Posted on: June 6th, 2013

What happened? A new government happened.

Posted on: June 5th, 2013

The Quartet’s Middle East envoy Tony Blair, who for years has tried to “engage” Hamas and Fatah terrorist regimes, wrote this week, “There is a problem within Islam – from the adherents of an ideology that is a strain within Islam. We have to put it on the table and be honest about it.” Blair […]

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Posted on: June 5th, 2013

In Fabius's opinion, “It would be unacceptable that those guilty of these crimes remain unpunished.”

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Posted on: June 4th, 2013

News from Russia: Putin says he has not yet shipped any S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to Syria. Even bigger news: Putin is telling the truth for once.

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Posted on: June 3rd, 2013

Goods produced in Judea and Samaria are not eligible for the same preferential tariffs enjoyed by Israeli exports to the EU.

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Posted on: June 2nd, 2013

The synagogue in Sochi in Russia has been renovated and a new Torah scroll acquired ahead of the city’s hosting of the Winter Olympics next year. Rabbi Ari Edelkopf, director of the Jewish Community of Sochi, told JTA the renovation was completed this month and “will help our synagogue serve not only thousands of local […]

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Posted on: June 2nd, 2013

The PLO will not "offer political concessions in exchange for economic benefits."

Posted on: May 31st, 2013

A brilliant new biopic of the influential German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist.

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Posted on: May 30th, 2013

A letter handwritten by Alfred Dreyfus, a French Jewish soldier who was wrongly convicted of treason in 1894, was sold at auction for nearly half a million dollars. The letter, which Dreyfus sent from prison to government officials in an attempt to clear his name, was sold Wednesday for $492,000 at an auction organized by […]

Posted on: May 30th, 2013

The Welsh U. of Aberystwyth declares that lighting Shabbat candles is a fire hazard, nearly 20 years after Jewish tourists have done so every summer.

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Posted on: May 30th, 2013

Both of his parents were born to Jewish families that perished in Auschwitz.

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Posted on: May 30th, 2013

When asked who were his favorite female comedians, he named Cary Grant and Burt Reynolds.

Posted on: May 29th, 2013

The Middle Ages have returned to Europe, or maybe they never left. Jews dipping matzos in blood is old hat. Now a Norwegian newspaper depicts circumcision as a violent and bloody religious custom.

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Posted on: May 29th, 2013

Babylonian script in a Torah scroll provided a key clue to realizing that an Italian Torah previously thought to be three centuries actually is the world oldest Torah, dating back to the 11th or 12 century.

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Posted on: May 28th, 2013

The West has played one too many games in the Syria disaster. After it lifts the arms embargo to rebels, Russia says it will arm Assad with game-changing missiles. For Israel, it is not a game.

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Posted on: May 28th, 2013

Burglars stole Judaica artifacts worth approximately $30,000 from a Jewish family in northern London while they were sleeping, The Jewish Chronicle reported. The thieves took menorahs, a Seder plate and silver cups, among other items, from the Palmer family home in Edgeware. Howard Palmer said the items were “totally irreplaceable.” Two of his five children […]

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Posted on: May 26th, 2013

The Rome Jewish community leadership gave a rousing send-off to journalist and former Italian parliament member Fiamma Nirenstein ahead of her departure for Israel on aliyah Sunday. She will live in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo. Born in Florence, Nirenstein was elected to Parliament in April 2008 as a member of the center-right People of […]

Posted on: May 24th, 2013

Iran is "advancing its enrichment program in blatant violation of its international obligations."

Posted on: May 23rd, 2013

An eyewitness fought back tears as he recalled seeing the killers attacking the man "like a piece of meat."

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Posted on: May 22nd, 2013

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has a busy day Thursday and is scheduled to talk with two foreign ministers and former French President Nicolas Sarkozy in a four-hour time span. His office announced he will welcome U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at 10:15, and the American efforts to bring Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority […]

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