Israelis nationwide celebrated 68 years to the modern Jewish state on Independence Day Thursday with a traditional barbecue, but far less friendly and celebratory smoke filled the air at the

More than 20% of Syria’s Palestinian Arabs have fled the country and its five-year war, the head of the UN agency established for “Palestinian refugees” said on Thursday. “Before the war, there were 560,000

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump partially walked back one of his more controversial statements on Wednesday, saying that his December call for a ban on Muslim entry to the US

(Kveller via JTA) — Traditionally, we say the Mi Sheberach prayer for those who are ill and those recovering from illness or accident. For example, I added the name of

Jews from Brussels demonstrated in Antwerp against the city and its Jewish community for refusing to use memorial cobblestones to commemorate Holocaust victims. In a move that highlighted the spreading

A Dutch soccer club whose fans were filmed recently singing about burning Jews said it would attempt to track down the culprits and punish them. In the video, which was

Loading… Hundreds of Jews made their way overnight to the ruins of Sa-Nur, one of the four Jewish towns in Samaria destroyed as part of the 2005 Disengagement. But the

A 20-year old Israeli man was wounded in the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev on Thursday morning. Police are currently investigating the incident, and have yet to determine whether

Israel’s Mission to the United Nations held a unique Independence Day celebration Wednesday night, drawing a record number of guests. Taking advantage of the UN’s proximity to New York’s famous

President Reuven Rivlin hosted the opening of Thursday’s Independence Day festivities at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu joined Rivlin, along with Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, IDF

A special Independence Day poll conducted by Professor Camille Fuchs, who heads Tel Aviv University’s Statistics Department, reveals that despite frustrations with the government, Israelis – Jewish and Arab alike

Loading… The annual International Bible Contest was held on Thursday at the Jerusalem Theater. A total of 16 participants from 8 countries took part. This year’s theme is “Israeli Unity”.

A new poll of Israelis Jews reveals that rather than becoming more secular, like most countries in Western Europe, Israel in 2016 is more traditional than ever before. The poll,

Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) addressed the International Bible Contest on Thursday, including a veiled reference to controversial comments by IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Yair Golan. Last week,

Actress Charlotte Gainsbourg is to star in a provocative new comedy which parodies deep-rooted anti-Semitism in France, its director said Thursday. “The Jews” — titled “They are everywhere” in French

The Israeli Air Force’s stunt team gives a 360 degree view straight from the cockpit. Watch the Independence Day flyover as you’ve never seen it before!

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday he cannot “pretend” the Republican party is unified and acknowledged it will “take some work” to bring everyone together after the bruising primary, Fox

Anti-Semitic French comedian Dieudonné cancelled a planned performance in Montreal, Canada, after he was reportedly barred from entering the country, CBC News reports. Dieudonné was scheduled to perform 10 shows

RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — The Israeli app Moovit will guide tourists and local residents to the fastest and safest routes to and between competition venues at the Rio Olympic

The New Jersey State Senate this week unanimously passed legislation that would prohibit state pension and annuity funds from being invested in companies that boycott Israel or Israeli businesses, the

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s support has surged and he is now running nearly even with Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton among likely U.S. voters, a new Reuters poll released Wednesday

(JTA) — Reebok announced — and then quickly rescinded — plans to sell a special-edition sneaker commemorating Israel’s 68th birthday. On Tuesday, one day after Reebok Israel said it would

Egypt opened the Rafah border crossing into Gaza for the first time in three months on Wednesday, Reuters reports.  The crossing will be open for two days, according to the

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Donald Trump’s campaign withdrew its support for a white supremacist as one of its California delegates. William Johnson, the leader of the American Freedom Party, signed a

A senior Iranian commander declared on Wednesday that Iran considers no country in the world as a threat but the United States, reports the Fars news agency. “We don’t see

(JTA) — Police in Manchester, England, are investigating a suspected arson at a kosher restaurant. Security camera footage shows the Ta’am Restaurant in Bury, 11 miles north of Manchester, being

Dozens of yeshivot and seminaries bring their students to Har Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem for Memorial Day, as an educational tool about the losses Israeli families face year in

A group of demonstrators aligned with the anti-Zionist Neturei Karta movement protested on Wednesday in Jerusalem against Israeli Memorial Day (Yom HaZikaron), which commemorates fallen soldiers and those killed by

Two London yeshiva students were seriously injured in Hungary Wednesday in a car accident.  The two were en route to the grave of Rabbi Yeshaya Steiner of Kerestir, the founder of the Kerestirer