|  | Benjamin Millipied, husband to Natalie Portman and papa to baby Aleph, has been appointed as the new director of the Paris Opera Ballet, and he's taking his family with him.
| | | | | |  | Pauline Phillips, the woman known to the world as the advice columnist behind "Dear Abby," has died.
| | | | | |  | Israel's divorce rate rose 5 percent in 2012 compared to the previous year, with the highest number of divorced couples from Tel Aviv.
| | | | | |  | | Moshe Benabou, is seeking unspecified damages for assault and battery and more than $420,000 in unpaid overtime, the news site TMZ reported. | | | | | |  | A former Jewish neighbor of Adolf Hitler in Munich has co-authored a book describing his childhood brushes with the dictator.
| | | | | |  | More than 2,000 people have donated funds to plant a grove of more than 3,000 trees in Israel in memory of the victims of the Newtown shooting.
| | | | | |  | An IDF officer who is the assistant foreign liaison officer to international organizations in Gaza is none other than a young native of Arizona named Nira Lee, who moved to Israel in 2010.
| | | | | |  | | The Friends of the Israel Defense Forces fundraiser that singer Stevie Wonder pulled out of raised more than $14 million. A surprise musical performance was presented by by 10-time Grammy winner Chaka Khan. | | | | | |  | Israel's President Shimon Peres welcomed Pope Benedict XVI to Twitter with a tweet extolling Israel-Vatican ties.
| | | | | |  | A gay Israeli couple for the first time was granted a divorce by an Israeli family court.
| | | | | |  | | Stevie Wonder is pulling out of a performance at a fundraiser for the Israel Defense Forces, a source told JTA. | | | | | |  | JONAH a Jewish center in New Jersey that offers therapy to reverse homosexuality, is being sued for allegedly making fraudulent claims.
| | | | | |  | | What if parents could get a list of all the genes and chromosomes of their unborn children, forecasting everything from possible autism and future genetic diseases to intelligence level and eye color? | | | | | |  | | Reality star Kim Kardashian apologized for tweeting about the Gaza conflict, and media mogul Rupert Murdoch slammed the "Jewish-owned media" for its "anti-Israel coverage" in a tweet. | | | | | |  | | Elie Wiesel and President Obama are not writing a book together, as reported by an Israeli newspaper. | | | | | |  | After being an avid and somewhat outspoken supporter of President Obama and the Democratic Party, Jewish comedian Sarah Silverman is moving on to her next target - Israeli politics.
| | | | | |  | | Williams arrived in the country Monday evening and is vacationing in Eilat for the week. | | | | | | | | | Elie Wiesel and President Obama are writing a book together, the Holocaust survivor and author told an Israeli newspaper. | | | | | |  | Barbra Streisand, in a National Jewish Democratic Council video, urged the reelection of President Obama, saying Mitt Romney "does not share our values."
| | | | | |  | | Can you reach your Matchmaker at 3AM? Finally there is a solution to the singles crisis! | | | | | |  | Like most young men his age, 20-year-old Eliran Oster serves in the IDF. Unlike his peers, however, Oster does everything with just one hand.
| | | | | |  | | Located on a picturesque 100-acre campus in Greensboro, North Carolina, 155 high school students from 26 states and 12 countries from as far as Mongolia, Israel and Ethiopia attend this one of a kind pluralistic, coed school in an unusually vibrant Jewish community. | | | | | |  | Steven Spielberg knows how to fight anti-Semitism: apply peanut butter.
| | | | | |  | Jane Fonda will host an event in Los Angeles focusing on sexual violence during the Holocaust.
| | | | | |  | The heirs of Superman co-creator Joe Shuster do not have the right to reclaim copyrights to the popular character, a federal judge ruled.
