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1,200-Year Old Cruse Loaded with Gold Coins Found in Yavneh Excavation

The large-scale excavation, carried out southeast of Tell Yavneh, has revealed a massive number of pottery kilns.

Jewish Tourism Minister: Normalizing Ties with Israel ‘Sensitive Matter’

Needless to say, Trabelsi was attacked on Tunisian social media for the very fact of giving an interview to Israeli TV.

70 Years Later, President Rivlin Meets Passengers who Arrived on the Exodus

Speaking to the passengers as well as their second, third, and fourth generation descendants, the President said, 'I am fortunate as President of the State of Israel to record with you and your families that the State of Israel, and the flag of Israel, are obvious facts.'

Pew: More Muslims than Christians by 2100

10% of all Europeans will be Muslim by 2050.

Spanish, Portuguese Jews Support Sephardi and Mizrahi Heritage Empowerment Program

“The history of the Jews of the Middle East and North Africa is sadly overlooked, even though every other Jew in Israel comes from this region.”

Obama’s UN Speech Ignores Israel but Hits Hard at Putin and Assad

Obama finally understands: "There are no simple answers to the changes that are taking place in much of the Middle East and North Africa."

Cheat Sheet on Who’s Doing What to Whom in the Middle East

While Pres. Obama nurses a grudge and looks for new ways to pick a fight with Israel, a cataclysm is building in the Middle East.

Tunisians Voting for Legislators in First Nationwide Vote

Today Tunisians select 217 legislators out of 13,000 candidates for their new parliament in a national election. Next month, the presidential vote.

Tunisia Leader Facing Flack Over Jewish Pilgrimage to El Ghriba

Tunisian lawmakers are questioning their tourism minister over a decision to allow Israelis to enter the country for the El Ghriba synagogue pilgrimage.

Prerequisites for Muslim-Jewish Reconciliation

We have a big problem with cognitive dissonance in most Arab countries.

Spain’s New ‘Fornicators’

The imam had threatened to burn down the woman's house because, according to him, she is an "infidel" as she works outside of the home, drives an automobile and has non-Muslim friends.

An Awakening…or Just Terror?

In the Middle East and North Africa, at least among large swaths of enthusiastic Islamists, true redemption still requires Muslims to present tangible proof of 'membership.'

Obama’s No Churchill

A recent dispute between conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer and White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer centered on the Obama administration’s return to the British government in January 2009 of a bust of Winston Churchill, which had been kept in the Oval Office by President George W. Bush following the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Amnesty: By the Way, Hamas Cops Beat Up Demonstrators

Proving that public officials must read their own stories before sending them out, we found an item on the Palestinian news agency Ma'an's website...

French Nuclear Physicist on Trial for Plotting Hits with Al Qaeda

Adlene Hicheur, a French nuclear physicist of Algerian descent who once worked at Switzerland's renowned CERN laboratory, is being tried in Paris on charges of collaborating with Al Qaeda in North Africa. His attorneys claim he only sent angry emails. They are afraid their clients would be unfairly linked with the Toulouse murderer.

War, Terror And Revolution: Israel’s Special Vulnerability to Chaos (Part I)

Continuing turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa signals important and potentially catastrophic transformations. For Israel, the greatest danger stems from the interpenetrating and largely unpredictable effects of war, terrorism and revolution in the region. In essence, these plainly destabilizing effects could spawn an unprecedented and historically unique kind of chaos.

Return Libya To Its Rightful Rulers!

The world is wringing its hands over the fate of Libya. Being a helpful sort of guy, and what with Purim fast approaching, I know just the proper solution.

Title: Olive Trees and Honey; A Treasury of Vegetarian Recipes from Jewish Communities Around...

It claims to be a cookbook - but this is one of the best Jewish -Baedekers' (travelogues) we've seen in quite a long time.

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