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Hundreds of Gazans Protest Against the 'Peace Talks'

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Hamas rejects the idea of negotiations, security cooperation, exchange of land or forfeiture of the 'right of return' with Israel. It is virtually certain that any unity government will disavow any agreements Fatah makes during these 'peace talks.'

NY / Politics / News Briefs / Media

Audio: Yiddish Anti-Hynes Rant

By Jacob Kornbluh

The rant attacks Hynes for prosecuting sex offender Nechemya Weberman.

News & Views

Egyptian Christians Rally to Protest US Policy and Media

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

A group of hundreds of Egyptian Christians from around the U.S. held a series of rallies in Washington, DC, on Thursday to protest U.S. policy in Egypt and Western media coverage. The rallies were organized by an online campaign. One of the group’s organizers, Amro A. Gadd, wrote that the rallies are “intended also to […]

News Briefs

Jordan and Israel to Trade Water in New Venture

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Jordanian Prime Minister Abdalla Ensour and his cabinet approved a new plan to trade water with Israel.  In a new Red Sea desalination project expected to cost $1 billion, Jordan will sell part of the resulting water to Israel in exchange for water from the Tiberias reservoir. Middle East countries are known to face chronic […]

Terrorism / US / News Briefs / Lebanon / Media / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Islamists

State Dept Press Corps Shows Israel's Safety Irrelevant

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Rockets raining down on Israel from Lebanon did not even merit a mention during the Thursday State Department briefing.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Lebanon

Iron Dome Fell Short, Grads Hit Residential Areas

By Shalom Bear

IAF is investigating how the Grad rockets got through the Iron Dome defense system.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Lebanon

Israel Strikes Back

By Shalom Bear

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) struck back at Lebanon, hitting a terrorist target near Beirut, Lebanon early Friday morning.

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

Abbas Stuns Israel, Implies Surrender of ‘Right of Return’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Abbas has caught Israel sleeping at the political chessboard and has checked, if not checkmated, the government by stating he will give up the demand for foreign Arabs to flood Haifa and Jaffa.

Israel / News Briefs / Egypt

Israeli lawmaker Ben-Eliezer: Egyptian Street Longing for Mubarak

By JTA

The people of Egypt have been longing for Hosni Mubarak, Labor party Knesset Member and former Cabinet minister and IDF officer Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said Thursday, when the ex-Egyptian president was released from prison. Mubarak was freed to a waiting helicopter, which took him to a military hospital. He will remain under house arrest after spending […]

News Briefs / Settlements

‘Capital of Samaria’ Ranked As Israel’s Safest City

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

A new poll conducted by Israel's Ministry of Public Security in order to determine the effectiveness of urban policing programs in 13 different Israeli cities found that residents in the city of Ariel, in Samaria, feel the safest from criminal activity. Ariel is home to 20,000 residents, of whom 92 percent responded saying that they […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Government / News Briefs / Lebanon

Photos of Damage from Missile Attack on Northern Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Photos show property damage from a missile the exploded at a kibbutz in the north Thursday. A miracle saved people from injuries.

Israel / Syria / News Briefs / Lebanon

Netanyahu ‘Retaliates’ To Missile Strike with Words and Threats

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu assured Israel, attacked by enemy missiles in the northwestern Galilee, "We are using a variety of measures – of both defense and prevention – and we are operating in a responsible manner. Our policy is clear: to protect and also to prevent.” He added, "Anyone who hurts us, and anyone who […]

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Lebanon

Northern Israel Airports to Remain Closed

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Haifa airport will remain closed overnight due to the rocket fire from Lebanon. Passengers returning from Eilat will instead land in Sde Dov in Tel Aviv, and from there, they will be bused to Haifa.

Israel / News Briefs

Right-Wing Prisoner Sends Death Threat to Netanyahu

By JTA

An Israeli right-wing activist in prison for illegal political activity has been arrested for sending a threatening letter to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The prisoner, who was not identified in Israeli media reports, is in a central Israel prison and is 22 years old. He has been accused of involvement in “price tag” attacks and […]

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

IAF Overflying Lebanon

By Jewish Press News Desk

Lebanese sources are reporting that a large number of IAF fighter planes are currently overflying Lebanon. The Lebanese army has said that the IAF has not attacked.

