Ramallah – Thousands of Confidential Palestinian Documents Leaked
Ramallah - Palestinians were prepared to compromise over two of the toughest issues, Jerusalem and refugees, during peace talks in 2008, the Al-Jazeera TV channel reported Sunday, quoting from documen...
Santa Monica, CA – Nation’s First ‘Find Your Lost Car’ System Launched
Santa Monica - Anyone who has ever tramped through a dim, Escher-esque parking garage in search of a "lost" automobile might welcome an abracadabra technology that could help locate it.
But what if...
Jerusalem – Israeli Computer Game Helps Alzheimer’s Patients Retain Memory
Jerusalem - As incidence of the incurable disease grows, experts look for ways to slow its progress
Immaculately dressed elderly men and women shuffle into the main hall and take their seats at the...
Baltimore, MD – Prosecutor Who Dropped Charges Against Shomrim Member Accused of Bias
Baltimore, MD - Baltimore's new state's attorney says his decision to drop a felony assault charge against a member of an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood watch group accused of attacking a black teenager...
Washington – Cantor: I Believe Obama Is a U.S. Citizen
Washington - The new Republican House majority leader says he doesn't think questions about President Barack Obama's citizenship should play a role in the discussion of policy matters.
Two years in...
Milan – Rabbis Express Concern about Rise of Assimilation Among Jews in Italy
Milan, Italy - Italian rabbis have expressed concern about the significant increase in assimilation among Jews in the country.
They discussed ways of reducing the implications of the phenomenon du...
Israel – Student Union to High: Court Kollel Stipends Discriminatory
Israel - A number of social organizations, including the Students Union, petitioned the High Court of Justice Sunday morning against the government's decision to continue awarding monthly living stipe...
New York – Schumer Wants to Expand Collection of DNA from Suspects
New York - Sen. Charles Schumer says he's introducing legislation to expand the circumstances for law enforcement agencies to take DNA samples from people arrested for violent crimes.
The goal is t...
Rome – Talmud to be Translated Into Italian
Rome - Thanks to collaboration between the Italian Jewish community and the Italian government, the Talmud, for the first time ever, will be translated into Italian.
Dubbed "Project Talmud", the pr...
Nassau County, NY – First Kosher Shelter By Red Cross Designated To Jewish Community
Nassau County, NY - The American Red Cross recently designated a local school as an evacuation shelter that caters to the cultural needs of the Jewish community.
West Hempstead High School is now a...
Jerusalem – Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Launches Farsi Channel
Jerusalem - Israel's Holocaust memorial has launched a version of its YouTube channel in Farsi to educate the country's most bitter enemy — Iran — about the Nazi genocide of 6 million Jews.
Iran's ...
New York – Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis to Address Anti-Semitism at UN
New York - Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis, founder and president of Hineni, the internationally renowned Torah outreach organization, will be addressing audiences at the United Nations in New York City on ...
New York, NY – ‘Code Blue’ Emergency Declared as Vicious Cold Snap Hits Northern US
New York, NY - New York's Department of Homeless Services declared a "Code Blue" emergency Saturday night as a wave of Arctic air sent temperatures plummeting towards their lowest points this winter i...
Jerusalem – Israel FM Drafting Plans For Provisional Palestine
Jerusalem - Israel's foreign minister is putting together an interim peace plan that would grant the Palestinians limited independence in an attempt to blunt their efforts to win international recogni...
Jerusalem – Israeli Inquiry Rules Flotilla Interception Was Legal
Jerusalem - An Israeli inquiry commission defended the actions of the country's troops during last year's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound protest flotilla sailing from Turkey, finding in a report released...
New York, NY – Councilman’s New Bill Would Grant Pregnant Women Free Parking
New York, NY - A City Councilman has a proposal that might turn the swollen feet, achy back and raging indigestion of a difficult pregnancy into a pretty sweet perk: free parking.
"New York is a to...
New York – NYC Museum To Display Navy Yard’s 200-Year History
New York - For more than a century, tens of thousands worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, building some of the nation's most storied warships — sailing frigates, Civil War ironclads, gunboats, sloops an...
New York, NY – UN Chief Gets Jewish Tribute, Honors Holocaust Dead
New York, NY - One day after criticizing Israel's settlement building in Palestinian territories, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday donned a kippah skullcap to honor Jewish Holocaust dead a...
Washington – Pro-Israeli Group Offers Maps for Palestinian State
Washington - It speaks to the paralysis in the Middle East peace process that the most noteworthy development of the past week came when a mild-mannered analyst at a pro-Israel think tank unfurled thr...
Scranton, PA – Prison Denies Violating Jewish Inmate Rights with Menu
Scranton, PA - Attorneys for the Luzerne County prison have filed court papers denying allegations made by a former inmate who sued the facility, alleging his civil rights were violated because he was...