For more than 40 years, Crown Heights Shomrim (Hebrew for guards) have been combating crime on the streets of Crown Heights. The Shomrim are licensed organizations of volunteer Jewish civilian

Philanthropists Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson announced on Wednesday an additional $5 million gift to Taglit, the Birthright Israel Foundation, for 2011, thus raising their total contribution to $10 million

The Hamas terrorist organization is the ruling entity of the Gaza Strip. Since taking over the Gaza Strip in 2007, the Hamas terrorist organization has launched thousands of rockets into

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said Monday Israel is on track to avoid recession despite the global economic downturn. Nevertheless, OECD officials said weakening external demand due

Israeli researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered a mutually beneficial relationship between fungi and bacteria that identifies one of the ways in which both are able to spread. The

Established in 2001 by Hevron resident and active IDF soldier, Shmuel Medad, Honenu is a non-profit legal defense organization that provides free legal counsel to those Israeli citizens and soldiers

Mobile barcode and Quick Response code reading is the latest thing in generating information while on the go. Barcodes and QR codes have long been used by retailers, wholesalers, and

A South Florida public broadcasting system this week will feature a documentary on Israel – and it is actually positive. “Israel Inside.” to be shown on WPBT2 Tuesday evening, features

“Israel is responsible for over 600 modifications in the current generation of General Dynamics’ F-16 fighter aircraft, providing GD a multi-billion dollars bonus in research and development, improving GD’s competitive

Can ancient prophecies about Israel be true? Is the Bible true or relevant today? Take a look at this video.

Israel has begun its winter tourism drive in the United States, Canada and Brazil. More than NIS 10 million of the ministry’s NIS 260 million annual marketing budget for 2011

A new treatment for Type I (juvenile) diabetes invented by Israeli scientist Professor Irun Cohen has met its first and secondary goals in a Phase III clinical trial conducted by

Ryan Braun, the slugging outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers, became the first Jewish Most Valuable Player in nearly five decades. Braun, the son of an Israeli-born Jewish father and a

The Ariel University Center (AUC) continues to attract volunteers from abroad who see bolstering the academic institution as a personal mission. This year AUC is hosting a highly qualified electrical

Israeli producers are gobbled up by 6 million Americans, regardless of their religious observance, Kosher Today reports, and approximately one million U.S. consumers observe kosher dietary laws all year. Izzet

Israel is a unique sanctuary of democracy, freedom and pluralism in the Middle East, protecting its citizens’ rights while upholding the progressive values it shares with America. The two countries

In this audio recording, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praises Glenn Beck for his role in defending Israel.

  The government has begun to extend its marketing efforts to a new sector: that of new immigrants who land at Ben-Gurion International Airport. This month the Absorption Ministry began

The hospital can be a dangerous place, as anyone who has ever been there knows. Patients go to the hospital to get better, but all too often they come out

Cattle rustling isn’t just a story from the Old West; unfortunately, it’s alive and well in Israel today, with farmers in the north and south forced to take elaborate precautions

Israel has shared its expertise to improve the lives of millions of people worldwide. From the natural disasters that struck Japan and Haiti, to drought stricken nations in Africa, Israel

It may look like mud, but sludge – the “leftover” semi-solid part of the stuff we flush down the toilet or pour down the drain, is a creature unto itself.

While Israeli technology has had an enormous impact on dozens, if not hundreds, of fields, perhaps the impact Israeli innovations have had on saving water is the most important. Israel

From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, the U.N. always seem to bury any chances for significant global progress, behind mounds of useless resolutions and empty rhetoric. Who is behind the UN and

Google loves Israel, it seems. The Internet giant will host 20 potential start-ups in an “incubator” next year when it opens its new offices in Tel Aviv. The seed start-ups

Tourists rarely see IDF activities at the Dead Sea, but soldiers are on constant watch in the area for weapons smuggling from Jordan. “While people sit on the beaches, they

The Arab-Israeli need for water can be a bridge to peace and not a reason for bloodshed, says Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon. Speaking at the international WATEC 2011 conference

There are now seven billion people in the world, and as in the past, experts are wringing their hands over the possibility that Malthus could finally have his day. Malthus

Geographic Description: Masada is located at the top of an isolated rock on the edge of the Judean Desert and the Dead Sea valley, between Sdom and Ein Gedi. The

While Hamas and allied terrorists continue to fire rockets and mortars at Jewish communities in the western Negev, Palestinian Authority Arab farmers in Gaza are being taught by Israelis how