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US / News Briefs / Religion / Judaism

Torah Scrolls Saved in Utah Day Care Center Fire Alarm

By Jewish Press News Desk

A rabbi and his daughter at the Chabad Lubavitch day care center in Salt Lake City, Utah saved two Torah scrolls from possible destruction Monday after he smelled smoke in the building. Twenty children, including five infants, were evacuated, according to the local Tribune newspaper. A faulty furnace was cited as the source of the […]

Israel / US / Travel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

US State Dept. Continues Stiff Travel Warings in Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

U.S. government employees are forbidden from traveling anywhere on personal business in Judea and Samaria except for Bethlehem and Jericho, according to the government’s latest travel advisory. In language softer than previous warnings that scared the dickens out of anyone even thinking of visiting Israel, the advisory pointed out, “Over three million foreign citizens, including […]

Uncategorized

Bennett Threatens to Quit Coalition over Framework

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jewish Home party chairman Naftali Bennett started threatened Monday to pull his party out of the government coalition if Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu accepts an American  “framework” that is inconsistent with the party’s principles. He also made it clear at the annual Jerusalem Conference that he will back the Prime Minister if there is no […]

IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs

IDF Intelligence Officer Killed by Friendly Fire

By Jewish Press News Desk

According to the IDF Spokesperson's Office, Major Tal Nachman, 21, from Nes Tziona, was killed Monday night by friendly fire near the border with northern Gaza. His family was notified. He will be buried today, 3 PM, at the military section of the local cemetery in Nes Tziona. The officer was commanding an intelligence reconnaissance […]

Syria / US / Iran / News Briefs / Saudi Arabia / Egypt

Obama to Make Diplomatic Rescue Visit to Saudi Arabia

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Barack Obama will fly to Saudi Arabia next month in an effort to repair a deteriorating relationship following his failure to significantly improve ties in his 2011 trip to Riyadh and in the wake of differences over relations with Egypt, Iran and Syria. Obama will visit the Vatican on the same junket, as well […]

Syria / US / News Briefs

Kerry Admits Obama's Syria Policy Is Failing

By Jewish Press News Desk

Kerry’s spokeswoman, Jennifer Psaki, denied that her boss proposes U.S. military involvement.

Terrorism / Syria / Iran / News Briefs / Iraq

Report: Al Qaeda Breaking Ties with a Branch in Syria

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Al Qaeda terrorist network reportedly is breaking ties with the Islamic State of Iraq and greater Syria (ISIS) Syria that has been balking at orders from Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri. The terrorist group also is known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). An unconfirmed website message from Al Qaeda […]

News Briefs / Europe / Russia

Teacher and Policeman Killed in Moscow School Shooting Spree

By Jewish Press News Desk

A student killed one policeman, a biology teacher, shot and wounded another policeman and took 20 pupils hostage before police overcame and arrested him Sunday in the northern end of Moscow. "The person who took 20 people and a teacher hostage is a student in the upper classes at the same school," an interior ministry […]

News Briefs / The Knesset

Pick Your New Knesset Logo

By Jewish Press News Desk

Help the Knesset pick out their new logo.

Hamas / News Briefs

Hamas Pulling Back Anti-Rocket Troops

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hamas is withdrawing 600 personnel it deployed to stop rocket attacks on Israel.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Italian Police Find Pig Culprit

By Jewish Press News Desk

Italian police have identified the man who sent the pig heads to Rome's main shul.

Israel / News Briefs / Europe

Denmark Bank Boycott: All For Show

By Jewish Press News Desk

Danske bank announced a "boycott" of Bank HaPoalim, but strangely enough, they have no investments in any Israeli bank. Hmm.

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Gazan Killed in Tunnel Collapse

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Gazan citizen was killed when his Rafiach tunnel, along the Egyptian border collapsed on him, on Saturday night.

