Opposition leader Yitzhak Herzog has called on Israel to accept refugees from Syria, in addition to the humanitarian efforts it is already making. Speaking at the weekly “Shabbatarbut” event in

The European Union will soon render its decision on whether to label goods produced by Jews in Judea and Samaria. Speaking at the conclusion of a summit of European foreign ministers

Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Friday officially announced he will oppose the nuclear deal with Iran, Politico reports. Cardin’s decision, which

The implications of the Iranian nuclear deal have no bearing on Japanese business, after Tokyo stated Friday that it will begin bilateral negotiations on an investment pact with Tehran next

Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that the Arab encampment in Susya is illegal and must be evacuated.  Yet the 1900 year old Jewish area of Susya in the south Hevron hills

Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) lauded the pilot of an Auxiliary Coast Guard Plane that crashed in New Jersey on Thursday night. The pilot, Jack Rosenberg, averted a disaster by purposely landing the

Agriculture Minister MK Uri Ariel (Jewish Home) sharply criticized the reduction of the Value Added Tax (VAT; Israel’s sales tax – ed.) on Friday, one day after Prime Minister Binyamin

Border Policemen arrested two Palestinian Arab residents of Jalazun at Tapuah on Friday afternoon, after finding an M-16 hidden in the back seat during a routine stop.  The M-16 was

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has continued to twist history for its own ends, Palestinian Media Watch reports Friday – this time, claiming a “Jewish terrorist” set fire to the Al-Aqsa Mosque on

Two treasure hunters claiming to have discovered a Nazi “gold train” went public Friday for the first time but failed to reveal evidence for the alleged find they insist is “irrefutable”. The men, who

King Salman of Saudi Arabia on Friday met President Barack Obama in Washington, on his first trip to the United States since assuming the throne in January, the BBC reported.

United States Defense Secretary Ashton Carter offered assurances Friday that the Iran nuclear deal will leave Washington with a “more effective” military option if that becomes necessary. Carter defended the

Gwen Ifill, co-anchor of “PBS NewsHour”, was reprimanded by the network over a tweet that seemed to mock Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Ifill tweeted “Take that, Bibi” after reports emerged

Nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu, still barred from leaving Israel more than a decade after completing an 18-year-jail term, said Friday he wants to join his new bride in Norway. “I

MK Amir Peretz (Zionist Union) is returning to the Labor party and will run with that party in the next elections, Channel 2 News reported Friday. According to the report,

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia to a meeting this month of the Middle East Quartet seeking a diplomatic solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The foreign ministers of

The Cardiff city council is under fire on Friday, after it removed an Israeli exhibition about diversity due to anti-Israel pressure.  The exhibit, entitled “Low football – Jewish-Arab football: diversity

At the same time that Church attendance in Germany has been declining, new congregation members are popping up from an unexpected source: Middle Eastern refugees. However, many of these new

Thursday saw the 16th annual conference of archaeological experts convene in Jerusalem’s City of David. Entitled “From Jerusalem to Babylon and Back,” the conference had an extra significance this year with

From the high to the low of Jewish existence The key factor is JOY.  Listen to Torah Tidbits Audio For `Ki Tavo`: Click here to download the podcast

Amna Farooqi, the new president of J Street U (J Street’s student subsidiary), is a “radical Muslim who spews hatred for Israel and its leaders, supports violence against Israel, and

The question is raised why the Parsha of Amalek directly precedes the Parsha of Ki Tavo? The Bal Haturim answers the question. Amalek’s obsessive and nefarious goal was to prevent

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Friday that he will take action to cancel a clause in a bill adopted by the Knesset Friday, which would limit journalistic bias in the

The founding dean of Touro’s Lander College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Robert Goldschmidt, is celebrating 41 years with the college. In honor of this milestone, Arutz Sheva had the

Four months after she made harsh remarks against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Hollywood star Natalie Portman has softened her tone somewhat, in an interview with journalist Yonit Levy in Friday’s Yediot

Jim Bennett, the father of Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home), was laid to rest Thursday night in the Sde Yehoshua cemetery in Haifa.  Rabbis, ministers, and MKs attended the

A draft resolution on raising the Palestinian flag at the United Nations (UN) will be adopted next week in time for president Mahmud Abbas’s visit to New York, the Palestinian Authority (PA)

Russia has blocked Sweden from borrowing Marc Chagall paintings for an upcoming exhibition of the artist’s work, the Millesgarden Museum in Stockholm said Thursday, following a diplomatic dispute between the two countries. Museum curator

Five Jewish tourists from the US mistakenly entered the Arab-controlled section of Hevron Thursday, where they were attacked by a mob that threw firebombs and rocks at them, the IDF and

Iran’s parliament speaker on Thursday said he expected a raucous debate in the Iranian legislature over approval of the nuclear deal which he said could unleash more drama than in the US Congress. Ali