Famed Israeli singer-composer Rami Kleinstein, 52, who has always been secular, has begun to conduct kiddush ceremonies to welcome the Sabbath and to lay tefillin every morning. Kleinstein is growing

In an interview with Yisraeli magazine, Minister Naftali Bennett, Chairman of the Jewish Home, said that the party is regaining steam after a drop in popularity last month. “Large forces in

Nearly 1,000 Assyrian Christian families have fled their homes in northeastern Syria after jihadists kidnapped dozens of members of their community, an activist said on Wednesday.   Osama Edward, director

The subject of biased and even false reporting of the Arab-Israeli conflict by foreign and international media outlets is never far from the headlines.  Just this week, an absurd allegation by

A powerful ex-spy who exposed explosive evidence linking Argentine President Cristina Kirchner to a cover-up of Iranian involvement in a deadly bombing has been accused by the government Tuesday of running a smuggling ring and committing

Jewish Home Chairman and Economics Minister Naftali Bennett is joining Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Washington next week, he announced Tuesday night, in order to support Israel’s position on the

Two Norwegians accused of fighting with Islamic State (ISIS) extremists appeared before an Oslo court Tuesday charged with aiding a “terrorist organization”, in Norway’s first ever trial of suspected jihadists.

Anti-Semitism is on the rise not only in Europe, but in the US as well, a recent study has shown.  More than 50% of American college students have been victims

Another anti-Semitic cab driver has been unearthed in the Big Apple, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday, after one cabbie told a 51 year-old Jewish woman that “all Jews must die.”  On

The Turkish Army preparing to attack the Suez Canal, 1914 (Library of Congress) In January 1915, the German-led Turkish army attacked British forces along the Suez Canal.  The British blunted

Labor is on top again in yet another elections poll published Tuesday – and Yachad Ha’am Itanu may be on the upswing too.  Labor would garner 24 seats in the

Three teenage girls from London feared to have run off to join the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group are believed to have crossed from Turkey into Syria, British police said

The Palestinian Authority (PA) announced late Monday it plans to appeal a ruling by a New York court which found it and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) liable for their

The United States on Monday expressed its dissatisfaction after the Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) briefly cut off power to Palestinian Authority areas, in protest over the PA’s refusal to pay

Almost 15,000 Egyptians have flocked home from war-torn Libya via the border crossing at Sallum, AFP reported on Monday, citing state media. Egyptian and Libyan warplanes hit Islamic State (ISIS)

A Danish Muslim group Monday said it was planning a peace vigil in the heart of Copenhagen this week to protest against hate crimes after this month’s twin attacks in

Canada’s parliament passed a proposed anti-terrorism bill in its second reading on Monday with a 176-87 vote in favor. Liberals and Conservatives voted to extend power for Canada’s national security

Jihadists from the Islamic State group (ISIS) have kidnapped at least 90 Assyrian Christians in northeast Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Britain-based monitor said the

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday evening responded to the ruling by a New York court which found the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) liable for

French President Francois Hollande vowed Monday to introduce tougher penalties for “racist, anti-Semitic or homophobic” remarks in the wake of last month’s terrorist attacks in Paris. Speaking at an annual

French President Francois Hollande vowed to combat anti-Semitism at an annual dinner held by the French Jewish community on Monday, but a key Muslim leader boycotted the event after it was

As the “unity partners” of Hamas and Fatah appear to be sliding into war in Gaza, Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday tried to downplay the stabbing, a

Responding to mass lay-offs delivered suddenly to the homes of hundreds of workers at Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL), around 2,000 workers and residents from the Negev protested on Tuesday morning

Eight people have been killed in a shooting at a restaurant in the Czech Republic Tuesday afternoon. The attack took place in the town of Uhersky Brod, some 180 miles south of

An Arab rioter attacking IDF forces was reportedly shot dead on Tuesday morning at the Dheisheh “refugee camp” located outside of Bethlehem, in Judea. The 19-year-old rioter, named as Jihad

A Orthodox Jewish member of the New York City City Council was asked by US officials to remove his kippah during a visit at the U.S. Consulate in Ramallah, reported

Iraqi officials have expressed irritation and analysts skepticism at the US prediction that an offensive to retake Iraq’s key city of Mosul from jihadists could be launched in April-May. Mosul is a

US and British heirs of Nazi-era Jewish art dealers have sued Germany for the return of a medieval art treasure worth $250-300 million, their lawyers said Tuesday. At stake in the case filed Monday before

The body of missing Israeli hiker Shai Noam has been found Tuesday, police announced, after a days-long search and during an unusually strong winter snowstorm.  The body was found during

Turkey has accused Britain of a “reprehensible” delay in informing the Turkish authorities over the departure to its territory of three teenage British girls feared to be on their way to join