|  | | Zubin Mehta will conduct the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra outside Gaza, demanding that Hamas allow a Red Cross visit to Gilad Shalit. | | | | | |  | | In an apparent reaction to the Gaza flotilla incident, actors Meg Ryan and Dustin Hoffman reportedly have backed out of attending the Jerusalem Film Festival. | | | | | |  | | Nazi art is making a comeback in Poland, this time using the Mickey Mouse, on a controversial public poster. | | | | | |  | | Gertrude Berg created the American sit-com. And she did it by portraying a proudly Jewish family. | | | | | |  | | The former Sex Pistols front man said he would not let 'the political powers-that-be' dictate his audience, no matter how much hate mail he gets. | | | | | |  | | Adam Lambert fans have taken up arms after the singer posted a picture of protesters outside a recent concert holding signs saying 'God hates fags' and 'Jews killed Jesus.' | | | | | |  | | The co-op announced that its boycott would go on until 'Israel ends its occupation and colonization of all Arab lands and dismantles the Wall.' | | | | | |  | 48 years after Spider-man was first concocted by Jewish artist Stan Lee; Jewish actor Andrew Garfield will don the spandex for the forthcoming fourth film.
| | | | | |  | | We're at a fascinating moment in Jewish music: It's hip again. | | | | | |  | | Google Israel has announced the arrival in Israel of the Google Books service: an online library, which allows full reading of books and periodicals in Hebrew. | | | | | |  | | The first Orthodox Jew to appear as a contestant on the reality show 'Big Brother' has been sent packing. | | | | | |  | | Israeli director Yael Hersonski fought long and hard to bring the Warsaw Ghetto documentary 'A Film Unfinished' to the screen, but she couldn't beat Hollywood's rating board. | | | | | |  | | Lea Michele, who plays Rachel Berry on the popular television show 'Glee,' said she's proud of her Jewish nose. | | | | | |  | | Geffen will join Snow Patrol in warming up the crowd at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece for U2's 360 Tour. | | | | | |  | | Grover, the charismatic character from the classic televised children's show Sesame Street, seems to be playing both sides of the Israeli-Arab conflict. | | | | | |  | | Two actors from Israel's national theater said they will not perform at a Jewish West Bank cultural center. | | | | | |  | | The print edition of Heeb has been suspended, its publisher announced on the magazine's website. | | | | | |  | | Burlesque dancer and actress Dita Von Teese in a lawsuit accused her former landlord of an anti-Semitic tirade. | | | | | |  | | Regardless of how accurate a portrait 'Being Erica' paints of the Canadian Jew, it gives the viewing public some idea of what it’s like to be young and Jewish in Toronto, which inspires pride even among the show’s Jewish critics. | | | | | |  | | More than 150 American television and film artists have signed a letter in support of Israeli artists who are boycotting the opening of a new cultural center in Ariel. | | | | | |  | | Actor Jon Voight suggests boycotting Time Magazine after their September 13th anti-semitic cover story, saying "They shouldn't have the right to create wars." | | | | | |  | | Israeli actor Sacha Baron Cohen will play legendary musician and Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in a movie about his life. | | | | | |  | | Actress Demi Moore tweets about her and Ashton Kutcher's Yom Kippur fast. | | | | | |  | | Israel has been automatically slotted in the second semifinal of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest since the first falls on Yom Hazikaron. | | | | | |  | | Jerry Seinfeld will emcee and Bette Midler will headline a Nov. gala to celebrate the official unveiling of the renovated National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, a $150 million project. | | | | | |  | | As he landed in Israel this week, Ozzy Osbourne addressed the issue of artists' boycotts of Israel, telling reporters 'I have no time for politics.' | | | | | |  | | The ADL slams Pink Floyd's Roger Waters for using what they say is anti-Semitic imagery. Rogers insists his intent was merely to criticize Israel's West Bank security fence. | | | | | |  | | Tony Curtis, esteemed film actor whose career spanned six decades, and who was born Bernard Schwartz, died on September 29, 2010 due to cardiac arrest. | | | | | |  | | The Daily Show host Jon Stewart hit back at fired CNN anchor Rick Sanchez who was fired after he suggested that Jews run the news business and called Stewart, who is Jewish, a bigot. | | | | | |  | | Roger Waters of Pink Floyd defended himself against accusations of anti-Semitism. "People will see the story and believe I'm anti-Semitic, and I'm not. Nothing could be further from the truth." | | | | | |  | Fired CNN anchor Rick Sanchez apologized to Jon Stewart for calling him a bigot and implying that Jews control the media.
