Funding includes NIS 1.5 million from an Israel ministerial committee and another NIS 1.5 million in outside funding.
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Rabbis to IDF chief: Ignore extremist Jews calling for the exclusion of women
In spat over women singing in IDF, both sides cite legendary rabbi, Shlomo Goren.
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Israel's Center of Jewish Art gets NIS 3 million to create Internet-based art catalog
Mormons apologize for posthumous Jewish baptism of Holocaust survivor's parents
Records indicate the parents of Holocaust survivor and Jewish rights advocate Simon Wiesenthal were baptized in proxy ceremonies performed by Mormon church members at temples in Arizona and Utah in late January.
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On Valentine's Day, some tips for Israeli-American dating
Despite the different conventions, research suggests that Americans and Israelis are good matches, but understanding the contrasts in relationship priorities can mean the difference between a rosy glow or seeing red.
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Israel's ultra-Orthodox fear leadership vacuum as top rabbi's health deteriorates
Concerns for the health of Lithuanian Haredi community leader Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv threaten to fracture the most important sector in the ultra-Orthodox world.
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Saturday Night Live crowns Mayim Bialik Queen of the Quirky
The Jewish actress, and former 'Blossom' star, turns up unexpectedly on the NBC show over the weekend.
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Israeli judge: Fugitive can't be deported unless U.S. prison provides kosher food
Jerusalem judge apparently did not try to ascertain whether Lawrence Seth Wayne, who had been sentenced by a Florida court to 19 years in prison for a 1998 hit-and-run, is actually religious.
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eBay sale of 'Western Wall stones' prompts outcry in Jewish world
Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovich lodges official police complaint over the fraudulent sale, calls any use of Kotel stones a violation of both religious and modern law.
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Demjanjuk trial lawyer: Germany lacks funds to go after Nazi criminals
Cornelius Nestler, who represented the families of Demjanjuk victims, says: If these kind of cases are not prosecuted in the next two to four years, they will never happen.
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Poland's Jews slam decision to place restitution claims in hands of courts
Jewish community leaders say that making Polish courts responsible for determining the restitution of communal Jewish property will slow down and complicate the process of adjudicating the estimated 3,000 outstanding claims.
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Jewish rescue group builds interfaith cooperation
ZAKA, an Israeli medical and rescue organization of ultra-Orthodox Jews, initiates program to work with Muslim, Christian counterparts.
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Revealing the Jewish roots of the Christian Bible
Q&A with the authors of the ‘Jewish Annotated New Testament’, a book that doesn’t aim to convert Jews, rather show Christians the very Jewish nature of the scripture.
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Poland moves to amend Jewish property law, despite opposition
New proposal will move compensation cases for property lost under Nazis and Communists from public committees to court system; Jewish groups in Poland say they will not accept changes.
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Disabilities film festival goes national in U.S. thanks to Jewish philanthropy
ReelAbilities to screen more than a dozen films about ‘people who have challenges, but also about people who, through their spirit, overcome these challenges,’ says chairman of Saul Schottenstein Foundation.
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U.S. lawyer takes prosecutor to court over files on alleged ultra-Orthodox abuse victims
Files relate to a decades-long investigation of Avrohom Mondrowitz, an American Orthodox rabbi and self-styled child psychotherapist who is accused of sexually assaulting Jewish and non-Jewish children.
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