Hollywood star Russell Crowe apologized Friday after an apparent anti-circumcision tirade on Twitter, as a Jewish friend he was exchanging tweets with defended him
Men swathed in embroidered shawls rock back and forth reverentially as they murmur morning prayers in Hebrew at a smart modern synagogue built for them by the state in the heart of Muslim Baku.
American Jews strongly believe in Israel's commitmitment to peace, and largely think the Palestinian leadership and people are opposed to it, according to a new poll.
Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip said that he would help convince his colleagues in the European Parliament to vote against the kosher labeling law when it comes for a vote in July.
''We fully endorse Prime Minister Netanyahu’s statement that ‘Israel has no better friend than America and America has no better friend than Israel,’'' said leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, Chairman Alan Solow and Executive Vice Chairman Malcolm Hoenlein.
The Zionist Organization of America urged AIPAC to rescind its invitation to President Obama after he called for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations on the basis of 1967 lines, saying Obama is the most hostile U.S. president ever to Israel.
The Cannes festival Thursday declared Lars von Trier “persona non grata'' after the Danish director said he sympathized ''a little bit'' with Adolf Hitler, but kept his film in competition.
Israel on Tuesday urged its nationals and all Jews not to embark on pilgrimage to Judaism's holy sites in Tunisia, fearing Al-Qaeda attacks to avenge the death of its leader Osama bin Laden.
