(JTA) — The Anti-Defamation League has announced a task force to look into the anti-Semitic harassment online, including death threats, of journalists covering the 2016 presidential campaign. Its members will

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon (Kulanu) hinted on Wednesday that peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) may soon resume. “The rumors and talk of a meaningful diplomatic process

The State Department has admitted that an official intentionally deleted several minutes of video footage from a 2013 press briefing, where a top spokeswoman seemed to acknowledge misleading the press

Hamas said on Wednesday that Egypt had temporarily reopened the Rafah border crossing with Gaza, reports The Associated Press. The opening of Rafah, Gaza’s main gateway to the outside world,

(JTA) — A legal adviser to the European Union supported a British firm’s contested ban on Muslim headscarves, citing the company’s policy against wearing a kippah. The European Court of

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday discussed “the need for decisive joint action” against the Al-Nusra Front, an Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group in

(Kveller via JTA) — My camp duffel bags are 30 years old. This is the first time since 1986 that they will not make the trek with me from Chicago

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will visit Russia to discuss a wide range of international issues, including Syria, with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said

Newly exposed letters reveal that British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in the past described Israel’s politicians as “criminals,” called for them to be banned from Britain and for trade sanctions

(JTA) — SodaStream, the Israeli company that brought homemade carbonated drinks to kitchens around the world, is making a bid to conquer the home pub with the introduction of Beer

JTA – It was an incongruous sight: The U.N. General Assembly hall filled to capacity with 1,500 cheering people waving miniature Israeli flags and singing “Hatikvah,” Israel’s national anthem. No,

Dozens of Iranian college students were arrested in the city of Qazvin, Iranian officials said, in what observers say is part of a wider crack-down on “immoral behavior”. According to

Two babies were hospitalized at Schneider Children’s Hospital in Petach Tikva for being infected with herpes during circumcision, Kikar HaShabbat reports Wednesday night – and a prominent mohel has demanded that fellow mohels get checked for

Yitzhak Weingot, the father of 15 month-old Eliya who died this week after being forgotten in a hot car, spoke in an emotional interview with haredi radio station Kol Hai about his

A Border Police officer who last month was filmed drawing his side-arm and taking aim at haredi protesters was questioned under warning, police revealed on Wednesday. The incident in question

Archaeologist Dr. Gabi Barkai, a member of the Committee for Preventing the Destruction of Temple Mount Antiquities, welcomed a decision Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made Tuesday to stop the Jordanian

JTA – Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos called on the Justice Ministry to take action against a neo-Nazi lawmaker after he made anti-Israel comments in parliament. Speaking during a debate

Two people – both males – are dead in a murder-suicide at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Wednesday.  The shooter murdered his victim in Engineering Building 4, in Boelter Hall

Despite a high fertility rate and the relatively high proportion of new immigrants who settle in the city, Jerusalem’s Jewish majority has been in decline for decades. While Jews made

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Friday to decide whether to go ahead with air drops in Syria after the Damascus regime allowed convoys to enter

Dramatic new video footage has emerged from the scene of the shooting of a wounded terrorist in Hevron last March, which appears to show someone moving the terrorist’s knife closer

US State Department officials welcomed comments by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reaffirming his support of the two-state solution and the establishment of a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria –

The French vessel Laplace has picked up signals from downed EgyptAir flight MS804’s black boxes, Egypt’s Civil Aviation Ministry announced Wednesday.  “Black boxes” are the crucial components of any aircraft which record

Police have arrested Bassem al-Safadi, a reporter and photographer for the Iranian Arabic-language channel al-Alam, on suspicion of incitement and supporting terror. Al-Safadi has already been taken before a court

Could Donald Trump actually win the presidency? A slew of recent polls shows the presumptive Republican nominee closing in on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in traditionally Democratic states,

IDF paratrooper recruits who were being bused to their induction ceremony at the Western Wall (Kotel) were told to close the curtains on the bus windows as they arrived at

The Dalai Lama says that “too many” refugees have already entered Europe, and that most should leave again once the danger in their home countries abates. “When we look into

It may yet become a TV movie, involving detectives, hideouts, false disguises, a dramatic arrest, and then the happy ending. So far, however, it is merely a true story that

The European Union’s senior legal advisor has declared that employers are within their rights to forbid workers from wearing religious articles, including kippot, headscarves and crucifixes. The issue arose when

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) is seeking alternatives to legislature that would completely decriminalize the personal use of soft drugs, Walla! News reports Wednesday, following a debate over a similar bill