Middle East / Levant / News Briefs

Mubarak Free from Jail but Faces House Arrest

By Jewish Press News Desk

Egyptian authorities released former president Hosni Mubarak from prison late Thursday afternoon but faces house arrest due to pending charges of corruption and involvement in the murders of hundreds of people whose protests helped oust him from office two years. An Egyptian court freed him because he has been in jail for the maximum amount […]

Israel / News Briefs / Archaeology

Archaeologists Find Israel Was Land of Milk, Honey – and Cinnamon

By Jewish Press Staff

Cinnamon, once thought to have been carried on trade routes in ancient Israel, may have been made along the northern Israeli coast and not just in Africa and India, as previously thought, Israeli researchers told LiveScience. They analyzed 27 flasks from archaeological sites in Israel dating back 3,000 years and found that the compound that […]

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

Arab Terrorists’ Molotov Cocktails Ignite Forest Fire

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Palestinian Authority Arabs throwing Molotov cocktails at passing Israeli cars in Samaria Thursday ignited a forest fire near the Jewish community of Neve Tzuf, located in the Binyamin region north of Jerusalem. Volunteers quickly arrived on the scene and began to extinguish the blaze to prevent flames from spreading to nearby homes, and firefighters arrived […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs

UPDATED: Lebanon Rockets Hit Israel. One Intercepted.

By Jewish Press Staff

It was only a matter of time until the northern border heated up. Four enemy missiles were launched along the northwestern coast. The IDF intercepted one of them. No injuries were reported.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Russia / Judaism

Chief Ukrainian Rabbi Calls for Removal of Provocative Cross

By JTA

The recent placing of a crucifix near the Uman grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov was an act of “clear provocation,” said Ukraine’s Rabbi Yaakov Bleich, who called for its immediate removal. “Ukraine is not a Jewish country, and Ukrainian Jews respect Christian symbols like crosses,” Bleich told the Jewish Ukrainian news site Еvreiskiy.kiev.ua. “However, […]

Jewish / News Briefs / Obituaries

Alvin Kushner, Former Detroit Jewish Leader, Dies

By JTA

Alvin Kushner, the former executive director of what is now the JCRC of Metropolitan Detroit, died Monday at the age of 88. Kushner led what was formerly known as the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit from 1974 to 1988, where he began his tenure in the 1960s. His term was marked by the Soviet […]

News Briefs / Egypt / European Union

EU Limits Permission to Export Weapons to Egypt

By Jewish Press News Desk

The European Union Wednesday decided to suspend export licenses to Egypt for equipment that could be used for “internal repression” in the wake of the massive violence and increasing instability in the country. European Union Foreign Ministers also agreed to review security assistance to the military regime that has ruled Egypt since the ouster of […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs

Rare Photos of Israeli Nuclear Research Center Released

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Nuclear ambiguity? Israel has released rare photos of the construction of the Dimona nuclear plant. The photos do not endanger security, but their publication indicates Israel may become less secretive.

Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

DC JCC Continues Pattern of Promoting Viciously anti-Israel Plays

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The Washington, DC JCC is staging viciously anti-Israel plays, funded by the Greater Washington Federation.

IDF & Security / UK / News Briefs / Europe / Religious & Secular in Israel / Settlements

Supermodel Bar Rafaeli Puts ‘Dumb’ Roger Waters in his Place

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Roger ‘Pink Floyd’ Waters learns not to start up with Israelis, especially a woman. And especially supermodel Bar Rafaeli. She exposed his hypocrisy of boycotting Israel but using her photo for his concerts.

