A plane bound for the United States made an emergency landing at Israel\’s Ben-Gurion Airport after smoke was detected in the rear of the plane.
Israeli lawmakers from diverse parties slammed the decision of the religious services minister to prevent an organization of Modern Orthodox rabbis from performing religious wedding ceremonies for non-religious couples
A Knesset committee will vote on two bills imposing restrictions on foreign funding to nongovernmental organizations in Israel.
Israel on Wednesday called on the world to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons, after the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Tehran appeared to have worked on designing an atomic bomb and may still be conducting secret research.
“My Lord, if I find favor in Your eyes, please pass not away from your servant. Let some water be brought and wash your feet, and recline beneath the tree” — Abraham’s words to the three strangers (Genesis 18:3).
Jaclyn spent her childhood moving from place to place: “We were a gypsy family.” So she has a lot to compare it to when she says, “I love L.A. I love living here. It’s got everything. And I like the people. I dispute most of the clichéd descriptions of the people in L.A. I found very intellectual, deep-thinking and smart people out here.”
A joke was told about U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman during the 2000 presidential campaign. Not only was Lieberman the first Jew to run for vice president, but he was a famously observant one. “If you elect Joe Lieberman,” the joke went, “he will be on the job 24/6.”
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