Saudi Arabia’s top clerical body on Wednesday its 15-year-old edict that the Pokemon game franchise is un-Islamic due to the fact that it promotes “global Zionism”, Reuters reported. The fatwa

Two Orthodox Jewish beatboxers failed to advance on “America’s Got Talent” after wowing the judges in the initial round of the TV competition. Ilan Swartz-Brownstein and Josh Leviton, both of

At a time when many Jewish federations are reporting flat or declining fundraising, North America’s largest Jewish philanthropy said its annual campaign revenue has increased for the seventh consecutive year.

Argentina on Wednesday asked Singapore and Malaysia Wednesday to extradite a former Iranian foreign minister whom it accuses of involvement in a 1994 bombing that killed 85 people at a

White House spokesman Josh Earnest on Wednesday played down allegations that Melania Trump, wife of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, plagiarized a speech given by First Lady Michelle Obama. Side-by-side

A Palestinian Authority-based human rights organization on Wednesday condemned the latest death sentences handed down by tribunals in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, AFP reports. On Tuesday, a military court in

Shimi Eliel, Chair of the Regional Council of Kochav Yair-Tzur Yigal, decided to take the law into his own hands in the face of nearby illegal Palestinian construction that was

Followers of Rabbi Eliezer Berland, who was extradited to Israel on Tuesday, protested outside of Ayalon Prison, where he is being held. Demanding they be allowed in to see their

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu surveyed the separation barrier today near Meitar, ahead of planned building for the security barrier in that area. He was accompanied by Minister of Defense Avigdor

More than 200 new immigrants from France arrived in Israel on Wednesday in a special flight organized by the Jewish Agency in conjunction with the Immigration Ministry and United Israel

Over 300 Rabbinical figures showed solidarity with Rabbi Yigal Levinstein in a letter of support, in the wake of a public outcry against the rabbi for comments he made concerning

The Rector of a Brazilian federal university ‘ABC’ has issued an apology to the Brazilian Jewish community after the appearance of a university job posting sought a teacher of “race

The opening night address at the 2016 Republican National Convention by Melania Trump, wife of the GOP nominee, received a largely positive reception Monday evening – that is, before striking

Head of the Rabbinical services organization ‘Tzohar,’ Rabbi David Stav, criticized on Wednesday rabbis who hush up sexual abuse cases in their communities rather than reporting them to the authorities.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday evening declared a three-month state of emergency following last week’s failed coup, Sky News reported. In a speech in which he announced the

The team is taking us further into deep space and esoteric biblical concepts as we discover where are roots are bound to. This show is a further stepping stone towards

A new report from Europol, the European Union law enforcement agency, shows a record number of terror attacks in Europe. The report shows a marked increase, compared to previous years,

Education Minister Naftali Bennett declared Wednesday that the Bnei David Academy in Eli, headed by Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, would not lose its government funding, and that he would protect the

Roger Ailes, the 76-year old cofounder and CEO of Fox News is on his way out in a shakeup that could radically alter America’s most popular cable news channel. The

Rabbi Azriel Ariel, of the the Israeli organization Hotam, which works to propose Halachic solutions to societal problems, has called to address the phenomenon of romantic relationships in the workplace.

Belgian police have surrounded a man seen behaving suspiciously and wearing “a long coat with protruding wires” in Brussels, according to Belgian media. Authorities closed several streets and evacuated establishments

After nearly half a century, Israel and Guinea formally renewed diplomatic ties. At a signing ceremony in Paris on Wednesday, Israeli Foreign Ministry Director-General Dore Gold and his Guinean counterpart

According to Daphna Liel of Channel 2, a bag of cannabis was found in a bathroom of the Knesset in an area reserved for Knesset members and their aides. The

According to Mako, Minister of Culture and Sport Miri Regev has sent a letter to Attorney General Avichai Mandelbilt, petitioning him to withhold governmental aid to large movie-house Tel Aviv

A video circulated on social media Tuesday depicts rebel fighters beheading a boy after capturing him north of Syria’s second city Aleppo, a monitor said. The video shows the boy

Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s purge of suspected dissidents from Turkish society continues apace, and has now been expanded to include teachers, university deans, civil servants and media. Erdogan’s government

Prosecutors have filed charges against 46-year-old Sason Tuina for threatening a judge. In March 2015, Tuina was found guilty of threats, possessing a knife and behavior that could threaten public

A fire burned a home Wednesday in a Palestinian Arab village where an arson attack by suspected Jewish extremists a year ago killed a toddler and his parents, residents and

Police and detectives on Wednesday morning visited the family of Yishai Shlissel, who murdered one person and wounded several others in a stabbing attack at last year’s Jerusalem Pride Parade.

(AFP) With jihadist attacks proliferating around the world, the United States has reassembled its coalition partners for meetings Wednesday and Thursday to review a two-year-old war that has so far