The government has only approved about half of the recommended budget allocation for the health basket, due to concern over the need to conserve funds for use in enticing coalition partners. The chairman of the committee tasked with the creation of a basket of medications subsidized by the government has threatened to resign due to […]

[IMRA: While acting PM Olmert said during his campaign that his retreat plan is to retreat to “recognized final borders” – and he continues to say this in Hebrew – in what is touted as his first English interview since the elections, Mr. Olmert waters down the pre-condition that the retreat be to “recognized final […]

Here are some of the reasons we love Israel, in no particular order: 1. The clock radio rouses me with “Shema Yisrael,” the Jewish pledge of allegiance, and the weather is nearly always fine. 2. On Memorial Day and Holocaust Remembrance Day, the act of remembering halts traffic. 3. The Israel Prize recognizes lifetime achievement […]

Daniel Pinner was sentenced to two years in prison today. He was convicted of having injured an Arab in Gush Katif by shooting in the air when an Arab mob attacked him with rocks. Pinner, 38, has been in Ramle’s Maasiyahu Prison since June 2005, and can therefore be expected to be released six and […]

New York – A report from Geostrategy.com, an intelligence analysis website published by World Tribune.com, says that Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from Gaza last year has weakened Israel as a US ally by creating the image of a country that retreats in the face of terrorism and fails to take strong military action against it. The […]

By: Dr. Phyllis Chesler Wednesday, April 5, 2006 As Americans, we have a long and legendary history of welcoming and assimilating immigrants. This includes granting political asylum to those in flight from political persecution. But as Americans we must also ensure that what has gone wrong in Europe – or what some are now calling […]

by Rachel Ginsberg, from Aish Hatorah Resources, www.aish.com . This article is published by Aish.com. Aish is the place for everything you want to know about Judaism. Reprint inquiries should be sent to reprints@aish.com Dana Zelinger’s children used to think their fantasy vacation was staying in a hotel. Not anymore. Now they dream of a […]

Jennifer Loewenstein has a history of radical anti-Israel activities including a failed attempt to twin the city of Madison, Wisconsin with Rafah in the Gaza Strip and propagating falsehoods surrounding the 2002 Israeli military operation in Jenin. Loewenstein has now been given the opportunity to spread further distortions in the Madison Capital Times. Loewenstein falsely […]

It’s a moment that every athlete fears – when they get the news that they have a career-threatening ligament or tendon tear. And it’s not just the pros. Millions of Americans play tennis, jog, or join pickup softball or basketball games every day without proper stretching, resulting in similar injuries. Over 200,000 Americans undergo tendon […]

ZOA CRITICIZES BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY FOR RELATIONSHIP WITH AL-QUDS UNIVERSITY, WHICH DENIES JEWISH CONNECTION TO JERUSALEM & MORE New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized the formal relationship that Brandeis University has developed with Al-Quds University, a Palestinian educational institution in eastern Jerusalem, whose website denies the Jewish historical connection with Jerusalem […]