Jewish / US / Politics / News Briefs

Longtime Congressman Henry Waxman to Retire

By Jewish Press News Desk

Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman, the dean of Jewish lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives, said Thursday he will retire, and Republicans immediately jumped on the announcement as a sign of weakness in the Democratic party. He was first elected to Congress from a Los Angeles-area district in 1974, and his resignation will take effect […]

Israel / News Briefs / Europe / Business and Economy

Norway’s Fund Reinstates Boycott of Israeli Firms Linked to Yesha

By Jewish Press News Desk

Norway has reinstated its 2010 boycott of two Israeli companies because their operations included activities in Judea and Samaria, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The Finance Ministry of Norway also said it secluded an Indian copper and metal producer due to "an unacceptable risk of serious environmental damage and serious violations of human rights." […]

Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset

Bennett’s Jewish Home and Labor Up in the Polls

By Jewish Press News Desk

A poll by the Knesset Channel released on Thursday confirms the trend of increased popularity for the Jewish Home party, headed by Naftali Bennett, and lesser support for Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party. Unlike recent polls, strength in the Likud-Beiteinu party dropped a bit. Labor and Meretz gained backing at the expense of Yesh Atid, […]

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Israeli Biotech Firm’s Diabetes Drug Passes FDA Phase 2 Trial

By Jewish Press News Desk

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reported positive results in its Phase 2a trial of an oral insulin capsule produced by Israeli-based Oramed. The drug is for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes. The Phase 2b study will be carried out later this year, and Oramed also plans a Phase 2a study for […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Police Raid Dieudonne’s Home and Find More than $1 Million in Cash

By Jewish Press News Desk

The so-called French comedian Dieudonne is a suspect for money laundering after police raided his Paris home Tuesday and found more than $1 million in cash there and in a theatre he operates. If charged and convicted, his previous hate crimes, primarily anti-Semitic slurs against Jews, will seem like petty theft, and God willing, his […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Syria / News Briefs / Turkey

Al Qaeda Setting Up Bases in Turkey, Says IDF General

By Jewish Press News Desk

Al Qaeda terrorists already have set up three bases in Turkey after having established a presence in Syria, IDF Intelligence Chief Maj.- Gen. Aviv Kochavi told a national security conference in Tel Aviv. "Syria is projecting its conflict to the whole region. Those blotches (on the map) in Turkey are no mistake by the graphic […]

Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Fatah Official Visits Iran

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jibril Rajoub, a senior leader in the Fatah party headed by Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas, visited Iran Tuesday, the first time a PA official has traveled to the Islamic Republic in several years. He told Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that Fatah “will not stop the resistance until the establishment of an […]

Iran / News Briefs / Turkey

Erdogan Says Iran is ‘Turkey’s ‘Second Home’

By Jewish Press News Desk

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is visiting Ayatollah Khamenei of Iran, which he called “our second home. The ayatollah in return “described the current brotherly and friendly relations between the two countries as unparalleled in recent centuries,” Iran’s official Press TV reported. Erdogan apparently has made another about face in his roller coaster policies […]

Government / News Briefs

Bennett Apologizes to Netanyahu

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jewish Home party Naftali Bennett personally apologized to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Wednesday night, dousing the flames of the political fire that threatened to spread out of control. The differences between the two over a future Palestinian Authority state were headlined on Tuesday when Bennett, referring to the Prime Minister‘s earlier statement that Jews could […]

News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion / Assimilation

Netanyahu Says His Son and Non-Jewish Girl only ‘Study Together’

By Jewish Press News Desk

The difference between Yair Netanyahu and Anthony Weiner and Hillary Clinton is that Israel is a Jewish state.

Israel / News Briefs

Condition of Poisoned Brothers Improves

By Jewish Press News Desk

Both brothers who were in life-threatening condition from the same poison that killed their two younger sisters last week now are breathing on their own, doctors at Schneider Children’s Medical Center said Wednesday. Five-year-old Yitzchak woke up from from unconsciousness, but his seven-year-old brother Michael, remains sedated. Although their condition is better, doctors said they […]

IDF & Security / Syria / Hamas / Iran / News Briefs / Hezbollah

IDF Says 170,000 Enemy Missiles Pointed at Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

The head of IDF Intelligence said on Wednesday that enemy countries have 170,000 missiles ready to be fired on Israel, a threat that is worse than the Iranian nuclear program. The numbers have been known before the sum total was announced by Intelligence Director Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi. It has been reported dozens of times […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Pro-Israeli Group Invites Johansson to ‘See for Herself’

By Jewish Press News Desk

The nationalist Legal Grounds organization in Israeli has applauded actress Scarlett Johansson for standing up for Israeli-based SodaStream and invited her to Israel as their guest “to see for herself the benefits that SodaStream and other Israeli companies based in Judea and Samaria provide to people of all religions and ethnicities.” SodaStream recently signed on […]

