I.  The Beginnings of American Jewry North America’s first Jews arrived in 1654 aboard the “St. Charles,” sailing with a desperate shipload that brought 23 Spanish-Portuguese Jews to New Amsterdam

(AFP) Four Danish Muslim men go on trial on Thursday accused of aiding a Copenhagen gunman who killed a filmmaker and a Jewish security guard in twin attacks last year. The

Al-Qaeda’s Syria affiliate and allied jihadists on Monday seized a set of strategic hilltops held by pro-regime forces in the country’s north, a monitoring group said, according to AFP. The

The weekly faction meeting of the Zionist Union party turned ugly on Monday, when MK Erel Margalit turned on party chairman Yitzhak Herzog and demanded that primaries for the party

MK Zehava Galon, who heads the ultra-leftist Meretz party, issued a rare denunciation of Arab MKs Monday, after the Hadash and Balad parties within the Arab Joint List issued formal condemnations

Some of Florida Senator Marco Rubio’s advisers have suggested that he drop out of the Republican presidential race before the Florida primary on March 15, sources told CNN on Monday.

While many organizations are using International Women’s Day (Tuesday) to examine women’s status in society, the United Nations is being accused of merely seeing it as another opportunity to attack and

IDF troops and Border Policemen, in cooperation with the Civil Administration, early Tuesday morning sealed the Hevron home of terrorist Ibrahim Samir Sakafi. Sakafi carried out a car ramming attack at the

Bentzi Gopstein, the head of the anti-assimilation group Lehava, recently wrote on his Twitter account about couples going up to the Temple Mount before their wedding. His comment quickly brought about

As election season heats up in the United States, Israeli Jews and Arabs differ in their views of which American political party would be better for Israel, according to a

Representative from bereaved families took part in a ceremony to celebrate the start of a new Torah scroll yesterday (Monday). The unique Torah will be written by police and Border Police officers.

With about 10 months left in office, President Barack Obama is considering unprecedented moves to implement a two-state solution, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Senior US officials revealed

The National Office of Vigilance against Anti-Semitism (BNVCA) in France issued a public condemnation on Monday of an attack that occurred this Shabbat, in which a 13-year-old Jewish boy was

A female security guard working at a Jerusalem police station was arrested and sent to house arrest after allegedly contacting the anti-assimilation group Lehava several weeks ago. The guard is

The United States reacted with surprise on Monday to news that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu canceled his annual trip to Washington. Netanyahu had originally planned to visit the annual AIPAC

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has canceled his annual trip to the United States after President Barack Obama declined to schedule a meeting with him. Netanyahu had planned a visit to

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Monday he will not enter the race for U.S. president. In an online column in which he announced his decision, Bloomberg

There are some problems, like Palestinian incitement against Jews, that cannot be resolved with a decades long re-education of the Palestinian population.  Jay Shapiro claims that Palestinian incitement cannot be

Three people carrying Turkish passports were detained by Israeli police near the Jordanian-Israeli border at Eilat Monday, an Israel Police spokesperson said in a written statement. The Turkish nationals allegedly

Don’’t get carried away by rising interest rates. Instead, consider the impact of interest rates on your retirement plan. Doug reviews fundamental points about retirement planning and how to make

President Reuven Rivlin and First Lady Nechama Rivlin on Monday evening hosted a state dinner at their residence in honor of the visiting Romanian President Klaus Iohannis and his wife.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Monday he understands French Jews’ fear amid heightened religious tension in the country after last year’s terrorists attacks in Paris by Islamic State

A young woman aged around 30 was murdered in a shooting on Monday night in Be’er Sheva. Initial reports said she was stabbed, but police later clarified that she had been

A Gaza professor has been using his program on Palestinian Authority (PA) television to claim that the United States and Israel have conspired to flood the Arab world with drugs and

A US drone strike has killed more than 150 Al Shabaab terrorists in Somalia, according to the Pentagon. Spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said the strike hit a training camp where a

Police rushed to Fiumicino airport in Rome to stop a bitter pilot who threatened to kill himself and the roughly 200 passengers on a flight he was scheduled to make.

History seems to never get bored with repeating itself. The Ministerial Committee for Jerusalem Affairs convened in July 1970 – just three years after the Six Day War – and discussed

A female Ara terrorist was arrested on Monday at the “Kiosk” checkpoint, located adjacent to the village of Abu Dis just to the east of Jerusalem. Security cameras caught the

France is to simulate a terrorist attack at a fan zone in preparation for Euro 2016, interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Monday. Less than three months before the start of the European

After Arab lawmakers from the Joint List faction issued statements condemning the labeling of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu expressed astonishment Monday evening at the support