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An Arizona family's menorah before and after it was vandalized and turned into a swastika, December 2016 (Facebook photo)

Vandals twist Arizona family’s garden menorah into swastika

Seth and Naomi Ellis horrified to discover hideous display outside their house; supporters later gather to help fix and relight the festive candelabrum

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May meets US Secretary of State John Kerry at 10 Downing Street, July 19, 2016. (Hannah McKay/Pool)

Britain and the US in deepening war of words over Kerry’s anti-settlement speech

Theresa May rebukes secretary’s wrong-headed approach, exaggerated focus on settlements; State Dept. implies UK being hypocritical, says other countries are backing Kerry

Congressional Republicans push to condemn anti-settlement UN vote

By Eric Cortellessa

Zionist Union calls for referendum on whether to annex West Bank

Poll: Lapid could be PM if elections were held today

Illustrative photo of Indian police checking the ID of motorcyclists outside the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi after a terror attack in February 2012 (AP/Saurabh Das)

Israelis warned not to travel to India because of ‘concrete’ terror threat

Tourists already there urged by Counter-Terror Bureau to avoid crowded areas and New Year’s parties, especially in Goa, other southern states

Twin blasts kill at least 18 in Baghdad market

By AFP

US says Islamic State chief still alive, still leading

By AFP

Merkel calls ‘Islamist terror’ the greatest challenge to Germany

By AFP and ToI Staff

Fireworks exploding over the Rhine River during a New Year’s party in Cologne, Germany, January 1, 2014. (Patrik Stollarz/AFP/Getty Images)

A slip of the tongue

Do Germans wish each other ‘Shanah tovah’ on New Year’s Eve?

By Cnaan Liphshiz

There is a cornucopia of Jewish-influenced vernacular in the modern German lexicon

Na’ama Elsa’ana in her shop in Lakiya. Elsa'ana helped found the first Bedouin women’s organization in the Negev, found the Association for the Improvement of Women’s Status, Lakiya. (Shmuel Bar-Am)

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The Bedouin women breaking with tradition in the Negev

By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am

In several government-planned villages in southern Israel, trailblazing pioneers are empowering local girls through business and education

End the delusion over settlements

The UN vote passed because the Israeli government has no credibility and is leading us to a binational state

Deborah Housen-Couriel

Cyber-warfare comes of age

The ferocious US retaliation against Russia for meddling in elections is a watershed moment in cyber-diplomacy

Former president Shimon Peres attends the opening of the 'Mini World Cup for Peace' soccer event at Herzlyia stadium on May 9, 2016. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

12 inspiring Jews we bade farewell in 2016

By Gabe Friedman

From politicians to performers, the Jewish world lost some of its brightest and best this year

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, December 25, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Police prepare to question Netanyahu after ‘turning point’ in corruption case

Reportedly suspected of breach of trust, unlawfully accepting gifts, PM said set to be questioned next week. PMO: ‘You will be disappointed, again’

Illustrative photo of IDF soldiers in the West Bank (IDF Spokesperson's Unit/Flash90)

Settlers arrested after attacking IDF soldiers near Sussiya

Three held on suspicion of assaulting troops in southern West Bank; police investigating apparent ‘price tag’ attack on Palestinian village

Illustrative. Smoke rises after a house was blown up in a military operation in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on November 20, 2014. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90/File)

Sinai blast kills two Egyptian soldiers

By AP

No group claims responsibility for attack near El-Arish targeting specialized anti-bomb vehicle

In this Monday, Dec. 26, 2016 file photo Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the meeting in St.Petersburg, Russia. President Vladimir Putin said, Friday, Dec. 30, 2016 that Russia will not be expelling US diplomats in response to a new round of US sanctions. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)

Trump’s praise of Putin could signal a new day for US policy

By Josh Lederman

First major test for president-elect will be managing US-Russia relations in light of election hacking

Bob Hale, left, and Maxine Morris, the couple who built the 'House of Love.' (Nancy Cole)

This couple’s house has ‘love’ written all over it — literally

Josh Radnor and Elizabeth Reaser in 'The Babylon Line' (Jeremy Daniel/via JTA)

Josh Radnor, beyond ‘How I Met Your Mother’

By Curt Schleier

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Israeli and US flags (Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)

US-Israel citizens in a tizz over new kids’ savings plan

By Shoshanna Solomon

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Safe driving app‘Virtual breathalyzer’ lets you check if you’re over the limit

The entrance to the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau with the lettering 'Arbeit macht frei' ('Work makes you free'). (Joel Saget/AFP)

Greek company scraps Auschwitz ‘escape room’ game following complaints

By JTA

This file photo taken on January 24, 2015 shows Debbie Reynolds, right, recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, and her daughter Carrie Fisher posing in the press room during the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. (AFP/Getty Images North America/Ethan Miller)

Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher to be buried together

By Anthony McCartney

People line up to get into the Carnegie Deli December 30, 2016 in New York. The deli will close after 79 years of service on December 30. (AFP/Catherine Triomphe)

Carnegie Deli, a New York institution, closes its doors

By Catherine TRIOMPHE

Joel Sollender, a Jewish World War II veteran and former prisoner of war, who appeared in an ad on behalf of Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, September, 2016. (YouTube/All Political Ads)

Ex-POW from Hillary Clinton campaign ads dies

By JTA

This 1949 photo taken by British mystery author Agatha Christie shows a statue of a lamassu, a winged bull from Assyrian mythology who guarded the royal court from evil, at the ancient site of Nimrud, near modern day Mosul, Iraq. Christie had a little-known link to Nimrud: She accompanied her husband, archaeologist Max Mallowan, as he excavated the onetime capital of the Assyrian Empire, and she assisted by piecing together some artifacts and chronicling the dig in photos and film. (Agatha Christie via AP)

Agatha Christie had little-known role in ancient Nimrud

By Lori Hinnant

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