Deputy Speaker of the Knesset MK Yehiel “Hillik” Bar (Zionist Union) visited Poland last week, after a town square was named after his maternal family.  The main square of the

Maimonides: One of the greatest Halakhic jurists of all time, and one of the most important philosophers of the Middle Ages; a scientist, physician, and leader of Egyptian Jewry; recognized

650 cases of illegally imported kosher wine were seized over the second Passover holiday in Montreal, CTV News reported. Two men are facing charges of illegally importing the wine after

The Islamic State (ISIS) group has beheaded four teenagers and young men in its Syria “capital” of Raqa for allegedly providing intelligence to the American-led coalition, a monitoring group said

Donald Trump holds a 15-point lead over Ted Cruz in the May 3 presidential primary race in Indiana, an NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll released on Sunday found. Trump gets

CIA director John Brennan on Sunday said that the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group is more than just an organization. He was making the comments in an interview on NBC

Iran has filed a lawsuit against the United States in the International Court of Justice following the American Supreme Court’s ruling that it would have to compensate families of victims

The Israeli-Palestinian Authority (PA) peace process was among the topics discussed on Sunday between Jordan’s Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and United States Secretary of State John Kerry in Geneva. According

Britain’s Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on Sunday night rejected calls from Jewish leaders to denounce the Hamas and Hezbollah terrorist organizations, vowing to continue talking to them, reports The Telegraph.

A security guard working for the Jerusalem Light Rail is suing Chanel 10 for one million shekels ($270 million) for breaching a confidentiality agreement and revealing his identity as the

Maj. Rabbi Shraga Dahan, a military rabbi in the IDF, on Sunday revealed his unique way of confronting an extremist haredi youth who verbally assaulted him over his military service

Hundreds of people on Sunday attended the May 1st parade in Tel Aviv as a launch for the Israeli “Workers’ Week” organized by the Histadrut labor union. “What we need is

Israeli media has largely ignored covering how Arab assailants just before Passover on April 20 threw firebombs at Jerusalem’s northeast Pisgat Ze’ev neighborhood, causing a massive brush fire that approached the homes

A German official on Sunday denied a report in Der Spiegel the day before, according to which Chancellor Angela Merkel may end unconditional support for Israel due to frustration with Prime Minister

Leftist Jewish MK Dov Khenin of the near completely Arab Joint List party spoke with the British Sky News on Sunday, and claimed that Israel is committing an “ethnic cleansing in a very

A young 26-year-old woman from Jerusalem was bitten by a poisonous snake on Sunday evening as she hiked near the popular Ein Ampi Spring, in the region of Beit Hamekhes Junction

Gila Katzav, wife of former president Moshe Katzav, met twice in recent months with current President Reuven Rivlin, Channel 1 News reported on Sunday night. According to the report, during

Orthodox Jews have a strict rule regarding not eating chametz (leavened foods) which were owned by Jews during Passover – during which a strict prohibition on consuming or even owning chametz

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum challenged a claim by the Iranian foreign minister that Iranian government authorities had nothing to do with a Holocaust cartoon contest. “The organizations associated with

US President Barack Obama decried the “rise of anti-Semitism” in his annual proclamation of May as Jewish American Heritage Month. “We cannot pay proper respect to the legacy of Jewish

The Israeli police are recommending to give an honorary citation to a patrol officer and a police volunteer who killed the Arab terrorist responsible for the lethal Jaffa (Yafo) stabbing

IDF Civil Administration forces accompanied by Border Police officers arrived on Sunday afternoon to Givat Gal, located adjacent to Kiryat Arba in Judea, and began seizing equipment from a home

Two suspects have been arrested over the death of Israeli backpacker Ofer Gross in Hungary, according to German media reports. The two young suspects – aged 21 and 19 – were

An event co-sponsored by the Palestinian American Coalition (PAC) advertised MK Ahmed Tibi’s (Arab Joint List) arrival to California with an image of the politician adjacent to the American and the Palestinian Liberation

A senior Israeli official said Sunday that ties with Berlin remained “good” following a report about diplomatic tensions with Germany, considered to be the Jewish state’s main European ally. “Relations between Israel and Germany are,

Getnet Asnakew made aliyah to Israel from Ethiopia back in 2002, and as an oleh he is eligible for financial support from the government in buying an apartment – there’s