Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) has been named “Woman of the Year” for 2015 by the Lady Globes magazine.  In her interview with the magazine, Shaked discussed her attempts

Leaders of Italy’s Jewish community have purportedly urged President Reuven Rivlin to intervene in preventing the appointment of Fiamma Nirenstein as Israel’s ambassador to Rome, Haaretz reported Tuesday.  Nirenstein, a journalist and former Italian parliamentarian,

Microsoft said Tuesday it bought an Israel-based cybersecurity startup specializing in defending programs and content in the cloud, as it expands offerings for the enterprise. Microsoft did not disclose how

Secretary of State John Kerry phoned Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu over the weekend, the State Department said on Tuesday. According to State Department spokesman John Kirby, in the telephone call,

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met on Tuesday with European Council President Donald Tusk where he expressed bewilderment over Europe’s continued “anti-Israel obsession.” After welcoming Tusk, Netanyahu noted Israel’s advances in innovation as

This week’s Temple Talk is dedicated to Rosh Hashana, anniversary of Adam’s birth and time of judgement for all his descendants. Join Yitzhak Reuven and Rabbi Chaim Richman as they

The White Supremacist who murdered three people last year in a gun rampage outside two Jewish institutions will be put to death, a jury has ruled. Frazier Glenn Cross (Miller),

The brutal attack on four Jewish youths in Manchester on Saturday may have been connected to drugs, rather than anti-Semitism, the Jewish Chronicle reported on Tuesday.  Moshe Fuerst, 17, was beaten unconscious by three men

President Reuven Rivlin held a working meeting on Tuesday afternoon at his official residence with President of the European Council, Donald Tusk. During the meeting the two discussed the suggestion that the European

Two buses traveling from Ma’ale Adumim to Jerusalem on Route 417 were attacked by Arab terrorists on Tuesday night.  None of the occupants were injured, though two window panes were damaged.

Anti-Semitic graffiti will not be cleaned off a giant sculpture at France’s Palace of Versailles after the country’s culture ministry agreed to demands by artist Anish Kapoor that it stay.

The Environmental Protection Ministry is warning people across Israel to beware of the dust storm that has enveloped the country. Outdoor activity should be avoided. The warning is primarily intended

MK Stav Shaffir (Labor) fired back Tuesday at MK Jamal Zahalka of the Arab United List, one day after he accused her and her Labor colleagues of being racists who

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that democracy was currently “not a priority” in Syria, when people in the Islamic republic’s key ally are being killed. “Is it a

Constituents from Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s highly Jewish Florida district have called for her to resign immediately for having allegedly betrayed the will of her voters. Schultz said on Sunday she

An IDF Bedouin tracker made a memorable visit to the home in which Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) is sitting shiva for his father Jim, who passed away last

Two of the five American haredi Jews who suffered a near-lynching at the hands of Hevron Arabs last week were back in the City of Patriarchs Monday, to say selichot

Israeli black magic? Did Israeli soccer player Tal Ben Haim use black magic to save his team from defeat during Sunday’s Euro 2016 qualifying match? A video of Ben Haim making some

When you think of Hashem on Rosh Hashanah, are you fearful and afraid or is there another way to look at Him? How can a person fight non-chemical depression? What

Susan Williams, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in Britain, on Monday evening condemned the anti-Semitic attack in Manchester, in which‏ a 17-year-old boy was beaten

Austrian President Heinz Fischer was travelling to Iran on Monday, becoming the first European head of state to visit since 2004, his office said, two months after an international deal

Sharren Haskel’s greatest ambition as a Knesset member is to combine parliamentary and environmental policy together, Likud’s recently appointed MK told Arutz Sheva on Monday.  The Canadian-born Haskel, 31, will replace Danny

Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai threw down the gauntlet on Monday, all but declaring his candidacy for leadership of the Labor party. In a letter to party faithful on Monday,

James Rickards, best-selling author of The Death of Money and Currency Wars and editor of Strategic Intelligence, talks about the approaching world economic crisis. What are the chances of this

At long last, Israelis will feel the effects of sinking oil prices, coupled with the benefits of the major gas finds off the Israeli coast. Next Sunday, on Rosh Hashana

Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal called on Monday for “national unity” but said a first congress among Palestinian leaders in 20 years should be postponed until a compromise is struck. Mashaal, speaking in

After years of relying on retired Israeli Air Force pilots to pilot the company’s jets, El Al has opened a civil aviation course to train pilots for its expanded routes.

The Beider family, whose children were nearly hit by bullets fired from a Hamas training facility in Gaza last week, has decided to move to another house. The new house

The South Africa Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) on Monday slammed the ruling ANC party’s newly proposed rules regarding dual citizenship. The Sunday Times in South Africa reported on Sunday

Spanish police on Monday arrested a 19-year-old woman on suspicion of recruiting for Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists, the latest in a string of women detained for allegedly sympathizing with the