Pope Francis is set to canonize two Arab nuns who lived in Israel during the Ottoman empire as Catholic saints, making them the first “Palestinian saints.” According to a report on

Melton Centre in Hebrew University in Jerusalem Announces Distance Learning M.A. In Jewish Education The Melton Centre of Jewish Education from the prestigious Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel’s top ranking

Over half-a-million Jews visited the grave of the Talmudic-era sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron on Wednesday night for Lag B’Omer, but it appears the event was partially marred

Grassroots Zionist student organization Im Tirtzu has launched a new website called NIF Watch. The website claims to hold all of the reports, position papers and updates on the activities of

US President Barack Obama congratulated Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday after he forged a new coalition government. “President Obama looks forward to working with Prime Minister Netanyahu,” the White

The trial opened on Thursday of 32 people accused of running or taking part in one of Belgium’s largest networks to send jihadists to Syria, AFP reported. Belgian media said,

The Jewish Home party officially denied Thursday reports that Rabbi MK Eli Ben Dahan will be the party’s choice for Deputy Defense Minister and that MK Nissan Slomiansky will be

Some 100 Pakistanis gathered for a memorial service this week to honor the two Islamic terrorists who attacked a “Draw Mohammed” event in Texas. The two were killed by an alert

At an official state ceremony marking 70 years since the end of World War Two, President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday evening memorialized the Jewish soldiers who fought against the genocidal Nazi

The Knesset is to vote next Monday on a bill to re-expand the maximum number of ministers, which was limited following a demand by Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid in the

The US Senate voted 98-1 Thursday to approve legislation allowing Congress to review a nuclear deal with Iran. The Senate bill would require a competed deal to be submitted to

Creating a humanitarian safe zone in Syria would entail a “major combat mission” requiring American troops to fight Islamist jihadists and the Damascus regime, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told lawmakers

Just hours after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced he had formed a government Wednesday night, top Likud officials were talking about the possibility of expanding the government – by bringing

 Al Jazeera America has shaken up its top ranks with a new chief executive, AFP reported, after a week of turmoil at the US channel operated by the Qatar-owned news organization. Named CEO on Wednesday

Former Shas MK Nissim Ze’ev predicted on Wednesday that a government with 61 MKs will be short-lived. Speaking with Arutz Sheva, Ze’ev said that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s new coalition

Production has begun on The Foundation for Global Sports Development’s (GSD) first documentary film, documenting the 1972 terrorist attack on Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics, The Associated Press (AP)

Top government officials in Iran said Wednesday that a nuclear agreement will allow the Islamic Republic to become the number one energy player in the Middle East and herald major

FIFA said on Wednesday it will host the leaders of the Israeli and Palestinian Authority’s soccer federations within days, seeking an agreement before the governing body’s congress this month, according

Dr. Sam Minskoff and David Lev discuss the controversial subject of where Jewish organizations and individuals fit in with regards to seeing those close to them wanting to make Aliyah. This

Iran and India agreed to work together on Wednesday to construct a new seaport. The two countries signed a memorandum of understanding to build the Chabahar port, which will provide India with

Reports surfaced Thursday that Jewish Home chairman Naftali Bennett insisted during coalition negotiations with Likud that Shuli Muallem return to the Knesset.  Last week, the Jewish Home party asked to

Knesset Members from the Zionist Union party on Wednesday night used harsh words to describe Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s new 61-member coalition. In statements released shortly after Netanyahu announced a

Yemen’s ambassador to the United Nations on Wednesday asked the international community to quickly intervene with ground forces to save the country from Houthi rebels who have been targeted by

After all-night talks on the remaining details, Likud and Jewish Home signed a final coalition deal on Thursday morning.  Late Wednesday night, hours before the deadline to form a government, the two parties

Recently appointed as Justice Minister, Ayelet Shaked had a strange defender on Thursday morning – Meretz MK Michal Rozin.  In a wave of responses to Shaked’s appointment, former infrastructure minister

The Israeli Christian Recruitment Forum led by Father Gabriel Nadaf,  the Im Tirtzu movement, and Rescuers Without Borders traveled across Israel and visited several college campuses this week to assist Christian refugees fleeing Islamic

Tens of thousands of Jewish worshippers are converging on the town of Meron in northern Israel to celebrate Lag B’Omer at the Tomb of the ancient Jewish scholar and mystic

Extreme leftist George Galloway’s hometown of Bradford has become openly anti-Semitic, Politico reporter Ben Judah revealed on Wednesday – after he was threatened, attacked, and booted from an event for Galloway he was

The oldest complete example of the Ten Commandments has gone on rare display in Jerusalem, part of the Israel Museum’s collection of the Dead Sea scrolls, an official said Wednesday. Written in Hebrew

With summer coming, the northern Israeli city of Tiberias could be a dangerous place, says a well-known rabbinical figure in the city. Rabbi Dov Kook, according to video obtained by