Resolution gives Europe role in evaluating Israel's war crimes probe.

Montreal, Canada – Family Minister Tony Tomassi, who denied on Tuesday that government-funded day-care centers are dispensing religious instruction, admitted today the practice exists, but said it would end. “Henceforth” about 20 daycares in the province offering instruction to children from birth to five-years-of-age will not be allowed to teach religion to their children, he said. “We [...]

Aspen, CO – In 2005, filmmaker Gabriel Heim watched his fellow Berlin residents commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. Berlin focused on the German suffering that had taken place in the wake of the war, especially the expulsion of millions of Germans from Eastern Europe. Which got Heim thinking that [...]

MK (Ichud HaLeumi) Dr. Michael Ben-Ari sent an urgent letter to the chair of the Knesset House Committee, MK (Likud) Yair Levine, requesting that he use his authority to remove MK (Ta’al-Ra’am) Dr. Ahmed Tibi from the list of deputy Knesset speakers. The incident stems from Tibi’s shouts of “terrorists” in relation to the Olei HaGardom, [...]

Hungary – Tamas Raj, a retired chief rabbi and one of Hungary’s top intellectuals, has died at the age of 71. Raj wass a leading rabbi in Szeged, a major city in southeast Hungary, where he served in 1964-70. Raj was a holocaust survivor. Raj also published several books. The first book of its own (The Tobacco [...]

There can be no argument, Defense Minister Ehud Barak is more than committed to enforcing the 10-month construction freeze throughout Yehuda and Shomron, but the Labor Party leader seems to be addressing this challenge as a labor of love. Just this week, Barak has called for an additional NIS 15 million, seeking to hire additional inspectors [...]

A 5th grader from Chabad Academy in Myrtle Beach won the regional spelling bee Tuesday night and has earned a spot in the national competition of this summer.

84 new immigrants arrived in Eretz Yisrael on Wednesday morning from Ethiopia. Over 800 Ethiopians have arrived in Israel since the beginning of 2010. An additional 150 members of the community are expected to arrive in Israel from Ethiopia by month’s end. By the end of March, close to 1,000 olim will have arrived in Israel [...]

In what is a most embarrassing and worrisome case, it is permitted to report that a northern Israel Police weapons storage facility was robbed. Akko Magistrate’s Court Justice Rachamim Tzemach complied with a police request to place a gag order on the details of the theft and ongoing investigation. Deputy Chief of Police Ilan Franco [...]

Tuscaloosa, AL – U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Obama’s first State of the Union address was “very troubling” and that the annual speech to Congress has “degenerated into a political pep rally.” Responding to a University of Alabama law student’s question about the Senate’s method of confirming justices, Roberts [...]