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Tel Aviv Jazz Fest announces roster The 22nd edition of the Tel Aviv Jazz festival will take place at its perennial berth, the Tel Aviv Cinematheque,…

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana — A Louisiana woman believed to have been the oldest living African-American and one of the last children of US slaves has died…

ABU DHABI – When they deck the halls in opulent Abu Dhabi, it comes with gold ornaments and gem-studded bows on a towering Christmas tree. The $11…

Lebanon broke the Guiness World Record for world's largest glass of wine on Friday, when organizers of a wine festival poured some one hundred…

Israel’s security is essential to the future of the Jewish people, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told a crowd at the closing ceremony of the…

Israeli grandmaster Alik Gershon attempted to break the world record currently held by Iranian chess champ Morteza Mahjoob for playing the largest…

MEXICO CITY — A Mexico City borough went for the whole enchilada — and got it!Residents of Iztapalapa cooked up a 230-foot-long (70-meter-long),…

After Israeli and Lebanese groups tried to outdo each other by making the world’s largest bowl of humous, now come the chess wars. Israeli…

In a recent episode of FlashForward, one of the main characters, Demetri, is kidnapped on his wedding day, unbeknownst to the guests, who are…

COPIAPO, Chile  — The Chilean miners began their unfamiliar new lives as national heroes Thursday and got a taste of what awaits them outside the…

The Jewish Agency together with the Israeli Chess Federation plan to break The Guinness World Record for the largest number of simultaneous Chess…

POKHARA, Nepal — Khagendra Thapa Magar of Nepal is a little man facing a big day. On Thursday — his 18th birthday — assuming his measurements read…

The Abu Ghosh Festival will take place for the 38th time, from September 29 to October 2. Even if you take into account that it takes place twice a…

Lebanon launched a decisive retaliation on Saturday, in the campaign that Army Radio described as the Third Lebanon War. No Katyushas or Scuds…

Felafel seems to be rolling back into fashion. Not necessarily the food, which has always suited Israeli tastes and habits, the song. All last week,…

It has been called the Third Lebanon War. But as wars go, this is the most tasteful. If an army marches on its stomach, in this battle it is the…

Israel has taken the upper hand in a new kind of Mideast conflict, one in which bullets are replaced by chickpeas. Using a satellite dish on loan…

"I need only five minutes with people, it doesn't matter the language or anything. If I come with my energy, I'm at home. People invite me home,…

Undermining the housing platformDuring the years dedicated to the different stages of approval of the new master plan for the city, city councillor…

Ha'aretz reporter Avi Issacharoff recently described the fireworks at the opening of the five-story, $5-million-dollar Hirbawi Home Center near…