| | | | | |  | | Hollywood power couple Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher are in Israel reportedly to work on their marriage. | | | | | |  | | Several American businessmen held meetings with Israeli government ministers and the mayor of Jerusalem asking for their help in the attempt to establish a professional baseball league. | | | | | |  | The Social Network is a fascinating film based on the real-life story of Mark Zuckerberg, a nice Jewish boy who had a billion-dollar idea that quickly catapulted him to unbelievable fame and fortune.
| | | | | |  | | Supermodel Naomi Campbell says she is practicing the teachings of Jewish mysticism in response to recent difficulties in her life. | | | | | |  | | Tom Bosley, the actor who will always be fondly remembered as 'the dad from Happy Days' passed away Tuesday, October 19th at his home in Palm Springs. | | | | | |  | Israeli artist Noam Braslavsky has created a lifelike model of former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in what he says is a metaphor for political intertia.
| | | | | |  | Jewish teachings indicate that violent video games have a detrimental effect on our psyche, and science seems to agree. So why do we spend so much money and time on them?
| | | | | |  | Joseph Stein, who won a Tony Award for writing "Fiddler on the Roof," has died. He was 98.
| | | | | |  | South African Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu has called on his country's opera company not to perform as scheduled in Israel.
| | | | | |  | HBO has acquired a second Israeli format called 'the Naked Truth.' In the past three years, dozens of versions of Israeli formats have been aired worldwide on a multitude of networks.
| | | | | |  | Israeli movie 'Intimate Grammar' took the grand prize at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
| | | | | |  | | The international blogsphere is buzzing with the latest news that places Israel on the forefront of the cultural landscape - putting the first same-sex couple on Dancing with the Stars. | | | | | |  | | Rapper Shyne, the man previously known as Jamaal Burrow, the famous P Diddy sidekick who served 9 years in prison and dated Jennifer Lopez is living the life of an Orthodox Jew in Jerusalem. | | | | | |  | The makers of a new Canadian reality TV show modeled on MTV's hugely successful show Jersey Shore have apologized for an online trailer in which one of the program's characters says she hates Jews.
| | | | | |  | One photographer goes the extra mile to turn his lonely 91 year-old grandmother into a modern day superhero. Meet the amazing Mamika! | | | | | |  | Marc Erlbaum, an Orthodox 'ba’al teshuvah,' or returnee to the faith, is making films with Hollywood stars to promote positive messages to movie audiences.
| | | | | |  | Ramzor, an Israeli sitcom about three longtime friends and their romantic relationships, won the International Emmy Award for best comedy.
| | | | | |  | | "When agreeing to play our music in Israel we, perhaps naively, believed that the music we make is beyond political considerations. It is difficult to defy a rapidly growing movement with whose aims we agree, even if we are not wholly convinced by their methods." | | | | | |  | Casting has begun for an Israeli version of the hit HBO series "Sex and The City," which will follow the lives and loves of three 30-something gal pals in Tel-Aviv.
| | | | | |  | Teen pop star Justin Bieber is heading to Israel.
| | | | | |  | Bon Jovi will perform in Israel in the coming year, the band's lead singer, Jon Bon Jovi, told Larry King on his talk show.
| | | | | |  | A Chasidic man is suing talk show host Jimmy Kimmel over his use of a YouTube video featuring him in a skit spoofing basketball star LeBron James
| | | | | |  | | The Arab League boycotted the films of Steven Spielberg after the director made a $1 million donation to Israel, according to Wikileaks memo. | | | | | |  | A representative for Natalie Portman confirmed that she is engaged and expecting her first child with her fiancé, Black Swan choreographer Benjamin Millepied.