Israel / Global / Iran / News Briefs

Netanyahu Says Deal with Iran Left It 6 Weeks Away from the Bomb

By Jewish Press News Desk

The interim deal between the major world powers and Iran left the Islamic Republic “six weeks from a nuclear weapon,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told a conference of the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv Tuesday night. He has previously said that the goal of should not just be to stop Iran from […]

Government / News Briefs / The Knesset

Attorney General to Close ‘Bibi Tours’ Case

By Jewish Press News Desk

Another “Let’s get Bibi” case has bit the dust. Attorney General Yehudah Weinstein has accepted the recommendations of the police and state prosecutors and will close the “Bibi Tours” case that raised suspicions that Netanyahu illegally pocketed money for trips when he a Knesset Member, The case arose after a Channel 10 reporter claimed that […]

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Holocaust

Palestinian Authority Daily Claims Netanyahu Has ‘Nazi Genes’

By Jewish Press News Desk

The official Palestinian Authority daily last week, days before International Holocaust Remembrance Day, published an op-ed demonizing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who it said has Nazi genes that he may have “acquired it genetically from the days of the Nazis and the Aryan race." The report, translated and published by the Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), […]

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Trust Fund of US ‘Queen of Mean’ Gives $25 Million to Haifa U

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Helmsley Charitable trust, which was bankrolled by the late hotel tycoon “Queen of Mean” Leona Helmsley, has donated $25 million to Haifa University, which will use the funds for undersea robots and automated vehicles and undersea laboratories for its new Mediterranean Sea Research Center. Her name became more widely known for her including her […]

IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

PA Says IDF Delayed Its Prime Minister‘s Convoy again

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli soldiers delayed the convoy of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah for the fourth time in a month on Tuesday, according to the PA’s official WAFA website. It did not say how long the convoy was delayed but only stated that the soldiers stopped the vehicles to inspect identification cards of Hamdallah’s security force. […]

Israel / News Briefs

'King of Fun' Donates 12 Ambucyclyes to United Hatzalah

By Jewish Press News Desk

Stewart Rahr, aka the "King of Fun," founder and CEO of Kinray and a self-made billionaire, is the guest of honor today, 11:45 AM at the dedication ceremony unveiling 12 life-saving ambucycles (estimated value $320,000) that he, together with friends and family, donated to United Hatzalah. The life saving ambucyles will be unveiled in a […]

Israel / Global / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Be’er Sheva Prepares to Be the New Israeli Silicon Valley

By Jewish Press News Desk

The launching of the CyberSpark national cyber complex in Be’er Sheva this week prepares the way for what the “capital of the Negev” hopes will turn the city into Israel’s next Silicon Valley. Lockheed Martin and IBM formally announced that they will set up their research activities in the park, joining Deutsche Telekom and EMC. […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Israel Foiled 40 Attempted Attacks by Terrorists Freed for Shalit

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli security forces in 2013 foiled 40 attempted or planned attacks by terrorists who were freed by Israel in November 2011 for the return of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit, the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) reported Monday in its annual summary of terror. In addition, several attacks were carried out by other terrorists freed in […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Thomas Friedman in Israel: Only Livni and Kerry Are Believers

By Jewish Press News Desk

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli negotiator and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni are the only two people who still believe in negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman said in Tel Aviv Monday night. “The Israelis are the Palestinians are ambivalent towards their future and towards the […]

IDF & Security / Syria / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Israel Issues Routine ‘No Comment’ On Bombing of Missiles in Syria

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli spokesman said “no comment” on reports from Lebanon that the Israeli Air Force bombed Syrian missiles destined for Hezbollah. Explosions were reported in the Syrian port city of Latakia, which previously has been targeted and presumably by Israel to prevent “game-changing” weapons from being smuggled into Lebaon for Hezbollah. Several Lebanese new sources as […]

News Briefs / Germany / Settlements / Holocaust

Letter Offered Hitler Money to Let Jews Move to Gush Etzion

By Jewish Press News Desk

A recently-discovered letter sent to Hitler in 1939 offered him 100,000 Palestine lira in exchange for allowing Jews to buy land in Gush Etzion and move to Israel. The proposal, which was sent in a letter dated April 9, 1939, but was not carried out. Researchers at the Kfar Etzion Museum found a copy of […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Gaza Hackers Attack 1 Israeli Defense Ministry Computer

