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Stars of ‘Scandal’ and ‘Once Upon A Time' at Kotel on Shabbat

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

Stars from the hit American TV shows “Scandal” and “Once Upon a Time” visited the Western Wall Friday night during and found themselves immediately recognized by religious Jewish prayer-goers. ''People approached us at the Western Wall, saying they watch our shows,'' said Katie Lowes, who stars in the new American political thriller television series “Scandal,” […]

Terrorism / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Jerusalem

PA Arab Shoots at Israeli Car; Gaza Terrorists Fire Two Mortars

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Palestinian Authority terrorists shot at an Israeli car near Maaleh Adumim and terrorists in Hamas-controlled Gaza fired two mortar shells on the Western Negev Thursday evening. No injuries were reported in  the attacks, which came two days after a PA Arab stabbed to death a Jewish father of five children in northern Samaria. The […]

Jewish / Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset / Jerusalem

Likud MK Regev Chickens Out, Cancels Visit to Temple Mount

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Likud MK Miri Regev really sounded tough. She vowed to visit the Temple Mount to find out why Jews can’t pray there, although everyone else knows why. Now she says she doesn’t want to make a fuss.

Terrorism / US / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Kerry Hosts ‘Peace Process Partner' Livni to Advance PA Demands

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

John Kerry and Tzipi Livni have something in common. Both of them want to advance their political careers with the booby prize of an Israeli-Palestinian Authority peace agreement.

Jewish / US / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Obituaries

Fred Lafer, Longtime Jewish Leader, Dies

By JTA

Fred Lafer, a longtime leader of several Jewish institutions, died Tuesday in New Jersey after suffering from leukemia. Lafer served as president and chairman of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy beginning in 2000. He also was chairman of the executive committee of the Shalom Hartman Institute of Jerusalem's board of directors. He also […]

Antisemitism / Europe / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem / Religion / Archaeology

BBC Yanked Israeli Film on Jewish Exodus from Jerusalem (video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The BBC strikes again. Known for its bias against Israel, it said that a documentary claiming that man “Palestinians” of today actually are descendants of Jews did “not fit editorially.” How true.

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

Rock-Throwing Terrorists Return to Route 443

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority Arabs Monday morning hurled rocks at motorists on Route 443, which connects Modi’in with Jerusalem, despite two checkpoints on the highway that also serves as alternate route to Highway 1 to Jerusalem. No injuries were reported. The Supreme Court three years ago ordered that the government open the road to Palestinian Authority drivers, […]

Jewish / US / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Respected Poll: Large Majority Favor Sovereignty in West Bank

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The idea of Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria once seemed a pipe dream or nightmare, depending on your view. Now, a respected poll delivers a thunderbolt: 80 percent say it will happen.

Jewish / US / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion

Netanyahu Approves Egalitarian Section at Western Wall

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The women win a battle, but the question is, “Do they want a war they might lose?” Netanyahu approves Sharansky’s plan for women to pray like men in an “egalitarian” section at the Western Wall.

IDF & Security / US / Iran / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Holocaust

Hagel Thumps ‘I Love Israel’ Litany, Visits Yad VaShem

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Who cares whether Hagel loves or hates Israel? The US needs the Jews. He brought money and parroted the official line: ‘Israel has the right to defend itself.” Thank you. He even visited Yad VaShem.

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

Yale Elects First-Ever Israeli Student Union President

By Jewish Press News Desk

Yale University students have Jerusalem-born native Daniel Avraham as the first Israeli president of the Student Union. Avraham, a 24-year-old sophomore, learned at the Gymnasia Herzliya high school and is a former IDF intelligence officer. He is studying in the university’s ethics and economics program. Former Yale Student Union presidents include former U.S. Secretary of […]

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religion / Israeli Arabs

MK to Visit Temple Mount to Find Out Why Jews Barred from Praying

By Jewish Press News Desk

Likud Knesset Member Miri Regev announced Wednesday she will visit the Temple Mount to try to understand the problem with Jews praying at the holy site. The Jerusalem Islamic Waqf officially controls the Temple Mount, a power granted to it by the Israeli government shortly after the Six-Day War in 1967. MK Regev, who chairs […]

Jewish / NY / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion

Peres: Torah Does Not Ban Women Wearing Tallis at Western Wall

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

President Peres showed off his lack of knowledge of Jewish law and told the NY UJA, “The Torah does not ban women from wearing a tallis.”

