"Some people enjoy insulting Paolo," said his brother to local media. "They look for any way to sabotage his actions."

How the Israel Festival has lasted and still commands respect, even though its contents are often controversial.

In addition to the 26 finalists competing for the top prize, the evening is slated to include two songs from Madonna, a video clip from Gal Gadot, a performance by Idan Raichel and a show from Netta.

One week, two Chabad centers, three fires.

The mother of three, identified as Theresa Virginia, had been reported missing in 2012 when she had traveled to Iran to visit her Iranian husband's family, the newspaper said.

“We want Jewish people to recognize Yeshua as Moshiach and as a Jewish Messiah,” Costello said in the phone interview, using the Hebrew words for Jesus and the Messiah.

When one’s Jewish identity is suddenly stripped away, what is the price of cleaving to one’s convictions in the face of authority?

The US ambassador Richard Grenell suggested that the Bundestag resolution against BDS should apply to Iran's regime because it seeks the destruction of the Jewish state.