Israeli forest’s road to recovery — plant or wait?
JERUSALEM (AP) — For more than a century, planting trees in this mostly desert land has been an act of almost spiritual importance, starting with those who helped create the
Israel fears ‘flood’ of migrants threatens state
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Ismail Abdul-Rasul and his family escaped war in Darfur, languished in squalid conditions in Egypt for five years and nearly suffocated in a harrowing journey
Ultra-Orthodox leader draws ire with call to work
JERUSALEM (AP) —With his dark suit, black skullcap and graying beard, Rabbi Haim Amsalem hardly looks the part of a revolutionary. But the soft-spoken lawmaker is causing an uproar in
Israeli scholar takes ancient Talmud to the masses
JERUSALEM (AP) — The perpetually sleep-deprived scholar sits slouched in a large chair, a pipe to his lips, his long white beard curled into knots, strands of hair poking out
Rapper Shyne resurrects his career in Holy Land
JERUSALEM – The rapper Shyne is singing a new tune: After serving eight years in prison for a nightclub shooting, the former protege of Sean “Diddy” Combs has converted to
In the name of the mother: Ashes go to Treblinka
KOCHAV YAIR, Israel (AP) — Alex Werber calmly strode toward a patch of black stones, pulled up his sleeves and opened a plastic bag to dump out its contents.
“Goodbye,
Israeli Jews at odds with liberal brethren in US
JERUSALEM (AP) — When Hillary Rubin immigrated from the U.S. to Israel, the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors and descendant of a famed Zionist visionary felt that she had finally arrived
Only 2 survivors remain from Nazi camp Treblinka
BAT YAM, Israel — They are believed to be the last two survivors of the most chillingly efficient killing machine of the Nazi Holocaust: the Treblinka extermination camp in occupied
Schools, stipends trigger Israeli religious battle
JERUSALEM — During its six decades of existence, Israel has maintained a shaky alliance with its ultra-Orthodox Jewish minority that allowed most religious men to avoid military service, attend separate
Gas find in Israel sparks trade spat with US
JERUSALEM (AP) _ The discovery of huge natural gas reserves off Israel’s Mediterranean Coast _ long dreamed of and searched for, yet strangely unexpected _ has delivered a windfall that
Israeli building slowdown ends; settlers celebrate
REVAVA, West Bank (AP) _ Jewish settlers released balloons and broke ground on a kindergarten in celebration Sunday as a 10-month construction slowdown expired, while U.S. and Israeli leaders tried
Palestinians learn about the Holocaust in Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) – Growing up in the West Bank, Mujahid Sarsur knew next to nothing about the Holocaust and saw little ground to sympathize with a people he saw as
At 82, Dr. Ruth Has More Than Sex on Her Mind
TEL AVIV, Israel – Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the world renowned sexpert, is in Israel probing something completely new.
She’s researching the country’s tiny Circassian Muslim community for a PBS documentary.
Lost Kafka Writings Resurface, Trapped in Trial
JERUSALEM – It seems almost Kafkaesque: Ten safety deposit boxes of never-published writings by Franz Kafka, their exact contents unknown, are trapped in courts and bureaucracy, much like one of
Mass march for captive soldier divides Israel
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) _ Thousands of marchers brought Israel’s cultural and financial capital to a standstill, urging the government to do whatever it takes to win freedom for a