The ADL is involved in a mission to get bibles out of state-funded lodgings. [Times of Israel] Jeffrey Goldberg wants everyone to stop ranking Jews. [Bloomberg] Rabbis demand an end to the Boy Scouts gay ban. [Forward] Meet Jessica Lanyadoo, a Jewish home-psychic. [Tablet] A new augmented reality game traces Jewish history in New York. [Boing Boing] Musical Arab-Jewish youth find the key to coexistence. [Christian Science Monitor] CAMERA launches new site to aid pro-Israel students. [Algemeiner] New …More

An Egyptian woman set to earn a top honor tomorrow at the White House says anti-Semitic tweets posted to her account were the result of hacking. Samira Ibrahim made headlines yesterday after media reported on a slew of offending tweets the activist has posted, including a celebratory message last summer when five Israeli tourists were killed as part of a terrorist bus bombing in Bulgaria. "An explosion on a truck transporting Israelis at the airport of Burgas, Bulgaria, on the Black Sea. Oh Wowwww this eases off …More

Benjamin Netanyahu has shot back at rumored remarks from Barack Obama, telling the world that Israelis are in charge of their own destiny. "Only the Israeli people will determine who best represents the State of Israel's vital interests," Netanyahu said yesterday during a visit to the Gaza Division of the Israel Defense Forces. The comment came after a highly publicized column by Bloomberg writer Jeffrey Goldberg, who claimed Obama has privately expressed disagreement with Netanyahu’s new E1 settlement …More

Israeli officials have received the okay to dismantle a tent city built by Palestinian activists along the E1 settlement area, following the evacuation Sunday of some 50 protestors in the region. The Supreme Court approved the disassembling today, the first corporeal proof of the impending plan that will see hundreds of housing units built in the E1 space near Jerusalem. The E1 settlement has been the subject of intense scrutiny in recent weeks, following Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement of intent to …More

President Barack Obama has said on repeated occasions, “Israel doesn’t know what its best interests are,” according to columnist Jeffrey Goldberg. Goldberg wrote a piece in Monday’s Bloomberg, asserting Obama has made the comment in private conversations regarding Israel’s E1 settlement expansion plans. "In the weeks after the U.N. vote, Obama said privately and repeatedly, 'Israel doesn’t know what its own best interests are.' With each new settlement announcement, in …More

Gabby Giffords fights guns on shooting anniversary. [Forward] Dick Cheney apparently doesn't mind the term "Jewish lobby." [Buzz Feed] Jeffrey Goldberg wonders if Chuck Hagel has a "Jewish problem." [Bloomberg] Koch, Elvis and Eichmann get the spotlight in the New York Jewish Film Festival. [Bloomberg] The Czech Republic is on the verge of becoming the second nation--after only Israel--to elect a Jewish president. [Forward] Israeli voters--much like their US counterparts this past year--are focused on the …More

Rob Lattin is Jspace News' Foreign Affairs Correspondent. In addition to covering foreign affairs for Jspace, Rob is a blogger on Israeli and Middle Eastern foreign policy for the Foreign Policy Association, as well as a freelance writer. He can be reached by email at rob@jspacecorp.com. Alan Dershowitz made a profound statement Wednesday night at an event I attended in New York City. He said Israel could never rely on another country for its defense and security. He was, of course, talking about the situation …More

Jeffrey Goldberg breaks down the politics separating and uniting Benjamin Netanyahu with his late father, who passed away yesterday. [Bloomberg] Meanwhile, the Tablet discusses how Bibi can use his father’s legacy, Revisionist Zionism, to shape the Jewish state today. [Tablet] Elsewhere, Israel Hayom lays out a series of supposed failures on Tzipi Livni’s behalf, just hours after the Kadima politician resigned from the Knesset. [Israel Hayom] A Rochester foundation makes a half million-dollar …More

Gunter Grass, who was hospitalized today due to heart problems, is still sparking debate for an anti-Israel poem he published weeks ago. Now that the dust has settled on the issue, commentators are batting the subject about in a slew of editorials aimed at highlighting exactly why the German writer’s words were so dangerous. Jeffrey Goldberg, a reporter who is no stranger to combating anti-Zionist dialogue, wrote a piece in Bloomberg in which he accused the poem of an inverse deduction of blame for the …More

UPDATE: The Israeli Government has cancelled this ad campaign.   An Immigration and Absorption Ministry ad campaign suggesting that American Jews will never understand what it means to be an Israeli has earned ire from many Jewish groups in the US. The drive began at the end of September with billboards in New York, Los Angeles and other American cities with large concentrations of Israelis. Messages included, "Before Hanukkah turns into Christmas, it's time to come back to Israel," and "Before Abba turns …More