More people were able to read and write Hebrew during the First Temple period (around 600 BCE) in what is now Israel than was previously believed, a new study has surmised. An analysis published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences used a combination of archaeology, Jewish history, and computer...

Florida’s recently signed law against anti-Israel boycotts is a “major blow against anti-Israel bigotry and discrimination,” The Israel Project’s CEO and President Josh Block wrote in an op-ed published Wednesday in the Orlando Sun Sentinel. The Israel Project publishes The Tower. The legislation, SB 86, restricts the state from investing in companies...

On the heels of Air France’s announcement that female cabin crew could opt out of flights to Iran when the airline resumes the route later this month, gay stewards are requesting that same right. In a petition addressed to both Air France CEO Frédéric Cagey and French Transport Minister Alain Vidalies, the stewards asked that gay staff be exempt...

Showbox wants to be the Wix of video editing. Like fellow Israeli startup Wix, which allows users to drag and drop images and text to build a free website, Showbox brings a similar simplicity to online video. Showbox CMO Tomer Afek likens his company’s product to LEGO – just snap...

Former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton rejected the idea of having the United Nations impose a peace deal on Israel and the Palestinians in an interview published Monday in the New York Jewish Week. Gary Rosenblatt, editor of the Jewish week, wrote that the positions Clinton shared in the interview...

Giving Iran access to U.S. dollars in order to boost its international business profile would erode diplomatic leverage against the Islamic Republic and jeopardize the international banking system, experts said in a conference call with the Foreign Policy Initiative last week. Mark Dubowitz and Eric Lorber, respectively the executive director and senior advisor of the Foundation...