Orthodox Jewish organizations reach $14.5 million settlement with victims of Mikvah Peeping Rabbi Barry Freundel
Four Jewish organizations have reached a $14.5 million settlement with victims of the prominent Orthodox rabbi who spied for years on women in the Mikvah (ritual bath) in Washington, D.C., rabbi’s former More...
Netanyahu implored Berlusconi to help patch ties with Washington
Classified documents released by WikiLeaks reveal the National Security Agency (NSA) spied on leaders from German Chancellor Angela Merkel to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, as well as the party-loving More...
D.C. Bible Museum to Borrow Ancient Artifacts From Israel
Museum of the Bible has inked a major new long-term alliance with the Israel Antiquities Authority to display a selection from the two million ancient artifacts in Israel’s National Treasures in a More...
Ina Ginsburg’s iconic art collection going to auction at Christies
At least seven of Warhol’s works were displayed throughout Ina Ginsburg’s Washington home, a veritable museum of the artist’s finest inspirations. But it is not just the art that took one’s breath More...
Netanyahu to U.S. Jews: Don’t Let Deal Supporters Quash Real Iran Debate Prime minister addressed Jewish community in live webcast on the contentious accord.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to the Web on Tuesday to call on American Jews to publicly oppose the nuclear deal with Iran signed in Vienna last month. In his address, More...
This 390-year-old bonsai tree survived an atomic bomb, and no one knew until 2001
Moses Weisberg was walking his bicycle through the National Arboretum in Northeast Washington when he stopped at a mushroom-shaped tree. The first thing he noticed was the thickness of the trunk, estimated More...
Jon Stewart on his secret meeting with president Obama: ‘I hang out, eat nachos’
“The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart on Tuesday appeared on Larry Wilmore’s “The Nightly Show, ” and said he went to Washington to “hang out, eat nachos, ” with President More...
Chuck Schumer is facing the toughest decision of his career
WASHINGTON — It’s all hanging on Sen. Charles Schumer. With the White House pulling out all the stops to prevent Congress from blocking the nuclear deal with Iran, New York’s senior senator holds More...
Video: Iran linked to deaths of 500 U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan
At least 500 U.S. military deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan were directly linked to Iran and its support for anti-American militants — a newly disclosed statistic that offers grim context for the Obama More...
Susan Rice: We Want to Deepen Our Cooperation with Israel
Susan Rice, President Barack Obama’s National Security Adviser, told the Reuters news agency on Wednesday that Washington is interested in deepening its security cooperation with Israel following More...