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Bill Clinton’s wealth is more than $55 million. He gets a double dividend as a paid energy lobbyist and being a “friend” of Israel by lobbying against the government’s taxing newly-found gas.

Yale University students have Jerusalem-born native Daniel Avraham as the first Israeli president of the Student Union. Avraham, a 24-year-old sophomore, learned at the Gymnasia...

British Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks paid tribute to Margaret Thatcher on the day of her funeral, saying that “in public, her leadership style...

Unions at El Al, Arkia and Israir Airlines announced Thursday they will ground all planes beginning Sunday if the government carries outs plan to...

Yair Lapid is handsome, charismatic and ego-centric, all that takes to become a political leader and for TIME Magazine to rate him as one of the world’s top 100 influential people in the world.

Two leading Orthodox rabbis in Winnipeg are split over part of a bill, proposed last December, which would require any school that receives provincial...

The gang was supported by the Hamas military wing, the Izz a-Din al-Qassam Brigade, and Fatah's military arm, The Al-Aqsa martyrs Brigade.

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have arrested suspected members of an al-Qaida-linked terrorist cell that was plotting to carry out operations in the...

During a Passover tour, participants were shocked to see the monument of Joshua Salome desecrated with black spray paint.

Cardoza-Moore questions why anyone would debate whether it's right to attack innocent people for political reasons.

The "aromatic" spray is shot from a water cannon, soaking the target in gut wrenching, putrid smell.

A high school student was arrested for making a bomb threat on Facebook against his suburban New York Orthodox yeshiva. The 16-year-old, a student at...

“I was shocked to receive the news of the heinous terror attack near the finish line of the Boston marathon in which innocent civilians...

Likud Knesset Member Miri Regev announced Wednesday she will visit the Temple Mount to try to understand the problem with Jews praying at the...

Suspect identified through surveillance cameras in Boston Marathon Bombings. Arrest Imminent.

The Interdisciplinary Center at Herzliya launched the Daniel Pearl International Journalism Institute on Wednesday, named for The Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped...

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President Peres showed off his lack of knowledge of Jewish law and told the NY UJA, “The Torah does not ban women from wearing a tallis.”

Shurat Hadin reports: The Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS) recently launched a campaign calling on the boycott of goods produced in territories liberated after the...

Shurat Hadin reports: The Green Party of Ohio recently voted to endorse divestment of the Jewish state. The move came after last month Ohio's state...

Shurat Hadin reports: A group of Native American scholars recently sent a letter to Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly, urging him to shun the Israeli...

Shurat Hadin reports: The Teachers Union of Ireland recently voted to end all academic links to the Jewish democracy, including joint research and exchange programs....

The average life expectancy in Israel is 81.7 years, fifth highest among OECD countries, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics. The annual report on...

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A report released by the Council of Europe says that Greece could legally ban the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party, but Greece has rejected the...

Fifteen-year-old Yishai Eisenberg of Passaic, N.J., and a Beit Shemesh high school student were the first-ever co-champions in the International Bible Quiz held in...

More than 44 percent of participants in a survey on Warsaw teenagers' attitudes to Jews said they would rather not have Jewish neighbors. The findings...

Israeli Independence Day celebrations in Boston were muted and security was increased in the wake of bombings that left three dead and dozens injured...

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Rockets slam Eilat and Aqaba. Children are in bomb shelters.