Canada: Airline asks passengers what they want from Santa
A generous airline spread Christmas cheer to its passengers by asking them what presents they wanted - then dishing out…
Israel: Provision for men, women to pray together at Western Wall
New egalitarian plaza south of traditional prayer site (Kotel) accommodates all forms of prayer at the Western Wall and has…
USA: Pope Francis is Time’s person of the year
Time magazine selected Pope Francis as its Person of the Year, saying the Catholic Church's new leader has changed the…
MidEast: ‘Historic’ agreement to link Red & Dead Seas
Energy Minister Silvan Shalom announces deal with Jordan and Palestinian Authority to save Dead Sea, provide desalinized water to all…
Oh the weather outside is frightful
By Marney Blom This morning I woke up to find the Holy City wrapped in a blanket of snow,…
South Africa: Mandela, sinner or saint?
Now that Nelson Mandela has passed on, his detractors are demonizing him while his followers are canonizing him.
Israel: Nobel Laureate says Bible key to Jewish genius
Robert Aumann, an Israeli Nobel Prize winner in Economics in 2005, attributes Jewish genius to the tradition of book learning…