Politicians often quote unemployment data, especially around elections, in order to gain votes. But what do these figures mean?  Does the term “unemployed” refer to everyone who doesn’t have a

Top Israeli public officials and leaders gathered on Wednesday at the Knesset to honor 100 years of American Jewry’s contribution to the State of Israel. Attendees included Prime Minister Binyamin

The UN envoy for the Middle East on Wednesday expressed alarm after Hamas authorities in Gaza moved to hold public executions, and urged them to change course, AFP reports. Hamas announced

The Lag Ba’Omer celebration in the town of Meron in northern Israel was truly an expression of Jewish unity, as hundreds of thousands of Jews from around the world gathered

The Ottoman war effort in Palestine in World War I was led by German officers, and their involvement was recorded by the American Colony photographers.  German General Erich von Falkenhayn,

Arab Knesset Members from the Joint List declared on Wednesday that they intend to ignore Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s directive and visit the Temple Mount for Ramadan next month. Last

As scientists “stare” at the world we live in, they are discovering things about reality that totally revamp our previous understanding of what it is. Surprisingly, Kabbalah knew that long ago, and

Belgian prosecutors on Wednesday said they have detained four suspected Islamic State (ISIS) group recruiters, who they say may have planned new attacks in the country, The Associated Press reports.

Palestinian Authority schools have long been used to foster anti-Semitic sentiments in young Arabs. Some schools, however, have taken the messages of hate – printed in official Palestinian Authority textbooks

MK Orly Levy Abekasis (Independent) disparaged her former party, Yisrael Beytenu, on Wednesday night, noting it “did not set social goals when it entered the government” earlier in the day. 

Almost two years have passed since Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, but one soldier has still not been able to go home. Yitzhak Yehuda Yisre’eli was injured early in the operation,

President Reuven Rivlin opened the biennial Jerusalem International Writers’ Festival Wednesday night, which is being held at Mishkenot Sha’ananim.  The festival is attended by writers and authors from across Israel and the world,

The US State Department’s Office of the Inspector General issued a report to lawmakers on Wednesday, ruling that former Secretary of State and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton violated

With Lag Ba’Omer almost upon us, we invite you to be a vital part of an amazing project. In the shadow of the Kever of the Holy Tanna R’ Shimon

The Obama administration gave Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s expanded coalition a chilly reception on Wednesday, with State Department spokesman Mark Toner saying the Israeli government’s new composition raised “legitimate questions”.

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat (Likud) announced Wednesday night that he does not intend to run for Likud leadership for as long as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is head of the

A rocket from Gaza was fired on Wednesday evening towards southern Israel. The rocket exploded in an open area of the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council, causing no physical injuries or

The star-studded list of world-class pop stars and musicians performing in Israel this summer just added a new iconic member – multiple Grammy award-winning American musician Pharrell Williams. Williams, who shot to global

Likud MK Nava Boker on Wednesday reacted to the horrific rape of a 20-year-old mentally ill Jewish girl in southern Tel Aviv two weeks ago, after police lifted a gag

Yisrael Beytenu chairperson Avigdor Liberman signed a coalition agreement with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Wednesday to enter the government, but a reading of the agreement reveals that he gave up on

A protest against presumed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump turned into a violent riot on Tuesday night at Albuquerque, New Mexico, as hundreds of demonstrators hurled rocks and bottles at police

A Jerusalem labor court on Wednesday issued a temporary injunction against the Ministry of Transportation, halting a plan to privatize the driver testing department and ordering the Ministry and striking

An annual pilgrimage to Africa’s oldest synagogue got under way Wednesday in Tunisia where security forces were deployed heavily to ward off potential jihadist attacks. Small groups of visitors began

Hundreds of thousands of children participating in this year’s Lag B’Omer festivities will receive a special and spectacular gift: an illustrated Bible.  The “My Torah” series, published by Chabad-Lubavitch’s Full House

A man and woman, both estimated to be around 30 years of age, were found dead in an apartment in Rishon Letzion on Wednesday in an apparent double murder. The

The traditional ‘Hilula’ celebration will be held Wednesday night at the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, located at the foot of Har Meron, in honor of Lag Ba’Omer.  Hundreds

Following the signing on Wednesday of a new coalition agreement bringing Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu party into the government, the decision to replace former Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon with Liberman

Arab terrorist Bashar Masalha has become a hero of the Palestinian Authority (PA), after murdering American tourist Taylor Force and wounding 11 others in a brutal stabbing spree in Jaffa (Yafo)

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit spoke late Tuesday for the first time about the case of Elor Azariya, the IDF soldier currently on trial for charges of manslaughter after having shot