State Dept: Reports of anti-Semitism increase
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism Monday as a new report documents a global increase in incidents of anti-Semitism and Holocaust...
View ArticleIsrael to discuss military draft reform proposal
JERUSALEM (AP) — An official Israeli committee on Thursday handed the government its proposal for ending a contentious system that grants Jewish ultra-Orthodox seminary students automatic exemptions...
View ArticleIsraeli committee approves proposed draft reforms
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli government committee has approved a proposal that would reform Israel's military draft and enlist thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews to military service.Ultra-Orthodox Jews...
View ArticleOld Torah scroll found in Italy university library
ROME (AP) — An Italian expert in Hebrew manuscripts said Wednesday he has discovered the oldest known complete Torah scroll, a sheepskin document dating from 1155-1225. It was right under his nose, in...
View ArticleWomen pray peacefully at key Jerusalem Jewish site
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prayers by a liberal Jewish women's group at a key Jerusalem holy site passed without incident Sunday, in contrast to violent scuffles with ultra-Orthodox protesters a month ago.The...
View ArticleIn Israel, Streisand slams treatment of women
JERUSALEM (AP) — Entertainment star Barbra Streisand is attacking Jewish religious practices in Israel that treat women differently from men.Streisand says she is distressed to read about women in...
View ArticleAhead of draft, ultra-Orthodox soldiers under fire
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli soldier was walking home on a busy Jerusalem street when suddenly a car stopped next to him, and men inside spat upon him and hurled insults, trash and water bottles. When...
View ArticleAP PHOTOS: Israeli Jew is devout gay drag queen
JERUSALEM (AP) — Just shy of midnight, Shahar Hadar trades his knitted white yarmulke for a wavy blond wig and a pink velvet dress.Cheers greet him in a packed gay bar as he starts to swivel to a...
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