The heartwarming story of a simple act of kindness that went viral just became much more complex. Social media outlets were abuzz this weekend when a Facebook post by a

Minister of Education and Diaspora Affairs Naftali Bennett arrived Wednesday morning at the introductory convention for Israeli “emissaries,” those that will be sent around the world in coming weeks to

UN deputy Syria envoy Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy on Sunday invited Damascus to new peace talks with the opposition at the end of August, drawing a positive response from the government.

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Sunday accused her Republican rival Donald Trump of scapegoating the parents of a Muslim soldier killed in Iraq, after Trump took issue with

The head of the Palestinian soccer federation, Jibril Rajoub, on Sunday submitted a complaint to the international soccer governing body, FIFA, after Israel prevented seven Palestinian Arab soccer players and

Pope Francis is the newest member of the Krakow Jewish Community Center. JCC Executive Director Jonathan Ornstein presented the pontiff with a JCC membership card and an acid-green JCC T-shirt

A New Jersey housing community with a majority haredi Orthodox population is angering some homeowners with its stepped-up gender-segregated swimming pool hours. In yet another example of tensions between the

Donald Trump lashed out against former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Twitter, calling him “little” and terming his mayoral stint a “disaster.” The Republican presidential nominee took aim at

A terror attack in the UK is a matter of “when, not if”, the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police warned Sunday, according to the Independent. Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said he

Amar’e Stoudemire, who retired from the NBA last week, reportedly has closed a deal to play with the Israeli basketball team Hapoel Jerusalem, which he co-owns. International sports journalist David

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel would remain neutral in the U.S. presidential election campaign and avoid any intervention on behalf of any candidate. The remarks were

Jewish immigration from France to Israel decreased by 32 percent in the first half of 2016 compared to the corresponding period last year. The decrease in French immigration is part

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu held a press briefing today (Sunday), during which he addressed Israel’s role in helping other countries prevent terror attacks. “On the subject of terrorism, we are

Israel’s first stealth fighter, a Lockheed Martin F-35 “Adir”, took its maiden flight, passing all of the tests with flying colors. The flight, which lasted some 20 minutes, is the

JTA – There are athletes, and then there are Olympic athletes. And then there are Jewish Olympic athletes. When the 2016 Summer Olympics open Friday, we’ll of course be cheering

Loading… Labor Party chief Isaac Herzog (Zionist Union) was greeted by the jeers of angry hecklers as he addressed a party meeting on Sunday ahead of the Labor Central Committee’s

Charlie Azariya, the father of Elor, the soldier currently on trial for killing a wounded terrorist, was admitted to Assaf HaRofeh medical center this evening, after he suspected that he

A delegation from the radical “Black Lives Matter” movement arrived in Israel last week to promote what the group called “the fight for dignity, justice and freedom”. Founded with the

Following a failed coup against him, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has introduced new measures that increasingly tie the army to the powers of government, further consolidating army powers under his

In addition to the list of hygienic products that soldiers traditionally receive as a present upon induction into the IDF, draftees are now apparently receiving contraceptives in their care packages.

Security guards at the Trans-Samaria Crossing identified on Sunday night four pipe bombs in the car of an Arab with Israeli citizenship who was on his way back from Judea

Jihadist forces allied to rebels attacked regime forces south and southwest of Aleppo Sunday in a bid to ease the siege of Syria’s second city, rebels and a monitor said.

JTA – Former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders referenced his family’s Jewish history in condemning GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s attack on the parents of an American Muslim soldier killed

JTA – Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eizenkot arrived in the United States to meet with his U.S. counterpart. Eizenkot traveled to the U.S. on Sunday for

JTA – The head of Berlin’s troubled Jewish community is condemning allegations in a German news report that he obtained his position by voter fraud. With the opposition party demanding

Nine new Supreme Rabbinical Court judges sworn-in Sunday at Presidential Residence in Jerusalem.

The Israeli cabinet weighed on Sunday the possible postponement of the implementation of a new public broadcasting corporation that would replace the current government-run Broadcasting Authority. Minister of Culture and

The watchdog group Palestinian Media Watch has identified an anti-Semitic cartoon published by no less than the Fatah Party’s Information and Culture Commission website, underscoring the Palestinian Authority’s commitment to

Residents of the embattled Samarian community of Amona have rejected an offer to relocate the town north to the Shilo bloc, Amona’s Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Yair Frank, said on Sunday.

The Knesset Legislation Committee approved a bill that, if passed, would encourage investment in renewable energy by granting tax breaks to suppliers of electricity that is generated from alternative sources