Tina Strobos, a medical student in Amsterdam during World War II who helped save more than 100 Jews from the Nazis, has died. Strobos, who had joined the Dutch resistance and later was recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations, died Feb. 27 at the...
Several Jewish federations and groups cited in an ad in the News York Times have responded to the harsh criticism of the Emergency Committee for Israel. The right-wing pro-Israel group called on Jewish charitable foundations to stop funneling money to...
WASHINGTON -- A right-wing pro-Israel group published an ad calling on Jewish charitable foundations to stop funneling money to two liberal groups known for their Israel criticism. The full page New York Times ad published Thursday by the Emergency...
NEW YORK -- Chris Cole, the coach of the boys' basketball team at the Robert M. Beren Academy in Houston, says his squad is peaking coming off its 27-point victory in the state tournament quarterfinals. Apparently the Stars, who with a record of 24-5...
JERUSALEM -- An Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities would be a "huge and highly complex operation" that would be far different than its 1981 attack on an Iraqi nuclear reactor, according to a New York Times report. Citing U.S. defense officials...
In this contentious election season, some loud voices are trying to take us back 50 years to the days when legislatures routinely told Americans how they could behave in the privacy of their own bedrooms. Moreover, they're doing it in the guise of First...
Forty-three employees of NGOs in Egypt, including 19 Americans, have been charged with using foreign funds to incite violence in the country. Sam LaHood, the son of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, reportedly is one of the American NGO employees...
Participants in a special Saturday night Republican caucus in Nevada were required to sign a legal declaration stating they could not attend their regular caucus due to their "religious belief." Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor and the front-runner...
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini said his country is prepared to assist those who would confront Israel and the United States. "From now on, in any place, if any nation or any group confronts the Zionist regime, we will endorse and we will...
An ex-aide to an influential rabbi who is now a top fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm may have steered illegal campaign donations to the freshman New York lawmaker. The New York Times reported Jan. 27 that Ofer Biton, a former aide to Rabbi Yoshiyahu...
Thousands of Egyptians gathered in Tahrir Square in Cairo to mark the first anniversary of the uprising that led to the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak. Liberal and Islamist protesters gathered in groups on opposite sides of the square, according to...
JERUSALEM—The fundamentalist Islamic political party the Muslim Brotherhood won 47 percent of the seats in the new Egyptian Parliament. An alliance of ultraconservative Islamist parties, the Salafi Al-Nour, also won 25 percent of the vote in the first...
