Cuba
Cuban delegation to Maccabiah Games overcomes significant hurdles to reach Israel
"If you can see people, for example, with kippah on the street, with tefillin or tallit, it’s like to be inside of the synagogue, a big synagogue. It’s amazing to be here.”
Cuban lawmakers approve sweeping reforms to socialist model amid US pressure
US imposes sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Revolutionary Armed Forces Ministry
Israeli court revokes citizenship of Cuban man over sham marriage
Precise abandon: Lizt Alfonso dance club performs ‘Fuerza y Compas’
“It’s always a hot night in Havana whenever Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba performs."
A Cuban fiesta: The Sheraton Tel Aviv toasts four decades on Hayarkon
The original Sheraton, one of Israel’s first luxury hotels, opened in March 1961 and was attended by David Ben-Gurion.
IN PHOTOS: In the wake of Irma - A flooded world
As hurricane Irma lays waste to whole islands, cities and blocks of flats - the world media venture to the eye of the storm to bring back cutting edge photographs.
Brace for impact: Packing 130 mph winds, Irma poised to hit Florida
Hurricane Irma was upgraded to a Category 4 hurricane as it regained strength on its way to Florida.
Alan Gross, after spending 5 years in a Cuban prison, is starting over in Israel
He and his wife, Judy, had made aliyah, immigrating to Israel under the Law of Return.
Israel: ‘Shame on’ Germany for comparing Palestinians to Holocaust victims
“Is there no difference between Anne Frank and a Palestinian teenager stabbing innocent Jewish children with knives?”
The Protection of Latin America
Trump to clamp down on Cuba travel, trade, curbing Obama's detente
The changes – though far-reaching – appear to be less sweeping than many US pro-engagement advocates had feared.
So close and yet so far: The Jews of Cuba
Cuban Jews face challenges with hope.
Books: Running from the past
Leonardo Padura pens a tale of Cuban Jewry, hidden lives and struggles with identity in a sweeping new novel.