The Senate cleared the way on Tuesday for the likely confirmation of Chuck Hagel as President Barack Obama\’s new secretary of defense.
rocket fired from Gaza hit southern Israel for the first time in three months, causing some damage.
Are you one of those Jews who got offended by Seth MacFarlane\’s \”Jews control Hollywood\” shtick at the Academy Awards last Sunday night? And do you agree with Anti-Defamation League (ADL) leader Abe Foxman\’s statement that MacFarlane\’s attempt at humor was \”sad and disheartening\” because it \”reinforces stereotypes which legitimize anti-Semitism\”?
Israel secretly repatriated at least 1,000 Sudanese citizens via a third country, an Israeli newspaper reported.
In 2006, aspiring Israeli singer Rami Feinstein faced a big-time dilemma: Would he sign a 19-year contract with a top talent agent and relinquish 45 percent of his future profits, or take a job illegally selling cosmetics at an American shopping mall?
On a freezing Friday night in Brooklyn, a group of 18 Crown Heights residents scurry through the crowds of Jews leaving synagogue and make their way to a second-story apartment on Rogers Avenue for Shabbat dinner.
With more than 250 students living, studying or partying on its campus, quiet moments are rare at the Lauder Business School. But when a lull does occur, it reminds managing director Alex Zirkler of this Jewish university’s opening 10 years ago, when it had only seven students, 15 lecturers and many silent hallways.
The Senate confirmed Chuck Hagel as President Barack Obama\’s new secretary of defense on Tuesday, after an unusually acrimonious confirmation fight that threatened to complicate his work as civilian leader at the Pentagon.
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