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Freed hostage Yosef-Haim Ohana returned to his hometown of Kiryat Malachi on Sunday after weeks of rehabilitation at the Kfar Hamaccabiah hotel complex in Ramat Gan. Ohana, who was taken captive ...

Rapper Kanye West — who released a song praising Adolf Hitler earlier this year — made a groveling apology to a New York City rabbi and said he is taking “accountability” for his bizarre antisemitic ...

Mulatu Astatke is an innovative multi-talented musician, composer, arranger and the founder of Ethio Jazz. Born in Jimma, Ethiopia, Mulatu Astatke studied at Lindisfarne College and Trinity College of ...

After the latest hostage deal was reached, Yosef-Haim Ohana, one of the former hostages released on Monday, spent several days in a pit underground with another six captives, unable to sit or lie down ...

In Israel, there was joy in Tel Aviv's Hostage Square at news that Hamas had released all 20 living Israeli hostages. Yosef-Chaim Ohana, 25, was one of those released. Ohana was kidnapped from the ...

At the closing ceremony of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Kazakhstan, the Rishon LeZion, Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi David Yosef, declared: "Stop terrorism; peace is ...

Ricky Martin and Jwan Yosef are livin’ la vida papá. Two years after the couple announced their divorce, Jwan gave a rare look at how he and the two-time Grammy winner come together to parent their ...

Rabbi Yosef Blau urges moral clarity in Israel’s response to Gaza, advocating for responsibility in addressing hunger and violence, despite critics within Orthodox circles. For 48 years, until he ...

I would not normally respond to Rabbi Yosef Blau. Yet because of his past importance and influence, I feel a duty to do so — especially now, in Elul, as we prepare to stand before the Almighty in ...

The remains of Captain (res.) Yosef Haim Ashraf, 28, were found on Thursday night in the Swiss forest near Tiberias, the Tiberias Municipality said on Friday. It is suspected that he ended his own ...

Yosef Gutman's palette flourishes from the vast world colors which influenced his artistic development. Whether composing and recording new music or collaborating with high-caliber instrumentalists to ...