| | | | | |  | | Two leading anti-gay activists compared "homosexual activists" to Nazis and claimed in a recent radio interview that they are demonizing Christians "like the Nazis used to do to the Jews." | | | | | |  | | Esquire called Kunis "the most beautiful, opinionated, talkative, and funny movie star that we've all known since she was nine." | | | | | |  | | The Yenta! app follows the successful footsteps of "Grindr," the location-based mobile app for LGBT singles, and allows users to find Jewish singles close to where they are. | | | | | |  | | A New York securities trader who has spent more than $65,000 on high-end matchmaking services is calling them a "rip-off," the New York Post reported. | | | | | |  | The map included in Apple's new iOS6 operating system reportedly does not show Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
| | | | | |  | | 5,978,600 Israelis (75.4%) are Jews and one-fifth are Arabs. The population grew 1.8% in 2011. | | | | | |  | | The "mommy porn" novel Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James, which has taken the world by storm, is also proving a bit hit in Israel. | | | | | |  | | Shannen Doherty, best known as Brenda Walsh of the 1990s hit teen drama "Beverly Hills, 90210," announced on Twitter that she will be going to Israel. | | | | | |  | | Israeli actress Orly Weinerman reportedly has urged Tony Blair to help save the life of her "discreet" lover, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi. | | | | | |  | | Fashion designer John Galliano reportedly was stripped of his Legion of Honor medal because of anti-Semitic behavior. | | | | | |  | | A recent survey among users of the Jewish dating site JDate and its Christian counterpart asked the question: "Who is your favorite political news funnyman?" | | | | | |  | | Israel is the sixth healthiest country in the world, way ahead of the United States, in 33rd place, while Singapore, Italy, Australia, Switzerland, and Japan head the list compiled by Bloomberg. | | | | | |  | | Sunda's chilling account of being the victim of police brutality in NYC. | | | | | |  | | The show is looking for someone aged 16 to 28 who consistently chooses his mother over his girlfriend. The episode will be called “True Life: I’m Dating a Mama’s Boy.” | | | | | |  | | Jewish-American gymnast Aly Raisman expressed her support for a moment of silence at the Olympics for the Israelis killed at the 1972 Munich Games. | | | | | |  | | Jewish-American gymnast Aly Raisman won a gold medal in the floor exercise as well as a bronze on the balance beam at the London Olympics. | | | | | |  | | Actress Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied married in a Jewish ceremony, complete with a Chupah and the Hora. | | | | | |  | | Some 5,000 participants are expected to take part in the 10th annual gay pride parade in Jerusalem. | | | | | | | | | American Jewish gymnast Aly Raisman reached the Olympics women's artistic gymnastics finals, beating teammate and world champion Jordyn Wieber. | | | | | |  | | Thirty clowns from all over the world spent two intensive weeks in Israel participating in workshops, classes and hospital visits. | | | | | |  | | The Lebanese judo team at the 2012 London Olympics refused to practice next to the Israeli team. The team even erected a makeshift barrier to split their gym into two halves. | | | | | |  | "Penn State has to look at itself and examine the culture, which in my mind is not a bad thing. That process of teshuvah can be a good thing," Rabbi Nosson Meretsky, director of the Chabad of Penn State says.
| | | | | |  | | NBC sportscaster Bob Costas said he will call out the International Olympic Committee for denying Israel's request for a moment of silence for the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches at the 1972 Games. | | | | | |  | One is nearing the end of his career, already has an Olympic medal and is eyeing another. The other is a decade younger, an up-and-comer.
| | | | | |  | The family of Amy Winehouse will mark the first anniversary of the singer's death using Jewish tradition, a British magazine reported, quoting the singer's mother.
| | | | | |  | | Israeli researchers say they have developed a cannabis plant that gives no high. The new plant still contains Cannabidiol, which doctors say can aid the treatment of a variety of illnesses. | | | | | |  | | A beauty pageant for Holocaust survivors was held in Haifa, featuring female survivors walking down a red carpet and sharing details of their travails during World War II. | | | | | |  | | Nora Ephron, a film director, author and essayist who wrote the screenplays for "When Harry Met Sally" and "Sleepless in Seattle," has died. | | | | | |  | | Amidst the dark days of the Intifada, an idea was born. That idea is now the largest food rescue project in the country and serves as Israel's National Food Bank. | | | | | |  | | A man in an Elmo costume was ejected from Central Park and hospitalized after going on an anti-Semitic rant in the middle of the New York landmark, directing bystanders to read "The International Jew" by Henry Ford. | | | | | |  | | At 95, Kirk Douglas has just released his tenth book and is prepping for his third bar mitzvah, which is scheduled for this coming December. | | | | | |  | A photo posted on the Israel Defense Forces website in honor of Pride Month, showing two male soldiers in uniform holding hands, has caused a stir.
| | | | | |  | Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas has written an e-book that recounts his fraught relationship with actor and director Mel Gibson and Gibson's desire to write a "Jewish Braveheart."
