Son of Saul’ Wins Oscar for Best Foreign Film

'Son of Saul's' riveting plot brought a first-time Oscar for a Hungarian film, by a first-time director.

Reform Want Beleaguered Jewish Channel’s License Revoked

Israel's Channel 20, the "Heritage channel," has been under attack from several directions since its launch, back in 2014.

Jerusalem’s Israel Museum Searches for New Director

The present director transformed the Israel Museum into a world-class institution and doubled visitor numbers.

Arab Press Praising Israel’s Rule of Law Following Jailing of PM Olmert

"The most important thing is that this country is run in modern democratic ways, as a state of institutions, laws, and a constitution."

Roseanne Barr Coming to Israel for Purim, Defends Zionist Dream [video]

Barr will participate in an anti-BDS conference in March, and she also wants to work on solving the conflict with the Palestinians while she's visiting.

Gaza Facebook Users Know Why their Main Streets Are Flooded [video]

"We the people of Gaza [believe] building a tunnel trumps the reconstruction of the street to protect from the rain."

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.

CoP Leaders Hear About Media Coverage of Israel, Strategic Challenges, and from Rivlin

Journalist defended to the CoP the use of the term "settler" to describe Dafna Meir, the mother of six who was murdered by an Arab terrorist.

Knesset Committee Amends ‘Popcorn Law’ to Let Movie Goers Bring Own Snacks

Here's another good reason to make Aaliyah: pretty soon you'd be able to openly bring to the movies as many snacks as your heart desires — openly!

Ultra-Orthodox MK Bill Punishes Disseminating Disaster Victims’ Names, Images

"This is a brutal vice that hurts those injured and adds pain to the families, all because of a wild lust to shoot and distribute horrific images that reduce the value of human life."

Israel Detains Washington Post Reporters Suspected of Staging Riot

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, for heaven's sake, don't apologize!

‘I Was Pope John Paul II’s Girlfriend’ Tonight on BBC

In 2008, Tymieniecka sold her archive of letters to the Polish National Library, which kept them from public view until the BBC was invited to take a peek.

Confirmed: Beyonce to Grace the Stage in Tel Aviv

It's office: Beyonce is set to appear in Tel Aviv in early August.

MK Livni: Foreign Media Cover Terror Attacks As If They’re Road Accidents

"We must treat the international media arena as a hostile arena," Livni said.

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.

Analysis: Facebook Worried about Israeli Legislative Initiatives on Incitement

It sounded more like the minister had summoned the network and not the other way around, mostly because the Minister got to do all the talking.

Tell Jennifer Lopez Why She Should Keep Plans to Perform in Tel Aviv

Jennifer Lopez announced she will perform in Tel Aviv and hatred began - tell her why she should #JustGoJLo

Ted Nugent Going Anti-Semitic on Jews Who Want to Take Away his Guns

"Jew York City mayor Mikey Bloomberg — Nanny State trouble maker and 9/11 Israeli agent."

Adelson’s Lawyer Tells Court the Billionaire Does Not Own ‘Israel Today’

Sivan Ochshorn Dumont runs Yisrael Hayom, which is owned by her stepfather, the casino mogul.

Hitler’s Other Hobby, Painting, Now on Auction

It should be noted that WW2 was fought not by one, but by two really bad amateur painters.

Reporter Who Interviewed Bernie Sanders on Kibbutz Experience Speaks Out

Sanders confessed to his Israeli interviewer that after returning to the US in 1963 he had forgotten all about Israel, Zionism and Judaism.

Chuck and Rachel and Bernie and Hillary Talk ISIS [video]

Sanders says combat on the ground must be done by Muslim troops with our support.

Simpsons Search Engine for Folks Who Want to Be Cool and Jewish

When you pick one image, you get a large screenshot from the episode, the quote, and you then have the option of producing a meme of the scene.

GPO Threatening: You Lie in Reporting, You Lose Your Accreditation

When it comes to treating the media, a little threat can go a very long way.

Analysis: Bottomless Chutzpa, Your Name Is CBS News

These headlines are filed under the epic "It all started when Israel retaliated."

Ultra-Orthodox MK: Media Cameras Are Like Speeding Vehicles

"A journalist who does his work properly and reports on the difficulties of war and the price of war, is a vital tool for communications."

Authentic Lower East Side Kossar’s Bialys to Reopen Friday

"We bought a business to almost restore a bit of history in New York City and then desire to expand that throughout the city, throughout the country and even throughout the world.”

Ethiopian MK Rebukes Israelis for Ignoring Russian Jews’ WW2 Suffering

"Israeli society is not sufficiently aware of the Russian Jewry's suffering during World War Two," said MK Naguisa.

Richard Dreyfuss Playing Fellow New Yorker Bernie Madoff in ABC Mini-Series [video]

"I am the logical person to play the role, I am clearly a New Yorker, I've made a career out of playing college-educated, Upper West Side Jewish men."

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