- Social media provides fuel for Jussie Smollett story
The coverage on case of the 'Empire' actor, who has turned himself in, is an object lesson in the foibles of modern reporting
read more ...12 mins ago - Israel is a centrist countryCombine deep socialist roots with grave security concerns and you get citizens who buck the usual left-right divide
read more ...2 hours ago - Judge grants citizenship to twin son of Israeli-American gay couple'This is justice!' say Andrew and Elad Dvash-Banks; State Department previously denied request because boy is not his US parent's biological son
read more ...2 hours ago - Told to leave, IS ‘caliphate’ holdouts in Syria stay devotedHundreds, if not thousands, remain holed up in Baghouz — the last redoubt of the self-proclaimed Islamic State that leaders once said would stretch to Rome
read more ...2 hours ago - Lapid: Netanyahu puts politics before country, harms Israel’s imageFollowing AIPAC, AJC rebuke of merger between Kahanist 'Otzma Yehudit,' Jewish Home party, Blue and White alliance No.2 says PM crossed red line
read more ...2 hours ago - Yossi Klein Halevi loves Poland, but does Poland love him?The statistics don’t lie: Polish anti-Semitism is widespread and enduring
read more ...3 hours ago - 12-year-old American boy achieves nuclear fusion at homeJackson Oswalt, who is believed to be youngest ever to reach goal, had built a small amateur nuclear reactor with parents' financial assistance
read more ...3 hours ago - Meet the ex-con Russophile internet celebrity running for the KnessetConvicted money launderer Semion Grafman helps ordinary Israelis fight bureaucracy. His critics accuse him of spreading Kremlin propaganda. 'It's a misunderstanding,' he says
read more ...4 hours ago - Washington Post reporter’s memoir recounts imprisonment in IranDuring 18 months in captivity as apparent pawn of nuclear deal diplomacy, Jason Rezaian was interrogated, threatened with dismemberment and told he could receive life in prison
read more ...5 hours ago - Germany making disputed Nazi war payments to over 2,000 peopleBeneficiaries include individuals who collaborated with Hitler's regime; 250 recipients currently live in the US
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