United States officials confirmed they will not consider dealing with terrorists from the Al Queda network, who captured Jewish American worker Warren Weinstein in Pakistan. Weinstein was seen for the first time since his capture in a video posted to...
In a tradition begun in the George W. Bush administration, the White House released a proclamation declaring the month of May as “Jewish American Heritage Month.” As part of the proclamation, several well-known Jewish figures were cited and acknowledged for their...
London Mayor Boris Johnson won his bid for re-election last week. Johnson ran against the previous mayor, Ken “Red” Livingstone, who served in office 2000-2008. Livingston, a member of the British Labor Party has been cited for several anti-Semitic comments...
Israel’s Knesset approved more anti-smoking measures on Wednesday, May 2. These new stricter laws will be implemented in one month. Smoking will no longer be allowed at public events, outdoor sites (including the kotel or Western Wall) bus stops, outdoor concert venues, nor within...
According to the findings of its 2010 U. S. Religion Census released last week, the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies confirmed that Christians including Catholics, Southern Baptists and unaffiliated evangelicals continue to be the largest...
Adam Yauch, aka MCA and one of the founding members of the all Jewish troupe of New York City rappers known as the Beastie Boys, died Friday of cancer. Yaunch was 47. At the time that the three Beastie Boys...
Arik Ze’evi, the Israeli bronze medal winner at the 2004 Summer Olympics, is heading to the 2012 summer games after he won the gold medal at the European Judo Championships yesterday in Chelyabinsk, Russia. This marks the fourth time the...
Following the Bernie Madoff scandal, Hadassah Chief Operating Officer Larry Blum levied accusations of wrongdoing against then national treasurer and current national president Marcie Natan and then national president Nancy Falchuk. An investigation was launched by the American women’s Zionist...
Two Israeli windsurfers came home in December with medals secured at the Sailing World Championships in Perth, Australia. Lee Korzits and Nimrod Mashiah both earned a spot at the 2012 Summer Olympics to be held in London, England...