News Briefs / Jerusalem

Jerusalem Area Monastery Damaged in ‘Price Tag’ Attack

By JTA

Another “price Tel Aviv” attack against a Christian monastery was discovered Wednesday morning in what may be a case of one or two right-wing vandals who have repeatedly caused damage to Christian property as well as Israel’s image. A firebomb was thrown at the Beit Gemal Monastery, which caused minor damage, according to police, and […]

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

PA Threatens to Break ‘Peace Talk’ Rules and Go to United Nations

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority has a regular habit of signing agreements, such as the Oslo Accords, and then breaking the rules to start all over again That is the same recipe being cooked up in the resumed “peace talks.”

Israel

Scientists Cultivated At Young Age By Israel’s Technoda

By Maxine Dovere

On the one hand, Givat Olga is an underprivileged neighborhood in the Israeli city of Hadera with about 12,000 people, primarily immigrants from Ethiopia, North Africa and the former Soviet Union. On the other, the neighborhood is home to the breeding ground for Israel’s next generation of science pioneers.

NY

D’Amato Calls On De Blasio To Reject Soros Endorsement

By Jewish Press Staff

Former New York Senator Al D’Amato spoke to The Jewish Press by phone to express his feelings about financier and liberal activist George Soros’s recent endorsement of Bill de Blasio for mayor of New York City.

Terrorism / Israel

Amid Regional Turmoil, Israel Issues Terror Alert To Travelers

By Steve K. Walz

JERUSALEM – Numerous intelligence reports have prompted Israel’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau (CTB) to issue a global terror alert to all Jewish citizens who intend to visit various countries during the forthcoming High Holiday period and the upcoming 12th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The CTB pointed to the growing possibility of a terror attack on Jewish and Israeli targets in major foreign capitals as the basis for the alert.

NY

Met Council Taps N.Y. Finance Chief Frankel To Replace Rapfogel

By Jewish Press Staff

The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty has named New York City’s finance chief, David Frankel, to succeed the fired William Rapfogel as executive director and CEO.

Egypt

Egypt’s TinyJewish Community Backs Army’s Campaign Against Muslim Brotherhood

By Ben Sales

TEL AVIV – When Magda Haroun was out on the streets during the unrest now rocking Egypt’s capital, she saw someone standing over the body of a dead soldier. “Not even a Jew would do this,” she heard him say.

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs / Hezbollah / Israeli Arabs

Israel Indicts Arab Citizen Who Joined Syrian Rebels

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli authorities lifted a gag order Wednesday and revealed that an Arab citizen from northern Israel has been indicted for being in contact with rebels in Syria, an enemy country A gag order on the arrest and indictment was lifted Wednesday, revealing that 26-year-old Abdel Qader Altallah from the village of Taibe in the Galilee […]

IDF & Security / US / News Briefs / Saudi Arabia / Gulf States / UAE / Egypt

Report: Israel Seeking More US Military Aid

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel is seeking an increase in U.S. military aid because of increasing security needs and new US sales of advanced weapons to Arab nations in the Middle East, Defense News reported. Israel is seeking a surge in future US Foreign Military Financing (FMF) grants not only to support its growing security requirements, but to offset […]

News Briefs / Egypt

Egyptian Court Orders Release of Mubarak

By Jewish Press News Desk

An Egyptian court on Wednesday ordered the release of Hosni Mubarak, imprisoned for several months while awaiting trial on a charge of corruption. The former dictator has been in jail the maximum amount of time allowed, it said, but his release could be delayed at least until Thursday if the prosecution appeals. Mubarak has been […]

Israel / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Turkey / Egypt

Lieberman ‘Promotes’ Erdogan as the New Joseph Goebbels

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Egypt said it is “bewildered” over Erdogan’s blaming Israel for Morsi’s ouster. The US said he was “offensive.” But the piece de resistance came from Avigdor Lieberman, who called him the new Goebbels.

Israel / NY / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

NYC JCC Film Dir Adds Sleazy Journalism Sin to HuffPost BDS Post

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Which part of "the importance of the use of boycott to get international attention towards pressuring Israel to end the occupation is unquestionable" means the author is opposed to boycotts of Israel? None, that's why the author deleted them days after the article was published.

