Quebec, Canada – Montreal Hasidic Community Asked To Be Vigilant Following Theft Of Hasidic Garb
Montreal, Canada - On the heels of an unusual home break-in on July 25 that saw thieves take a pass on all other valuables and steal only two shtreimels and a bekishe, Hasidic lead...
Berlin – German Netanyahu Cartoon Triggers ‘Anti-Semitism’ Row
Berlin - A cartoon in a regional German paper on Tuesday depicted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu as poisoning the Middle East peace process, sparking accusations that the German...
Israel – IDF To Enlist 300 Ultra-Orthodox Soldiers Into 2 New Charedi Units
Israel - The IDF was set to enlist 300 haredi soldiers on Thursday into two new units which are being established to accommodate the specific requirements of ultra-Orthodox recruit...
Israel – Member Of Neturei Karta Group Charged With Spying For Iran (video)
Israel - A state prosecutor has charged an Israeli man with offering to spy for Iran, Israel's archenemy.
The indictment, released on Thursday, says the suspect belongs to the f...
Jerusalem – Netanyahu, Trying To Re-Focus World’s Attention On Iran
Jerusalem - With the world's attention having shifted over the last few weeks to Egypt and Syria, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is trying to bring it back to Iran, telling the ...
West Bank – Israel Moving Ahead With New 1,000 Settler Housing
West Bank - Israel is moving forward with plans to build more than 1,000 homes in two small isolated Jewish settlements deep in the West Bank, a spokesman said Thursday, as Palesti...
Moscow – Russia Detains U.S. Embassy Worker Accused Of Being A CIA Agent
Moscow - Russia says it will expel a U.S. diplomat who it claims was caught disguised in a blond wig while trying to recruit a Russian agent in Moscow.
Russia's security service...
Jerusalem – Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Taps Arye Deri As Next Shas Head
Jerusalem - A spokesman for Israel's ultra-Orthodox Shas party says it has reinstated Arieh Deri as party leader.
Deri last held the post in 1999, the year he was convicted of a...
Jerusalem – Museum Unveils Mysterious Hebrew Tablet
Jerusalem - An ancient limestone tablet covered with a mysterious Hebrew text that features the archangel Gabriel is at the center of a new exhibit in Jerusalem, even as scholars c...
Rome – Pope Accepts Peres’ Invitation To Israel
Rome - Israeli President Shimon Peres invited Pope Francis on Tuesday to visit Israel, at his first meeting with the new pontiff who has appealed for peace in the Middle East.
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West Bank – Palestinian Prisoner In Deal With Israel Ends Fast
West Bank - A Palestinian prisoner who refused food for eight months ended his hunger strike on Tuesday after reaching a deal with Israeli for early release, his lawyer and the mil...
Tel Aviv – Israeli Spy Says Syria Used Chemical Arms, U.S. Unconvinced
Tel Aviv - Syrian government forces have used chemical weapons - probably nerve gas - in their fight against rebels trying to force out President Bashar al-Assad, the Israeli milit...
Nepal – Iranian Using Fake Israeli Passport Arrested
Nepal - The Israeli Embassy in Kathmandu arrested an Iranian man who entered Nepal using a fake Israeli passport, The Himalayan reported on Sunday.
The man was reportedly planni...
Washington – Obama To Meet With Putin In Russia In September
Washington - President Barack Obama will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in September when he travels to Russia for the G20 summit, the White House said on Monday.
Th...
Poland – Warsaw Ghetto Memorial Reflects A Changing Poland
Poland - Almost nothing remains of the old Warsaw Ghetto: a few buildings here and there, a synagogue, some fragments of a brick wall. The rest was blown up by the Germans in their...
Paris – French Chief Rabbi Says Will Not Quit Over Plagiarism Scandal
Paris - Gilles Bernheim, the grand rabbi of France, refused to quit on Tuesday despite admitting to several counts of plagiarism and to deception about his academic credentials.
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Pyongyang – North Korea Warns Foreigners In S. Korea To Leave
Pyongyang - North Korea on Tuesday urged all foreign companies and tourists in South Korea to evacuate, saying the two countries are on the verge of nuclear war. The new threat app...
New Brunswick, NJ – NJ Professor’s Quixotic Quest To Be Iran President
New Brunswick, NJ - The man who wants to be the next president of Iran sits in a hotel lobby, steps from his office and thousands of miles away from the country he wants to lead, a...
West Bank- Palestinians Cool To Partial Settlement Freeze
West Bank - A senior Palestinian official on Sunday rejected the idea of a partial Israeli settlement freeze as a way of restarting peace talks, a sign of tough times ahead for the...
Jordan – Obama Talks With King Abdullah II Offers Additional $200 Million Aid
Amman, Jordan - Jordan's king and his nation's top military brass welcomed President Barack Obama to Jordan on Friday with bagpipes and an ensemble of sword-carrying guardsman as t...