Netanyahu Promises Esther Pollard to Ask Obama to Free Jonathan

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Monday with Esther Pollard, wife of Jonathan Pollard and promised her he would bring up the subject of her...

Barak to AIPAC: Get Ready for Another ‘Disengagement’

Barak praised Netanyahu for being a "courageous" advocate for peace.

‘Miracle Baby’ Dies

The “miracle baby" who was delivered after his Satmar community parents died in a traffic crash en route to a hospital on Shabbat has...

Abbas to Catch Up with Kerry in Saudi Arabia

Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority, John Kerry, Saudi Arabia,

Sequestration Worries Israel

Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz expressed concern Sunday that U.S. financial difficulties would affect Israel's economy. "We are very worried about the financial difficulties in the...

Sandy-Battered Rockaways Residents Boo Schumer and Bloomberg

Hecklers in the Rockaways, battered by Superstorm Sandy, booed Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Sen. Chuck Schumer at the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade Sunday. “For...

Ehud Barak First Defense Minister to Meet with Secretary Hagel

Outgoing Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak is scheduled to be the first foreign defense minister to meet with newly confirmed U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck...

White House Appoints New Mideast Coordinator

The White House has appointed Philip Gordon as  Special Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf Region, as the Obama administration...

Satmar Couple Killed in Motzei Shabbat Car Crash; Unborn Baby Survives (Video)

Nachman Glauber’s rabbi told him to rush his wife to the hospital on the Sabbath after she said did not feel her unborn baby moving. The couple was killed in a crash. The baby was later delivered.

Egypt Teeters on Bankruptcy, Promises Reforms and Gets US Money

The Muslim Brotherhood has won its reward for driving the Egyptian into the ground - $190 million in immediate aide from the US n return for promises of reforms it promised t carry out a year ago.

Joan Rivers Moves on from Holocaust Joke to Mimicking Hitler

Joan Rivers ignored critics of her crass joke about the Holocaust at the Oscars last week and decided to have a go with Hitler,...

Oren Opens AIPAC with Appeal to Non-Jews for Pro-Israel Outreach

Michael Oren, Israel's ambassador to Washington, opened the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's (AIPAC)annual policy conference with an appeal for pro-Israel outreach to African...

Sheldon Adelson’s Corporation Admits ‘Likely’ Anti-bribery Violation

The admission was included in the Sands' annual regulatory report published on Friday.

The Cost to Israel of Obama’s Visit

The cost to Israel of a visit by President Obama is likely to be as much as 10 times the cost of a visit from any other head of state.

IFCJ Denying Report on Netanya Charity Rejecting Donation

The money was contingent on hanging a sign revealing who were the givers.

Settlement Construction Freeze Until Obama Goes Home

Everybody wants to avoid the embarrassment of Joe Biden's visit, when plans for East Jerusalem construction were published during his stay in Israel.

Syria Smells Oil, Protests Israel’s Golan Heights Exploration

Syria sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Thursday protesting the granting of a license...

Israel TV: Obama Won’t Visit Israel without New Coalition Gov’t

No coalition? No ticket on Air Force One. Israel television says that if Netanyahu cannot form a government by the final March 16 deadline, Obama will tear up his March 20 ticket.

State Dept. Not Sure Who Owns the Golan Heights

What does the State Dept. say when a US-based company, one of whose shareholders is former VP Cheney, explores for oil in the Golan Heights? It says, “Uh, y’know what? that’s a good question.”

Critics: Joan Should Cry a River over Crude Holocaust Joke

Rivers, as usual, laughed at her own so-called joke

Congressional Republicans: European Jews Facing ‘Volatile Synergy of Hate’

Witnesses told the committee that European Jews are more vulnerable than their American counterparts to prejudiced policies by their governments.

Nadler Slams GOP over Churches, Synagogues Disaster Relief

The Orthodox Union’s Institute for Public Affairs and the National Council of Young Israel asked constituents to support the bill.

Feiglin: When I am Prime Minister, Livni Will Be in Opposition

Feiglin finally is a Knesset Member after years of trying, but he is looking at the future. He told a Queens dinner, “When I am Prime Minister, God willing, Tzipi Livni will not be in my government.”

Former Columbia University Medical Center Employees File Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

In 2010, three employees were fired by the Radiation Safety Office at Columbia University Medical Center in a departmental reorganization. All three are Jewish, with beards and yarmulkes, and were between the ages of 57-65. Now each of the three men are suing on grounds of religious and age discrimination.

VP Biden Confirmed for AIPAC Speech as Iran Nukes Heat Up

President Obama will visit Israel later this month and will, therefore, skip the AIPAC meeting this year.

Reformed Skinhead Sharing his Antisemitic Past

"I did not know any Jewish people in my life, so it was so easy for me to consider all the stereotypes I heard."

Despite Flaws, Missteps, Ineptitude, Hagel Will Get Defense UPDATE

Last week, 15 Republican senators sent a letter to the president asking him to withdraw the Hagel nomination.

Gentile Prisoners Suddenly Become Jewish for Kosher Food

Pennsylvania prisoners say they are Jewish simply because they want kosher food, which inflates the prison budget. Passover solve the problem when the inmates discover they can’t eat “kitniyot.”

Qatari Rich Guy Secretly Weds Janet Jackson

Singer Janet Jackson has secretly married Qatari millionaire businessman Wissam Al Mana, who is nine years younger than her twice-married 46-year-old wife and probably...

Kosher Barbeque a Smoking Hot Fad in New York

His 2-ton wood-burning “HaKodesh Barbeque” provides “pop-up” barbeques, complete with a dining tent, bales of hay and country music.

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