. The electric trains will also operate on the line between Akko, north of Haifa, and Carmiel, east of Mediterranean Coast. Israel Railways […]
Gambling mogul Sheldon Adelson, owner of the pro-Netanyahu Yisrael HaYom free newspaper, can move ahead with the purchase of the financially troubled Makor Rishon national religious newspaper, a Jerusalem court ruled Monday. The purchase will include the online website of the Maariv newspaper but not the newspaper itself, which has been on the brink of […]
The world so much wanted to believe that the fatal bomb blast at the PA office in Prague was accidental. Not so fast.
By JTA
Police in Malmo arrested two people who tried to break into a Jewish community building during a demonstration that featured anti-Semitic slogans. Five people gathered outside the Jewish community center in Malmo’s center on and tried to force their way inside past security, the Sydsvenskan regional daily newspaper reported. The intruders stopped at the gate, […]
There is no joy in having a former prime minister who is a crook, but at least the judicial system finally has nailed him.
The Jews who were ready to buy Second Temple history are no less guilty than the Arabs who stole and tried to sell it.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Moments ago a Tel Aviv court convicted former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on an account of bribes he accepted.
Christie explained to Adelson that he does not believe Israel "occupies" Judea and Samaria.
By JTA
antiquities loaned to museum could not be seized for victims’ families because owners unknown
Erdogan's ruling party, the AKP, won against challenges from the right and the left.
Aliyah from France Up 312% in January and February Compared to 2013
Now ain't that a slap in the face.
The collaboration's conferences will ignite Jewish learning and Israeli study for Russian Jews.
The Knesset will be hosting a two day OECD conference on Monday, for the first time ever, according to a report on YNet. This will be the first OECD conference held at the Knesset, with 70 representatives attending from 29 parliaments across the globe. Even officials from Turkey's Finance Ministry have confirmed their participation, a […]
The situation will either be resolved or explode - we just hope that Netanyahu didn't mean that last part literally.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
70% of the Israeli public do not view PA Chairman Abu-Mazzen as a partner in peace.
By Shalom Bear
Israeli politicians are trying to kill freedom of the press, because apparently competition is bad for the free market of ideas.
The attack took place against the backdrop of escalating attacks around the capital as final status negotiations wind to a close.
Iran's Chief Rabbi, Chacham Rabbi Yosef Hamadani Cohen died over Shabbat.
Investigators have determined that the soldier who claimed he was attacked by three Arabs in the Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood of Jerusalem, made up the story, and the attack never happened. The determined this in part by contradictory statements given by the soldier and from examining the site of the alleged attack. No explanation was provided […]
Releasing 30 mass murderers isn't enough. Israel has offered to free another 400, if Abu Mazen would just talk a little longer.
On Friday night, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) attacked 3 Arabs that infiltrated from Syria into Israel on the Golan Heights.
FLI: smorgasbord of Israeli programming from many organizations for students from different campuses
Jibril Rajoub's choice of words may indicate the release is postponed, not cancelled.
By Shalom Bear
Baruch Hashem, the popular Israeli paper Makor Rishon won't shut down, just have new owners.
By Shalom Bear
The terrorists the PA wants released are among he worst of the worst.
Perhaps John Kerry will suggest Israel make a “goodwill” concession and ban Jews from praying at the Western Wall.
By JTA
Being a Jew in the Diaspora usually means having to defend the host country in the vain hope it will guarantee their safety.
IDF and security forces are on high alert in expectation of "Land Day" violence and attacks over the weekend. "Land Day" is on March 30.
Turks expect that Facebook will be unreachable by Friday.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Before Roosevelt’s ambassador to Nazi Germany had enough of Hitler, he muzzled American Jews anti-Nazi protests.
By Michael Luz, Tazpit News Agency
Families of terror victims have not lost hope in their fight against releasing more terrorists.
By JTA
A German-born Internet tycoon who is fighting extradition from New Zealand to the United States for racketeering is under fire for admitting he owns a rare signed copy of Hitler’s Mein Kampf. Kim Dotcom, whose actual name is Kim Schmitz, is the founder of MegaUpload, a file-transfer website that U.S. authorities shut down in 2012. […]
Ateret Kohenim, an organization that is a leader in the national religious movement, plans to inaugurate a new yeshiva just before Passover next month, near the Damascus Gate in a predominantly Arab area immediately outside the walls of the Old City. Ateret Kohenim, which also operates yeshiva in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City, […]
There are three words that explain Israel’s rejuvenated ties with Turkey: Iran, Syria and money.
Israel is changing the clock tonight.
First it was Twitter, now Turkey has blocked YouTube.
NYC council members proposed legislation requiring NYC public schools offer Islamic-compliant food.