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Author J.D. Salinger died at 91, but was he Jewish?

Author J.D. Salinger died at 91. He was best known for writing, “The Catcher in the [...]

Independents want Gitmo to stay open

Survey shows only 1 in 20 think Obama should close facility right [...]

Holocaust Cabinet Meeting: “World is Obligated to Jewish State”

Netanyahu, at Cabinet meeting dedicated to the memory of Holocaust-massacred Jews, hopes “UN will remember what happened when we had no state.”

US Terror Blacklist Whitewashes Hamas, Enables Funding

US Treasury’s updated list of terrorists includes only one Hamas member – Musa Abu Marzouk. This allows EU funds to enter Hamas-Gaza’s coffers.

Lutheran World Relief More than Doubles Financial Commitment to Haiti Relief

Contact: Emily Sollie, Lutheran World Relief, 410-230-2802, 443-220-3269 cell, esollie@lwr.org   
BALTIMORE, Jan. 23 /Christian Newswire/ — Lutheran World Relief today increased its financial commitment to Haiti relief efforts to $2.25 million, up from an initial pledge of $1 million. The Rev. John Nunes, LWR’s president and CEO, said the increase is “thanks to the overwhelming generosity of U.S. Lutherans in the face of this disaster.”
LWR increased the number based Source: Lutheran World [...]

Israeli Withdrawal from Ghajar Fought By Villagers, MKs

Several Knesset Members will visit Ghajar on Sunday, to support the town’s wish to stay united – in Israel and not in Syria.

Rabbi Lau To Discuss Holocaust with Cabinet

Rabbi Lau will participate in the weekly cabinet meeting to discuss International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Netanyahu: ‘No Desire For Conflict With Lebanon’

Prime Minister Netanyahu responded to reports that Minister-without-Portfolio Yossi Peled said a military conflict with Lebanon is “inevitable.”

Anti-Religion Group Assails Mother Teresa Postage Stamp

Contact: Brad Dacus, 916-857-6900
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 /Christian Newswire/ – An anti-religion group is urging its members to write complaint letters to the U.S. Postal Service over the upcoming issuance of a stamp to honor the late Mother Teresa.
In a press release, the Freedom From Religion Foundation asserts that Mother Teresa, a nun who won the Nobel Peace Prize and international acclaim for her decades of relief work among the impoverished of Calcutta, India, should not b Source: Pacific Justice [...]