Israel / Global / News Briefs

Punjab Farmers Learn Farming Techniques from Israel

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

A 10-member delegation of dairy farmers from the Punjab region of India recently visited Israel to participate in a training program about modern dairy farming techniques at kibbutzim and moshavim across Israel. A member of the delegation, Karnail Singh, told the Times of India that weather conditions in Israel are similar to Punjab but that […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs

Iron Dome Battery Deployed to Central Israel

By JTA

The Iron Dome battery was moved to the Sharon region north of Tel Aviv for the first time, and is in position to protect Netanya, Hadera and other central Israel cities, according to the IDF. Military spokesmen said that the battery is being deployed as part of the regular operational process, and is the sixth […]

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

Arabs Attack Jewish Homes in Jerusalem's Old City

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The real “peace talks” are taking place in areas such as the Old City of Jerusalem, where Arabs threw Molotov cocktails and rocks at two Jewish homes Tuesday night. A guard was lightly wounded.

News Briefs

Erdogan: Israel Behind Egypt Coup

By JTA

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Israel was behind last month’s military coup in Egypt. Erdogan told a meeting of the provincial chairs of his ruling Justice and Development, or AKP, party that he has evidence that Israel was involved in the July 3 overthrow of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, the Turkish Hurriyet news […]

Jewish / US / News Briefs

Bat Mitzvah Girl Used Gift Money to Renovate Crisis Center

By Jewish Press Staff

Charlotte’s gift will provide a clean and modern space, where the children can undergo therapy through cooking and baking.

NY / Politics / News Briefs

A Closer Look at Bill de Blasio’s Record

By Jacob Kornbluh

Just recently, two of his staffers were forced to resign over anti NYPD, racist and antisemitic tweets.

News Briefs

Syrian Patients Return to Fighting after Treatment in Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Poriya, a Tiberias hospital, has joined Safed’s Ziv Medical Center as well as Israeli hospitals in the Western Galilee and in Nahariya in treating casualties of the ongoing Syrian civil war. One Syrian patient, suffering from moderate leg injuries, arrived at the Tiberias hospital for treatment on Monday, Israel Hayom reported. So far, the hospital […]

News Briefs

Jewish Agency Hands Gondar School to Ethiopia

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Jewish Agency for Israel Chairman Natan Sharansky handed Getnet Amare, the mayor of Gondar, Ethiopia, the keys to the school that had prepared thousands of Jewish Ethiopian children for their subsequent immigration to Israel through education in math, physics, computers and English. In a ceremony on Monday, the Jewish Agency donated all the school buildings and equipment […]

News Briefs

Egyptian Jews: We support Military’s Fight against Terrorism

By JTA

When Magda Haroun was out on the streets during the unrest now rocking Egypt’s capital, she saw someone standing over the body of a dead soldier. “Not even a Jew would do this,” she heard him say. Haroun, the president of the Egyptian Jewish community, doesn’t enjoy hearing anti-Semitic slurs on the street. She gets […]

News Briefs

Merkel First German Chancellor to Visit Dachau

By JTA

Chancellor Angela Merkel, making the first visit by a German head of state to the Dachau memorial, said it was “a very significant moment for me.” Merkel laid a wreath, visited the concentration camp memorial’s museum and met with survivors on Tuesday. “The memory of these fates fills me with deep sadness and shame,” Merkel […]

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

Here’s How Abbas Fights Terror: He Lets the IDF Do It (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

One of the least talked about issues in “peace talks” is security. Kerry “thinks,” pardon the term, that Abbas has stopped terror, so why didn’t the PA, instead of the IDF, raid Jenin to arrest a terrorist?

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Religion / Judaism

Maryland Jews Battle $1 Million ‘Jewish Christian’ Crusade

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Jews’ worst enemies are Jews. Tom Cantor says he was born into a Jewish family. He is trying to convince Maryland Jews they can be Jews and Christians. Even worse, he says “I love my people.”

