News
News | Standing With Israel
The Chutzpah Of Reform Leaders
Even Israel's non-religious political leaders recognize the chutzpah of some Reform leaders who demand a voice at the Western Wall while calling that same wall “occupied territory.”
News | News
Why Is a Study of Palestinian School Books Being Kept Secret from the US Congress?
Why does the US State Department continue to block the publication of the congressional investigation of Palestinian textbooks taught in...
News | Anti-Israel=Anti-Semitism
Jews are not Swedes, populist right-wing lawmaker says
Bjorn Soder claims he never questioned minorities’ rights as citizens but advocated for their right to preserve a distinct ethnic identity
News | News
Texas Supreme Court strikes down Laredo's plastic bag ban, likely ending others
The state's highest civil court has ruled that Laredo's ban on plastic bags violates state law.
News | Anti-Israel=Anti-Semitism
England fans filmed making Nazi salutes at World Cup
English Football Association says police looking for supporters singing anti-Semitic songs at Volgograd pub ahead of Tunisia match
News | News
Crying girl in iconic image was never separated from mother, ICE says
The photo hovers over an intense debate about separating kids from their parents and has come to symbolize U.S. immigration policy
News | Heroes & Hypocrites
The wisdom of Charles Krauthammer | Fox News
Long-time Fox News panelist Charles Krauthammer, a psychiatrist, Pulitzer Prize-winner and bestselling author, regularly commented on issues great and small.
News | Heroes & Hypocrites
Crying migrant girl on TIME magazine cover was not separated from mother, family says | Fox News
A little girl shown in a viral photo crying as a U.S Border Patrol agent detained her mother – and used by TIME magazine to symbolize the Trump administration's family separation policy – reportedly was never separated from her mom.
News | News
Israeli Startup Wins Global Counter-Terror Tech Challenge
CardioScale, a Ganei Tikva company founded in 2012, took first place at the 2018 Combating Terrorism Technology Startup Challenge organized by the American and Israeli defense departments.
News | Fake News
Facebook expands fact-checking program, adopts new technology for fighting fake news | TechCrunch
Facebook this morning announced an expansion of its fact-checking program and other actions it’s taking to combat the scourge of fake news on its social network. The company, which was found to be compromised by Russian trolls whose disinformation campa
News | The News
Separating 'Tender Age' Children At The Border Is A Specific Kind Of Child Abuse | HuffPost
News | The News
Photos show migrant children in cages under both Trump and Obama - Business Insider
The Trump administration has been enforcing a "zero-tolerance" illegal immigration policy, and photos have surfaced of children being detained away from their parents in cage-like facilities. Similar photos from Obama-era detention facilities h
News | Interesting Links
New 1040 tax form will be the size of a postcard | Fox Business
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the Internal Revenue Service will be ready to unveil new tax forms next week.
News | Interesting Links
Beauty Quiz: See if You Know How to Avoid Common Makeup Mistakes
Do you leave the house with
News | News
Portland poised to adopt plastic straw ordinance
Portland city council will be discussing a plastic straw resolution this week. If passed, the resolution would direct city staff to develop a strategy for reducing the use of single-use plastic items, including straws. As the city tackles the issue, more
News | News
'White Civil Rights Rally' Approved For D.C. In August
White nationalists and their allies are set to gather on the anniversary of last year's "Unite the Right" rally. The National Park Service approved an application for a rally near the White House.
News | News
Elkin slams UK's referral to East Jerusalem as 'occupied'
Israel's Minister of Jerusalem Affairs said he expects Prince William's aides to rephrase a statement listing the Old City of Jerusalem as
News | News
Plastic Pollution Campaign Victories Make Healthy Beaches
Surfrider Chapters are Fighting the Good Fight Against the Scourge of Plastic Pollution
News | News
Despite Senate Opposition, Turkey Still to Receive F-35s | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com
JNS.org – Despite the US Senate voting overwhelmingly to block the sale of the advance F-35 fighter jet, Turkey is still...
