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'In this spirit, I am happy to wish you, on the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, warm wishes for your continued struggle until the great victory.'

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas inaugurates his new embassy in a ceremony at the Vatican.

The cartoon was published amid news that the Australian LGBTIQ community shut down a meeting of traditional marriage groups planned for the Mecure Sydney Airport Hotel.

The online conference, titled "The Land that I Will Show You," will run Sunday, October 25, through Wednesday, October 28.

The punishment for illegal trading in antiques is two years in jail. Harming a dig site will get you five years.

The Pope criticizes Europe's attitude about the migration of asylum seekers from the Middle east.

'Anti-Semitism, hatred, internal strife are all ancient elements of our historical destiny – always problematic. […] We must therefore look for a way out; we must be brave to remain within our destiny. If Judaism is a tragedy, let us live it.'

"We pray this special gathering may someday be remembered as the beginning of peace in the Middle East – and maybe, even all over the world."

Among the items found was a stone tablet containing a portion of the Ten Commandments.

"This new ability to study gravitational waves is analogous to a sense of touch."

"If Zionism is a dirty word then Judaism must be likewise, because all of our Jewish sources, tradition and culture revolve around Israel, it is impossible to separate one from the other."

200,000 pages of historic press to be digitized, fully searchable online.

The red triangle has long since become popular, hip if you will, fashion choice of the left.

According to the Bristol Post, Alice's father was also going to be sent to a concentration camp, but was let go because he was old and all the concentration camps were full.

As Iran's ambassador to Syria, he played a pivotal role in the creation of the Lebanese radical Shia terrorist organization Hezbollah.

Iran warned Israel Wednesday that it would exact retribution for a missile strike on a Syrian air base earlier in the week in which at least seven Iranian military officials were killed.

The bill will also require schools to to teach students about the consequences of global terrorism.

The woman will be tried for her crimes in juvenile court because she was under age 21 at the time of the alleged murders and attempted murders.

The famed Great Synagogue of Pilsen is returning to Jewish hands and hearts after 20 years as a Czech concert hall and art museum.

Diplomats who voted for the establishment of Israel will take part in the event along with their colleagues from around the world.

Dep. Minister Michael Oren says it was “clear from the start” the Obama administration was “willing to do anything” to reach an agreement with Iran, even when it meant ignoring Iranian terror.

“The Jewish community is an integral part of Greek identity, a fact that has been too often denied for centuries,” Greece’s Chief Rabbi Gabriel Negrin said at the exhibition’s inauguration ceremony. “This history should be passed on to future generations in order to combat ignorance and prejudice.”

Fifteen Auschwitz survivors, aged 80-94, returned this morning, Monday January 26, to the infamous death camp, Auschwitz, some for the first time.

Over six thousand Jews managed to escape along with their 686 non-Jewish relatives, while 464 of the 580 who remained behind were deported to Theresienstadt.

“What you did was seemingly so simple, but this act of grace shows the whole world how to fight the glorification of hatred and incitement against other people."

All his children were born to non-Jewish mothers, but Douglas insists they were "aware culturally" of his "deep convictions," and he never tried to influence their own religious decisions.

Israel's envoy to UNESCO says the exhibit is a reminder that Jews were expelled by force from the Temple Mount.

From 1880 to 1924, one third of the Jewish population of Eastern Europe left shtetls and cities for the United States, fleeing persecution and seeking economic opportunity.

It is the most extensive hiding complex discovered to date in Galilee.

No Old Testament studies for Israeli seventh graders, only the New stuff.