Former prime minister tells New York Jews Clinton would be great for Israel

Barak, who served under Netanyahu as the government's top defense official, also rejected rumors that Netanyahu had recently offered him to head the Foreign Ministry.

The statue is of Garegin Nzhdeh, an Armenian nationalist who sought independence first from the Ottoman Empire and then from Soviet domination.

Is the prime minister merely jockeying to stay in power, or is he, as his confidants insist, ready to do more.

Germany is holding what are likely to be its last trials linked to the Holocaust, in which the Nazis killed more than six million people, mostly Jews.

Jewish groups have condemned the auction, and the mayor of Munich has asked the auction house to cancel it, fearing the objects will be glorified by neo-Nazis, the Telegraph reported.

This week's podcast explores the LGBT community's ability to overcome horrific events and tragedies, and come out stronger on the other side.

Out of the 75,534 women who self-reported information, the majority were Christian. 1,700 were Jewish.