News | News
Spanish city councilors call to declare Israeli officials 'persona non grata'
After anti-Israeli moves in the Spanish cities Oviedo and Valencia, the city of Pamplona joins the chorus of condemnations against Israel's 'oppressive policy against the Palestinian people,' calling for a series of measures to be taken agains
News | Heroes & Hypocrites
Michigan girl, 3, hailed hero for saving mom who suffered seizure | Fox News
A 3-year-old girl from Warren, Michigan has been praised for thinking after her mother suffered a seizure on Saturday.
News | Heroes & Hypocrites
Chick-fil-A worker chases down customer who forgot food, becomes viral sensation | Fox News
I knew I could probably catch [the customer], so I figured I might as well give it a shot, he said.
News | Interesting Links
Video: Cop breaks car window to free bear that got stuck inside | Fox News
The Subaru Outback is one of the most popular utility vehicles across America.
News | Interesting Links
Those aren't golf balls: Large hail chunks pelt Colorado fairways | Fox News
Pictures emerged Wednesday depicting damaging storms that dumped large hail across the Denver metro region earlier this week.
News | News
Trump Administration Withdraws U.S. From U.N. Human Rights Council
The United States joins Iran, North Korea and Eritrea as the only countries that refuse to participate in the world’s most important human rights body.
News | The News
The U.S. Border Separations Feel Eerily Like My Holocaust Survivor Grandmother's Story – Kveller
“Hold your babies tight tonight.” If you’re in enough mamas’ groups on Facebook, you probably see a post like this every few weeks. Usually it’s about someone’s relative or best friend who tragically lost her young chil
News | The News
The story behind the viral photo of a 2-year-old girl crying at the U.S. border — The Washington Post
In some ways, the past 10 years had prepared John Moore to take the picture. In most ways, nothing could.
News | Heroes & Hypocrites
Indiana state trooper lauded as 'hero' for pulling over 'slowpoke' driver | Fox News
An Indiana State Trooper’s tweet reminding people about the state’s so-called “slowpoke” or “move over” law went viral Saturday.
News | From the HuffPost
Laura Ingraham Compares Child Immigrant Detention Centers To Summer Camps | HuffPost
The Fox News host also quoted an article that likens the centers, some of which keep children in cage-like structures, to boarding school.
News | The News
Gallup: Satisfaction With U.S. Direction Reaches 12-Year High
Americans' satisfaction with the way things are going in the country has reached a 12-year high of 38%, one point above last month's satisfaction rate.
News | The News
Pew: Most Americans Can't Tell Fact From Opinion | National Review
The research found that "Republicans and Democrats were more likely to classify both factual and opinion statements as factual when they appealed most to their side."
News | Israel & The Jewish Community
Norwegian rapper curses ‘the f***ing Jews’ at diversity concert
Leader of Jewish community threatens legal action against Kaveh Kholardi, who says remark at Oslo concert was 'taken out of context'
News | News
Apple Gets U.S. Supreme Court Review on iPhone App Fee Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Apple Inc.’s bid to kill an antitrust lawsuit over the market for iPhone apps in a case that could shield e-commerce companies from consumer claims over high commissions.
News | News
Israeli Girl Stabbed by Palestinian Terrorist in Afula: It’s a ‘Miracle’ I’m Alive
The 18-year-old Israeli girl who was seriously wounded in a Palestinian stabbing attack in Afula earlier this week said on...
News | Interesting Links
15 American Mountain Towns Oozing With Charm — TripAdvisor
From the Adirondacks to the Rockies, these charming mountain towns deserve a moment in the sun. If you're planning a visit, consider a vacation rental from TripAdvisor—like a cozy cabin right on the hiking trails or a modern ski condo. In a land wi
News | News
The IG’s Report May Be Half-Baked | National Review
But who knows? In dealing with the FBI, Clinton got kid gloves while Trump got scorched earth.
News | The News
Nearly 2,000 Children Separated From Family At US Border, DHS Says — BuzzFeed News
The number was current as of May 31. More certainly have been separated from their parents since.
News | Animal Links
Monarchs: Poetry in Motion
It's hard to justly express the magnitude and majesty, the sheer scale of what this experience can be, literally millions of butterflies dancing around you.