News Briefs / Settlements

Efrat Security Chief Honored

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF's Etzion Brigade honored Yaacov Ehrlich, the security chief of Efrat in Gush Etzion, with the coveted "Ravshatz" (Security Chief) of the Year award. Ehrlich has been Efrat's security chief for only one year. He is the third security chief from Efrat to have received the award.

Jewish / US / News Briefs

Struck by Lightning at Camp, Ethan Kadish Battles Brain Injury

By JTA

Tragedy has brought out the strength of the Kadish family following the summer camp lightning strike that left their 12-year-old son in critical condition. Now he is 13. His Bar Mitzvah will be in a hospital.

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

Israel and Palestinian Authority Resume Secret Talks

By JTA

Israeli and Palestinian Authority negotiators met for a second round of hush-hush peace talks on Tuesday, reportedly in Jericho. The first round of talks was held last week in Jerusalem, and so far, both sides have more or less kept to a pledge of secrecy requested by  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. The Israeli negotiators […]

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Europe

If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem, I Must Be in Brussels

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It is not enough that the US does not allow “Jerusalem, Israel” as a birthplace on passports. Now Brussels does not allow “Jerusalem” as a baby’s name, although Bethlehem is totally kosher.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Polish Photographer Uses Jewish Cemetery for Naked Photo Shoot

By JTA

Polish photographer Lukasz Szczygielski has apologized for conducting a photo shoot with a half-naked model at the Jewish cemetery in the southern Polish town of Checiny. Szczygielski explained that he actually wanted to draw attention to what he said was a “neglected” and forgotten cemetery. The Jewish cemetery in Checiny was opened in the 17th […]

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

Livni Using ‘Peace Talks’ to Get Rid of Bennett

By Jewish Press News Desk

Tzipi Livni, Israel's senior negotiator in talks with the Palestinian Authority and head of her own tiny six-Knesset Member “Tnuah” party, is sniping at the coalition partner Jewish Home party for being an obstacle to a peace agreement. She told Israel Radio’s flagship Reshet Bet station Tuesday morning that the peace talks would have greater […]

US / News Briefs / Saudi Arabia / Egypt

Saudi King Says Muslims Ready to Fund Egypt if US Cuts Aid

By Jewish Press News Desk

Saudi Arabia said Monday that it and other Muslim countries are ready to bankroll Egypt to make up for any financial aid that the United States might cut. “To those who have announced they are cutting their aid to Egypt, or threatening to do that, (we say that) Arab and Muslim nations are rich with […]

Jewish / Global / Government / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Jewish School in Gondar, Ethiopia Closes as Aliyah Ends

By JTA

Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky on Monday turned over the keys to the Jewish school of Gondar, Ethiopia, to the town’s mayor as the final flight of Ethiopian immigrants prepares to leave for Israel.. The Jewish Agency Monday’s funded and maintained the school, where approximately 2,500 Ethiopian children studied while awaiting their immigration to Israel. […]

News Briefs

Fire Destroys Bunkhouse at NY Camp for Kids with Cancer

By JTA

A fire at Camp Simcha, a camp  for children with cancer, destroyed one bunkhouse and damaged a newly built one. The fire was discovered when a counselor at the camp in Glen Spey, N.Y., woke up early Saturday morning and smelled smoke. The counselors evacuated the 15 residents of the cabin, including one camper in […]

News Briefs

Agudath Israel slams NJ Gay Therapy Law

By JTA

Agudath Israel of America condemned a New Jersey law prohibiting gay reparative therapy for minors as an infringement on religious freedom. The statement from Agudah came just hours after Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill barring licensed therapists from providing treatment to help gay teenagers become straight. “The new law tramples on the rights of […]

News Briefs

Palestinian Hacker Posts on Marc Zuckerberg’s Facebook Wall

By JTA

A Palestinian hacker posted a message on Facebook founder Marc Zuckerberg’s wall to show there is a bug in the social network’s security settings. Khalil Shreateh of Hebron posted information about the bug on Zuckerberg’s wall late last week, following unsuccessful attempts to report the bug to Facebook security. The bug allowed Shreateh to post […]