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hackers attacked Israeli computers including one used by the defense ministry department dealing with civilians in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli data protection expert told Army Radio on Monday. "At the beginning of this month a number of mails were sent to a number of companies in Israel, including security organizations," Seculert cyber security […]

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy / On Campus / Education

Lockheed Martin to Help Launch Cyber Security Program in Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Lockheed Martin and EMC Corp. announced on Sunday an agreement to invest in cyber security and other technology projects based in the new Advanced Technologies Park at Ben Gurion University . The official launch ceremony for the agreement will take place tomorrow in Tel Aviv on Monday at the CyberTech 2014 International Exhibition and Conference. […]

Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Netanyahu: Agreement with Devious Iran Cannot Succeed

By Jewish Press News Desk

Any permanent agreement with Iran “cannot succeed if its President Hassan Rouhani acts according to its words, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the weekly Cabinet meeting Sunday in his report on conversations at last week’s World Economic Forum at Davos. “Rouhani said that Iran was against international involvement in Syria, but Iran is the country […]

News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Assimilation

Anti-Assimilation Group Begs Bibi: Break up Son’s Dating Non-Jew

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Lehava Organization for the Prevention of Assimilation in the Holy Land appealed to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Sunday to break up his son Yair’s relationship with a Norwegian non-Jew. Yair Netanyahu is dating Sandra  Leikange a fellow student, Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, The Jewish Press reported here earlier today. Citing the Prime Minister’s late […]

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Intel Says It Exported $35 Billion from Israel in 40 Years

By Jewish Press News Desk

Intel is celebrating its 40th year in Israel with a report that it has exported one billion silicon processors worth $35 billion . Last year, $3.5 billion worth of Intel products were exported from Israel, said the chip-making giant, which has received from the government billions of dollars in grants and enticements to locate and […]

Israel / News Briefs / United Nations (UN) / Egypt

Israel Grants Asylum to Two African Infiltrators

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Interior Ministry said Sunday it has granted asylum status to two illegal infiltrators from Eritrea, but thousands of others still are demanding the same status. The United Nations agency for refugees and Israeli leftists have accused Israel of trying to deport the illegal African infiltrators without a fair examination concerning their claims they entered […]

Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel

Haredim Allegedly Hurled Rocks at Arabs Violating the Sabbath

By Jewish Press News Desk

Dozens of Jerusalem Haredim allegedly hurled rocks on Friday night, after the Sabbath began, at Arab vehicles on Route 1 that bypasses Mea Shearim, according to the Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency. The news agency claimed that the attacks “were racially-motivated assaults targeting Palestinians,” while police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said there had been no reports of […]

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Egypt

Al Qaeda-Linked Terrorists Kill Three Egyptian Policemen in Sinai

By Jewish Press News Desk

Terrorists linked with Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for gunning down three Egyptian policemen in the Sinai Peninsula Sunday, attacking the policemen’s bus with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns. The Egyptian army responded through a message on Facebook, "We assure the Egyptian people of the great determination of its men to fight black terrorism and the […]

Terrorism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Foreign Ministry Cites PA Incitement as Obstacle to Peace

By Jewish Press News Desk

The “culture of hatred” promoted by the Palestinian Authority and that has been more pronounced since the resumption of “peace talks” since last July "undermines the chances for peace between Israel and the Palestinians," the Foreign Ministry stated on Sunday. It tied the resumption of discussions with a sharp increase in terrorist attacks. There were […]

Israel / News Briefs / Obituaries

Wife of Knesset Speaker Edelstein Passes Away

By Jewish Press News Desk

The wife of Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein, Tatiana (Tania) Edelstein passed away on Thursday night at age 63. The Edelsteins became religious while still living in the USSR, where Tatiana was a Hebrew teacher and promoted Aliyah until they were allowed to leave to Israel. While still in the USSR, Yuli was arrested, as Jewish […]

Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe / Russia

Abbas Asks Russia for Billion Dollar Gas Project Off Gaza Coast

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority  chairman Mahmoud Abbas asked Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Thursday to invest in a $1 billion natural gas project off the coast of Hamas-controlled Gaza, Russia’s news agency reported. Abbas is vesting Moscow, which has been a strong backer of the Palestinian Authority. Securing a huge investment for Gaza would help Abbas win […]