News | Israel
Experiencing a different side of Israel
I’ve visited Israel four times so far and each time has been a completely different experience. My first visit, back in 1992, had a religious focus. I had just gotten married and was living a relig…
News | Israel
Thoughts at 4 a.m. in Tel Aviv
It’s 4 a.m. in Tel Aviv. We arrived in Israel this afternoon and I’m wide awake because my body and mind are still on Pacific Standard Time. It’s quiet outside, although every once in awhile I hea…
News | The News
Exclusive: What It’s Like Inside a School Shooting, Through the Eyes of a Survivor — News Editors' Picks
David Hogg recounts the horrifying shooting that killed 17 of his classmates and teachers.
News | News
Statement from Trump, Kim Jong Un: Read the text
The following is the text of a joint statement signed by President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the Singapore Summit on June 12, 2018.
News | Israel & The Jewish Community
Johannesburg councilor suspended for Israel support
“I would like to declare that I am a friend of Israel, and the city of Johannesburg is a friend of Israel! Shalom, Shalom!” she declared on Sunday.
News | Interesting Links
This woman's brain knew what having five fingers felt like, even though she herself had never in her life had five fingers
News | Interesting Links
The world's biggest problems and why they're not what first comes to mind
We’ve spent much of the last eight years trying to answer a simple question: what are the world’s biggest and most urgent problems?
News | Interesting Links
Why eight hours a night isn’t enough, according to a leading sleep scientist — Quartz
For something that we spend a third of our lives doing (if we’re lucky), sleep is something that we know relatively little about. “Sleep is…
News | Interesting Links
Raccoon triumphs over skyscraper in a climb that captivated the internet, celebrates with cat food
The #MPRraccoon somehow found itself trapped on a building ledge — and apparently decided the only way to go was up.
News | Interesting Links
IQ scores are falling and have been for decades, new study finds — CNN
IQ scores have been steadily falling for the last few decades, with changes in our environment and the way we are learning thought to be reasons why, a new study suggests.
News | The News
A Woman Is Suing NASA Over Some Moon Dust Neil Armstrong Once Gave Her
It was a Saturday, and Laura Murray was a 10-year-old girl hanging out with her nanny outside her family's Cincinnati townhouse. Her mother, giddy with excitement, handed the little girl a small glass vial filled with light-gray dust.
News | News
LA Is Doing Water Better Than Your City. Yes, That LA
With climate change on the horizon, Los Angeles is rushing to pull water from surprising sources. The goal: aqueous independence.
News | The News
Kim Jong Un commits to 'complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula'
The joint document says Secretary of State Pompeo and a senior North Korean official will hold follow-up talks as soon as possible.
News | News
Trump: Kim summit 'better than anybody could have expected'
President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were heading to “a signing” after their “fantastic meeting,” Trump told reporters Tuesday after emerging from a working lunch at their Singapore summit.
News | The News
Trump and Kim shook hands in scene complex as their rivalry
SINGAPORE (AP) — Donald Trump approached from the right, striding down the long portico at the colonial-era Singapore resort. Kim Jong Un, dressed in his familiar Mao suit, emerge
News | The News
The Net Neutrality Repeal Is Official. Here’s How That Could Affect You.
Net Neutrality rules that required internet service providers to offer equal access to all web content are no longer in effect as of Monday.
News | The News
The American cities where murder is common but arrests are rare — The Washington Post
What The Post found from mapping more than 52,000 homicides over the past decade.
News | Israel
Candidate to Replace Keith Ellison May Be Even More Hostile to Israel
Within three short hours of Congressman Keith Ellison’s announcement that he would leave Congress to run for Minnesota Attorney General,...
News | News
Anthony Bourdain took responsibility for toxic masculinity and called out his friends
We need more men like him.
News | Planned Parenthood
FAIL: Planned Parenthood aims to 'ruin' a birthday, stumbles into their own ghoulish trap
"Further proof that PP doesn't need our tax dollars."
News | Interesting Links
Why Male Dolphin Buddies 'Hold Hands'
Bottlenose dolphins in Australia call each other by name and touch frequently to maintain alliances with other males, a new study says.
