After a ban, Poland may be set to reinstate kosher slaughter. [Times of Israel] Unseen Amy Winehouse photos go on display at London Jewish Museum. [Londonist] Bulgaria's Ataka party is following neo-Nazi lines. [Arutz Sheva] Palestine has chosen a new president--on TV. [Ynet] Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men are breaking the fashion mold. [Forward] The Vatican plans a Torah art exhibit in Venice. [Forward] In praise of dairy restaurants...and blintzes. [Tablet] Gazans like KFC so much, they're smuggling it …More

The Jewish Museum in Camden, London will host an exhibit about Amy Winehouse’s Jewish roots, and include many of her personal belongings. [Standard] The British lawyer who was overheard making anti-Semitic remarks at her firm was fined $12,000 for her actions. [Algemeiner] A documentary film, “The Optimists,” depicts how Bulgarians protested against shipping Jewish citizens to concentration camps in 1943, saving most if the country’s 48,000 Jews. [Washington Post] A Jewish café …More

The Western Wall’s rabbi, Shmuel Rabinowitz, has vowed to fight against the proposal for a separate, egalitarian prayer section at the Kotel. [Forward] Lebanese media reported that Israel was conducting mock raids along the border, while Israeli defense minister blames Hezbollah. [Times of Israel] Bulgaria has re-enacted the bus bombing that killed five Israeli tourists at the Burgas airport, to gather more information about the attack. [Times of Israel] In 1948, the High Commissioner of Palestine …More

Bulgaria will provide further evidence to persuade the European Union to designate Hezbollah's armed wing as a terrorist entity, the country’s interim prime minister said. Marin Raikov said in Brussels on Wednesday that some EU countries were "not sufficiently convinced" by Bulgaria's evidence of Hezbollah's involvement in a suicide bombing last year that killed five Israeli tourists and their Bulgarian bus driver. "We will continue the investigation," he said. "We will continue to work on this very …More

Bulgarian officials commemorated the nation’s efforts to save 48,000 Jews from Nazi persecution, while also admitting for the first time its failure to save 11,000. "The objective evaluation of the historic events cannot ignore the fact that 11,343 Jews were deported from northern Greece and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, then under German jurisdiction," the Bulgarian parliament said in a declaration. The declaration was made on the 70th anniversary of Bulgarian protestors successfully saving tens of thousands …More

US government officials have called on Europe to list Hezbollah as a terrorist group. "For too long Hezbollah has tried to pose as nothing more than a political and social welfare group while plotting against innocents in Eastern Europe, from Eastern Europe to East Africa, from Southeast Asia to South America," Vice President Joe Biden said at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual conference on Monday. "We know what Israel knows: Hezbollah is a terrorist organization. Period," Biden said. "And …More

More than 100 members of the US Congress sent a letter to the European Union's foreign policy chief urging her to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. The bipartisan letter was sent Monday to Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the European Union. It follows a recent report by Bulgarian investigators concluding that Hezbollah had planned, financed and executed the 2012 Burgas bombing, which killed five Israelis and a Bulgarian. "The …More

Bulgaria has released the names of two suspects from last summer’s Burgas bus bombing, which killed five Israeli tourists. The identities were given to Europol, Europe’s police authority, but were not made available to the general public. The news came just days after Bulgaria announced suspected Hezbollah ties to the crime. Hezbollah is not currently listed in Europe as a terror group, as it is in the US and Israel, though several European countries have pushed the EU to make the designation. "I …More

Hezbollah denied it was involved in a terrorist attack in Bulgaria that killed six, including five Israelis. Two days after the Bulgarian government implicated two men with links to Hezbollah to the terrorist attack last July, deputy Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said Thursday that Israel is making "allegations and incitements and accusations against Hezbollah" because it has not succeeded in defeating it militarily, Reuters reported. "Israel is leading an international campaign to intimidate people and countries …More

Two suspects in last year’s Burgas bus bombing have links to Hezbollah, an investigation has revealed. Officials also said the terror group helped fund the attack, which killed five Israeli tourists in Bulgaria. The news was announced today during a press conference led by Bulgarian Foreign Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov. "We have established that the two were members of the militant wing of Hezbollah," Tsvetanov said. "There is data showing the financing and connection between Hezbollah and the two …More

Mistaken identity, a love triangle, phony copies and an art heist: it hardly sounds like a Holocaust movie. Yet “My Best Enemy,” opening at the IFC Center in New York on Friday, Jan. 11, is just that: A caper, complete with jazzy music, which uses the plight of the Jews during World War II as a historical backdrop. Childhood best friends Victor Kaufmann (Moritz Bleibtreu) and Rudi Smekal (Georg Friedrich) finally reunite after the latter’s world travels at the Kaufmann’s art gallery in …More

This past year was full of many challenges for the IDF. Our soldiers faced many threats, from terrorist agents on Israel’s borders to rocket fire targeting civilians. Here are some of most remarkable stories of 2012, as reflected upon by our soldiers. 1. Cpl. Lolly took an active part in defending Tel Aviv from incoming Hamas rockets during Operation Pillar of Defense. Lolly, a lone soldier who was born in France, was stationed at the Iron Dome battery in charge of defending Tel Aviv skies during the …More