New York, NY – It sounds like a Catskills-era joke with a Jewish lawyer in the punchline, but among Jewish leaders it’s deadly serious. Why does it cost so much to be Jewish? At a time when American families are tightening household budgets, does it really make sense to continue to charge thousands of dollars [...]

In NY speech: 'Deal with Palestinians could be reached in next year.'

Netanyahu: We need Palestinian partnership; Obama woos on channel 2

Aviva Schalit calls to Netanyhau as 15,000 attend Jerusalem rally.

Netanyahu to meet family; PM asks Bill Clinton to be envoy to Hamas.

Perceptions of Obama-PM meeting benefit Israel.

New York – New York City pedestrians have to check for passing cars before crossing the street. They also need to beware runaway drills. A 15-foot drill creating a tunnel for an underground subway line slipped off course early Thursday and pierced through a city street. The drill was testing the rock underneath Second Avenue near 90th [...]

6:00PM EST: A massive fire has engulfed the roof of a large residential building on East Houston Street and Avenue A in Manhattan on Thursday evening. Numerous fire trucks are on the scene for the three-alarm fire. The building is encompassed by scaffolding, suggesting some kind of construction is underway there. The NYPD has closed Houston Street to [...]

Counter Terrorism Bureau: 'Keep high alert while abroad'

Security Council tells Israeli travelers to be on high alert.