News Briefs

Visitors to Israel will be able to use their foreign driving licenses for one year from their last time of entry if they have...

Rabbis and the Yesha Council are blowing a chance to prove that they are true nationalists and not country bumpkins.

American Jewish organizations are going to bat for ObamaCare and are using social media to reach as many people as possible in an effort...

President Shimon Peres categorically rejected on Wednesday any suggestion, as reported here,  that he would agree to extend his five-year term of office if...

Cathmaps+ emailed us this announcement via their PR firm: Following the release we sent to you last week about Cathmaps+, the Israeli company that created...

The White House is hiring Robert Malley, whose past writings on the Middle East have stirred controversy, as a senior member of the National...

Two indefatigable climbers supporting one another in ways the rest of us easily fatigued mortals will never understand.

Knife-wielding and loving former SFSU student still wants to kill Jews, and is presumably still in Bay area

It is not an easy fact to swallow, but the real demographic problem for Jews is in the Diaspora and not in Israel.

The United States and United Nations once again have showed their weakness and have failed to prevent violence in Ukraine.

One is remembered for his mitzvahs and good deeds, and Rabbi “Heritage House’ Schuster will be remembered forever.

A senior Hungarian rabbi said Tuesday he has found 103 Torah scrolls that were stolen from Hungarian Jews in World War II and hidden...

When a Muslim won’t look at a woman, it is called respect. When a Jew won’t shake her hand, it is called sexism.

Two mortar shells exploded in open areas in the central Golan Heights Tuesday afternoon, shortly after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his entourage left...

Arab gas stations in Judea and Samaria have refused to fill tanks of Palestinian Authority security vehicles because of six months of unpaid bills,...

The Golan Heights “divides the good from the bad,” meaning Iran, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday during a visit to the region...

It could be Vogue or Elle. But it’s Hadar Magazine. In English, “hadar” means “glorious.”

"In many cases, perpetrators are ‘shipped’ to different communities instead of being dealt with.”

The site reached the peak of its development in the Hellenistic period (3rd century BCE).

Swastikas and other hate graffiti were painted on buildings throughout the French city of Toulouse. Sunday night’s vandalism, which also included far-right symbols, struck an...

The chairman of the U.S. Senate subcommittee on the Middle East urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cooperate with John Kerry in advancing...

Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, described how the Jewish youth movement BBYO helped to shape her. Sandberg, also the author of the best-seller...

Jewish religious leaders are part of an Argentine delegation following the path that Pope Francis will take on his scheduled May visit to the...

A bill that would allow more rabbis to conduct conversions in Israel advanced in the Knesset. The coalition government-backed bill passed its first reading by...

Rep. Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, cited the lateness of American actions against the Nazis in critiquing President Obama’s foreign policy. In a speech...

The message was delivered by a NY born Israeli citizen named Gershon Beskin.

American Jew Charlie White is first American to win Olympic gold as part of an ice skating pair.

The differences between the Boycott and Pro-Israel movement are that BDS is unified and is not crippled by competitors.

Netanyahu’s comments about the Boycott Israel movement is a sign he is seriously worried about its potential damage.

Gaza’s first personal security business has opened up, but its owner says terrorists will not be accepted as customers. “Secure Land” director Abdul Qader al-Arbid...