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Jordan

Canadian MP Failed to Win ‘$Million’ Photo-Op with Harper at Kotel

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Canadian Jewish legislator lost out on an attempt for a “million dollar shot” with Prime Minister Stephen Harper during a visit to the Western Wall (Kotel), Canadian media reported. Jewish Conservative Member of Parliament Mark Adler is looking ahead to next year’s election in his district where nearly 20 percent of the residents are […]

News Briefs / Holocaust

Nazi ‘Death Train ‘Car to Be Displayed in Netanya

By Jewish Press News Desk

An authentic German train car that transported Jews to concentration camps will be placed at the Netanya Memorial Site and service as a “living monument” and educational center in memory of the Jewish victims of the Holocaust The car will arrive in Netanya tomorrow on Friday and will be the first time it has been […]

Israel / News Briefs

Poison Victims Buried as Brothers Struggle to Stay Alive

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two girls, ages 1 and 4, were buried Thursday afternoon after dying from poison that was used in their family home, and their two brother, ages 5 and 7, are alive in Schneider Medical Center in Petah Tikvah with the help of life support machines. Meanwhile, a Jerusalem court has extended the remand of the […]

Israel / Global / Iran / News Briefs

Peres: Listen to What Rouhani Did not Say

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Shimon Peres found himself in rare agreement with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at Davos Thursday in denouncing the speech by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the 2014 World Economic Forum. After the Prime Minister warned everyone not be deceived by Rouhani’s smiles, Peres said at a press conference, “The most significant remarks were the […]

Jewish / US / News Briefs

Madoff Recovering from Heart Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

Bernard Madoff suffered a heart attack in prison last month and was hospitalized, CNBC revealed Wednesday after receiving an email from the 75-year-old Ponzi scheme rip-off artist. Madoff also is suffering from stage four kidney disease. He former stockbroker wrote that he spent most of last month in the Duke University Medical Center and that […]

Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Netanyahu Says Rouhani Master of Deception

By Jewish Press News Desk

Mohammed "Rouhani is continuing with the Iranian show of deception,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Thursday after the Iranian president’s speech to the 2014 World Economic Forum in Davos. Rouhani said, "The Islamic Republic of Iran is prepared to engage in constructive cooperation for promoting global energy security, drawing on its vast oil and gas […]

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Settlements

Settlers: Arabs Cut Olive Trees to Incriminate Jews

By Jewish Press News Desk

Residents of the Eli (pronounced Eh-lee) settlement in Benjamin Region say they discovered say they discovered on Wednesday "price tag" graffiti sprayed on chopped olive tree trunks in the settlement, Israeli press source reported. A day earlier, those same settlers had caught Arab villagers who were chopping down olive trees in their own village field, […]

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer to Visit Israel in July

By Jewish Press News Desk

Yahoo President and CEO Marissa Mayer told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Davos Wednesday that she expects to visit Israel in July. Meeting at the 014 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, the Prime Minister told her that whereas major powers were once measured in terms of territory, today they are measured by the number of […]

Israel

Thousands of Illegal African Infiltrators March on 12 Embassies

By Jewish Press News Desk

Thousands of illegal Sudanese and Eritrean illegal infiltrators took their campaign to remain in Israel to 12 embassies in Tel Aviv Wednesday in a protest march. They accused Israel of not properly examining their claims they fled their native countries as refugees and not as people seeking a higher standard of living. Simultaneous protests are […]

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / Media

‘PreOccupied Territory” Satirical News Site Launched

By Jewish Press News Desk

A new satirical new site called “PreOccupied Territory” features a Jewish and Israeli perspective on news around the world as seen by journalist David Swidler, who also is behind the blog “Mightier than the Pen.” His objective is to make the news more understandable through humor, something The Jewish Press does on a regular basis […]

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs

Syrian Opposition Leader Compares Assad Regime with Nazis

By Jewish Press News Desk

Recently published photographs of people allegedly tortured by the regime of Syrian President Bassar al-Assad brought out the Nazi comparisons Wednesday by Syrian opposition leader Ahmed Jarba. Speaking to the Geneva II talks, he said, "The pictures of torture are unprecedented except in the Nazi camps during the Second World War.” The photos were provided […]

Israel / News Briefs / Religion

Major 1,500-Year-Old Church and Mosaic Discovered

By Jewish Press News Desk

This archaeological discovery will save Jews from living in homes built over the remains of a church.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Larry King Teams Up with Technion to Promote Israeli High Tech