| | | | | |  | Tweeting his way through the Holy Land, Perez Hilton entertains his followers with daily posts and pictures from famous Biblical sites, along with little tidbits of history to educate the masses.
| | | | | |  | Fashion chain Fox has extended its contract with model Bar Refaeli for three years.
| | | | | |  | American actor Johnny Depp will bring an entourage of celebrities on a visit to Israel next month.
| | | | | |  | We all have roles to play. Sometimes we embrace those roles. Sometimes we resent them. The King's Speech presents both scenarios.
| | | | | |  | French singer Vanessa Paradis cancelled her performance in Tel Aviv. Paradis and longtime boyfriend Johnny Depp were expected to arrive in February with an entourage.
| | | | | |  | Jewish talent won some and lost some at the Golden Globe Award ceremonies, auguring a mixed outlook for the upcoming Oscar nominations.
| | | | | |  | Curb Your Enthusiasm will soon return to HBO with it's 8th season of the show featuring Larry David, the man everyone loves to hate.
| | | | | |  | R&B and soul-singer Macy Gray has asked her fans in a message on her Facebook status whether she should cancel scheduled concerts in Tel Aviv "in protest of Apartheid against the Palestinians."
| | | | | |  | Singer Macy Gray, after asking fans in a Facebook message whether to cancel her concert dates in Tel Aviv, said on Twitter that she will play in Israel as scheduled.
| | | | | |  | Anthony Horowitz, author of the popular series about teenage spy Alex Rider, has been commissioned by the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle to write a full-length Sherlock Holmes novel.
| | | | | |  | | With "The King's Speech" garnering 12 nods, three of the best picture nominations were produced by Jewish producers. | | | | | |  | | An anti-Israel Turkish movie filmed in part aboard the intercepted Marmara flotilla will not open in Germany on International Holocaust Day as scheduled. | | | | | |  | | Adam Sandler was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Actor Henry Winkler spoke on Sandler's behalf, telling the crowd that the location of his star is "bashert." | | | | | | | | Vienna's Jewish community has sued a cinema chain and a film distributor over a newly released Turkish film it calls anti-Semitic.
| | | | | |  | Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis said in an interview that he is an anti-Semite and anti-Zionist. In the past he has declared that "Jews are the root of all evil."
| | | | | |  | Is "Never Say Never," the biographical documentary and concert film that recounts the rise of Justin Bieber, also a message film of "Hear O Israel"?
| | | | | |  | Actress Claire Danes has landed in Israel to film scenes for a new television series based on an Israeli show.
| | | | | | | | The King's Speech won seven of Britain's top film awards, including for its Jewish writer and for its Jewish producer.
| | | | | | | | | After asking fans on facebook whether to cancel her concert dates in Tel Aviv, Macy Gray performed this weekend, ending the show by presenting a $25,000 first-response motorcycle to United Hatzalah. | | | | | |  | | Within the fantasy of Inception is a truth about dreams that Judaism recognized thousands of years ago. Dreams are the keepsakes of our nightly rendezvous with Heaven. | | | | | |  | With so many famous Jewish names among the Academy Awards nominees this year... it seems a good time for a Jewish Oscar party.
| | | | | |  | A minyan of Jewish talent garnered coveted Oscar statuettes during the 2011 Academy Award ceremony.
| | | | | |  | The day after a video surfaced of Dior's John Galliano saying that he loves Hitler and people should be gassed, Natalie Portman, the Jewish face of a Dior fragrance campaign responds.
| | | | | |  | Sony Music apologized after the popular Japanese rock group Kishidan appeared on MTV Japan wearing SS-like uniforms.
| | | | | |  | Director Steven Spielberg has purchased the screen rights to the WikiLeaks story. The movie is being conceived of as an investigative thriller.
