A Minnesota man working in the United Arab Emirates has been detained for over six months after posting a lighthearted spoof video about youth culture in the United Arab Emirates

German authorities Thursday published more than 100 additional works from the likes of Picasso, Cezanne and Degas believed to have been looted by the Nazis on an official provenance website, AFP reports.  The latest batch of

Chabad Rabbi Berel Lazer, fulfilled the commandment to publicize the miracle of Hanukkah in a big way Wednesday night: by lighting a giant hanukkiah outside of Moscow’s Red Square in Russia. Lazer

A court in Egypt has sentenced 21 female supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi to 11 years in prison, reports the BBC. They were found guilty of multiple charges, including

President Shimon Peres, ever the optimist, said Wednesday that peace with the Palestinian Authority (PA) was urgent and possible amid faltering negotiations between the two sides. Peres, speaking during a

Iran could be armed with a nuclear weapon within just over a month, Maariv reports Thursday. The report was forwarded to diplomats and international experts this week.  Israeli experts have estimated that

In what is supposed to be a message to Iran, Israel and the United States plan a joint military drill in the coming months, TIME magazine reported Wednesday. A high-ranking

Hanukkah has begun in Israel, as most of the Jewish people across the globe prepare to light the first candle Wednesday night. Also known as the Festival of Light, the

The European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday began an examination of France’s prohibition on the wearing of full-face veils, the so-called ‘burqa ban’ that is seen by critics as

Iranian collaboration with North Korea on a new rocket booster for long-range missiles undermines the recent deal with Tehran on its nuclear program, key Senate and House Republicans said on

Thousands of people came to Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to pay their last respects to legendary singer Arik Einstein, who passed away Tuesday night. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu also

US Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Israel next week and meet with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, in an attempt to appease the Jewish state over the Western power’s controversial

On Tuesday a rare copy of the Book of Psalms (Tehillim) printed in 1640 was sold in an auction at Sotheby’s in New York for $14.16 million, making it the

The largest menorah (candellabrum) in the world will be lit in Tel Aviv on the eighth and final night of Hanukkah, the Jewish holiday commemorating the Maccabean revolt which ended

Americans back the newly brokered nuclear deal with Iran by a 2-to-1 margin, a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Tuesday found. U.S. citizens are also very wary of their country resorting to

On Sunday Minister of Religious Affairs MK Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan (Jewish Home) held a meeting with the Chief Rabbis of Israel, in which it was agreed that women coming to

A large IDF and Border Guard force operating in the southern Hevron Hills killed three wanted terror suspects Tuesday evening. The first two terrorists – part of a independent cell of Salafist jihadis

New York has recently witnessed a spate of anti-Semitic attacks, as part of a wider phenomenon known as the “knockout game,” in which gangs of black youths sucker punch innocent

Legendary Israeli singer Arik Einstein passed away on Tuesday evening at the Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv. Einstein, 74, was hospitalized in serious condition at the hospital earlier in the

The EU has rejected Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s compromise attempts over its boycott of Israel beyond 1949 Armistice Lines, AFP reports. The move comes following a midnight debate late Monday at the

On Monday, in an emotional ceremony in New York City, Israeli President Shimon Peres awarded his Presidential Medal of Distinction to Elie Wiesel. The ceremony was conducted in the presence

After treating more than 2,500 patients, the IDF humanitarian delegation to the Philippines will depart back to Tel Aviv on Wednesday. The delegation, composed of both medical professionals and Home

Saudi Arabia has said that the interim deal on Iran’s nuclear program could be a step towards a comprehensive solution – and hoped it could lead to the removal of

U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday hit back at those who criticized the deal that was reached over the weekend with Iran. Speaking in San Francisco, Obama praised the talks

Canada will not lift sanctions on Iran until proof has been given that the Islamic Republic is indeed in the process of freezing its nuclear program, Shalom Toronto reports.  On Monday, Foreign

Israel is hosting a major air defense drill, called Blue Flag, in which the air forces of five countries – the U.S., Greece, Poland, Italy, and the IAF – will

The African nation of Angola has reportedly become the first country to ban Islam and Muslims, reports On Islam. Concerning the ban, Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos said Sunday “this is

Norway’s new Foreign Minister Børge Brende assured senior officials of the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) that “the Norwegian Government recognizes the importance of ritual male circumcision for the Jewish community in

French intelligence services planned to assassinate a leading Islamist cleric in Britain and disguise their operation as a neo-Nazi attack, according to an explosive report by anti-extremism group Hope Not Hate. The plan

After a discussion with U.S. President Barack Obama Sunday night, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said at a meeting of Likud ministers Monday that he still thought the deal with Iran