By Jewish Press News Desk

Former CNN host Larry King and the Haifa-based Technion Institute are establishing the Israel Silicon Valley Chambers of Commerce to promote Israeli high tech and encourage multinational companies to open R&D centers in Israel. King will help finance the project with a $600,000 investment. The new chambers of commerce will be launched next month in […]

Israel / Global / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Netanyahu to Address Davos Forum on 'Israel – Innovation Nation'

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will travel Wednesday to the 2014 World Economic Forum in Davos, where he will deliver an address under the heading "Israel – Innovation Nation,” with an emphasis on the cyber industry. He also will attend the IT session, in the presence of Cisco CEO John Chambers, and a cyber session that […]

Israel / Global / Antisemitism / News Briefs

South African U. Suspends Students Who Broke up Concert by Israeli

By Jewish Press News Desk

The University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg has given a suspended sentence of a one-year ouster to 11 students charged with disrupting a concert last march by Israeli-born pianist Yosef Reshef on the university campus. The students and other Muslims and BDS extremists broke into the auditorium and forced the cancellation of a performance the world-renowned […]

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs

Court Sentences Killer of Baba Sali’s Grandson to Life in Prison

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Be'er Sheva court sentenced Tuesday sentenced Asher Dahan to life in prison for stabbing to death Rabbi Elazar Abuhatzeira, grandson of the revered Baba Sali, in July 2011. In a clear-cut version of “the Devil made me do it” defense, the 45-year-old murdered said he was angry at the rabbi for not advising him […]

News Briefs / Settlements

‘Price Tag’ Vandals Hit Arab Village in Samaria

By Jewish Press News Desk

“Price Tag’ vandals slashed tires on dozens of cars and destroyed trees in the Arab village of Kablan in Samaria Monday night, according to local villagers and the pro-Palestinian Authority Rabbis for Human Watch organization. Most of the damaged vehicles reportedly were in car repair garage, and graffiti was scrawled on a nearby wall with […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Europe / NATO

Chief of Staff Gantz at NATO Chiefs Meeting in Brussels

By Jewish Press News Desk

IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz and Col. Adam Susman, head of the International Military Cooperation Department, landed in Brussels on Tuesday for the annual NATO Chiefs of Defense Meeting. Lt. Gen. Gantz will be meeting with fellow Chiefs of Staff from around the world as well as NATO official sand will take part in […]

Syria / US / Iran / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

United Nations Disinvites Iran from Syria Peace Talks

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iran proves once again it cannot be trusted, but is anyone listening?

NY / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Local

NYPD Top Cop’s Wife to Use Her TV Status to Help Him

By Jewish Press News Desk

New York City has another husband-and-wife team helping to run the city with the disclosure that Rikki Klieman, the wife of Police Chief Bill Bratton, plans to go to community meetings with him and will use her connections through her appearance on CBS as a legal analyst to his advantage. The husband and wife duo, […]

NY / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Judaism

NYC Orthodox High School Lets Girls Put On Tefillin

By Jewish Press News Desk

SAR High School in Riverdale, New York, is now allowing girls to wrap tefillin during Shacharit-morning prayer, probably the first Modern Orthodox high school in the U.S. to do so, reports The Boiling Point, the online student newspaper of Shalhevet High School in LA. Two girls were granted permission to wrap tefillin and wear a […]

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media

Arab Journalists Claim Harper’s Bodyguards Assaulted Them

By Jewish Press News Desk

No confirmation of the alleged assault was reported by any news outlet other than Ma'an.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Border Police Shoot Suspected Terrorist West of Hebron

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Border Police officer shot and seriously wounded a suspected Palestinian Authority terrorist Monday afternoon near the Jewish community of Telem, located on the highway leading from Kiryat Arba-Hebron to Kiryat Gat and Beit Shemesh. The policeman spotted the suspect running towards the security control tower. The suspect ran away after warnings shots were fired […]

Israel / Syria / Iran / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

US Backs Syrian Rebels' Ultimatum to UN to Keep Iran Out of Talks

By Jewish Press News Desk

The United States has backed an ultimatum by Syrian opposition forces to rescind an invitation to Iran to joint the Geneva II peace talks scheduled for Wednesday unless Tehran publicly accepts that the conference will establish a political process to end the rule of Syrian President Bassar al-Assad. The peace talks appeared to be over before […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Gaza Terrorists Continue Rocket War, Test IDF’s Threats