News | The News
Tennessee store puts 'No Gays Allowed' sign back up after Supreme Court cake ruling
A Tennessee hardware store owner is celebrating the Supreme Court's ruling in favor of a bakery that refused to bake a cake for a gay couple's wedding by placing a "No Gays Allowed" sign in front of his store.
News | The News
Harlem Diner Owners SLAM Rutgers Prof. For Anti-White Rant Against Dining Children
Last week, Rutgers University Professor James Livingston posted a racist rant against white children who were dining at New York City's Harlem Shake restaurant.
News | National News
Dallas-area church says Judaism is 'dangerous' - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
(JTA) — A Dallas-area church has included Judaism among “dangerous isms” that includes liberalism, alcoholism and pessimism. The items, defined in a flier as “a distinctive practice, system or ideology,” will be discussed as part of
News | Interesting Stories
IHOP Is Changing Its Name And The Internet Can't Handle It | HuffPost
The new name is "IHOb," but the company won't release what the "b" means until June 11.
News | National News
Costco raising minimum wage to at least $14 for all hourly workers
Costco is bumping up its minimum wage to at least $14 for all of its 130,000 hourly workers.
News | Israel & The Jewish Community
Sign at future San Diego Jewish center vandalized with threatening graffiti
Threatening graffiti was written on a sign announcing the future home of the University of California San Diego Hillel Jewish Center in the United States.
News | The News
Miss America dropping swimsuit competition | Fox News
The Miss America Organization is dropping the swimsuit competition from its nationally televised broadcast, saying it will no longer judge contestants on their appearance.
News | National News
Lava destroys five homes in Hawaii after Kilauea volcano erupts | Daily Mail Online
Lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is being spewed 230 feet into the air - the height of a 23-story building - as the number of homes destroyed climbs to 21.
News | The News
Farrakhan Supporter Tamika Mallory Booted Out of Major Australian Conference After New Antisemitic Outburst | Jewish &am
Tamika Mallory — a co-organizer of the 2017 Women’s March on Washington, DC, and outspoken supporter of antisemitic Nation of...
News | From CNN
Donald Trump's 'PARDON' tweet tells us a lot about where his head is at - CNNPolitics
You don't tweet about pardoning yourself unless you are thinking about pardoning yourself.
News | In The News
The assassination of Robert Kennedy, as told 50 years later - Los Angeles Times
Fifty years ago, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles. This is a retelling of that historic event, pulled from The Times’ archives and interviews with three people who bore witness to the shooting and aftermath of his death.
News | Interesting Links
8 Trade Routes That Shaped World History
Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.
News | Interesting Links
Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupts in fury | Earth | EarthSky
Reports indicate at least 25 dead and hundreds injured from Sunday's powerful eruption of Volcan de Fuego, one of Central America's most active volcanoes.
News | Local News Articles
LIVE: Brush fire prompts evacuations in Laguna Beach
A wind-driven brush fire spread to about 75 acres in south Orange County, prompting the evacuation of Laguna Beach neighborhoods.
News | National News
Dem leaders, Women's March founders under fire over Farrakhan connections | Fox News
More than a week after Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan delivered a blistering speech in Chicago in which he declared that “powerful Jews are my enemy” and “white folks are going down,” calls are growing louder for Democratic leaders and Wom
News | National News
MSNBC's Joy Reid Attacked Wolf Blitzer For Being Too Nice To Jews
In old blog posts, MSNBC anchor Joy Ann Reid attacked CNN's Wolf Blitzer for being too nice to jews and pushed 9/11 conspiracy theories.
News | Hollywood
Minnie Driver Joins Actresses Endorsing Samantha Bee's Vicious Ivanka Remark
If it weren’t enough for Samantha Bee to target Ivanka Trump with the "C” word on her show Full Frontal, she apparently has a group of women admirers among the Oscar-winning actress
News | Local News
Women Of LA's Skid Row Tell Their Stories Through The Anger, Despair On Their Faces
One 51-year-old woman has been living on the streets for two years. "I've been raped, I've been stabbed, it's been hard out here for me," she says.
