Reported strikes in northern region of Egyptian peninsula came shortly after jihadist group fired 2 rockets into the Negev The post Israeli drone strike said to have killed Palestinian IS fighter in Sinai appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Some 150 foreign nationals surrender but nothing is known of hundreds more thought to have been in city as US-backed coalition takes former 'terror capital' The post As IS stronghold Raqqa falls, fate of fighters a mystery appeared first on The Times of Israel.

While Islamic State's caliphate is now on its last legs, underlying factors that fueled its rise in Iraq, Syria remain The post As Raqqa falls, US left picking up pieces of a shattered Middle East appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Disgraced Jewish director makes rare trip to Poland for filming of documentary on his early life in country under Nazi rule The post Roman Polanski visits site of Polish ghetto where he was held during Holocaust appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Samuel Hiller to spend up to 3 years behind bars for diverting $5 million from child development center to cover personal expenses The post New York rabbi gets prison for stealing disabled preschoolers’ funds appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Soviet-Jewish émigré to New York gained global renown painting Golda Meir and Elie Wiesel... and Dizzy Gillespie and B.B. King The post Master portrait painter Marc Klionsky dies at 90 appeared first on The Times of Israel.

While most of Camp Newman’s buildings were lost in wildfires, prayer books, prayer shawls and an iconic hillside Star of David made of wood manged to survive the flame The post ‘Miracles’ found amid ashes of Jewish camp in Northern California appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Students worry that upcoming speech by leading US white supremacist could spur anti-Semitism at campus with over 20 percent Jewish enrollment The post Florida U, home to largest Jewish student body in US, braces for Richard Spencer appeared first on The Times of Israel.