The Israeli government has appealed to Apple Inc. to remove an application called “ThirdIntifada” from its App Store. Israel’s information minister, Yuli Edelstein, sent the request in a letter to the American computer giant on Tuesday. “Intifadah” is the Arabic term for uprising against Israel. The application allows its followers to share opinions and organize […]

Jon Huntsman formally launched his presidential campaign on Tuesday in a speech emphasizing his foreign policy and global economic credentials, and echoing with the themes of Ronald Reagan. With the Statue of Liberty as a backdrop, Huntsman introduced himself as “a governor of the great state of Utah, a businessman, and a diplomat” and outlined […]

United Torah Judaism MK Gafni wants to see young secular engaging in Torah studies for each yeshiva student joining IDF. ‘Torah is the justification for our existence here,’ he explains Knesset Member Moshe Gafni (United Torah Judaism) said Sunday that he is in favor of drafting Charedim into the Israel Defense Forces, as long as […]

The Food and Drug Administration released nine new graphic warnings for cigarette packages today — the first new labels in more than two decades. The new warnings, which depict the

Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping, an Associated Press investigation shows. The number and severity of the

[SEE BELOW FOR EXCLUSIVE VIDEO] Residents of a Borough Park block are up in arms over a dog they say has attacked three neighbors. Neighbors say Sammy Kisin’s 60-pound terrier mix Jessie is a dangerous menace – but Kisin says the dog is gentle and neighbors on the 60th St. block are out to get […]

President Barack Obama warned that new “tactical” disagreements loomed between Israel and Washington, but vowed to leverage his administration’s “creative powers” in the cause of peace. Obama, who has had

The European Union will postpone for at least two years any decision on banning shechita, according to Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yonah Metzger. Rav Metzger, who is attending the 10th convention

The Holocaust Memorial of Thessaloniki, in northern Greece, was vandalized with swastika and anti-Semitic slogans. Unidentified perpetrators daubed the bronze plaque in memory of the 50,000 Jews killed during the

Years after a Jewish couple in Houston were fined for displaying a mezuzah on the door frame of the condo they rented in the Heights, a new Texas law prohibits home owners’ associations from banning such religious objects. The bill was one of the final pieces of legislation signed by Gov. Rick Perry at the […]

Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America joined with other major religious denominations in asking the United States Supreme Court to protect religious institutions, such as synagogues and parochial schools, from state interference with their hiring decisions. The Supreme Court has decided to examine this issue next term in the case of Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical […]

Hundreds of raucous demonstrators on both sides of the divisive same-gender marriage debate jammed the usually sedate halls of New York’s Capitol on Monday as Senate Republicans, who can determine the measure’s fate, consider whether to schedule a decisive vote on the issue. New York’s vote is seen as pivotal in the national question over […]

The trusty old Internet addresses we know and love — the .coms, .nets, .orgs — are about to get some new competition. Global Internet regulators met Monday in Singapore to