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

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

Jewish leaders in the Boy Scouts of America are vocally advocating for the acceptance of gay members into the youth organization. [Forward] The story of the Pennsylvania Avenue Newseum honoring two Hamas journalists continues to grow. [Tablet] A Washington-based think tank has condemned the Newseum’s honoring of Hamas members, and threatens to break affiliations with the journalism museum. [Algemeiner] Noam Chomsky was one of twenty academics supported Stephen Hawking boycott of Israel's Presidential …More

On May 8, 1972, Palestinian terrorists hijacked Belgian airliner Sabena Flight 571 en route from Vienna to Tel Aviv. The four terrorists--two men and two women--were part of the Black September terror organization, the same group that, just four months later, would perpetrate the notorious Munich Olympics massacre. Motivation for the hijacking stemmed from lingering anger over Israel’s success during the Six Day War in 1967. Terror organizations were looking to indiscriminately kill Israelis around the …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

Pro-Israel group StandWithUs is placing a series of seven ads along New York’s metro system this month, in response to an anti-Israel campaign launched earlier this year. The current anti-Israel ad campaign is sponsored by American Muslims for Palestine, and accuses the Jewish state of being an apartheid nation. The counter campaign, which focuses on presenting the positive strides Israel has achieved, is the third such counter campaign StandWithUs has had to launch in New York in recent years. Jspace …More

Benjamin Netanyahu is currently in Shanghai to boost economic cooperation, amid China’s announced interest in helping further the Palestinian peace process. The diplomatic trip marks the first visit by an Israeli prime minister since Ehud Olmert’s time in China in 2007. The government is also hosting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Beijing. Netanyahu will travel to Beijing on Wednesday, after Abbas’s departure. “The Chinese leadership was recently replaced and it is expected to …More

Iron dome batteries are deployed in northern Israel as tension with Syria heats up. [ABC] Ultra-Orthodox Jewish college wins $10.6 million in public funds. [NJ.com] Israel asks Google to re-think its move to change "Palestinian territories" to "Palestine." [JPost] France thanks Sephardic Jews for bringing chocolate to the nation. [Times of Israel] A high profile neo-Nazi terror trial begins in Germany. [Arutz Sheva] Survivors say "never again" at Mauthausen. [Arutz Sheva] Young Israeli scientists conquer …More

Google has decided Palestine is a nation state. The declaration was made by the Internet search engine Wednesday, as Google changed its Palestinian edition from “Palestinian territories” to “Palestine.” Google hosts a unique platform for each country it serves. "We're changing the name 'Palestinian Territories' to 'Palestine' across our products. We consult a number of sources and authorities when naming countries,” Google spokesman Nathan Tyler said. "In this case, we are …More

Chuck Hagel was surprised to hear about the discovery of Syria’s use of chemical weapons, says it didn't come up during his time in Israel. [Times of Israel] The United States has intervened, asking the Palestinian Authority to postpone planned condemnations of Israel at UNESCO. [JPost] Israel has defended its decision allowing border officials to occasionally inspect the emails of people entering the country. [Forward] Israel’s Finance Committee has raised taxes on beer in the hopes of …More

NoCamels Team, NoCamels - Israel Innovation News Three innovative projects took top honors in Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management year-long Business for Peace Competition, last week. The contest invited contestants to come up with innovative ideas to bridge the gap between Israelis and Palestinians and provide financial benefit to both sides. The competition was supported by Guilford Glazer of Los Angeles who has actively encouraged people-to-people …More

Knesset member Nitzan Horowitz insists that Israel must work with its regional neighbors to improve the environment. "I want people to understand that when locusts come from Egypt, this is a regional problem. To understand that borders are not hermetic seals—water, air, diseases and climate have no borders,” Horowitz said in a recent interview with Al-Monitor. Horowitz is planning a lobby group to promote cooperation between Israel and its regional neighbors—the first of its kind in the …More