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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict thanked consecrated women virgins gathering at the Vatican on Thursday for their "total gift" to Christ, praising a holy rite that he recognized was difficult f...

Israel@60 celebrations.In the virtual world of the Internet, however, jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) is going strong, thanks to the online museum curators, Internet librarians and digital histo...

The evening turned festive with the celebration of Israel’s 60th birthday. Five Fuchs Mizrachi families lit candles as they prepare to make aliyah this summer, along with several israeli familie...

In the parlance of the all-American sport he enjoys so much, Rabbi Schmuel Jablon has been “traded.”The head of Lower School at Fuchs Mizrachi School for eight years, Jablon will become th...

It was a normal visit to The israel Museum in Jerusalem to see the Dead Sea Scrolls, but it changed artist Avital Sheffer’s life.After Sheffer, 53, took a closer look at the vessels that held th...

New Delhi, May 16 : People of all religious groups organised a prayer meet, seeking solace for the victims who died in Myanmar cyclone, in Chinese earthquake and in Jaipur serial blasts.

State Rep. Josh Mandel (R-17) didn’t get much of a break upon returning home from Iraq April 30.On May 6, his first day back at the Ohio House of Representatives, the Lyndhurst Republican had to...

Federal immigration agents raided kosher meat giant AgriProcessors Inc. in Postville, Iowa on May 12, arresting 390 workers.According to The New York Times, authorities said the workers are suspected ...

Islamabad, May 16 : Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari have decided that PPP will not bring new ministers in place of the Pakistan muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) ministers, who resigned due to differences over the framework of the restoration of the sacked judges.

The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and its ally Pakistan muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) are embroiled in a fresh row - this time over journalist-businessman Salmaan Taseer who has been named the governor of Punjab province.