Jennifer Lipman

Russian 'spy' is nice Jewish girl

A Latvian-born American beautician arrested for trying to smuggle night-vision equipment to Russia is actually just “a nice Jewish girl”, according to her lawyer.

Suspected Nazi indicted for Belzec murders

A man named as the third most-wanted Nazi suspect has been charged with participating in the murder of 430,000 Jews during the Holocaust.

Facebook page promoted 'Auschwitz spa'

A Facebook page advertising the “Auschwitz Spa” as a “slimming” place has been removed following complaints by the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Centre.

Israel welcomes new arrivals

Howard Jacobson up for Man Booker prize

Jewish novelist Howard Jacobson has been placed on the longlist for one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards.

Netanyahu meets King Abdullah in Jordan

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu has held “constructive discussions” on the Middle East peace process with Jordan's King Abdullah II.

Israel: no Romania crash survivors

Six Israelis and one Romanian on board a military helicopter have been confirmed as dead after the aircraft crashed into a mountain on Monday night.

‘Black day’: Romania crash survivors unlikely

Israeli officials have said they do not think they will find any survivors in the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed in Romania on Monday night.

Yemen religious murder appeal denied

A Yemen court has upheld the death sentence of a Muslim man who murdered a Jew for refusing to convert to Islam.

A tale of two tragedies

Cameron says Gaza a "prison camp"

David Cameron has spoken harshly about the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli soldiers feared dead in Romania air crash

Israel has sent a specialist search and rescue team to help find any survivors from a helicopter which crashed into a mountain in central Romania, killing at least four of the seven soldiers on board.