The United States and Israel celebrated the one year anniversary of the U.S relocating its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem at a ceremony hosted Tuesday by Jerusalem’s Friends of Zion Museum. In his address, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the “indispensable alliance” with the United States and applauded...

Zahav chef Michael Solomonov’s famed Israeli fusion restaurant in Philadelphia won the Outstanding Restaurant award at the 2019 James Beard Foundation Awards in Chicago on May 6. The Israeli-born restaurateur opened Zahav (Hebrew for “gold”) with partner Steve Cook in 2008 with the aim of putting Israeli-inspired dishes and Israeli-produced ingredients on...

The BBC has come under fire for censoring virulent anti-Jewish sentiments in a documentary about violent Hamas-orchestrated border riots, which aired Monday evening on BBC Two. In the English subtitles of the 60-minute film, One Day in Gaza, the BBC translated the Arabic word for “Jew” (Yahud) to “Israeli” in...

Defying calls from the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign to cancel her performance at the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel, American pop legend Madonna said she will “never stop playing music to suit someone’s political agenda.” The “Queen of Pop” is set to arrive in Israel with an...

Israeli judoka Sagi Muki overcame a Bulgarian opponent to win the gold medal in the men’s under-81-kilogram weight class at the Judo Grand Slam on May 10 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Israeli teammate Tohar Butbul won a silver medal in the men’s under-71kg category, and Gefen Primo won a bronze medal...

Israel has reopened its main border crossings with the Gaza Strip, as part of an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire agreement to restore calm in Israel’s south and to alleviate the suffering of Gaza’s civilian population. The Erez and Kerem Shalom Crossings were reopened Sunday to allow for the import of goods, several...