The Egyptian military confirmed it had found the wreckage of EgyptAir flight MS804 Friday, which crashed early Thursday morning in what could be a terrorist attack.  The “personal belongings of the passengers

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu issued a statement on Friday afternoon, responding to Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon’s (Likud) sudden resignation and press conference earlier in the day. Ya’alon announced that he intends

In 1983, Reuven Prager pioneered an organization called Beged Ivri, which means Hebrew Garments. “When our Holy Temple was destroyed two thousand years ago, there was a shake-up of our

An Argentine prosecutor admitted on Thursday that Alberto Nisman, who investigated Argentina’s worst terrorist attack before he was found dead in his home last year, may have been forced to

The Israeli government will upgrade the checkpoints between the Palestinian Authority-assigned areas of Judea and Samaria and Israel, so that more Palestinians will be able to enter Israel for work,

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — Six former presidents of Argentina were summoned to testify in the investigation into the 1995 death of the son of ex-President Carlos Menem after he

New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) on Thursday presented well-respected community leader Abu Naser Khaliquzzaman with a legislative resolution for Khaliquzzaman’s continued dedication to bridging Jewish and Muslim communities. “It

France has requested the extradition of four suspects charged in Belgium over the November 13 attacks in Paris, including three accused of helping prime suspect Salah Abdeslam flee after the

RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A homeless Israeli woman was taken to an old person’s home thanks to a rapid response by the local Jewish community initiated on Facebook. Olga

The United States on Thursday added the Islamic State (ISIS) group’s branches in Libya, Yemen and Saudi Arabia to its global terrorism blacklist and placed six men on its sanctions

The United States and its European partners on Thursday made a fresh appeal for European banks and businesses to invest in Iran now that most of the sanctions against the

RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Two leftist Brazilian senators compared Nazi Germany and the Holocaust to Brazil’s political environment in light of President Dilma Rousseff’s suspension as part of an

Russia’s security chief on Thursday said his agency has tracked down a group working to prepare “Paris-style” attacks in big Russian cities, The Associated Press reported. Alexander Bortnikov, the head

Duvi Honig, founder and director of the Jewish Chamber of Commerce (OJChambrer.com), held a lengthy meeting yesterday at Trump Tower in Manhattan with Jason Dov Greenblatt, Executive Vice President and

Former Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein has roundly condemned the reported agreement between the Likud and Yisrael Beytenu parties, to include provisions for implementing the death penalty for terrorists as part

For the record: Zionism is simply the belief in the Jewish people’s right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland, Israel. Apparently though, some people (though not all), clearly believe otherwise.

Belgian cabinet minister and animal welfare minister Ben Weyts on Tuesday called for a complete ban on the ritual slaughter of animals. The decision will have a huge impact on

Lipa Schmelczer is one of the Jewish music world’s best known – and most colorful – artists. A member of the extremely conservative and insular Skver hassidic sect, Schmelczer, it’s fair

Jerusalem prosecutors filed an indictment against a rabbi who served as a mashgiach at a yeshiva in the city, for a series of rapes carried against a number of female

In an interview with CNN on Thursday, democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton said that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is not qualified to president. Her reasons included Trump’s plan to bar

Opposition leader MK Yitzhak Herzog on Thursday evening blasted what he called “gangs from Judea and Samaria” who, he claimed, had prevented Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu from going forward with an

He was an outspoken politician with little military experience, appointed by a rival and promising to bring a new approach. Current and former officials at the Defense Ministry called his

Despite earlier reports, search crews have not found wreckage from EgyptAir flight MS804, which crashed early Thursday morning in what could be a terrorist attack, CNN reported. EgyptAir’s Vice Chairman Ahmed Adel

Yisrael Beytenu chairperson Avigdor Liberman’s imminent entry to the coalition government has been evoking varied responses in Israel. According to a Knesset Channel Poll released on Thursday, 52% of respondents said that

Belgium has turned down a request for financial assistance from the daughters of an Israeli couple killed in an attack a year ago on the Jewish Museum in Brussels. Shira

Israel is expected to finally ratify a deal to put a major offshore gas field online, the energy ministry announced, after a compromise was reached with the US-led consortium of

Three swastikas were found painted on walls in a Rio de Janeiro neighborhood most heavily populated with middle-class and elderly Jews. The president of the Rio Jewish federation, Paulo Maltz,

Greek TV has released the first pictures of debris from EgyptAir flight MS804, which crashed early Thursday morning in what is looking increasingly like a terrorist attack. Greek emergency teams discovered

OneFamily, an organization that assists families and victims of terror, met on Monday with the family of Amin Shaban, the Bedouin taxi driver murdered in January’s terrorist attack in Tel

Coalition drama continues: Yisrael Beytenu MK Orly Levy-Abekasis announced her resignation from the party Thursday afternoon, accusing party leaders of abandoning social issues in their pursuit of a deal to enter the