By Jewish Press News Desk

Terrorists from Hamas-ruled Gaza attacked southern Israel again Sunday morning with two more rockets that exploded in open areas and caused no damage or injuries. Military officials said last week that Israel will not allow a return to the days of “tit-for-tat” retaliation, with Hamas and other terrorists launching a couple of rockets a day […]

Israel / News Briefs

Gas Tank Explosion Wipes Out Jerusalem Family

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Jerusalem couple and their only child, a two-year-old boy, were killed in a gas explosion that also injured 14 others late Sunday night their apartment building in the Gilo neighborhood in southern Jerusalem. Police have arrested a gas technician had worked on the premises before the blast, and a Jerusalem court has remanded him […]

Haredim & Hassidim / NY / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Torah Crown Stolen from Crown Heights Shul

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Crown Heights Shul was burglarized on Friday night and the thief made off with the silver crown of the Sefer Torah, tools, a guitar and other items of value, crownheights.info reported. The theft occurred in Chevra Ahavas Yisroel on Albany Avenue and Lincoln Place, and was discovered Shabbat Morning when the Shuls Rabbi, Rabbi Chezzi […]

Israel / US / News Briefs

Former Mossad Chief Joins International Board of United Hatzalah

By Jewish Press News Desk

Major General (res.) Meir Dagan, former chief of the Mossad, joined United Hatzalah’s international board of directors on Sunday afternoon. Dagan joined the organization in a ceremony held at United Hatzalah’s headquarters, where he also personally dedicated an ambucycle to United Hatzalah's fleet of more than 500. “It was a great pleasure and honor for […]

Jewish / Eye on "Palestine" / Global / News Briefs

Hadassah New Zealand Fund-Raising to Help Palestinian Children

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hadassah New Zealand is planning to raise funds for the Rozana Project by participating in the March 2014 Jerusalem marathon and generating donations from sponsors in New Zealand and Israel, J-wire reported. Tali Dowek, the Director of Hadassah’s Department of Development, Donors & Events, said that since the launch of the Rozana Project, about 2 […]

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs

Rocket Alert: Gaza Border

By Jewish Press News Desk

11:08 PM The rocket attack red alert just went off near the Gaza border. 11:16 PM The rocket fell in an open area.

Israel / Syria / News Briefs

19 Year Old Shot Near Syrian Border

By Jewish Press News Desk

A 19 year old resident of Migdal Shams is in light to medium condition after being shot at near the Syrian border with Israel. The man was taken to Ziv hospital in Tzfat with a bullet wound in his leg. The hospital said the bullet was shot was a long distance. The IDF said it […]

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Settlements

Terrorist Arrested in Migdal Oz Shooting

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Saturday night, a Palestinian Authority terrorist shot towards the entrance of the town of Migdal Oz in Gush Etzion. The shooting was done with a homemade gun. Three shots were fired. IDF forces captured the terrorist, and no one was injured in the attack.

News Briefs / Sponsored Article

New Winners: A&H Kosher Hot Dog Contest

By Jewish Press News Desk

Congratulations to our latest winners of free Abeles & Heymann kosher hot dogs.

Politics / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Settlements

Tasered Settler Boaz Albert to Return Home

By Jewish Press News Desk

Even after suffering shocks from a Taser gun, he refused to sign on the administrative order.

Israel / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority Denies Report It Arrested Hamas Terrorists

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Palestinian Authority hurriedly denied an Israeli report Thursday night that its security forced arrested Hamas terrorists in Hebron who were planning to take explosive devices with them to Israeli population centers. "We have no information about this issue," Palestinian Authority Adnan al-Dumieri told the Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency. The original Israeli report by the […]

Terrorism / Israel / Hamas / News Briefs

Rocket Launch from Gaza Sets Off Warning Sirens

By Jewish Press News Desk

Terrorists from Gaza launched another rocket towards Ashkelon Thursday night, setting off early warning sirens, but the missile missed its mark and may have exploded in northern Gaza. Shortly before, Reuters quoted an Israeli military official as saying, “We won’t go back to a situation where three or four times a week the red alarm […]