News | Animal Links
Dogs Use Various Gestures To Get What They Want From Us
New research shows the four requests most commonly used that result in dogs being satisfied are “Scratch me!”, “Give me food/drink”, “Open the door” and “Get my toy/bone.”
News | National News
More Drivers Killed Under the Influence of Drugs Than Alcohol | Health Care News | US News
A new report found fatally injured drivers are increasingly under the influence of one or more drugs.
News | Israel & The Jewish Community
In Britain, poll indicates, 23% ‘unwilling’ to have a Jew in the family
Similar number found in Italy, Germany and Austria in survey of 15 countries in Western Europe; the Dutch found to be most accepting
News | The News
Trump Pardons Dinesh D’Souza, Weighs Leniency for Rod Blagojevich and Martha Stewart
The president focused on cases where he argued the justice system has unfairly targeted celebrities. All three cases were tied to prosecutors who have become nemeses of Mr. Trump.
News | The News
FLASHBACK: This is the bigoted Al Sharpton who hosted MSNBC’s Racism Town Hall
Fighting racism with … racism?
News | The News
Powerful Photo: Braves Fan Hold Umbrella For Marine Corps JROTC Member On Memorial Day
A photo from an Atlanta Braves game is going viral online. The photo did not capture the action of the game, but instead, a random act of kindness on Memorial Day.
News | Human Interest Stories
US Government: Don't Roast Marshmallows Over Hawaii's Volcano, You Idiots
It looks like we have another Tide Pod situation on our hands.
News | News
How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People
Anna Delvey, born Anna Sorokin, seemed to be an up-and-coming New York socialite. Now she’s charged with grand larceny, attempted grand larceny, and theft of services.
News | Israel
WATCH: Gaza Kindergarten Graduation Features Children Staging Mock Military Attack, Hostage-Taking, And Killing Soldiers
There is no hope for future peace between Israel and the Arabs who live in Gaza while Hamas rules over Gaza; the indoctrination of children as young as kindergarten age in virulent hatred for Jews and Israel has once again been clearly documented. As MEMR
News | The News
Roseanne hits back at ABC over the cancellation of her show
Roseanne Barr tweeted about the cancellation of her show Tuesday, and apologized several times over her tweet about a former Obama aide while calling ABC hypocritical for their decision.
News | News
A televangelist wants his followers to pay for a $54 million private jet. It’s his fourth plane.
Duplantis is the latest aircraft-seeking preacher to draw raised eyebrows and outright condemnation from critics who say a multimillion-dollar luxury jet is not what Jesus meant when he said “store up for yourself treasures in heaven.”
News | News
Ireland Resoundingly Votes To Legalize Abortion
The country has some of the strictest laws on abortion in the developed world. But that will change, after 66.4 percent of voters chose to repeal a constitutional amendment.
News | The News
Instant Pot Cheesecake - My Baking Addiction
Instant Pot Cheesecake couldn't be easier or more delicious. Serve it up with pie filling, fresh fruit, or chocolate ganache for the perfect dessert.
News | Israel & The Jewish Community
Pro-Israel UCLA Students to Meet With Administration After Anti-Zionist Peers 'Violently' Disturb Event | Jewish & I
Pro-Israel students at the University of California, Los Angeles who called for the suspension of an anti-Zionist group that disrupted their...
News | Israel & The Jewish Community
Gaza Riots: Really About the Embassy?
Throughout history, the excuses to attack Israel keep changing. For 8 years under the Obama administration, the Palestinians had portrayed themselves, and been treated as, the deserving underdog -- the "good guys." Now, a foreign government is actually
News | News
Trump-Russia Scandal: Evidence Piles Up Of Wrongdoing At FBI, But Media Ignore It
There have been two major ongoing investigations involving President Trump. One is looking into whether Trump colluded with Russia. It's borne no fruit. The other involves abuse of power at the highest levels of government and is producing damning ev
News | Interesting Stories
Amazon Prime Members Now Score Big Discounts at Whole Foods
It's official: Amazon Prime members are now eligible for an extra 10 percent off discounted products at Whole Foods.
