For his 90th birthday, Shimon Peres hosted numerous politicians and celebrities and spoke of his life and his vision of peace for the future.
First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha visited the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, amid tight security.
The ordination of three Orthodox women on Sunday was billed as a historic event, but for much of the Orthodox world the move represents a dangerous break with tradition — if not an outright violation of Jewish law.
As the European Union struggles to decide whether it considers Hezbollah a terrorist organization, the country that provided the strongest evidence that the Lebanese group had attacked on European soil is no longer so certain.
Hassan Rohani is a creature of the Iranian establishment swept to power with support from moderates. Can he serve as a bridge between the two?
The budding protest movement in Turkey against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan raises questions about the future of a government that has downgraded ties with Israel but recently began reconciliation talks with Jerusalem.
The only Israeli-made vehicle in last week’s Jerusalem racing demonstration was built by a team of students from Ben-Gurion University. In September, the team hope to race another Israeli-made car in a Formula race in Italy.
Bogey Yaalon rides the Osprey and surfs Chuck Hagel’s good will. More ▸
For his 90th birthday, Shimon Peres hosted numerous politicians and celebrities and spoke of his life and his vision of peace for the future. More ▸
An officer in the IDF stopped a soldier from reading personal poetry on the radio because it would “ruin the image of a combat soldier.” More ▸
Taking pinkwashing to the next level. More ▸
Tomorrow, I’ll have a longer story about Rabbi Avi Weiss’ controversial ordination of three Orthodox women on Sunday. But in the meantime, check out the sample ordination certificate, or klaf, provided to one of the first graduates of Yeshivat Maharat, Weiss’ school for the training of women as “rabbinic leaders.” More ▸
Pranking U.S. Supreme Court opinions with 1980s references? Justice Kagan does not object. More ▸
Yeshivat Maharat ordained its first class of female spiritual leaders Sunday morning in New York. More ▸
The budding protest movement in Turkey against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan raises questions about the future of a government that has downgraded ties with Israel but recently began reconciliation talks with Jerusalem. More ▸
Hassan Rohani is a creature of the Iranian establishment swept to power with support from moderates. Can he serve as a bridge between the two? More ▸
The ordination of three Orthodox women on Sunday was billed as a historic event, but for much of the Orthodox world the move represents a dangerous break with tradition — if not an outright violation of Jewish law. More ▸
As the European Union struggles to decide whether it considers Hezbollah a terrorist organization, the country that provided the strongest evidence that the Lebanese group had attacked on European soil is no longer so certain. More ▸
A growing chorus of historians and scholars who for years have been studying the most celebrated of “righteous” Italians are saying Giovanni Palatucci is nothing but a myth, a sensational fraud. More ▸