| | | | | | | | Dreamworks now owns movie rights to two books on Wikileaks and Julian Assange, but as of now, Steven Spielberg is not signed on to direct or produce.
| | | | | |  | The Holocaust documentary "Shoah" is being broadcast in Iran.
| | | | | |  | | More than 1,000 Israeli youths will be leaving for the United States in the upcoming weeks to serve as Zionist “ambassadors” to American youth. | | | | | |  | | In his stand-up routine, David Fane joked about roasting a person with HIV, saying 'You’d roast them because they’re expendable, like the Jews. Hitler had a right, you know.' | | | | | |  | | A combined Israeli-Palestinian soccer team is in South Africa to play on the sidelines of the World Cup tournament. | | | | | |  | | "Gilad has been in Hamas' cellar for 1,474 difficult, dark and painful days and nights. The time has come to say enough. Four hellish years are too much." | | | | | |  | | How much more stimulating life would be if we all had crowds, play-by-play announcers, and color commentators following our daily struggles and decisions? | | | | | |  | | How many thirteen-year-old girls have their Bat Mitzvah speeches plastered across the international media while rubbing elbows with the crem de la' crem of the fashion world? | | | | | |  | | Jordan’s Queen Rania says she didn't reject offers to have her new children's book published in Hebrew. | | | | | |  | | Speculation has slammed the Internet, questioning why Bullock would give her son a bris if neither of his parents are Jewish. | | | | | |  | | Israeli Tomer Berda defeated 197 people to take the $825,976 first prize. | | | | | |  | Ilan Ramon was the first Israeli astronaut, killed when the space shuttle Columbia exploded. His son Assaf, an IAF pilot was tragically killed last year.
| | | | | |  | | One of the largest singles events to ever take place in Jerusalem kicks off next week to help people date 'more seriously.' | | | | | |  | | For the first time in Israel, a document has been uncovered containing a law code that parallels portions of the famous Code of Hammurabi. | | | | | |  | | A Chabad rabbi has become the first rabbi since World War II to join the Canadian armed forces full time. | | | | | |
|  | | "If someone tells me that serving in the IDF means killing Arabs, I remind them that Arabs also kill Arabs.” | | | | | |  | | Basketball all-star Amar'e Stoudemire is enjoying his time in Israel after learning that he has Jewish roots. | | | | | |  | | Chelsea Clinton was married under a chuppah in a ceremony co-officiated by a rabbi. | | | | | |  | | NBA fans have been buzzing following reports about NBA star Amar'e Stoudemire supposedly being Jewish. Now, his agent says 'it's a stretch.' | | | | | |  | | Tuesday was the fifth Hebrew birthday that Gilad Shalit is marking in captivity since he was captured by Muslim terrorists in Gaza. | | | | | |  | | Reginald Levy, the hero pilot of a plane hijacked in 1972 by Palestinian terrorists has died. | | | | | |  | Ashton Kutcher visited Israel reportedly to attend the birthday party for the founder of the Kabbalah Center in Jerusalem.
| | | | | |  | | For the second year, the protest group Queers Against Israeli Apartheid will march in Montreal's Gay Pride parade. The gay Jewish group Ga'avah is also taking part in the parade. | | | | | |  | Footage from one of the only known films shot in Warsaw appears in a new light when a missing reel is discovered, 40 years later.
