Nissan Kaplan of the Mir Yeshiva, who teaches in English, says his statements were ‘a joke’

Prime minister says distortion of Israel is why West Bank and Gaza have highest rates of anti-Semitism in the world

The thrill of a close encounter with a Palestinian spy and his handler, heroes who did the right thing

Deadlier but less transmissible cousin of SARS virus has already infected 529 people; WHO to carry out inspections

Peace talks might be dead, but they’re not buried in the papers; the press becomes a basket case for basketball after Maccabi Tel Aviv makes the Euroleague finals

At Lag B’omer, terrified Jews in Kiev and Donetsk find hope in a Jewish-Christian aid group

300,000 people converge on site for Jewish holiday marking kabbalist sage’s death

National Front Party mayors testing new-found power in 11 towns, aiming for strong showing in May 25 European Parliament vote