Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis protested in Jerusalem against plans to enlist haredi men into the military. The protesters gathered Thursday night near the city’s military draft bureau to listen to rabbis warn that army service would irreparably harm their way of life. “The government wants to uproot and secularize us,” Rabbi David Zycherman said, according to Reuters, “They call it a melting pot, but people cannot be melted.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s …More

An Israeli woman is locked in a legal fight to gain custody of a child she had through a volunteer surrogate mother. Ora Mor Yoseph, who suffers from muscular atrophy and is unable to bear children on her own, has been denied rights to claim the child by a Beersheba Family Court that insists Mor Yoseph has no genetic connection to the child. The volunteer surrogate, an Israeli woman willing to give birth on Mor Yoseph’s behalf, was artificially inseminated in India. After giving birth to a healthy baby …More

Canada deported convicted Palestinian terrorist Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad after a 25-year legal battle. At a news conference in Ottawa on Monday, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said the Mohammad affair shows how broken the Canadian immigration system has become and that his deportation sends ”the message that we will no longer be treated like suckers by terrorists.” Kenney noted that Mohammad, 69, a one-time member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, stormed an Israeli …More

This is an entirely true story, but it is based on an old lie. It was almost the end of winter in 1911, when a 13-year-old boy disappeared outside of Kiev. A week went by with no news of Andrei Yushchinsky. Then, eight days after his disappearance, his corpse was found in a cave. He had been brutally murdered, his body mutilated. Word of the shocking crime spread quickly. Locals were appalled to learn that there were over 40 pickaxe wounds to his body and head. Shock soon turned to rage. Cue the lies. "The …More

Get ready for some Hulk-like rage, readers, because this news is going to make you want to smash something. Yet again, a celebrity has gotten away with breaking the law thanks to some smooth work from an overpriced lawyer. Amanda Bynes, who has been spiraling into a very Lindsay Lohan-esque disaster for months now, got a charge of driving with a suspended license dismissed along with another charge… and this is after she missed two hearings about the charges! Yes, she didn’t show up to the first two …More

The fourth most wanted Nazi criminal was arrested in Germany yesterday. Hans Lipschis, 93, was taken into custody for allegedly aiding in the deaths of 1.5 million prisoners at Auschwitz. "[The suspect] appeared before a judge and was taken into custody,” said the prosecutor's office in Stuttgart. "The indictment against him is currently being prepared." Lipschis was deported from the US in 1983 for covering up his Nazi past, though he has long maintained he worked only as a cook at Auschwitz from 1941 …More

An Orthodox Jewish woman is suing the Lancome cosmetics firm, claiming that its 24-hour makeup does not last as long as advertised and thus prevents her from looking good for the entirety of Shabbat. Rorie Weisberg of Monsey, NY, in her lawsuit said Lancome's Teint Idole Ultra 24H foundation does not last 24 hours and that the company is practicing false advertising, a violation of New York State business law, the New York Post reported Wednesday. Weisberg's lawsuit explains that her son is having a bar mitzvah …More

The Simon Wiesenthal Center has released its annual report on the state of global Nazi prosecution, with the US receiving top marks and Australia falling far behind. The report pores over cases of still-living Nazi criminals and the actions their nations or nations-of-residence have taken to bring them to justice. The US was the only country of the 36 under observation to receive an A rating—the best there is. Australia, meanwhile, scored an F, relating to incidents like its refusal last year to extradite …More

Lithuanian police discovered Nazi slogans drawn on a former concentration camp after Adolf Hitler’s birth date. The slogans "Heil Hitler," “Jews out” in German and a swastika were scrawled on the pavement near the HKP 562 labor camp in Vilnius, Evelina Pagounis of the Vilnius police told AFP. She added that police were looking for the perpetrators. The graffiti was discovered April 22, two days after what would have been Hitler's 124th birthday. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius …More

Three Israeli airlines ended their two-day strike following a deal struck between the Finance Ministry and El Al. The ministry agreed to fund 97.5 percent of the airline's security costs, up from 70 percent, in order to keep the domestic carrier competitive under the new "open skies" agreement with the European Union. The airlines also agreed to undergo a streamlining process in order to further cut costs. El Al, as well as Israir and Arkia, on Sunday launched an open-ended strike hours before the …More

Two men have been arrested at Ben-Gurion International Airport for smuggling frogs into Israel. Approximately 30 poison dart frogs, valued for their small size and colorful hue, were confiscated from the smugglers upon their arrival to Israel’s main airport from Holland. The bust came after Israeli custom agents received a tip-off that passengers on a flight from Amsterdam may be carrying live marine life. An inspection of the suspects’ boxes, as well as one of his companions, revealed the live …More

A legislative effort led by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee to enable Israelis to enter the United States without visas may be stymied by the government--Israel’s government. The hitch is Israel’s inability or unwillingness to fully reciprocate, something required for visa-free travel to the United States. Israel, citing security concerns, insists on the right to refuse entry to some US citizens. AIPAC is pushing for an exemption for Israel from this rule. But congressional staffers say …More