True peace is something that evolves when neither side aims to destroy the other one.

Are we to believe that these Jews who were devout and pious were being punished?

There is a new group of zealots who have taken a cue from the price taggers. They refer to themselves as Torah taggers.

Little Heroes or ‘Giborim Ktanim’ pairs ordinary Israelis with mentally challenged children with the goal of helping such children to better fit into Israeli society.

The man who solicited government proclamations for naming May 19 “Palestinian American Day” had publicly expressed outrage over the NYPD surveillance of Muslims. No one even noticed he was a convicted felon.

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Kerry has done a lot in three months. He has won the distrust of Abbas. He has personally upbraided Israeli Ambassador Oren. Why is he coming to town this week? Maybe he booked the wrong plane.

Co-Founder and the Executive Director of Nefesh B’Nefesh Rabbi Joshua Fass, a Yeshiva University alumnus, will deliver the keynote address and receive an honorary doctorate at YU’s 82nd Commencement Ceremony, Thursday, May 30, at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, NJ. YU President Richard M. Joel will also confer honorary doctorates upon entrepreneur Tony B. [...]

Discrimination against Jews and Muslims is on the rise around the world, according to the annual U.S. State Dept. report for 2012. The report points to growing antisemitism, especially in Venezuela, Egypt and Iran. The BBC noted that the International Religious Freedom Report noted that in Egypt, antisemitic sentiment in the media sometimes included Holocaust [...]

They’re avoiding the appearance of taking sides.

The mission was originally supposed to arrive in Jerusalem on Monday.

On Monday, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, participated in a Congressional hearing which examined the issue of Jacob Ostreicher’s illegal detention. Mr. Ostreicher, a constituent of Rep. Nadler’s from Brooklyn, has been detained in Bolivia for nearly two years. Rep. Nadler has previously [...]