Terrorism / Egypt

Bloodbath Likely in Egypt on Next Week’s Anniversary of Revolution

By Jewish Press News Desk

An Egyptian government  official called on people to confront the Muslim Brotherhood “for a counter-revolution” and to celebrate on January 25 the anniversary of the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak. Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim told an Egyptian television channel Wednesday, “I reiterate my call to the Egyptian people: you have to take to the streets […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Israel Says Hamas’ Rivals Are Likely behind Latest Attacks

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hamas probably is not responsible for the recent escalation of missile attacks on Israel and may even be trying to prevent them. However, it still will be the target of retaliation, a senior Israeli military officer told Reuters Thursday. The officer, who was quoted on the basis of anonymity, said rival terrorist groups, smaller than […]

US / Government / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

‘PA and Israel Agree: It’s All Kerry and Obama’s Fault

By Jewish Press News Desk

The furor over remarks by  Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon about  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry show that the Palestinian Authority-Israeli “quality that they all share, so stupendously in an exhibitionist way, is to explain why it's the U.S.'s fault,” U.S.-Israel relations expert Alon Pinkas told NBC World News. The Yediot Acharonot journalist who wrote […]

Israel / News Briefs

More Illegal Africans Going Back Home

By Jewish Press News Desk

The rising trend of illegal African infiltrators leaving Israel and going back home continued in early January, when their numbers were whittled down by another 250 who left voluntarily despite a protest campaign to convince the world they had not place to go. Last year, slight more than 2,600 illegal Africans left Israel voluntarily. If […]

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Int’l Flavors to Buy Kibbutz Suppliers for $88 Million

By Jewish Press News Desk

The U.S.-based International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) firm is buying Aromor Flavors, half-owned by Kibbutz Givat Oz, which is located southeast of Haifa. Former executives ion the Makhteshim phosphates and  chemical giant own the other half of Aromor, which manufactures and markets specialty ingredients that are used in fragrances and flavors. “We expect Aromor, with […]

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs

Al Qaeda-Linked Car Bomb Kills 26 in Syrian Rebel Stronghold

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Al Qaeda-linked ISIL terrorist organization attacked a rebel-held city in northern Syria on Wednesday and killed at least 26 people in a car bomb explosion. Fighting between the rebels and ISIL has developed into a second civil war with the broader civil war between Syrian President Bassar al-Assad and opposition forces. ISIL denied claims […]

News Briefs / Egypt

Egypt Approves Constitution, but Brotherhood Boycotted Vote

By Jewish Press News Desk

Egyptians gave landslide support for a proposed new constitution after two days of voting, but the Muslim Brotherhood boycotted the balloting, which was accompanied by violence, ballot stuffing and bribes. An official told the Associated Press that 90 percent of the voters cast a “yes” vote, but BuzzFeed reported that it obtained documents that provided […]

News Briefs / The Knesset / Judaism

Tzohar Rabbis Help Lead Knesset’s First Ever Tu B’Shvat Seder

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Tu B’Shvat holiday Thursday literally has roots in the Land of Israel

IDF & Security / US / Politics / Government / Iran / News Briefs

RJC: Feinstein's Comments on Israel Outrageous and Baseless

By Jewish Press News Desk

She claims bipartisan Iran sanctions bill allows Israel "to determine when and where U.S. goes to war."

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs

Another Rocket Falls Short of Ashkelon

By Jewish Press News Desk

At 9:30 AM another rocket was launched at Ashkelon from Gaza. The rocket landed in an open area, and no injuries were reported. There was a problem with the Red Alert alarm system, and not all residents in the city heard the siren go off.

Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Lapid Says He Doesn’t Trust the Palestinian Authority

By Jewish Press News Desk

Yesh Atid party chairman Yair Lapid, Israel’s favorite chameleon, declared on Wednesday that he does not trust the Palestinian Authority and would not depend on it to keep Israel safe while having full control of the Jordan Valley. He took what he said is a centrist view - against annexing Jewish communities in Judea and […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / The Knesset / Holocaust

Knesset Bill Proposed to Outlaw Nazi Slogans

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Knesset easily passed on preliminary reading on Wednesday a bill that would make it illegal to use the word Nazi and Nazi symbols, but Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein said the measure violates freedom of speech. Only 19 Knesset Members voted against the bill, sponsored by Likud Knesset Member Shimon Ohayon, with 44 in favor, […]

Israel / News Briefs

Thousands of Gallons of Milk Spill in Gush Etzion Mishap (Video)

By Jewish Press News Desk

If anyone likes crying over spilled milk, he is going to cry a river over this one.

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