Just in Time for the Exodus: 15,000 Crocodiles on the Loose after Floods

Posted on: January 24th, 2013

Only half of the runaway crocodiles had been recaptured, according to the report.

American Mumbai Plotter Gets 35 Years

Posted on: January 24th, 2013

David Coleman Headley, an American citizen, was sentenced on Thursday to 35 years in prison for his role in the 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai that has been called India’s 9/11. Headley ‘s meticulous scouting missions facilitated the assault by 10 Pakistani gunmen, who killed 160 people, including children. The attackers arrived by boat on [...]

Netanyahu Finally Called Bennett

Posted on: January 24th, 2013

Two days after the elections ended, PM Netanyahu finally decided to call HaBayit HaYehudi (Jewish Home) head Naftali Bennett. The two did not set a time they would meet, and rumors from within the Likud before the elections said that Netanyahu would not include the “Jewish Home” party in his coalition. Netanyahu will not be [...]

Chabad Rabbi’s Tu B’Shevat Art in Honor of Hurricane Sandy

Posted on: January 24th, 2013

Rabbi Yitzchok Moully, youth director at the Chabad Jewish Center in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, will be introducing a new art installation in honor of Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish New Year of Trees, inspired by the destruction of Hurricane Sandy.

Trees to Be Planted in Memory of Sandy Hook Shooting Victims

Posted on: January 24th, 2013

More than 2,000 people have made contributions in memory of the young victims of the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut to plant a grove of trees in Israel.

Half-Jewish, Half-Saudi Woman Suing for 9/11 Strip Search

Posted on: January 24th, 2013

Shoshana Hebshi, a half-Jewish, half-Arab woman from Ohio is suing Frontier Airlines, the FBI, TSA and other governmental agencies after she says she was forced off a flight, strip-searched, and imprisoned on the tenth anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks.

US To Allow Female Combat Soldiers

Posted on: January 24th, 2013

Women may enter military combat in the United States, following the lift of a military ban on women in combat by defense secretary Leon Panetta.

Cardinal Glemp Dies at 83, Made Anti-Semitic Statements

Posted on: January 24th, 2013

According to Dershowitz, Glemp "was forced to apologize" as the result of Dershowitz's lawsuit against him.

Jewish National Fund Project Raises Concerns of Environmental Groups

Posted on: January 24th, 2013

The Jewish National Fund will reconsider a plan to forest parts of the Arava desert, following the request of environmental organizations to consider the impact of trying to alter the native ecosystem.

Indonesian Muslims Rejects Ban on Female Circumcision

Posted on: January 24th, 2013

The government is unable to make good on a ban that's been on the books since 2006.

Turkish, Israeli Pols Meet to Solve Disagreements ‘with Love’

Posted on: January 24th, 2013

Since the 2010 Mavi Marmara incident there have been many behind the scenes efforts to calm political tensions.

Sec. Camera Shows Man Throwing Brick at LA Temple (Video)

Posted on: January 24th, 2013

Temple Israel was vandalized back in November, when someone wrote anti-Semitic graffiti on the building.

Lapid: Let Conservatives and Reform in

Posted on: January 24th, 2013

The (Conservative) Rabbinical Assembly shares remarks, photos from Yair Lapid’s address to its 2012 convention.

Russia to Israel: Don’t Bomb Iranian Nukes

Posted on: January 23rd, 2013

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned Israel and western countries not to attempt to stop Iran’s nuclear program through military means.

Israeli Stocks and Bonds Rise Post-Elections

Posted on: January 23rd, 2013

Israeli stocks and bounds advanced following elections, “as investors bet Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition would weaken ultra-Orthodox factions as the nation seeks to narrow its budget deficit,” according to a report by Bloomberg business news.

Lapid on Jerusalem and the Palestinians

Posted on: January 23rd, 2013

Yesh Atid perceives a possible peace process as a response to an ensemble of threats looming over the State of Israel.

Will Congress Investigate Obama’s Attempt to Derail Bibi?

Posted on: January 23rd, 2013

President Obama was issuing a not so subtly veiled threat to the Israeli voters.

Lollapalooza in Israel: Cancelled

Posted on: January 23rd, 2013

Rock music festival Lollapalooza, which was scheduled to take place August 20-22 at Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park, has been cancelled.

Grandmaster Chess Project to Show How Chess Makes You Smart

Posted on: January 23rd, 2013

Boris Gelfand, Israeli chess grandmaster, and the University of Haifa have teamed up to prove that chess can make you smarter and better adjusted.

EU Parliament Pres: ‘Jews live in fear in Europe’

Posted on: January 23rd, 2013

Jewish people are living in fear in Europe but the European Union will make sure they are not harmed, the president of the European Parliament said.