Barbra Streisand has agreed to headline the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces gala after a personal appeal from organizer Haim Saban. Streisand will perform at Los Angeles event on December 8. Saban considers nabbing the singing sensation a coup, as she rarely performs at such events and has not yet accepted an invitation to hold a concert in Israel. Jason Alexander will host the star-studded gala. Honored guests will include former IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi, FIDF National Director Major-General …More

A monogrammed single bed sheet and pillowcase that belonged to Adolf Hitler sold for $1,500 less than expected at auction on Tuesday. "After Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide in 1945, his housekeeper Anni Winter removed a lot of personal items from his Prinzregentenstrasse apartment to save them from looters," Dreweatts militaria specialist Malcolm Claridge said to Reuters. "In recent years, a lot of Hitler's personal possessions have begun to surface on the auction market—particularly in Germany," …More

Bust out that black leather yarmulke, Scarlett Johansson wants her next love interest to be a bad boy. After her marriage to Ryan Reynolds broke off at the end of last year, she dated Sean Penn for a while. Now that the romance has run its course, we suggest a new brand of beau: the dark and mysterious Jewish boy. They’re hard to find, but they’re worth the search. ScarJo told Cosmopolitan, “I'm attracted to the quality of being adventurous and perhaps a bit mischievous and also questioning …More

Ukraine President Vikto Yanukovych separately met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres today in Jerusalem to discuss expanding bilateral cooperation between the countries. Netanyahu referenced the deep historical and cultural ties between Israel and the Ukraine at the start of the meeting. "Ukrainian Jews greatly contributed to the building up and development of the State of Israel at its outset, and to the revival of the Hebrew language. Almost 350,000 newcomers from Ukraine …More

White supremacist David Duke intends to fight his arrest ahead of a speaking engagement at a neo-Nazi gathering outside Cologne, Germany. The former presidential candidate and KKK leader was apprehended by German officials on Thursday, ahead of his scheduled speech. Citing his earlier expulsion from the Czech Republic, Cologne police said he “was not entitled to stay in Germany,” that the “pro-white” figure had “to leave German territory without delay.” Duke was arrested, and …More

Hollywood took on some old school British charm Wednesday night for the annual BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Jews took home the gold, with major awards going to Helena Bonham Carter and Ben Stiller. The Los Angeles branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts named Bonham Carter the British Artist of the Year, and Ben Stiller took home the Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy. Praising the winners, host Alan Cumming told the audience, "It's all about …More

Historically Jewish fraternities are leading the introduction of American Greek culture to the United Kingdom, but not everyone is throwing a toga party for England's latest import. Over the past year, Zeta Beta Tau and Alpha Epsilon Pi -- Jewish fraternities whose membership is open to all -- have established the first fraternity chapters in the United Kingdom. ZBT established its chapter in May in Nottingham, followed by a second in Birmingham. AEPi has opened chapters in Birmingham, Leeds and at the University …More

Gilad Shalit’s grandfather met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Thursday to express his thanks for bringing his grandson home. "You saved my grandson for me. In the current situation in the region, it would have been impossible to return him," Zvi Shalit said. When Netanyahu inquired after Gilad’s health, Zvi responed, "Gilad has gained weight and has returned to normal," adding, "He's just as he was before." During the meeting, Netanyahu presented Zvi with a flag he received …More

Kosovo police are investigating the vandalism of dozens of tombstones in a restored Jewish cemetery in the Balkan nation's capital. Dozens of swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans were spray-painted Tuesday on the tombstones in the Pristina cemetery, The Associated Press reported. The cemetery in Kosovo's largest city had been restored in July by American students from Datrmouth College and Kosovan students from American University in Kosovo. Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga and Prime Minister Hashim Thaci …More

The front windows of five Jewish-owned businesses in Highland Park, New Jersey were broken overnight. Local police have made an arrest, but the investigation as to whether it was a hate crime is still open. Two Judaica shops, two kosher restaurants and a Jewish-owned hardware store on Raritan Avenue had windows shattered early Wednesday morning. Other visibly Jewish establishments along the main street were not harmed. “We are appalled by the targeting of Jewish stores,” said an ADL regional leader. …More

Lenny Kravitz finally broke through the culture barrier on Wednesday when he received the uber crusty Legion of Honor medal from Fance’s uber crusty Minister of Culture and Communication Frederic Mitterrand. We can imagine how this conversation went. Kravitz would saunter up with a “Hey man" with bags under his eyes from intense French partying the night before. There’d be a wet-fish limp handshake on both sides (one from being stoned and the other from being French), and then Kravitz would try …More

A senior German official confirmed that his government has agreed to sell a sixth nuclear-capable submarine to Israel. Several weeks ago, reports surfaced that Berlin may withhold delivery of the Dolphin class submarine in protest of Israel’s settlement policy. Wednesday, a German official told the Associated Press that Germany approved the subsidized sale of the submarine, with Germany paying about a third of the cost. The submarine is to be delivered to Israel within five years. The official said that …More