Leon Uris, the author of the 1958 bestselling American novel Exodus – which ran to 600 pages, equalled the sales of Gone With The Wind and was translated into 50 languages – has died aged 78. As a writer, Uris was a considerable spokesman for American Jews. Critics winced at his status as “master storyteller”, […]

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon convened the security cabinet in his office this morning to discuss the worsening security situation. During the 45 days of the “hudna,” there have been 180 terrorist attacks, and 40 others were thwarted in time. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon convened the security cabinet in his office this morning to discuss the […]

For the first time, an organized delegation of Cuban Jews is visiting Israel. The Birthright tour was enabled only after close to a year of negotiations with the Cuban government. For the first time, an organized delegation of Cuban Jews is visiting Israel. HaTzofeh reports that the tour, under the auspices of the Birthright program, […]

Badly wounded in the terror attack at Hebrew University a year ago, Inna Zussman is mustering her physical and mental strength in order to return to her studies “I remember the darkness, the heavy air as if I were underwater. Suddenly I’m not sitting but lying down. My mother is calling me. I try to […]

Introduction The ninth of the Hebrew month of Av is a major fast day in the Jewish calendar, when the people lament the date of the destruction of both the First and Second Temples, with the subsequent loss of national sovereignty and exile from the Holy Land. Tisha Be’av is the culmination of a three […]

An innovative new program has been announced which aims to alleviate unemployment among new immigrants while also decreasing Israel’s dependence on foreign labor. The Jewish Agency, Ministry of Immigrant Absorption and the Contractors and Building Construction Association have introduced a free course that will train Jewish immigrants to “get their hands dirty” and help build […]

An exhibit commemorating the wartime rescue of Danish Jewry is slated to open in New York in September. The exhibit at the Scandinavia House will mark the days in October 1943 when Denmark’s Jewish population was ferried to neighboring Sweden. More information about the exhibit, which will run from Sept. 19-Oct. 15, is available at […]

NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (JTA) — When Margo Allswang was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 34, she realized that friends could empathize but they couldn?t really understand her anguish. “Your friends can do a lot, but they?re not living your pain,” she says. Through a New Jersey-based nonprofit organization known as Sharsheret, however, the […]

There has been an alarming rise in anti-Semitic acts by full fledged, non-Arab Israeli citizens in recent years. From swastikas painted on synagogues in B’nai Brak to vandalized graves in Beit Shemesh, to countless anecdotal stories of threats and harassment all around the country, a new menace seems to be rearing its head – this […]

BACKGROUND: On June 24, 2002, President Bush set forth the conditions that the Palestinian Arabs must fulfill in order to merit U.S. support for the creation of a Palestinian Arab state. Among the major obligations are that the Palestinian Arabs must “dismantle the terrorist infrastructure,” “end incitement,” “elect new leaders not compromised by terror,” and […]