Is there – or was there – life on Mars? Figuring that out is one of the missions of the Curiosity mission, which landed a rover in a crater of

Lollapalooza, one of the largest U.S.-based music festivals, will be coming to Tel Aviv in the summer of 2013, founder Perry Farrell announced Saturday. Farrell, who is Jewish (born Peretz

Here’s a factoid about the Middle East that may have slipped by you while focusing on Iran’s nuclear program, Syria’s massacres, Egypt’s Islamization and Israel’s response to Mitt Romney’s recent

Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr, who will be visiting Israel this week, has a long-standing warm relationship with the Jewish community. Carr boasts a distinguished political career, having served uninterruptedly

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s two-day visit to Israel, which began on Shabbat and continued through the Tisha B’Av day of mourning, had initially raised some eyebrows regarding the appropriateness

Five of six men in Tel Aviv in the 25-29 age bracket (83 percent) are single, as are five of seven women in that age bracket in the coastal city,

Pat Condell wonders why the British newspaper ‘The Guardian’ seems to support the terrorist organization Hamas and does whatever it can to make Israel look bad.

The United States has selected an Israeli company for the placement of a radar system to detect infiltrators at the border with Mexico. Elta, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries

Based on recovered body parts, the Bulgarian government has released a composite computer generated photo of the suicide bomber who murdered five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian driver on July

By David Bukay, Middle East Quarterly ~ The vast literature proving the historic Jewish connection to the Land of Israel has been extensively manipulated and distorted as part of the

Republican candidate for president, Mitt Romney, toured the Kotel Plaza Sunday as part of his quick visit to Israel. The visit took place during the fast of Tisha B’Av, in

The correspondence of John Adams, second president of the United States, reflects the complexity with which Jews and Judaism were viewed in early national America. Most “enlightened” American Christians such

President Barack Obama signed a bill on Friday to strengthen U.S.-Israeli military ties, Reuters reported. Obama used a White House ceremony to announce the United States would soon provide Israel

The events of recent days have taught us, once again, that whether we agree to it or not, the three weeks known as “bein hametzarim” (“between the straits”) – the

American Jewish baseball players are going to bat for Israel and will play for “Team Israel” in the World Baseball Classic this summer. “This could be the most celebrated Israeli

In this short video Pat Condell tells us how he feels about it.

The Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu gives his message of peace to Muslims for the month Ramadan. You may have to click on CC to get the English subtitles.

The IDF, founded in 1948, ranks among the most battletested armed forces in the world, having had to defend the country in six major wars. The IDF’s security objectives are

The Deadly Threat of a Nuclear-Armed Iran What can the world, what can the USA, what can Israel do about it? Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has declared publicly – not

The Birthright-Taglit program are to receive a much-needed infusion of cash from top philanthropists Sheldon and Dr. Miriam Adelson. The Jewish-American couple has donated $13 million to the program’s coffers,

This short video explains the reasons why we do the Kaddish prayer. Part of the reason is it helps you remember your mission in this world.

Israeli aid groups are providing humanitarian assistance to Syrian refugees who have fled to Jordan and Turkey, Likud MK Ayoub Kara told AFP on Thursday. “We have found a way,

The 1950 Law of Return gives every Jew the right to come to Israel as an oleh (immigrant) and become an Israel citizen. It also grants the right to make

A Jewish venture capitalist has made a $115 million donation to the University of Oxford to help fund a scholarship program. Michael Moritz, who funded the program with his wife,

Prices on a wide range of goods imported to Israel are set to be slashed, after Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz on Wednesday signed an order cutting import duties and purchase

A dramatic rescue takes a Jewish woman and her two young children out of the clutches of a brutal Palestinian Authority Arab husband with whom she lived for 28 years.

HEBRON, West Bank — Peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis resumed this week, in an elaborate tent off a dirt road south of this hotly disputed city where Abraham, the

Germany has agreed to provide restitution payments to an additional 80,000 Jews, following negotiations on Monday between Claims Conference representatives and German officials in Washington. The agreement is likely to

THE REALITY OF PALESTINIAN POLITICS The claim that a “peace process” exists and might actually result in a diplomatic solution assumes that the Palestinian leadership desires a negotiated two-state agreement