Senior police and public-safety officials boost skills in Israel
After two intensive weeks of public-safety leadership training with Israel’s top policing executives, a delegation of 21 senior law-enforcement officials from Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee have returned home from the Georgia International Law Enforcement...
Dual Virtual Reality/Treadmill Exercises Promote Brain Plasticity in Parkinson’s Patients
A new Tel Aviv University study suggests that a therapy that combines Virtual Reality and treadmill exercise dramatically lowers the incidence of falling among Parkinson's patients by changing the brain's behavior and promoting beneficial...
Russia to host its annual national-day celebration for first time in Jerusalem
Russia has announced that it will host an annual “Russia Day” reception in the Sergei Courtyard in Jerusalem, better known as the Russian Compound, on June 15. Prior to this year, the celebration was...
Lionel Richie blocks CodePink after attacked for upcoming Israel concert
Music icon Lionel Richie snubbed the women’s anti-war group Code Pink after the organization, which is active in the anti-Israel boycott campaign, launched a petition urging the singer to cancel his upcoming show in...
Nearly 60,000 attend Jennifer Lopez’s first concert in Israel
Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park was packed on Thursday night with nearly 60,000 people gathered to watch pop icon Jennifer Lopez, aka “J.Lo,” give her first concert in Israel.
Lopez, who recently celebrated her 50th birthday,...
Grandmother outsmarts Hamas terrorists in her home
The Hamas gunman aimed his rifle at the elderly couple in their home in southern Israel early Saturday morning. He held a grenade on Rachel Edri’s head, began screaming "Allah Akbar" and announced that...
Israel approves Christian missionary TV channel, sparking uproar
A new evangelical Christian channel whose mission is to “take the message of Yeshua our Messiah to all of Israel 24/7, 365 days a year” began broadcasting in Israel in Hebrew last week, after...
Businessman and philanthropist Sheldon Adelson laid to rest on Mount of Olives above Jerusalem
Businessman and philanthropist Sheldon Adelson, whose contribution to Israel and Jewish life throughout the world, was laid to rest on Friday in a private ceremony in Jerusalem with close family members present. He passed away on Jan....
US Central Command chief kicks off Israel visit
The head of the United States Central Command began an official visit to Israel on Sunday, announced the Israel Defense Forces Spokesperson Unit.
Gen. Michael Kurilla is in Israel at the invitation of IDF Chief...
Western Wall must not become symbol of Jewish divisiveness, says Rivlin
The Western Wall, the only remnant of the holy sanctuary on the Temple Mount, cannot be permitted to become a symbol of Jewish divisiveness, President Reuven Rivlin declared on Monday.
Rivlin addressed an audience of...