After telling Romania’s Ioana Isac, the 3 millionth visitor to Israel this year, and her companion that their designated tour guide wasn’t available and a substitute would show them David’s Tower Museum in Jerusalem, Tourism Minister Yariv Levin introduced the couple to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, surprising both. The couple,...

When the dispatcher alerted them about a two-week-old baby who’d stopped breathing, 16-year-old Ori Cohen and his Magen David Adom crewmates were right nearby with their ambulance. Working quickly under the guidance of the crew’s senior emergency medical technician, Cohen and his fellow volunteers restored the infant’s breathing and whisked...

It sounded like something out of a movie. A dishonest businessman representing a crime boss is enticed to invest in a scheme that provides incredible returns. When the short term results proved to be as good as promised, the businessman went to his boss and encouraged him to invest and realize...

The bodies of five terrorists from Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) who were killed when Israel demolished a tunnel that extended into its territory from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip are being held by Israel. The five terrorists whose bodies were recovered by Israel were found on the Israeli side of the...

Meeting with leaders of the Jewish community in Madrid on Sunday, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin pledged Israel’s support in the fight against anti-Semitism, as he embarked on a three-day state visit to celebrated 100 years of resurgent Jewish presence in Spain, The Times of Israel reported. “The community here today...

Stewart Cowley’s The Hungry Hippo has been a bedtime favorite since its publication in 1986. The story tells of a grumpy young hippo named Potamus who stomps all over town in search of his favorite food (a peanut butter and jelly sandwich). Real life imitated art on November 1 when...