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The five weeks of protests in Tunisia that led to the toppling of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali have inspired demonstrators from Morocco to…

Critics of the “backwardness” of the Middle East – in living standards, technology and legal and financial institutions – often point the finger at…

The Israeli Opera presents Bluebeard’s Castle, Bela Bartok’s one-act opera, the only one he wrote. It was composed in 1911 and first performed in…

LAST FRIDAY, AS I MULLED OVER whether to go to the weekly Sheikh Jarrah demonstration, I came across a poem by Natan Zach that I had clipped from a…

For the first time ever, a team of three lady golfers will represent Israel at the upcoming World Amateur Team Championships which will take place…

Yankele was chronically sad. Those within his circle urged him to visit a certain rabbi who seemed to have success in helping people out of their…

Eight Muslim American leaders who visited concentration camps and met with Holocaust survivors signed a statement condemning Holocaust denial and…

There isn’t a single, effective long-term treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, so it seems unrealistic to plan on preventing this widespread form of…

Adolfo Roitman’s glimpse into the Silent Years began with a casual conversation with a visiting scholar five years ago. Roitman, curator of the…

Israel Ladies Open Amateur Champion Laetitia Beck is proving her credentials as one of the most promising Israeli golfers in the history of the…

There is a popular image of Christopher Columbus kneeling before the cross, sword outstretched, on the shores of the New World, proclaiming these…

Arabic speakers regard literary Arabic as a "second language" and not a "mother tongue," according to researchers at the University of Haifa, who…

Coughed on by somebody with the flu? Duke University researchers are developing a test to determine - with a mere drop of blood - who will get sick…

Democracy activists, mostly students, will hold a series of demonstrations at Egyptian embassies and university campuses in the United States, Canada…

It was just before 6 p.m. on August 29, 1965. The American team sat in the locker room at the Yad Eliyahu arena confident of victory in one of the…

There were several American-born soldiers among the 120 outstanding ones honored on Independence Day Wednesday. Among them were Chiyya Smason, a…

It's been a dream for a decade: a single daily pill combining aspirin, cholesterol medicine and blood pressure drugs - everything people need to…

Four months before the opening ceremony of the 18th Maccabiah, the United States announced its basketball roster for the Games in July. University…

Chicago philanthropist Richard Kiphart contributed generously to Barack Obama's campaign and is glad he backed a winner. But he's among many donors…

Severe depression may silently break a seemingly healthy woman's heart. Doctors have long known that depression is common after a heart attack or…