Eastern Ukraine synagogue hit by firebombs
A synagogue firebombed in eastern Ukraine sustained minor damage.
A synagogue firebombed in eastern Ukraine sustained minor damage.
Alice Herz-Sommer, the 110-year-old Holocaust survivor and concert pianist whose life was the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary, has died.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich said on Friday a deal to resolve his country\’s political crisis had been reached with pro-European opposition leaders after the worst violence since Soviet times, but France urged caution.
It took a bus with Palestinian plates, a Palestinian driver and about 60 minutes to begin our transformative journey to the West Bank. Aside from the traffic on the way to the border crossing, our group of 10 Reform rabbis (on a trip sponsored by the Central Conference of American Rabbis) barely knew we had left the outskirts of Jerusalem.
Areas of agreement have emerged between Iran and the major powers in nuclear talks, a top administration official said, and the United States will keep Israel in the loop.
More than 100 copies of Anne Frank’s “Diary of a Young Girl” have been vandalized in public libraries in Japan’s capital Tokyo.
A number of Israeli deputy ministers and coalition lawmakers signed a letter urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to refrain from freezing settlement construction.
On Thursday, February 20th, Rabbi Naomi Levy gave a webinar presentation discussing her most recent book, \”Hope Will Find You: My Search for the Wisdom to Stop Waiting and Start Living.\”
Israel said on Wednesday it was considering regulation of bitcoin and warned citizens that using such decentralized virtual currencies was risky.