Damascus Elfrange Synagogue Still Active, Serving Community of 16 Amidst War’s Chaos [video]

"Most of the synagogues have been robbed and all of them, save for Elfrange, are shut and neglected."

Strategic Affairs Minister: Fight Against BDS About To Become a “Whole New Ball Game”.

Calling for “cautious optimism,” Erdan went on to share several methods being developed that are designed to counter BDS activities.

Chief Rabbi: It’s a Mitzvah to Turn in Negligent Drivers

"Right away take down his license plate number and call the police. It's a mitzvah to tell."

IDF Reservists Debunk ‘Breaking the Silence’ Tantrums, Offer Grownup Approach to Irregularities [video]

"Our challenge is to deal in a practical, real and purposeful way with complex situations."

BDS Not About Economics, but ‘Demoralizing’ Israel, Deputy Foreign Minister Tells Young Olim

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely urges young olim to help safeguard Israel’s Jewish identity to beat the "Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions" movement

Rabbis Release Directive for ‘Online Shaming’ of Get Refusers

There is a very fine legal line in Jewish tradition between lashon hara-defamation and public criticism.

In Concession to Jews Illinois-Chicago U Students Vote to Boycott Israel, But Also US,...

"Negotiations over the resolution were not easy but we tempered it so that it does not single out one nation, Israel, for condemnation."

10 Years Since the Gruesome Murder of French Jew Ilan Halimi

Ten years ago a Muslim French man ordered the abduction of the French Jew Ilan Halimi, who was grotesquely tortured and left to die.

21-Year-Old Father Stabbed to Death in Front of Wife and Baby North of Jerusalem

The security guard at the supermarket apparently did not check the teen terrorists before allowing them in.

2 Muslim Women Enter Miami Beach Synagogue, Ask Questions, Scare Everyone

According to a police incident report, the women asked their Jewish host, "Did you have services already?" and "when are you saying Yizkor?"

How Israel Occupied the Palestinian Salad [video]

The Israeli responses were, for the most part, a lot less combative (reflecting the situation on the ground in other areas as well).

‘Angel’ on Train Pays $500 to Restore Crying Soldier’s Electric Sevice

He grabbed her phone, paid out of his own pocket her sizable debt of $499.65, and gave her the confirmation number.

Mazel Tov to the Netanyahus on the Birth of a Granddaughter!

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a grandfather for the third time, his daughter adding a baby girl to the family circle.

Appalled by Anti-Semitism, Oxford University Club Co-Leader Resigns

Student leader resigned from Oxford University club due to its escalating anti-Semitism and expressed hatred of Israel.

Foreign Affairs, Security and Education the Focus for Day 3 of CoP Mission

Israeli Opp. Leader Herzog acknowledged that Israel is in the midst of the Third Intifada.

Only in Texas: Bar Mitzvah on Death Row

Providing spiritual sustenance to inmates, regardless of their crimes.

IDF Chief Rabbi Facing Rebuke, Danced with Wrong Halakhic Authority [video]

Secular Israelis just don't like it when religious Jews dance.

Humanitarian Aid: Russia to Transfer Needy Ukrainian Refugees to Siberia

The Jewish Autonomous Oblast is a district in the Russian Far East, bordering Khabarovsk Krai and Amur Oblast in Russia and Heilongjiang province in China.

Knesset Pays Tribute to former Speaker of the Norwegian Parliament Jo Benkow

Benkow, a Holocaust survivor and friend of Norway’s King Olav V, fought against Anti-Semitism and strongly criticized Norwegian leaders who expressed biased views toward Israel.

New Bill Compels Burial Societies to Work on Shabbat

Burial societies that receive their funding form the state must arrive within three hours of receiving the request, even if the death occurred on Shabbat.

UK Airbnb Member to Israelis: Want a Room? First Stop the ‘Occupation’

“I started getting harassment and people have put up a picture of me on Facebook that I am like a stuck-up Israeli."

Arad Mayor, Chabad Rabbi Invite Tourism to Israel’s Sunny South

Arad Mayor Nisan Ben Hamo was at the International Tourism Expo in Tel Aviv, answering questions about his beautiful city.

Oldest Torah Scroll Proves Yemenite, Chabad Versions Right

One of the challenges of the comparative analysis of the scroll has been the tendency of later scribes to “correct“ the work of their predecessors.

Reform Movement Boycotting Israeli Tourism Minister

Levin, for his part, said it's annoying to be boycotted just when you're done explaining the boycotting is inappropriate.

Will Bernie Give Israel Heartburn?

Bernie Sanders claims even-handedness, but his Middle East advisors suggest Israel would feel the burn.

Watch: Neturei Karta Demonstrators Calling on Rubio to Abandon Israel [video]

They wish to inform everyone about a different Judaism, and that God is an enemy of the Zionist entity.

The Perfect Holiday Gift: New Hebrew Translation of ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’

The Protocols is a plagiarized work composed by the Czarist secret police to divert public attention from the empire's economic woes to imagined outside enemies.

Ancestral Pictures Stopped One Intermarriage in Israel

"These were my grandfathers," the groom responded with pride, "they were important Rabbis."

Ultra-Orthodox Man Burns Reform Siddur at Western Wall

There's no doubt that the main purpose of the WOW is to create provocation.

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