16th May, 2013
Polish exports of meat for Jews, Muslims in limbo
Polish made millions each year exporting halal and kosher meat, but that is not of concern to the animal activists.
29th March, 2013
Fewer Israelis see Obama as pro-Palestinian: poll
Due to Obama's landmark visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank last week, fewer Israelis see him as pro-Palestinian.
28th January, 2013
Holocaust Day: History has a lesson for us
There was a time where people were killed just because they were different. The International Holocaust Remembrance Day wants us to never forget the aftermath…
19th July, 2012
Attack on Israeli tourist bus in Bulgaria kills 7
US President Obama termed the incident a “barbaric terrorist attack” and called Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to pledge US help in finding the perpetrators.
22nd March, 2012
‘Al Qaeda killer’ holed up in apartment
TOULOUSE, March 21: French police laid siege on Wednesday to an apartment block where a self-declared Al Qaeda militant who has claimed a series of deadly attacks on troops and Jewish children was holed up.
2nd March, 2012
Hockey breaks ice for Arab and Jewish teens
METULLA: An Arab-Jewish hockey team has become an unlikely icebreaker in this remote corner of northern Israel, overcoming barriers of language, culture and conflict. A…
31st December, 2011
Turkish passports key to untold tale of Holocaust survivors
ANKARA: Unbeknownst to many, Turkish diplomats on duty around Europe saved hundreds of Jews during World War II by giving them Turkish passports, enabling them…
25th October, 2011
German casino returns Nazi-looted art to Jewish heirs
MONTREAL: A German casino on Tuesday will return a 300-year-old Dutch painting despoiled by the Nazis to German-Jewish art dealer Max Stern’s estate, one of…
12th September, 2011
Mel Gibson working on Jewish warrior film
LOS ANGELES: Troubled actor Mel Gibson, who has struggled to resurrect his career after an anti-Semitic tirade in 2006, is working on a new film…
9th September, 2011
Mandolinists revive Poland’s lost Jewish music
GORA KALWARIA: The red brick walls of the synagogue in Gora Kalwaria, once a center of Jewish culture in Poland, reverberate anew with music lost…
2nd September, 2011
Poland slams vandalism of Holocaust memorial
WARSAW: Poland on Thursday voiced outrage at the vandalism of a Holocaust memorial in the north of the country dedicated to Jews who were burned…
12th August, 2011
In Jerusalem, scholars trace Bible’s evolution
JERUSALEM: A dull-looking chart projected on the wall of a university office in Jerusalem displayed a revelation that would startle many readers of the Old…
23rd June, 2011
Sentencing set for September in Galliano racism trial
PARIS: Fashion designer John Galliano will learn 11 weeks from today the outcome of his day-long trial on charges of hurling racist and anti-Semitic remarks…
12th May, 2011
Former US autoworker convicted over Nazi camp deaths
MUNICH: Retired US autoworker John Demjanjuk was convicted of thousands of counts of acting as an accessory to murder at a Nazi death camp and…
2nd March, 2011
Fashion provocateur Galliano sacked by Dior
PARIS: This time, John Galliano, long a top fashion-world provocateur on and off the runway, went too far. The storied French label Christian Dior said…
17th February, 2011
Controversial West Bank field trip for Israeli kids stirs anger
JERUSALEM: At a time when peace talks with the Palestinians are stalled over Jewish settlements, the Israeli government plans to send schoolchildren on field…
30th October, 2010
The parallel holy
Though all countries are literally defined by their borders, few have had their history, society and national mindset shaped by their frontiers as much as…