| | | | | |  | | The grandson of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali became a bar mitzvah at a Philadelphia synagogue. | | | | | |  | | Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman tied the knot last Saturday under a chuppah. | | | | | |  | Call it Michael Moore meets Sacha Baron Cohen...
| | | | | |  | The star said: "If there's any chance that through my performance I can bring further attention and enlightenment to honor the peace efforts in the Middle East... it would be an honor."
| | | | | |  | | Supermodel Naomi Campbell visited Bethlehem in honor of her birthday. Campbell lit candles in the Church of the Nativity Tuesday. | | | | | |  | An Israeli Health Ministry committee has recommended that gay men be allowed to use a surrogate mother to have a child.
| | | | | |  | Photojournalist David Rubinger has been described as "the common thread" between events collectively comprising the history of the modern state of Israel. In this candid interview, he says "Jerusalem will be united when it's divided again."
| | | | | |  | Celebrity hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, who was committed to fighting anti-Semitism and fought in Israel's War of Independence, has died.
| | | | | |  | | Refaeli filed a NIS 4.4 million lawsuit against a company using her character and pictures for purposes not agreed to in the contract signed by the parties. Refaeli contends the pictures were aired without any editing to preserve her modesty. | | | | | |  | Maurice Sendak, author and illustrator of the popular children's book "Where the Wild Things Are," has died.
| | | | | | | | | Actress Mila Kunis said she had to hide her Jewishness as a youngster in Ukraine and was miserable during her early years in the United States. | | | | | |  | For Jewish transsexual teaching at Yeshiva University, it was no easy path to becoming a daughter.
| | | | | |  | | Benzion Netanyahu, historian, activist and father of Israel's prime minister died this week at 102. An accomplished scholar and the patriarch of one of Israel's most important political families, he played a surprising role in American political history. | | | | | |  | U2 singer Bono left a note at Jerusalem's King David hotel following a surprise visit to Israel. The note centered on a poem which said that "Hope is like a faithful dog."
| | | | | |  | | "Girls" begins with the conversation that many parents of 20-somethings dream of having someday real soon with their floundering children: No. More. Money. | | | | | |
|  | | The Bezalel graduate who created the poster, said the poster was dedicated to her grandparents - David and Esther Rimmer - who survived the Holocaust, as well as their family members who did not. | | | | | |  | | Jewish comedian Jon Lovitz used Twitter to condemn three girls who left feces and drew swastikas and the word "Jew" in maple syrup at the home a classmate. | | | | | |  | U2 last performed in Israel in 1997; Bono reportedly does not have any plans to perform in Israel.
| | | | | |  | For the Jews of Ethiopia making the journey to Israel, the Promised Land was not always an easy endeavor. Over 4,000 perished along the way and were buried in unmarked graves in the deserts of Ethiopia and Sudan.
| | | | | |  | See how Meir Panim is combating poverty in Israel every single day.
| | | | | |  | Maguire was seen surfing over the weekend, and has been caught on camera by paparazzi while visiting a Tel Aviv beach with his wife and two children.
| | | | | |  | | Canadian immigrant, Kathleen Rieter, 23, was declared first place winner on Israel's popular television show, "The Voice," on Saturday evening. | | | | | |  | | Some Elvis fans will be making a pilgrimage to the Holy Land rather than Graceland. The Elvis Presley Holy Land tour in May 2013 will take 100 Elvis fans on a traditional tour of Israel. | | | | | |  | The story of Jews in baseball goes beyond the well-trod turf of the "High Holidays dilemma." Rebutting anti-Semitism and fighting hecklers was not uncommon for Jewish players, even when the hecklers were on the opposing bench.
| | | | | |  | | The Sami people of Norway are learning Hebrew language teaching methods to help save their own endangered language. | | | | | |  | | A gay magazine in Sweden has given a local rabbi its "Heterosexual of the year" award. Rabbi David Lazar received the award from the gay Swedish magazine QX at a gala last week. | | | | | |  | | More than 65 years ago, Evan Kaufmann's great-grandparents were murdered in the Auschwitz death camp. Now he is taking the ice for the German national hockey team. | | | | | |  | | American pop star Whitney Houston, who reportedly told Prime Minister Sharon during a trip to Israel in 2003 that "I feel at home," has died. Houston had been named an honorary citizen of the city of Dimona. | | | | | |  | | The Jewish owner of a real estate company in New York is donating his $50,000 winnings from a Super Bowl bet to charity. | | | | | |  | One strapped-for-cash synagogue reached out for financial help to the Hollywood actor best known to Jews for his anti-Semitic rants.
