This week from Israel

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on May 20, 2013

This week in power: WoW scuffling, IRS scandal, Newseum, Shavuot message

By Danny Groner
Published on May 16, 2013

This week from Israel

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on May 13, 2013

Israel Ministry of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs has officially closed its gates

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on May 7, 2013

This week from Israel

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on May 6, 2013

This week in power: Drone, Sarin, WoW decision, BBC documentary

By Danny Groner
Published on May 2, 2013

Bangladesh: Is It Time for a Heksher Tzedek On Clothes?

By Robin Podolsky
Published on May 1, 2013

This week in power: UN agreement, Marathon security, Florida law, Bible winner

By Danny Groner
Published on April 25, 2013

This week from Israel

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on April 22, 2013

This week in power: Marathom bombing, French rabbi, Class assignment, Independence Day

By Danny Groner
Published on April 18, 2013

This week in power: Carter, Sharansky proposal, Yom Hashoah, Antisemitism study

By Danny Groner
Published on April 11, 2013

Anti-Semitism 2.0: Who are the modern anti-Semites?

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on April 9, 2013

This week from Israel

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on April 8, 2013

This week from Israel

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on April 1, 2013

This week in power: Obama recap, Flotilla apology, Twitter suit, Passover message

By Danny Groner
Published on March 28, 2013

This week from Israel

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on March 25, 2013

This week in power: Obama arrives, New pope, Pollard fight, Passover preview

By Danny Groner
Published on March 21, 2013

The Devil in the details of the Shoah in Greater Bulgaria

Published on March 20, 2013

For over sixty years Bulgaria has been urging the world to accept five words as telling its Holocaust story: “We saved all our Jews.” To which we reply with six words: “Would that it were completely true.”

This week from Israel

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on March 18, 2013

This week in power: Obama plans, Egypt movie ban, Brooks column, SXSW

By Danny Groner
Published on March 14, 2013

This week in power: AIPAC, Chavez, Ukraine bomb, Soccer protest

By Danny Groner
Published on March 7, 2013

Locust swarm crosses from Egypt into Israel

Published on March 4, 2013

A swarm of locusts that descended on Egypt has begun to cross into southern Israel.

This week from Israel

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on March 4, 2013

Is there a shortcut to redemption

Published on March 4, 2013

Pesach - the Hebrew name for Passover-- comes from the Hebrew root PSH which means to skip over, to pass over. It appears first in the context of the ten plagues, in which God skipped over the homes of the Israelites while the rest of Egypt suffered.

This week in power: Oscars, Hagel, Bennett comments, Hikind

By Danny Groner
Published on February 28, 2013

Israeli Apartheid Week- bigger than ever. Can we fight the hatred?

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on February 27, 2013

Report: 30% rise in anti-Semitic complaints in Belgium

Published on February 22, 2013

Belgium saw a 30-percent increase in the number of anti-Semitic complaints filed in 2012, according to a government agency.

This week in power: Livni, Putin, Soldier pic, Save the date

By Danny Groner
Published on February 21, 2013

Can journalists really be objective?

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on February 20, 2013

Bulgaria expels visiting Hamas lawmakers

Published on February 18, 2013

Bulgaria reportedly expelled a group of Hamas lawmakers who were visiting from the Gaza Strip.

This week from Israel

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on February 18, 2013

This week in power: Pope resigns, Argentina plotting, Silverman sis, Soccer racism

By Danny Groner
Published on February 14, 2013

Israeli lawmakers press for answers on dead Australian ‘Prisoner X’

Published on February 12, 2013

Knesset members pressed Israel's justice minister for answers on "Prisoner X," who was identified in an Australian TV report as an Australian-born Israeli who worked for the Mossad and died in an Israeli prison.

This week from Israel

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on February 11, 2013

This week in power: Syria, Obama’s trip, Hagel, Shark Tank

By Danny Groner
Published on February 7, 2013

L.A. Rising For Women - February 14, 2013!

By Tera Greene
Published on February 6, 2013

This week from Israel

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on February 4, 2013

This week in power: Barak comments, Argentina probe, Birth control revelation, Blood libel cartoon

By Danny Groner
Published on January 31, 2013

This week in power: Election results, Weberman verdict, Concert canceled, MLK Day message

By Danny Groner
Published on January 24, 2013

Foreigners still caught in Sahara hostage crisis

Published on January 18, 2013

More than 20 foreigners were still either being held hostage or missing inside a gas plant on Friday after Algerian forces stormed the desert complex to free hundreds of captives taken by Islamist militants.

This week in power: Upcoming election, Morsi’s comments, Russia ad, Jew slang

By Danny Groner
Published on January 17, 2013

Lack of deal with Iran on nuclear talks alarms Russia

Published on January 11, 2013

Russia expressed alarm on Friday that no date or venue had been agreed for a new round of talks between global powers and Iran over Tehran's nuclear program.

World’s Happiness Rate

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on January 10, 2013

This week in power: Hagel pick, Syria fence, Palestine name, Czech prez

By Danny Groner
Published on January 10, 2013

This week in power: Bennett, Hitler statue, Dermer, Jewish legacy

By Danny Groner
Published on January 3, 2013

Travel Writing Contest: Free Entry, Cash Prizes!

By Lisa Niver Rajna
Published on January 2, 2013

Travel Writing Contest: Free Entry, Cash Prizes!

By Lisa Niver Rajna
Published on January 2, 2013

This week in power: Israel election, Hagel nomination, Gun plan, Christmas giving

By Danny Groner
Published on December 27, 2012

Jordan gears up for parliamentary elections

Published on December 26, 2012

Campaigning for Jordan's parliamentary elections kicked off this week with tribesmen, former army generals and businesspersons rushing to join the race.

A Beshert Happening: Crossing Paths with the UMMA Community Clinic

By Lia Mandelbaum
Published on December 22, 2012

This week in power: Newtown shootings, Hagel, Mirvis, Yeshiva abuse

By Danny Groner
Published on December 20, 2012

Holocaust, Jewish themes remain prominent among foreign Oscar offerings

By Tom Tugend
Published on December 14, 2012

The long forecast “Holocaust fatigue” among filmmakers and their audiences has not yet arrived, judging by the entries for 2013 Oscar honors by producers and directors in numerous countries.

One Israeli Creation for the Weekend

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on December 14, 2012

This week in power: New congress, Jerusalem fight, Chanukah message, Punk Jews

By Danny Groner
Published on December 13, 2012

This week in power: UN vote, Gay divorce, Campus antisemitism, Promiscuity study

By Danny Groner
Published on December 6, 2012

Clashes erupt in Egypt despite proposal to end crisis

Published on December 5, 2012

Islamists fought protesters outside the Egyptian president's palace on Wednesday, while inside the building his deputy proposed a way to end a crisis over a draft constitution that has split the most populous Arab nation.

One Israeli Creation for the Weekend

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on November 30, 2012

This week in power: Ceasefire aftermath, Barak retires, Hungary list, Soccer hooligans

By Danny Groner
Published on November 29, 2012

Hungarian Jewish body to sue lawmaker for ‘Nazi’ speech

Published on November 28, 2012

A Hungarian Jewish organization said it will file a complaint against a lawmaker who proposed drawing up a list of “dangerous” Jews in government.

A year after signing power transfer deal, Yemenis divided over government’s performance

Published on November 28, 2012

Last week, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General Abdullatif Bin Rashid Al Zayani visited Yemen to mark the first anniversary of the deal that saw former President Ali Abdullah Saleh relinquish power to his longtime deputy, Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, in exchange for immunity from prosecution.