PARIS -- Former captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and his parents met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the presidential palace in Paris. "We are very happy to be here at the Elysee Palace," said Noam Shalit, speaking to journalists Wednesday...
JERUSALEM -- Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was among the recipients of Israel's first President's Prize. The new initiative, spearheaded by Israeli President Shimon Peres, honors individuals who have made a significant contribution to...
NEW YORK -- Jewish French film director Claude Lanzmann denied accusations that he sexually harassed a guard at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport. A female Israeli security guard filed a complaint on Wednesday saying that Lanzmann, who directed the landmark...
JERUSALEM -- The fence outside the Jerusalem offices of Peace Now were spray painted with threatening graffiti. The words "No leftists, no terror attacks" were painted Thursday on the fence by unknown vandals. The Jerusalem police have opened an investigation...
An Israeli tourist charged by Chile with accidentally starting a massive forest fire in a popular national park has been fined and released. Rotem Singer was ordered by a court in Puerto Natalesto pay a $10,000 fine to the government of Chile, and to...
LOS ANGELES -- Larry Greenfield has been named national executive director of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs in Washington, D.C. The announcement was made Thursday by JINSA President David Ganz. JINSA was founded in 1976 as a non-partisan...
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan slate of U.S. senators will present a resolution calling on the Obama administration to make a "nuclear-weapons capability" by Iran a red line. The non-binding resolution, to be introduced Thursday by Sens. Robert Casey (D-Pa.),...
WASHINGTON -- A pro-Palestinian Presbyterian church affiliate pulled down its Facebook page after Jewish groups complained about offensive postings. "At present, Facebook does not provide a setting where fans can 'like' and 'share' links without posting...
By Jake Weisman, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
• Published February 8, 2012
Israel is constantly in the news, frequently brought up in political discussion, and often discussed among Jewish teens as a vacation hotspot. But now, Israel has gained recognition for the vast output of jazz musicians in recent years."[I think that]...
Last week when I took a walk with my 2½ year old to the park where we have had a small community garden plot for the last year, I did not expect to see resilient winter edibles, lettuces, kale, broccoli; forgotten foodstuff that I thought had surely...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published February 8, 2012
The president of Webster University said her recent trip to Israel with colleagues presented "opportunities for partnerships" and other collaborations with Israeli universities. Beth Stroble, who became the university's 11th president in 2009, took part...
By Repps Hudson, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published February 8, 2012
Yonatan "Johnny" Ariel, the executive director of Makom, the Israeli Engagement Network, spent a couple of days last week speaking with members of United Hebrew, Temple Israel, Shaare Emeth and B'nai Amoona. He came under the auspices of Focus Israel,...