| | | | | |  | | Sources involved with the meeting tell us LeBron had hired Rabbi Pinto for spiritual guidance for a "big merchandising meeting" that took place on a private yacht somewhere off the coast of NY. | | | | | |  | | Researchers at Tel Aviv U are developing a new family of medicines that could provide preventive treatment for cancer, or turn existing cancer into a chronic disease that one can live with. | | | | | |  | | Eric Steger wants to help the Jewish people by saving lives - by donating from his own body. After donating his bone marrow, he is now flying to Israel to donate his kidney. | | | | | |  | | More than 150 Irish artists have said they will participate in a cultural boycott of Israel. | | | | | |  | | Hebrew University of Jerusalem Professor Elon Lindenstrauss is the first Israeli to have been awarded the highest global math honor, the 2010 Fields Medal. | | | | | |  | | Garrett Reisman says that the question of whether or not he will live in Israel will be decided based on his ability to find suitable work. | | | | | |  | | Major-General Sami Turgeman, a Iranian-Jewish soldier in the IDF tells the incredible story about his escape from Iran to Israel. | | | | | |  | | A German gay advocacy group is hosting 11 Israeli teens who survived a deadly attack a year ago on a center for gay youth in Tel Aviv. | | | | | |  | | Ten past and present NBA players visited Israeli President Shimon Peres at his Jerusalem office, stating "We’re here to stand in support of Israel." | | | | | |  | | A rabbi who was shot in the second Palestinian terrorist roadside attack in two nights, is only now realizing the magnitude of the miracles that befell him. | | | | | |  | | Immigration to Israel rose by 18 percent in the Jewish year 5770, according to the Jewish Agency for Israel. 17,880 immigrants arrived in Israel this year. | | | | | |  | | In honor of Rosh HaShanah, the Jewish New Year well-wishing letter-writing campaigns have been initiated for Gilad Shalit and lone soldiers in the IDF. | | | | | |  | | The painting of a swastika on a billboard featuring Sacramento Kings forward Omri Casspi is 'hurtful,' the Israeli player said. | | | | | |  | | Sandra Samuel, the Indian nanny who saved Moishe Holtzberg during the 2008 terrorist attack at the Chabad House in Mumbai, has received her Israeli citizenship. | | | | | |  | | While only 2.5% of IDF captains were from religious homes in 1990, by 2007 that number was up to 31.4%. | | | | | |  | | Israel purchased the Twitter user name @israel from the owner of a pornographic website. | | | | | |  | | In Israel, doctors have implanted an artificial, titanium-alloy heart in the chest of a 74-year-old man. | | | | | |  | | Fannie Buten witnessed the invention of the telephone, television, flight, automobiles and cell phones, as well as lived through two world wars. | | | | | |  | | The House of Representatives has introduced a resolution aimed at helping Holocaust survivors in the United States in need of in-home care. | | | | | |  | | More than 80 personalities, politicians, intellectuals, artists and journalists from all over Europe will take the floor at the first European, bipartisan event aimed at restoring the truth regarding Israel. | | | | | |  | | The architect of the memorial said that one of the most difficult tasks in his life was deciding how much space to leave on the memorial for names of future fallen soldiers. | | | | | |  | | The 'terrorist cop,' Mordecai Dzikansky worked as a homicide detective and intelligence officer for the NYPD, risking his life every day to keep others safe. Except on Shabbat. | | | | | |  | A civilian pro-Israel program featuring IDF soldiers relating the truth about Hamas and Hizbullah terrorists has returned to American campuses and Jewish communities.
| | | | | |  | | An Israeli who lost his sight during combat in Lebanon 15 years ago, will be able to run a marathon thanks to the director and co-founder of the Israeli Guide Dog Center for the Blind. | | | | | |  | A 30-year-old Israeli chess grandmaster bested an Iranian's world record by playing 527 ranked chess players simultaneously and winning 87 percent of the games.
| | | | | |  | On Halloween, the anniversary of his death, Harry Houdini will be back on stage at the Jewish Museum. A life size replica will join the annual seance that attempts to contact him.
| | | | | |  | Jewish-American comedian Jon Stewart is the most influential man of 2010, far ahead of President Barack Obama, according to a survey which in which roughly 500,000 people voted.
| | | | | |  | "Jews have a special affinity to marijuana. It’s an intellectual drug, not a drug that takes you outside your senses like alcohol or opiates. And a lot of marijuana research comes out of Israel."
| | | | | |  | Prof. Ehud Netzer, the man who discovered Herod's luxurious gravesite in the Herodion, died at the age of 76 from injuries he suffered while working at the site.
| | | | | |  | New studies show that Israeli women have nearly a one in seven chance of developing breast cancer; in the United States it’s closer to one in eight.
