12 January 2017

One of projects of the foundation encourages social leadership in high school students throughout the country, spurring them to reach their full potential.

The MKs approved the measure 51-17.

"Anyone who plots, plans, or considers carrying out an attack will know that his family will pay a heavy price for his actions," says Interior Minister.

Anti-Defamation League: President-elect’s remark about Nazi Germany warrants an apology.

Koroma’s comments came before a meeting with Netanyahu on the second day of his visit here, the first-ever visit to Israel by a Sierra Leonean president.

Arab citizens throughout the country shuttered shops, schools and offices in observance of a one-day general strike to protest the demolitions.

Hapoel claims 22-point win over Russians behind Jerrells and Jones, climbs to 1st place in Group G.

Luzon, who only joined the team in September to replace Eli Gutman, will leave the club after Thursday’s match at Ironi Kiryat Shmona, deciding to quit due to the dramatic changes the squad is undergoing.

The Woodmont Country Club was first established in 1913 by the Washington DC Jewish community in response to being excluded from local golf courses.

Piterberg, a graduate of Tel Aviv University who served in the Israeli army, until now was more widely known as a fierce critic of Israel and its founders.

A lifelong quest to make the world a better place knows no boundaries.

The Israeli government, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in particular, have been persistently drawing an equivalence between the attacks in Europe and attacks against Israelis by Palestinians.

Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman was recently quoted as saying: ‘Haredi academics?! That is [like] a pig with a shtreimel.’

THE MIDRASH says that the tribe of Zebulun, which was a traders’ tribe, became a full partner in the Torah learning of the tribe of Issachar, which was the tribe of scholars.

Sara Netanyhau's testimony was said to involve details on gifts she had received, reportedly including large amounts of pink champagne.

Novelist Joseph Kertes draws from his own life to paint a vivid picture of two young Jewish brothers fleeing Hungary after the failed revolution.

A new study of the famed British leader shows that the more things in Israel change, the more they stay the same.

“Is it not time that the world recognized the humanitarian work carried out here, in spite of the continued incitement, stabbings, vehicle rammings and rockets activated against us?”

The sad saga of Elor Azaria has exposed the deep schisms in our society, and could merely be a dress rehearsal for an issue that’s always peeking over the horizon.

What citizens of other countries are reading about the Middle East.

The farm, which overlooks the Golan Heights, was established in the 1960s by Yehuda Avni and his wife, Yona, whose dream it was to create a warm home for horses.

With increasing antisemitism and a shrinking community, Scottish Jews are still proud of their history and country but wary of the future.

How to make the perfect carrot cake, a light zucchini cake and healthy pumpkin muffins.

How do we identify a behavioral addiction?

The NGO Women Wage Peace works to put a political resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the top of the public agenda.

Espionage requires fewer and fewer agents in order to obtain intelligence. Instead, the intelligence can be produced through Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter and more.

Raisman tweeted her appreciation at being included in the edition. The magazine "celebrates all women for being strong & beautiful," she added.

How do you carry on when a loved one disappears without a trace?

The Paris peace conference, which is expected to host officials from 72 different countries, is slated to take place on January 15.

In 2014, Cabel initiated the "Israel Hayom bill" that would have outlawed the distribution of free newspapers.

US court ruling made on grounds that Tehran and Damascus provide financial backing to the Palestinian terrorist group, to which the attacker belonged.

Some 99% of women’s applications for abortions are approved, and yet many feel there is a problem with the current process. Why is that, and are things likely to change anytime soon?

Roey Heifetz’s painfully honest drawings exhibit a strong feeling of intimacy with the characters’ inner thoughts and emotions, albeit with a somewhat caricatured bent.

During his sentencing, Fofana refused to rise before his judges and described himself as a “trader of terror.”

TIP FOR THE WEEK: Dreaming is good…but making your dreams come true is better.

News briefs from around the nation.

Secular Pam, modern Orthodox Tzippi and haredi Danit answer your questions on percolating issues in Israel’s complicated social and religious fabric.

‘They laid me on the table and explained that I was to be given general anesthesia...’

Reality TV star goes to Arab emirate after months of avoiding the spotlight.

Got a minute? Here's the week in review.

Arranging several dozen motley shaped stones across two floors of a museum may not sound like a particularly creative effort, but it actually makes for alluring viewing.

"...we have to fight all together, and we will win all together. Because the barbarians will not prevail," remarked the Italian Ambassador to Israel, Francesco Maria Talò.

