South Africa’s Zulu king accepts invite to visit Israel, despite gov’t. views

Published on August 16, 2012

South Africa's Zulu king accepted an invitation to visit Israel despite his government discouraging such visits.

Opinion: If Dr. King had lived

Published on January 10, 2012

Martin Luther King Jr.’s relationship with the Jewish community is well known. Jewish leaders and rabbis filled the ranks of King’s closest advisors, collaborators, and confidantes. King’s tenure as leader of the Civil Rights movement was marked as the heyday of black-Jewish relations.

Bahrain king meets with rabbi

Published on December 30, 2011

The king of Bahrain met with a visiting rabbi in his palace.

Israeli man wants British monarchs’ names

Published on May 23, 2011

An Israeli man has asked to officially change his name to that of several British monarchs.

NBC’s ‘Kings’ Revamps David, Goliath and Saul

By Tom Tugend
Published on March 13, 2009

Michael Green was walking down a street in Jerusalem in late 2006 when the concept of the new television series “Kings” came into focus.

Before King, it was Prinz

By David Suissa
Published on September 3, 2008

Thus began the least-remembered great speech in American civil rights history, one that had the dubious fortune of being immediately followed by another speech: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, which America just celebrated on its 45th anniversary.

Yeladim

By Abby Gilad
Published on March 24, 2005

Yeladim

The King of Israeli Hip-Hop

By Kelly Hartog
Published on February 24, 2005

With angry lyrics that court controversy, two multiplatinum albums and a third on the way, his own clothing line, record label, legions of fans and glittering religious jewelry, Subliminal could easily be mistaken for a Jewish P.Diddy.

Parshat Balak

By Abby Gilad
Published on June 27, 2002

Parshat Balak