| | | | | |  | Several prominent Jews appear on Forbes' latest list of the world's most powerful people, including the Israeli prime minister, the creator of Facebook, and the chairman of the Federal Reserve.
| | | | | |  | Actress Pamela Anderson visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem, and during her visit hopes to convince Orthodox lawmakers to support an anti-fur bill proposed in the Knesset.
| | | | | |  | As America’s 77 million baby boomers retire, they will place an unprecedented burden on the Jewish community’s infrastructure.
| | | | | |  | Thousands of artifacts from former PLO terrorist leader Yasser Arafat's life are being gathered for a new $3.4 million museum in Ramallah.
| | | | | | | | The family and friends of Gilad Shalit commemorate this week 1,600 days of his captivity amidst Hamas terrorists.
| | | | | |  | Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli and her boyfriend, popular American actor Leonardo DiCaprio, arrived in Israel for a vacation.
| | | | | |  | | Jewish Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen was found shot dead in her car in Beverly Hills, Calif., following a movie premiere party for Cher's Burlesque. | | | | | |  | Israelis voted off the first same-sex partners on 'Dancing with the Stars.'
| | | | | |  | Americans who moved to Israel alone and serve in Israel's military will attend a Thanksgiving dinner in Jerusalem.
| | | | | |  | Teenagers will build up the land in Israel during Chanukah, when the Women for Israel's Tomorrow organization sponsor a one-day camp for youth to get involved in agriculture.
| | | | | |  | During Chanukah, Sderot will host a special candle lighting ceremony in memory of ten IDF soldiers who fell in battle during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza.
| | | | | |  | A new Jewish online dating site allows parents to search for their children's bashert, (soul mate.)
| | | | | |  | Yeshiva University students and others broke the Guinness world record for most dreidels spun simultaneously.
| | | | | |  | Moshe Levy Ben-David, previously known as the rapper Shyne talks Torah,his music, and how to 'bring zombies to life.'
| | | | | |  | Leonardo DiCaprio is rumored to be considering converting to Judaism for his longtime girlfriend, Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli.
| | | | | |  | Rehabilitation efforts continue in the Carmel following last week’s devastating fire, which killed more than 40 people and saw tens of thousands of residents being evacuated from their homes
| | | | | |  | | VJ sits down with world famous boxer and observant Jew, Dmitriy Salita, to chat about serving God, and the spiritual side of boxing. | | | | | |  | Winona Ryder opens up to GQ about an interesting encounter with Mel Gibson and his anti-Semitic and homophobic slurs.
| | | | | |  | | Jewish youth leaders pledge to end bullying in their own organizations, setting a goal of getting 18,000 Jewish teens to sign the "Jewish Community Pledge to Save Lives." | | | | | |  | Actor James Van Der Beek of Dawson's Creek fame said in an interview that his baby daughter was named for a tree in Israel.
| | | | | |  | Two female pilots and a female combat navigator are set to receive their wings from Israel's Air Force.
| | | | | |  | | For many, Sandy Koufax alone made us face the most salient question of our existence as Jews in this incredible land of opportunity. | | | | | |  | When you gossip to a single person, you tell the story to not just that friend but to every friend that he has. This is the danger of Facebook.
| | | | | |  | 2,000 posters have been plastered throughout France to "inform" people of the "Middle Age" methods used to "slit the throats of animals without anesthesia in order to please God."
| | | | | |  | Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, a longtime friend and occasional spiritual consultant of Michael Jackson has spoken out concerning the singer's death and his personal physician's alleged involvement.
| | | | | |  | Holland's first same-sex Jewish commitment ceremony, a "Brit Ahava" was held in Amsterdam.
| | | | | |  | 23-year-old Russian-born Tanya Fayman is the crowned winner of Israel's annual "Miss Fat and Beautiful" pageant.
| | | | | |  | Thirteen Jewish teenagers will visit Israel on a trip that is believed to be the first-ever tour of the country designed for disabled and chronically ill teens.
