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IAEA: Iran expands nuclear capacity, but remains below Israeli 'red line'

According to report by UN nuclear watchdog, the Islamic Republic increased its capacity to refine uranium by installing hundreds of more centrifuges in Natanz.

By Reuters, The Associated Press | May 22, 2013 | 06:58 PM | 4

Iran has installed 700 nuclear centrifuges this year, diplomats say
By The Associated Press | 1

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Bennett deputy permits use of ritual baths for non-Orthodox Jews, then recants

Earlier praise for Deputy Minister for Religious Affairs Eli Ben-Dahan by non-Orthodox circles in Israel has rapidly shifted to...

By Yair Ettinger | 07:28 PM

U.S. willing to keep Assad in the picture to avoid threat of all-out Mideast war

The rationale for avoiding foreign military intervention in Syria, which is based on the fear of an outbreak of regional war,...

By Zvi Bar'el | 05:05 PM | 5

Low-cost airline Ryanair mulls Israel-Auschwitz route

The low-cost airline Ryanair announced it was considering flying a route from Tel Aviv to Krakow, the southern Polish city...

By JTA | 04:00 PM

Germany officially supports listing Hezbollah's military wing as terror group

Change in position comes after the German government long disapproved of the terror label; Israeli Foreign Ministry officials say Germany is expected to help the U.K., the Netherlands and other EU members promote the issue.

By Barak Ravid | May 22, 2013 | 02:46 PM | 17

Word of the day / Hatich

The Hebrew word meaning 'piece' has come to describe the hot guy or gal you want a piece of.

By David Sarna Galdi | May 22, 2013 | 05:43 AM

Eric Garcetti celebrates being elected as LA mayor.

Los Angeles elects Eric Garcetti as its first Jewish mayor

The 42-year-old veteran city councilman's mother is Jewish and he was raised as a Jew. On his father’s side, he is of mixed Italian and Mexican heritage.

By JTA | May 22, 2013 | 03:41 PM

Market Report / Stocks close mixed after volatile trading on the TASE

Trading was influenced by the release of quarterly reports. The three communications companies on the blue-chip TA-25 - Bezeq, Partner and Cellcom - were the index's worst performers for the month.

By Dror Reich | May 22, 2013 | 08:07 PM

Diplomacy & Defense

Report: German intelligence revises estimate, says Assad regime growing stronger

Germany's Der Spiegel magazine reported on Wednesday that German intelligence has revised its previous estimate and now believes...

By Gili Cohen | 06:13 PM | 2

Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a speech at the parliament in Damascus, Syria.

IAF chief: Assad regime arming itself with advanced Russian weaponry

IAF chief Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel said on Wednesday that Bashar Assad's regime is arming itself with high-quality Russian...

By Gili Cohen | 05:09 PM | 2

A pro-Hezbollah rally in southern Lebanon.

Israeli officials: More EU states backing move to list Hezbollah as terror group over role in Syria

Hezbollah's increased involvement in the civil war in Syria and the aid it is giving to President Bashar Assad’s regime is...

By Barak Ravid | 11:00 PM | 24

Middle East

Syrian fighters praying near the town of Yayladagi, at the Turkish-Syrian border.

Turkey shuts Syria border crossing after bombings that killed 51

Turkey has shut its side of the last border crossing with Syria still controlled by President Bashar al-Assad's government,...

By Reuters | 03:15 PM

Ahmadinejad visits Natanz facility - AP - 2008

Iran has installed 700 nuclear centrifuges this year, diplomats say

Iran is moving ahead to update a program the West fears could be used to make nuclear weapons, diplomats said Wednesday, despite...

By The Associated Press | 01:39 PM

Egyptian soldiers are deployed in the area of the Rafah Crossing.

Islamist militants release seven members of Egyptian security forces kidnapped in Sinai

Seven members of the Egyptian security forces kidnapped by Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula last week were released on...

By Reuters | 09:32 AM

Jewish World

Claims Conference and German government representatives meeting in July.

Earlier Claims Conference probe failed to detect massive Holocaust survivor fraud

The Claims Conference in recent days has blamed a now-dead regional director for bungling an early warning in 2001 about a...

By JTA | 05:15 PM

Sofer, Rabbi Ariel Luis, writing a line of Torah for Rabbi Yehoshua Looks.

The 'Jew in a box' on Masada

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By Rabbi Yehoshua Looks / Jewish World blogger | 12:34 PM

On Jewish food and the American dream

Michael Levine was walking down Rivington Street in Manhattan’s Lower East Side some four years ago, when curiosity made him peek...

By Vered Guttman | 01:34 PM

Australian MPs pick up torch in fight against global anti-Semitism

All 105 federal Liberal MPs and senators join the London Declaration on Combating Anti-Semitism.

By Dan Goldberg | May 22, 2013 | 01:45 AM | 8

Jewish Chabad center gives assistance to Oklahoma tornado victims

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a letter of condolence to President Obama on Tuesday morning in the wake of the tornado.

By JTA | May 21, 2013 | 05:18 PM

Putting Twitter scandal behind him, Anthony Weiner announces candidacy for NYC mayor

WATCH: Jewish ex-congressman who resigned over raunchy tweets kicks off mayoral campaign, says he had made mistakes but also learned 'some tough lessons.'

By The Associated Press | May 22, 2013 | 11:19 AM

Tens of thousands attend Jerusalem wedding of Hasidic dynasty

Hannah Batya Penet, of a rank-and-file Belz family, weds Shalom Roke'ach, grandson of...
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Gil Cohen-Magen
Some 25,000 attended wedding of Belz Hasidic sect leader's grandson.
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Gil Cohen-Magen
Tens of thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Belz Hasidic Dynasty watch the weddin...
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Gil Cohen Magen
Hannah Batya Penet, of a rank-and-file Belz family, weds Shalom Roke'ach, grandson of...
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Gil Cohen-Magen
Spectators at Belz Hasidic dynasty wedding.
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Gil Cohen-Magen
Tens of thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Belz Hasidic Dynasty watch the weddin...
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Gil Cohen Magen
Tens of thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Belz Hasidic Dynasty watch the weddin...
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AFP
Tens of thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Belz Hasidic Dynasty watch the weddin...
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AFP
Tens of thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Belz Hasidic Dynasty watch the weddin...
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AFP