K-Pop has made aliyah. Gangnam Style, the musical hit from Korean rapper Psy, has come to Israel with a Jerusalem version. The Israeli version of the catchy K-Pop tune, “Jerusalem Syndrome Gangnam Style,” debuted on YouTube yesterday and with just 13,000 hits, its still largely overshadowed by...
Anat Hoffman, leader of Women of the Wall, was arrested last night while praying and singing the Shema with a Hadassah group at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Hoffman was detained and held overnight in police custody on charges of disturbing the peace, her sixth arrest...
[caption id="attachment_8352" align="alignright" width="270"] Shutterstock / debate photo[/caption] President Barack Obama is looking to regain momentum against Republican nominee Mitt Romney at tonight’s debate, but a leading expert says that on Israel, at least, very few differences between the two candidates will emerge as the two...
Soviet Jewry’s leading man has had a career of many acts: dissident, politician and now, head of Israel’s Jewish Agency. Through them all, he has held on to his belief in peoplehood, an idea he thinks can cure what ails the Jewish world. It is a...
When Francesc Calafell, a geneticist at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology in Barcelona, first began swabbing cheeks as part of an effort to study the genetic makeup of men across the Iberian Peninsula, the project was purely an academic exercise. Together with a team of...
A decade after the September 11th attacks, Moment looks back on the career of the 95-year-old Middle East scholar whose ideas provided the framework for the war in Iraq. Long an outcast in contemporary Middle East Studies departments, he and his followers defend his legacy. ...
The quick-witted Democratic congressman has rocketed to fame by taking on Republicans with gusto. But when it comes to Israel, this hardcore liberal—who is married to a Muslim-American—is a hawk....
When New Soul peaked at number seven on the Billboard charts, Yael Naim became the first Israeli soloist to have a top-ten music hit in the United States. Four years later, the star of the Paris-based musician continues to rise....