Pillar of Melbourne Jewish Community Dies

A Vilna Ghetto survivor and partisan fighter whose restaurant in Melbourne became a meeting place for the postwar survivor community died on Saturday at...

Polls Show Gains on Left and Right and a Dent in the Middle

Yair Lapid’s star is beginning to dim, with his Yesh Atid party losing two seats in the Knesset in a Knesset Channel poll released...

Israeli Zoo Tries Acupuncture to Cure Sick Tiger

A brave veterinarian is treating a sick tiger with acupuncture, sticking needles in its ear and other parts of the 14-year-old animal to cure...

Israel Bows to PA and EU Threat, Stops Building in ‘East’ Jerusalem

Threats work again on Bibi. Israel has not started to build one single home in “East” Jerusalem for Jews this year after a joint Palestinian Authority-EU threat to sue Israel in international court.

Prime Minister Responds to Petition Decrying Terrorism on the Roads

We will continue to take all necessary steps to protect the right of every Israeli citizen.

Assad’s Army Ready to Take Back Aleppo

The rebels took Alepo in July, 2012, and since then this major industrial center had been bombarded regularly by Army forces.

Would You Care for an Arvind Mini Knaidel?

NYC chef names new dish on Indian-American spelling bee winner.

US Says Falk ‘Unfit to Serve,’ Chucks his Bid to Expel UN Watch

“Sunlight is the best disinfectant … and that’s why Falk wants to shut us down."

Thousands of Haredim Protest IDF Draft in Lower Manhattan

To passersby on Sunday, the crowd had a simple message, one that rings sympathetically to American ears.

Puerto Ricans Cheer Weiner a Week after Jews Booed Him

New York City’s annual Puerto Rican parade gave the city’s mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner a rousing welcome Sunday, one week after the controversial candidate...

US Recovers Nazi Diary of Alfred Rosenberg

The U.S. government has recovered 400 pages of the dairy of Hitler’s Jewish confidante Alfred Rosenberg, according to Reuters, which reported that the diary...

State Dept. Shows Faint Signs of Dumping ‘Peace Process’

Kerry’s June 7 deadline is long gone. Jewish housing starts in Judea and Samaria soar. So why is Kerry coming to Israel again? Nothing official, but you read it here first: Obama may be ready to give up.

Echoes of Assad and Mubarak: Erdogan Calls Protesters ‘Vandals’

Erdogan is sounding more like Assad and Mubarak every day. Protesters were vandals,. Now they are terrorists. He is making every mistake possible, fueling the protest movement by insulting it.

Hezbollah Backers Kill Beirut Protester Outside Iranian Embassy

Club-wielding men wearing the yellow band identified with the Hezbollah terrorist organization killed protesters in an attack on anti-Hezbollah demonstration outside the Iranian embassy...

Underground Tunnel Discovered at Former Sobibor Death Camp

More evidence that Jews tried to change their fate at the hands of the Nazis: Archaeologists discovered that Jews at the Sobibor death camp built an escape tunnel but apparently didn’t live to use it.

Budapest Jews Cooking Up Kosher Sandwich for a Guinness Record

Organizers of a Jewish festival in Budapest said they will try to set a world record for the tallest kosher sandwich. Dozens of bread slices...

PA Official Boycotts BDS Talk after Heckler Insults Abbas

A Palestinian Authority official stormed out of a Boycott Israel conference in Bethlehem after a heckler insulted PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas – and was...

Nate Silver: Quinn the Most Likely Democrat

Her support has dropped 39% percent, but she still manages to keep her lead over her opponents, including Mr. Weiner.

Google to Buy Waze for $1.3 Billion

Google out-navigates Facebook. Google will pay $1.3 billion for Waze. Coming on top of $2 billion purchase of Iscar, and rumors of SodaStream next in line, Big Business is far from boycotting Israel.

Paris Museum Features Photos of Palestinian ‘Martyrs’

One of the photos is of Osama Buchkar, a PFLP operative who killed three people and wounded 59 in a terrorist attack he carried out at an open market in Netanya.

Israel Considering Return to UN Human Rights Body

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva on wrote a letter saying that his country may end its boycott of the UN's top...

Germany Plans Deporting ‘Poverty Immigrants’

Israelis who may fear that European Union nations would look unfavorably at their country's efforts to rid itself of some 60 thousand illegal migrant...

Kotel Rabbi Saddened by Tumult Surrounding WOW Prayer

The Kotel Rav, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, on Sunday morning expressed sorrow this over the prayer of the Women of the Wall and the serious...

Putin: Russian Troops Can Replace Austrians on Golan Heights

Russia is ready to replace peacekeepers from Austria in the Golan Heights, President Vladimir Putin said. Putin’s statement on Thursday, Reuters reported, was in reaction...

Women of the Wall Searching for Next ‘Struggle’

Police prepared for the monthly event, and from a law-and-order perspective it made perfect sense.

UN Official: Syrian Army Asked IDF Not to Hit its Tanks in the Golan

"The Government of Israel Liaison Officer informed UNDOF that the IDF had provided emergency medical treatment to a total of 16 armed members of the opposition."

Wonder Twins Complete Cycling Journey from Buffalo to Brooklyn

They did it old school too, by avoiding the use of GPS technology to find their way.

Video: Weiner Gives Tzedakah to Homeless Man

Mr. Weiner spared the last dollar bill with the first guy that approached him.

Video: Quinn’s ‘Jerusalem Is the Capital Of Israel’ Moment

Ms. Quinn urged the US government to immediately recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish State

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