| | | | | |  | | More than four of every five Israeli Jews believe in God and three-quarters of Israeli Jews keep kosher, according to a survey. | | | | | |  | | More than three months after he was released from Hamas captivity and returned to his home in Mitzpe Hila, Gilad Shalit attended a Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball game at the Nokia Hall. | | | | | |  | If you haven't seen it, you probably won't believe it...
| | | | | |  | | Rev. Keith Hudson, the father of pop star Katy Perry, apologized for comments he made during a sermon at church. In a letter to the ADL, Hudson said: "I am not an Anti-Semite. I can't tell you where I picked up phrases and descriptions that became part of my vocabulary." | | | | | | | | | After a short stint in France visiting her future in-laws, Natalie Portman, along with fiance Benjamin Millipied, enjoyed a weeklong vacation with baby Alef in her native Israel. | | | | | |  | | Veteran Israeli singer Yaffa Yarkoni, who entertained Israeli troops for decades beginning in 1948, has died. | | | | | | | | The American Hebrew Academy is the only Jewish, college prep, boarding school in the world - a concept that is absolutely unique in Jewish circles.
| | | | | |  | Prof. Judea Pearl of UCLA, father of slain reporter Daniel Pearl, is among the internationally recognized pioneers in the field of artificial intelligence.
| | | | | |  | | "We ask the child of Bethlehem to give us the peace we are in desperate need for, peace in the Holy Land," Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal said during a procession from Jerusalem to Bethlehem. | | | | | |  | | In 2011, Israelis watched an average of 232 minutes of TV a day (almost four hours), the highest viewing rates since viewing time began being measured in 1998. | | | | | |  | | It wasn't your typical college sex scandal, but this is Yeshiva University... | | | | | |  | | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is canceling an ad campaign aimed at luring Israeli expatriates home that some American Jews have found offensive. | | | | | |  | | Alice Herz-Sommer, the oldest known survivor of the Holocaust, celebrated her 108th birthday. | | | | | |  | The son of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen, and an Orthodox Jewish college student are among the recipients of Rhodes Scholarships.
| | | | | |  | Carolina Duer, known as "The Turk," won by a third-round TKO in the third defense of her boxing title.
| | | | | | | | | Grammy Award-winning singer Amy Winehouse died of alcohol poisoning, according to the results of her autopsy. | | | | | |  | | Former "Seinfeld" star Jason Alexander met with a Knesset caucus to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. | | | | | |  | | A sukkah was erected in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York. | | | | | |  | | Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney reportedly spent the night before his wedding at Yom Kippur services. | | | | | |  | A tribute to a brave man who showed just what humanity can achieve when it uses innovation for the good of man.
| | | | | |  | Seth Rogen and his long-time girlfriend Lauren Miller tied the knot in a ceremony officiated by a female rabbi.
| | | | | |  | | A clear majority of Israeli Jews see themselves as religious or 'traditional,' according to newly released data from the Central Bureau of Statistics. | | | | | |  | | If there's anything that can bring the Jews of Tennessee together, it would be barbecue. | | | | | |  | | In an interview in this month's GQ magazine, Von Trier said his apologies at and immediately after Cannes, where he was declared a persona non grata and removed from the festival in May, were not sincere and forced. | | | | | |  | | The actor who portrays vampire Emmett Cullen in the "Twilight" movie series said in Jerusalem that he would make a return visit to Israel. | | | | | |  | | A made-in-France iPhone app called "Jewish or Not Jewish?" is under fire for stigmatizing Jews. | | | | | |  | | On the 1,900th day of Gilad Shalit's captivity, New York proclaimed Gilad Shalit Day in the city. The framed proclamation was presented to Shalit's father, Noam. | | | | | |  | | An extraordinary team of 24 Israelis and Palestinians work together to compete in an international competition of Australian-rules football, a hybrid of American football, Gaelic football and rugby. | | | | | |  | | Songwriter Jerry Leiber, who with composer Mike Stoller wrote rock n' roll hits such as "Hound Dog," ""Stand By Me," and "Jailhouse Rock," has died. | | | | | |  | An internet jihadist named Umar al Basrawi has called upon American Muslims via an online Islamic jihadist forum to kill David Letterman for being a "lowly Jew."
