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Facebook, instagram and the IDF: Israel's version of the millennials

A recent Time magazine story described the 'Millennials' as lazy, entitled, and selfish – the Israeli millenials are not so different from their foreign counterparts: they're also constantly online, and chasing after self-realization and fame. But are they so different from the generations that preceded them?

By Naomi Darom | May 24, 2013 | 05:50 PM

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An Egyptian shop called 'Hitler'

Ben Cohen

Church of Scotland's parody of Judaism

Bradley Burston

If an entire nation had PTSD

Asher Schechter

Bibi, bed and beyond

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U.S.-style shooting stuns Israel

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Holy wars in store for Bennett

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a news conference in Tel Aviv

Kerry departs, urges Israel and Palestinians to 'make hard decisions'

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry left Israel early Friday afternoon following an additional round of talks with Prime Minister...

By Barak Ravid | 04:34 PM

Iranian filmmaker premiers film about state oppression at Cannes

An Iranian director who was jailed for anti-government propaganda in 2010 emerged at the Cannes film festival on Friday to...

By Reuters | 08:10 PM

Murdered Bedouin sisters laid to rest in shared grave

Two Bedouin girls who were killed in the Negev town of Al-Fura'a earlier this week were laid to rest in a shared grave on Friday...

By Jack Khoury, Yanir Yagna | 04:36 PM

WATCH: Video shows Woolwich attack suspects being shot by police

Two men suspected of killing a British soldier were filmed from a neighboring building trying to attack police at the scene.

By Haaretz | May 24, 2013 | 03:33 PM

Iran denies it has forces supporting Assad in Syria

Statement follows reports that Iranian forces, Hezbollah guerrillas are fighting alongside Syria's army in the battle over rebel-held town near Lebanon border.

By Reuters | May 24, 2013 | 01:36 PM

Report: Google may outbid Facebook for Israeli startup Waze

Google and other companies approached Waze after its talks with Facebook became public, Bloomberg news reported.

By Reuters | May 24, 2013 | 10:13 AM

Did John F. Kennedy admire Hitler?

'At first glance, one could get the impression that Kennedy endorsed fascism,' Spiegel Online writes, referring to a new book out in German.

By Ofer Aderet | May 24, 2013 | 02:39 PM

Diplomacy & Defense

Scene of stabbing attack at Tapuach Junction

Settlers demand IDF ease rules of engagement in West Bank

Tensions in the West Bank are expected to increase on Friday as settler leaders plan protest marches to take place in support of...

By Chaim Levinson | 08:51 AM | 5

Companies in Israeli settlement challenge fee for employing Palestinians

The municipality of the West Bank settlement of Betar Ilit has begun to charge a special security fee from contractors that...

By Nir Hasson | 03:09 AM

U.K.'s Hague: Britain fully backs U.S.-led efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinian talks

British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Thursday that London fully backs U.S. efforts to restart negotiations between the...

By DPA | 02:16 AM

Middle East

Turkey bans alcohol advertisement, restricts sales

Turkey banned on Friday alcohol advertising and increased restrictions on alcohol sales in a move likely to anger secularist...

By Reuters | 12:39 PM

A man wrapped in a Syrian flag with a portrait of Assad

Syria opposition leader tells Assad on Facebook: Step down and go into exile

A Syrian opposition leader urged President Bashar Assad through his Facebook page Thursday to hand power to his deputy or his...

By Reuters | 03:19 PM | 5

Jewish men look on as rescuers at bombing site - Bloomberg - July 18, 1994.

Two suspects in Argentina Jewish Center bombing running for Iran president

Two suspects in the bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires are candidates in Iran’s presidential election.Mohsen Rezai...

By JTA | 01:01 PM | 5

Jewish World

Sheldon and Miriam Adelson stand with Netanyahu.

Adelsons donate $40 million to Birthright

Casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, donated $40 million to the Birthright Israel Foundation.Their latest gift...

By JTA | 07:39 PM

In the Orthodox world, a rare dance and an historic gesture

Before parting, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and the Admor (Master, Teacher and Rabbi) of the Belz Hassidim rose, stretching their hands...

By Yair Ettinger | 01:34 AM | 4

Monument to the heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto.

Vandalism at Poland's Blonie cemetery destroys last traces of a Jewish past

WARSAW - The Jewish cemetery in the Polish town of Blonie, one of the smallest and most ancient in the country, was, to all...

By Roman Frister | 02:03 PM

U.S. Jews need to decide if they are tourists in Israel, or extended family

The conference of Jewish Presidents has urged Yair Lapid to rethink plans to charge tourists VAT. If the U.S. Jewish connection to Israel is merely linked to how cheap it is for tourists, however, then we are in serious trouble.

By Joel Braunold / Jewish World blogger | May 23, 2013 | 11:14 AM | 4

Boston bomber's friend, slain in Florida, eyed in Jewish murders

Chechen friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev killed by FBI agents after becoming enraged over questioning about possible involvement in murder of two Jewish men in 2011.

By The Forward | May 23, 2013 | 03:26 AM | 3

Videla and the Jews of Argentina: The closing of a painful circle

With the death of dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who headed the military junta that took power in Argentina in 1976, comes the closure of a bloody account with the local Jewish community.

By Shlomo Papirblat | May 22, 2013 | 11:25 PM | 7

Israel's motley mosaics

One of many stunning mosaics found in Tzippori.
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Moshe Gilad
Fruit basket at the Inn of the Good Samaritan
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Miriam Feinberg Vamosh
Cross at Mamshit from the period before the Church banned such images on church floor...
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Miriam Feinberg Vamosh
Geometric pattern at Inn of the Good Samaritan
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Miriam Feinberg Vamosh
Bird at Mamshit.
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Miriam Feinberg Vamosh