
Israel said goodbye to 2015 and ushered in 2016 with 8,462,000 citizens, data from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) released on Thursday show. Between the Jewish new year in mid-September and the Gregorian new year, some 68,000 new Israelis
by Breitbart Jerusalem1 Jan 2016, 4:13 AM PST0

An academic and a French MP have announced plans to publish online Friday the famous diary of Anne Frank, with the organisation holding publication rights threatening legal action. University of Nantes lecturer Olivier Ertzscheid told AFP Wednesday that the planned
by AFP31 Dec 2015, 1:08 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – A new Torah scroll written in honor of the 72 IDF soldiers who were killed during Operation Protective Edge was dedicated in Tel Aviv on Sunday night. The Torah was donated to the North Central Synagogue which
by Deborah Danan28 Dec 2015, 6:34 AM PST0

JERUSALEM – Actors Sacha Baron Cohen and his actress wife, Isla Fisher, are donating $1 million to two organizations helping Syrian children and refugees. Half the sum will go to the UK-based Save The Children to help vaccinate against measles
by Breitbart Jerusalem28 Dec 2015, 5:45 AM PST0

The Jerusalem Post reports: Nearly thirty thousand Jews moved to Israel in 2015, up from 26,500 last year, the Jewish Agency for Israel announced on Thursday. Aliya has been on the rise in recent years, driven largely by the flow
by Breitbart Jerusalem25 Dec 2015, 5:07 AM PST0

British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis recommended Wednesday that Jewish schools in the United Kingdom teach — Islam.
by Pamela Geller17 Dec 2015, 8:26 PM PST0

A group of prominent Orthodox rabbis in Israel, the United States and Europe have issued a historic public statement affirming that Christianity is “the willed divine outcome and gift to the nations” and urging Jews and Christians to “work together as partners to address the moral challenges of our era.”
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.17 Dec 2015, 5:30 AM PST0

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Joint (Arab) List MK Ayman Odeh (pictured) refused to address the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations Thursday, protesting the fact that the New York offices in which the meeting was to
by Breitbart Jerusalem11 Dec 2015, 6:19 AM PST0

A university in Perth, Western Australia has been called to account after an article published by one of its lecturers was condemned as racist and profoundly anti-semitic. Posted to The London School of Economics and Political Science website on December 3,
by Simon Kent11 Dec 2015, 6:05 AM PST0

Jordanian border authorities prevented an Israeli family from crossing into their territory on Wednesday because the husband and sons were wearing kippot, according to the wife. Tamar Gvirtz-Hayardeni said she, her husband and their three children were trying to cross
by Breitbart Jerusalem11 Dec 2015, 3:24 AM PST0

Amy Schumer has released a video on Instagram of her as a little girl singing “Happy Hanukkah.” Apparently, the 34-year-old comedian tried her hand at singing before moving on to stand-up. And if this adorable video is anything to go
by Deborah Danan9 Dec 2015, 4:25 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – In honor of Hanukkah, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a photo of a dog dressed in a yarmulke and tallit – the Jewish prayer shawl – to his Facebook page. The photo attracted a litany
by Deborah Danan8 Dec 2015, 6:54 AM PST0

JERUSALEM — Time Magazine unearths the history behind Jews and doughnuts, the traditional food consumed during the festival of Hanukkah. Today in Israel, more people eat doughnuts on Hanukkah than fast on Yom Kippur. Emelyn Rude, a food historian and cookbook
by Breitbart Jerusalem8 Dec 2015, 6:25 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – Led by a structural engineer, a group of parents and kids built a giant menorah out of Lego in Fort Worth, Texas, reported the local CBS affiliate. The congregation of Ahavath Sholom synagogue in Fort Worth used
by Deborah Danan8 Dec 2015, 6:06 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – A Christmas tree erected on the campus of a West Bank university is decorated with pictures of Palestinian terrorists in lieu of traditional ornaments.
by Breitbart Jerusalem8 Dec 2015, 5:49 AM PST0

RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) – For four years, llana Lerner Kalmanovich rode a hot and crowded bus three hours each day to reach the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where she was pursuing degrees in physical education and nutrition.
by Breitbart Jerusalem8 Dec 2015, 2:49 AM PST0

A menorah was stolen and vandalized from a synagogue in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Saturday, the night before the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. The menorah was pilfered from the local Chabad Lubavitch Jewish synagogue and then resurfaced damaged and
by Deborah Danan7 Dec 2015, 6:07 AM PST0

The Times of Israel reports: In a first for Germany, and perhaps the world, a Muslim wrote one of the Hebrew letters in a new Torah scroll. On November 29, the small Jewish community of Marburg, Germany celebrated the completion
by Breitbart Jerusalem6 Dec 2015, 4:14 AM PST0

On Sunday, the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) hosted a panel discussion titled “Overcoming Xenophobia: Lessons from the Catholic, Mormon & Jewish Experiences.”
by Adelle Nazarian23 Nov 2015, 4:42 AM PST0

Pope Francis continued his meditations on the end of the world, preaching Tuesday morning on “how to behave in the face of persecution” and urging his hearers to defend their Christian identity at all costs.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.17 Nov 2015, 7:49 AM PST0

The Roman Catholic Church is drawing criticism for ordering its schools to teach Judaism alongside Christianity in GCSE religious studies at the exclusion of Islam or other faiths. Senior Muslim leaders say the move is “disappointing” and hit back by warning that Pope Francis’s
by Simon Kent8 Nov 2015, 7:28 AM PST0

Jenna Jameson and her fiancé will be the subjects of a new reality television series that will document the former porn superstar’s conversion to Judaism.
by Daniel Nussbaum30 Oct 2015, 9:32 AM PST0

In an address to an interreligious audience Wednesday, Pope Francis paid tribute to the Jewish people, noting that in Jewish-Christian relations, “indifference and opposition have turned into cooperation and goodwill.”
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.28 Oct 2015, 6:58 AM PST0

Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist group that rules the Gaza Strip, has told its loyalists in the Fatah-run West Bank to carry out suicide attacks against Israelis.
by Jordan Schachtel19 Oct 2015, 1:54 PM PST0

After receiving substantial blowback about their piece on a mob of Palestinians setting fire to a Jewish holy site in the West Bank, CNN has stealth-edited its story substantially to more accurately represent what actually happened on the ground late Thursday.
by Jordan Schachtel16 Oct 2015, 11:12 AM PST0