Fresh.Fund is banking on Jerusalem’s students.

“I plan to take time to settle our three young children into their new home and schools.”

‘Music is meant to be shared, to be heard.’

Abnormal behavior after pregnancy should not be ignored or labeled as attention-seeking.

News briefs from around the nation.

Elad Malka has opened a Facebook page titled Egged Watch, where he invites residents to detail specific cases of bus service problems in the city.

Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs.

Much like the current internet, geospatial targeting could lead to a bombardment of unwanted proximity advertising.

The sleepy capital is becoming a hi-tech hub to be reckoned with.

News brief from the Jerusalem area.

Meryl’s moment, two Carries and forgotten women.

‘Up for Love’ will let you down.

Haifa’s Ishfish serves up freshness, flavor and value.

An exciting, inexpensive eatery in the Mahaneh Yehuda market.

Shai Masot, a political officer at the London embassy, was secretly recorded in October by Al Jazeera speaking in an undiplomatic manner about a number of British MPs.

Soon after, on August 1, 1776, Salvador added another “first” to his legacy — the first Jew to die fighting for American independence.

Clipa Theater performs the eerie ‘Anyone Home’ at Bialik House.

The Netanya Israel Kibbutz Orchestra opens a new season.

City Hall cracking down on all illegal construction, unpaid municipal taxes in volatile Arab neighborhood.

The Turkish jazz trio will perform in Jerusalem.

The Israeli Andalusian Orchestra presents eclectic concerts around the country.

The Gabrieli Consort & Players will perform at the International Chamber Music Festival.

Profeti della Quinta performs Elam Rotem’s ‘Joseph and his Brothers.’

Civil Administration: Environmental improvements on the horizon in the West Bank.

A concise art and culture guide for the week to come.

From Budapest, the Recirquel circus is coming to town.

The ballet company from China performs ‘Le Corsaire’.

The issue of the six West Bank clubs remains in limbo.

Novelist Michael Chabon has also been honored with a Modern Jewish Literary Achievement Award.

Several critics of the agreement believe its worst elements are disproportionately loaded at the beginning of the deal, which has passed, and at the very end.

Kahlon is not a traitor, thus he will stay loyal to Netanyahu, says Likud minister.

Azoulay says his party will bring bill criminalizing progressive prayer at Western Wall at earliest opportunity.

In Tel Aviv, left wing activists file petition in favor of peace conference.

Trump, for his part, said at several points during his campaign for president that he would work toward peace between Israelis and Palestinians– "the deal of all deals."

The petition called on the association’s governing council to “investigate the charges that academic freedom is widely violated in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.”

These findings mark the biggest gap – 55% – between those saying Obama is pro-Palestinian than those saying he is pro-Israeli in the 12 polls The Jerusalem Post has run on the topic.

There is nothing wrong with political appointments.

In an exclusive interview with ‘The Post,’ Avigdor Liberman outlines the path to peace and the way Israel should work with the Trump administration.

The president went to pay a condolence call to the family of Sec.-Lt. Erez Orbach, who was one of four soldiers killed in Sunday’s terrorist attack.

We are happy to have the support of a true friend.

Israel is the front line. It doesn’t need world sympathy; it needs support.

Obama leaves office having wanted Israel to live up to his lofty ideals. The public’s response: ‘No thanks.'

If it’s up to him, Trump’s presidency will be dominated by a domestic agenda crowned by a pharaonic construction drive.

The very fact that Iran has succeeded time and again at pretending reformers exists is evidence of how well its narrative has influenced others.

Objectivity of the investigation vs the public’s right to know: Security, academic and legal mavens debate the pros and cons of releasing the Netanyahu-Mozes tapes.

The Iranian parliament also decided this week to boost funding for the Iranian military and Revolutionary Guards Corps to 5% of the state budget.

Even under the worst circumstances, Arabs, Muslim and Christian alike, are not immune to liberal attitudes.

The "Yediot" affair could turn out to be Benjamin Netanyahu’s undoing.

We must understand that the relative quiet we’re experiencing is deceptive.

We’re willing to approach the same Jewish communities and ask them for help with one hand, while at the same time the other hand is conniving to hurt these same people.

Behind Lapid was Bayit Yehudi chairman Naftali Bennett.

Obama and his followers in the US and around the world refuse to see the connection between the policies borne of that ideology and their destructive consequences.

Palestinian Authority leader is stopping in Rome on his way to the Paris summit.

"It's a racist policy not to give permits to Arabs," protester says