| | | | | |  | Texas Gov. Rick Perry has nonplussed longtime Jewish supporters by claiming that he has been "called" to the presidency and by hosting a prayer rally this month that appealed to Jesus to save America.
| | | | | |  | | In the new western and science fiction mashup, "Cowboys and Aliens," there are cowboys, invading space aliens, and Indians; there should also be Jews. | | | | | |  | As if gay pride was not a controversial enough issue, this year a small group of Israeli protesters threw donkeys into the mix.
| | | | | |  | | Teen pop star Justin Bieber and his father got matching Hebrew tattoos during their April visit to Israel. | | | | | |  | | Two elderly Jewish women were the first same-sex couple to marry in New York City. | | | | | |  | | A velvet-voiced 21-year-old from Sderot, the daughter of Ethiopian immigrants, won Israel's version of "American Idol." | | | | | |  | | Troubled singing star Amy Winehouse, 27, was found dead in her London home. | | | | | |  | Actress Gwyneth Paltrow says she wants to raise her children as Jewish, after discovering that her father came from a long line of influential eastern European rabbis.
| | | | | |  | | Unconfirmed reports state that Oscar winner Natalie Portman and fiancee Benjamin Millepied's have given their son a Hebrew name. | | | | | |  | | American basketball legend, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a practicing Muslim, was set to visit Israel in July. However, a campaign called End the Occupation has convinced him to cancel the trip, due to "concerns after Nakba Day." | | | | | |  | | Rock star Gene Simmons of KISS was in tears when he visited the grave of his estranged father during a recent visit to his native Israel, where his emotions expressed the unbreakable bond with Israel. | | | | | |  | Jewish groups came down on both sides of the New York State government's vote to approve same-sex marriages.
| | | | | | | | | Fashion designer John Galliano went on trial in Paris for making anti-Semitic and racist remarks to patrons at a local cafe. He could face up to six months in prison and a fine of about $32,000. | | | | | |  | | Columbian superstar, recording artist Shakira, arrived in Israel on Monday, despite pleas from a pro-Palestinian group on Facebook to cancel her visit for the sake of "humanity." | | | | | |  | Photos of a smiling Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman who was shot in the head in January, were released on her Facebook page.
| | | | | |  | | Actor Russell Crowe has taken to Twitter to rant against the tradition of circumcision. "Circumcision is barbaric and stupid. Who are you to correct nature? Is it real that GOD requires a donation of foreskin?" | | | | | |  | | On June 15th, Grammy nominated artist Matisyahu will play a special benefit concert in NYC to raise money for a new and progressive Yeshiva he co-founded. Find out how it all came about! | | | | | |  | | Meet a small group of Israeli soldiers whose job is to provide care for Palestinians rather than simply defend against them. | | | | | |  | Popular filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen said during a visit to Israel that they do not agree with artists who boycott the Jewish state.
| | | | | |  | The Simon Wiesenthal Center honored actor and producer Tom Cruise with its Humanitarian Award.
| | | | | |  | | The complete secularization of everything from ethics to human sexuality has reached its logical culmination... | | | | | |  | Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head in January, will attend the space shuttle launch captained by her husband.
| | | | | |  | | Meet Zachary Freiman, one teen whose parents had his own song and video commissioned in honor of his Bar Mitzvah. | | | | | |  | | Sidney Lumet was one of the great Hollywood directors. Like movie masters of previous generations, Sidney labored to make sure that the audience understood the physical geography within each frame and from scene to scene. | | | | | |  | | The condition of Daniel Viflic, 16, who was wounded when Gaza terrorists fired an anti-tank missile at a school bus he was in, has taken a turn for the worse. He has been in critical condition since the attack Thursday, which ministers have termed ""barbaric." | | | | | |  | KISS singer-musician Gene Simmons says entertainers who participate in a boycott of Israel are "fools."
| | | | | |  | Actor Charlie Sheen has hired Israeli military veterans as round-the-clock security guards.
| | | | | |  | The first Bedouin woman to hold a doctorate describes herself as an "insider-outsider in three cultures."
| | | | | |  | Actor Charlie Sheen, who has been accused of anti-Semitism, claims that he is Jewish and proud of it.
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