News Briefs

Israelis Should Avoid Visiting Turkey, Govt. Says

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Israeli government issued an unequivocal travel advisory on Monday warning Israelis to avoid visiting Turkey, a popular vacation destination for Israelis over the summer and during the upcoming Jewish holidays, Israel Hayom reported. The Prime Minister’s Office issued its routine semi-annual travel warning, formulated by the office’s Counterterrorism Bureau, stating that all non-essential visits […]

News Briefs

Latin American Trading Moving Up on Israeli Agenda

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is working to improve economic ties with politically friendly Latin American countries in order to compensate for the crippled economy of Israel’s main trading continent, Europe. The new effort to increase Latin American trading, particularly with Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico, will compliment Netanyahu’s simultaneous effort to increase economic ties […]

News Briefs

Egypt Coptic Christian Leadership Condemns Western Media Coverage

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

In the face of an unprecedented wave of violence directed against Coptic Christians amid the turmoil in Egypt that has left hundred’s dead, the church’s leadership issued a statement condemning the Western media’s biased coverage of the events in Egypt. “We strongly denounce the fallacies broadcasted by the Western media and invite them to review […]

News Briefs

Roger Waters Open Letter Calls on Musicians to Boycott Israel

By JTA

British rocker Roger Waters published an open letter calling on fellow musicians to join a boycott of Israel. “I write to you now, my brothers and sisters in the family of Rock and Roll, to ask you to join with me, and thousands of other artists around the world, to declare a cultural boycott on […]

News Briefs

Israeli Economy Second-Quarter Growth Exceeds Expectations

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) announced that the Israeli economy grew at an annual rate of 5.1 percent in the second fiscal quarter of 2013, beating economists’ expectations. Economists had projected 3-percent growth in the second quarter for Israel. This compares with just 2.7-percent growth in the first quarter and 3.1 percent in the […]

Israel / Politics / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Egypt

Egypt Closes Gaza Border Crossing - No Flotillas on the Horizon

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Egypt closes Rafah border crossing, but no outrage from the defenders of Gaza. On the other hand, Hamas and Fatah are busy insulting each other.

Jewish / NY / Politics / News Briefs

NY Paper Lists Eliot Spitzer's Sins on Front Page

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Eliot Spitzer is receiving not just hate mail, but newspaper front page hate mail. All 3 major NYC newspapers endorsed his opponent, but Spitzer is nonetheless nearly 20 points ahead in the polls.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Egypt

Islamists Parade Nuns as POWs, Replace Cross with Al Qaeda Banner

By Jewish Press News Desk

Egyptian Islamists paraded nuns in Cairo as prisoners of war, looted churches and replaced a cross with a banner that represented the Al Qaeda flag, the London Daily Mail reported. The mobs of Islamists also set fire to the church classrooms. “We are nuns. We rely on God and the angels to protect us,’ said […]

Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority Hacker Posts on Zuckerberg’s Facebook Wall

By JTA

A Palestinian Authority hacker from Hevron posted a message on Facebook founder Marc Zuckerberg’s wall to show there is a bug in the social network’s security settings. Khalil Shreateh posted information about the bug on Zuckerberg’s wall late last week following unsuccessful attempts to report the bug to Facebook security. The bug allowed Shreateh to […]

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

Yahrzheit Today for Dr. Applebaum and Daughter Nava

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Palestinian Authority suicide bomber ten years ago Monday night, on the Hebrew calendar, exploded his charge and killed seven people, including American Israelis Dr. David Applebaum and his daughter Nava the evening before her wedding date. Slightly less than two years ago, Palestinian Authority terrorist Ibrahim Muhammad Yunus Dar Musa, who helped plan the […]

Jewish / NY / News Briefs

Met Council Taps NY Finance Chief Frankel to Replace Rapfogel

By JTA

The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty is bringing in New York City’s finance chief, David Frankel, to succeed the fired William Rapfogel as executive director and CEO. The Met Council announced the appointment of Frankel, who has been the commissioner of the Department of Finance since 2009, on Monday. His department collects more than $30 […]

US / News Briefs / Religion / Holocaust / Judaism

The Ultimate Revenge for Holocaust Survivor: New Torah Scroll

By Jewish Press Staff

Holocaust survivors have at least two ways to take revenge against the Nazis. One is to overcome the past and bring a new family into the world. The other is to donate a Torah. Marge Fettmen did both.