| | | | | |  | Dori Spivak, a Harvard graduate and former chairman of Israel's Association for Civil Rights became Israel's first openly gay judge appointed to Tel Aviv's Labour court.
| | | | | |  | | Doctors have successfully saved a Gaza toddler who was suffering a brain tumor. The girl's parents insisted on bringing her to Israel, to receive the "best treatment in the world." | | | | | |  | | Actor Charlie Sheen's rant against the executive producer of his hit TV sitcom is "borderline anti-Semitism," the Anti Defamation League said. | | | | | |  | | Brooke Mueller, the Jewish ex-wife of Charlie Sheen and the mother of his twin boys, cites anti-Semitic text messages in new court papers. | | | | | |  | Australia's oldest Jew, Mary Rothstein of Melbourne, turned 110.
| | | | | |  | | British singer Rod Stewart is set to perform for 24,000 people at Ramat Gan Stadium near Tel Aviv this Wednesday. | | | | | |  | | Members of the Haverim dance group were pelted with stones as they took the stage. One dancer was injured. As youth threw stones, they screamed 'Juden Raus' (Jews out). | | | | | |  | | A magazine geared toward scientific researchers has named two Israeli universities among the top ten best workplaces for scientific researchers in the world. | | | | | |  | | Queers Against Israeli Apartheid declared victory against what the group said was censorship. | | | | | |  | | An exhibit of crucifixion paintings at The London Jewish Museum of Art has stirred a substantial number of complaints. | | | | | |  | | 120 young Jewish innovators, entrepreneurs, and artists from around the world will gather in Jerusalem next week. | | | | | |  | | American Eagle Outfitters Inc. has signed a multiyear franchise agreement to open a series of stores in Israel by the spring of 2012. | | | | | |  | | Jerusalem was voted the No. 1 Best City in Africa and Tel Aviv No. 3 by the readers of Travel+ Leisure magazine. | | | | | |  | | Jerusalem was voted the No. 1 Best City in Africa and the Middle East and Tel Aviv No. 3 by the readers of Travel+ Leisure magazine. | | | | | |  | | An ongoing archaeological excavation in Tel Tzafit continues to unearth the ruins of what was once the city of Gat – described in the Bible as the hometown of Goliath. | | | | | |  | | R&B star Missy Elliott arrived in Israel on Wednesday despite mass pressure from anti-Israel groups urging the rapper/singer to cancel her gig. | | | | | |  | The field of life sciences dealing with medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, is big business in Israel.
| | | | | |  | | An Israeli fencer won the bronze medal at the European Fencing Championships. | | | | | |  | It is the first Antonius Pius coin ever found in Israel, issued to celebrate Pius' designation of consul for a second time, which took place around the summer of 138 CE
| | | | | |  | | The first kosher Ritz Calrton will be located on the coastline overlooking the Herzliya Marina. | | | | | |  | | Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone talks about 'the Jewish lobby's 'control' over foreign policy, saying Hitler's actions should be put 'into context.' | | | | | |  | | Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone apologized for saying that the Jewish lobby controls Washington's foreign policy and that Hitler's actions should be put "into context." | | | | | |  | | Shiloh was where the Holy Sanctuary precursor to the Holy Temple stood for about 400 years during the era of the Judges. | | | | | |  | | Israel was tied for eighth among the happiest countries in the world, according to a new survey. The Jewish state tied with Canada, Switzerland and Australia. | | | | | |  | | Morrie Yohai, the creator of the Cheez Doodle, and an accomplished photographer, poet, professor and businessman died last week at 90. | | | | | |  | | The former star of "Dawson's Creek" and his pregnant girlfriend were married at the Kabbalah Center in Tel Aviv. | | | | | |  | | Archaeologists in Israel are excited at their latest find: a bronze bracelet from 3,500 years ago, in southeast Tzfat in the Galilee. | | | | | |  | | Dmitriy Salita will make his return to the ring in a boxing card he is promoting. | | | | | |  | The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf will close its Israeli branches by the end of next week, following other major global franchises like Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts.
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