The world-wide internet hacker network ‘Anonymous’ has released a video threatening a cyber war against Israel, which it accuses of committing "crimes against humanity". read more »
A doll that was found among the rubble of a German concentration camp in 1945 has been restored in the hope it will go on public display. read more »
The Knesset's Judicial Selection Committee approved Justice Asher Grunis as the new Supreme Court President on Friday, after the veteran judge stood at heart of a months-long political storm. read more »
Turkey has torpedoed an Israeli plan to contribute an Israel Navy missile ship to a NATO mission in the Mediterranean Sea, in what would have been the first time Israel actively participated in one of the military alliance’s operations. read more »
The owner of one of Long Island's largest catering companies has been accused of seriously violating Jewish law by having workers prepare kosher and non-kosher meals in the same kitchen. read more »
Canadian auctioneer wants to sell objects he thinks contain fossilized remains of Nazi death camp victims at Treblinka, says proceeds would go to Holocaust memorial. read more »
The Palestinian Authority had embraced terrorist organizations instead of peace, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the Knesset. read more »
Limmud is set to land in the Chinese capital this year - and an organizer claims it could turn out to be a historic moment for Jewish life in the country. read more »
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and top US security officials told Jewish community leaders there is no imminent threat of an attack on Jewish targets in the United States. read more »
Former Gaza hostage Gilad Shalit was received Wednesday by French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris. read more »
Nearly 1,000 guests, including French President Nicolas Sarkozy, his main challenger at the presidential elections later this year, François Hollande, and the parents of Gilad Shalit attended the annual dinner of France's Jewish umbrella organization CRIF in Paris. read more »
Contrary to recent misleading press reports, no Jew seeks a “right of return” to Arab states. read more »
A website with close ties to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has outlined why it would be acceptable to kill all Jews and annihilate Israel. read more »
Boston police said they were aware of the possible threat posed to the Back Bay offices of the Israeli government and were responding with extra patrols to that and other prominent Jewish locations in the city. read more »
In Washington, Israel's Avigdor Lieberman praises US measures against Tehran's nuclear program in meetings with Clinton, McCain. read more »
A Maori academic has been criticized by Jewish Council President Stephen Goodman for suggesting that the colonization of New Zealand resulted in a holocaust for his people. read more »
The Federal Social Court ruled that payments to former Jewish ghetto laborers would only be made retroactively to 2005 and not 1997, as demanded by the plaintiffs. read more »
Israel will spend NIS 845 million (US$ 227 million) over the next five years to rehabilitate the Dead Sea, the Tourism Ministry said on Monday. read more »
On the occasion of the International Day against Female Genital Mutilation the chair of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians, Italian lawmaker Fiamma Nirenstein, has spoken out against the “barbaric practice" which is still imposed every year on three million babies and girls under the age of 15. read more »
The commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force is reportedly in Damascus to help Syrian President Bashar al-Assad suppress a growing uprising against his regime throughout the country. read more »