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Israelis Live Longer than Most OECD Countries

By Jewish Press News Desk

The average life expectancy in Israel is 81.7 years, fifth highest among OECD countries, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics. The annual report on the eve of Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, also reported that 10 percent of Israelis live in Jerusalem Tel Aviv is the second most popular city, where 5 percent of […]

Terrorism / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Islamists / Jerusalem

Pearl’s Father: Execution Caused ‘Revolution’ against Barbarism

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prof. Judea Pearl said at Israel’s Remembrance Day for Fallen Soldiers in Jerusalem Sunday night that the terrorists’’ brutal execution of his son Daniel “caused a revolution in our society’s struggle against barbarism.” He added, “The notion of absolute good and bad was almost erased, but was reborn with the murder of Daniel in Pakistan.” […]

NY / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Aliyah / Geulah / Holocaust

Yom Ha’atzmaut Draws 200 New York UJA Leaders

By Jewish Press News Desk

The UJA Federation of New York’s William Rosenwald Mission landed in Israel Sunday with 200 leaders who will be celebrating the country’s 65th anniversary as a modern state on Tuesday. The delegation will examine how the New York community can help improve Israel’s quality of life, especially for children in distress, Holocaust survivors and new […]

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Obituaries

Ten of Thousands at Funeral of Son of Rav Ovadia Yosef

By JTA

Tens of thousands of people participated Friday afternoon in the funeral procession of Rabbi Yaakov Yosef, the eldest son of Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, former Chief Rabbi of Israel and of the most influential rabbis in Israel. Yaakov Yosef died Friday afternoon at the age of 66, succumbing to a long struggle with […]

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religion / Archaeology

A Rare Second Temple Period Mikveh Discovered in Jerusalem

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israeli archaeologists love highway contractors. Excavation for new roads frequently digs up history, and this time they struck it rich, finding a rare mikveh from the late Second Temple Period.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel

Western Wall Rabbi ‘Can Live' with Non-Orthodox Kotel Site

By JTA

The rabbi of the Western Wall said he "can live with" a plan presented by Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky for a permanent prayer section at the Western Wall where women can organize minyans, even one for men and women together. Sharansky briefed Rabbi of the Western Wall and the Holy Sites of Israel Shmuel […]

Jewish / US / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion

Sharansky to Suggest Women’s Kotel Prayers Away from Main Plaza

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Sharansky says the Western Wall is long enough for women to have their own minyan and Torah reading. The Women of the Wall leader accepts the compromise. Will the Rabbinate big enough to agree?

Terrorism / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem

PA Terrorists Arrested for Stabbings in Judea and Samaria

By Jewish Press News Desk

Authorities lifted a gag order Tuesday on the arrest and indictment of two Palestinian Authority terrorists, both in their 20s,  for stabbings of Jews in Samaria and in eastern Jerusalem. One of the terrorists is student from a village in Samaria who stabbed a man at the Tapuach junction, causing moderate wounds. The attacker, Mistafa […]

Terrorism / Hamas / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Shin Bet Arrests Hamas Terrorists for Attacks at Temple Mount

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) revealed Sunday that it arrested a five-member Hamas terrorist cell in Jerusalem for firebomb attacks on security officers at the Temple Mount last month. Nine policemen suffered injuries. The arrests were kept under wraps until Sunday, when security officials announced that indictments were filed against the cell a week […]

US / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Science and Tech

Hebrew U Professor Chosen for American Cancer Research Award

By Jewish Press News Desk

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has chosen Prof. Alexander Levitzki of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as the winner of its 2013 Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research. The AACR is currently holding its annual meeting through Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Levitzki, professor of biological chemistry at the Alexander Silberman […]

US / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Motorists Make ‘Painful Concessions for Peace Process

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel motorists Sunday evening are paying another “painful concession” for the 22-year-old and will be kept off one of the nation’s busiest arteries – Highway 1 connecting Tel Aviv with Jerusalem – so U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry can travel without having to taste the local culture, such as heavy traffic. After having being […]

Middle East / Levant / US / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem

Kerry Wants Pro-Hamas Turkey to Fix Israel's Peace with Fatah

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Sec. of Foggy Bottom Kerry is chock full of ideas, such as selling pro-Hamas Turkey as a quick fix for the beloved peace process. Two Problems: Israel and the Palestinian Authority don’t buy it.

Jewish / US / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion

Kotel Rabbi Promises Women Won’t Be Arrested for Saying ’Kaddish’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel’s Haredi rabbis continue to make a mockery of themselves and of Judaism by pressing to arrest women for saying the mourner’s prayer at the Kotel. Sharansky comes to the rescue.

Middle East / Levant / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem

King Abdullah and Abbas: Jointly Prevent Judaization of Jerusalem

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

According to its peace treaty with Jordan, Israel recognizes Jordan's role as custodian of Muslim sites in Jerusalem, but that role is not to "prevent the Judaization of Jerusalem."

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