Jewish / NY / News Briefs

’Yoseph Robinson Ave.’ Honors Orthodox Jewish Jamaican (Video)

By Jewish Press News Desk

New York City has renamed an intersection “Yoseph Robinson Ave.,” in memory of a Jamaican convert who was gunned down while trying to protect his girlfriend during a robbery of a kosher liquor store, The New York Daily News reported Monday. Ave. J and Nostrand Ave. in Midwood is now “Yoseph Robinson Ave.” in honor […]

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

Israeli Scientists Offer Solution to Famine

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Let’s see what the Boycott Israel movement will say if Israel succeeds in developing new technology to reduce famine by enabling crops to grow in droughts. Maybe it will blame Israel for lower food prices.

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Nasrallah Has Golden Opportunity to Become Martyr in Syria

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Nasrallah said he is willing to personally fight in Syria. The next day one of his commanders there was killed. Now he has his golden opportunity to become a martyr, but don’t hold your breath.

Israel / NY / News Briefs

Love-Love: Israeli and NY Tennis Groups Team Up for Clinic

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Israel Tennis Centers Foundation and the New York Junior Tennis League are teaming up for a special inner city tennis clinic on Wednesday, behind the Robert F. Wagner Middle School on East 75th Street. The clinic will be conducted by Dvorah Marsha, an Ethiopian immigrant and coach at the Israel Tennis Centers in Tel […]

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Turmoil in Egypt May be Driving Up Shekel-Dollar Rate

By Jewish Press News Desk

One dollar bought slightly more than 3.57 shekels Monday morning as the shekel lost some of its recent strength, possibly because of the violence in Egypt, according to the Atrade foreign exchange service. The shekel also weakened against the Euro. The Israeli currency, which most analysts believe will strengthen over the long-term, was trading at […]

Israel / Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs

Haredi Rabbis Fed up with Extremists, Threaten to Cut Payments

By Jewish Press News Desk

Rabbis from the “Eidat Haredim” stream of ultra-orthodox Judaism have put their foot down and their hands in their pockets over extremist Haredim violence and have threatened to cut off payments to Torah students who participate in vandalism. Extremists have been protesting construction in the city, located several miles west of Jerusalem, because of claims […]

News Briefs / Egypt

Mubarak to be Freed from Jail This Week, Says His Lawyer

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hosni Mubarak, overthrown two years ago in the Arab Spring rebellion and jailed on charges of murder and corruption, will be freed from jail this week after being cleared of a charge of corruption, his lawyer Fareed el Deeb announced Monday, but murder charges still await him. He added that one other charge of corruption […]

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

Stone Throwing in Gush Etzion

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Hatzala of Judea and Samaria reports that Arabs were throwing stones at cars travelling along the road between Jerusalem and Gush Etzion. The rock throwing occurred near the El Hadr (Beitar) Junction on Highway 60. No injuries were reported.

Government / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Shilling for Shalom: Israel Hiring Students to Defend It Online

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel is looking to hire university students to post pro-Israel messages on social media networks, while not identifying themselves as pros, officials in Jerusalem told the AP. The prime minister’s office said that students on Israeli university campuses would receive full or partial scholarships to go after antisemitism and calls to boycott Israel online. The […]

News Briefs

Manischewitz Debuts Kosher Recipe App

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Manischewitz Company, leader and innovator in Kosher foods, announces the beta version debut of their free Kosher Recipe App now available for download on all Apple and Android devices. The Manischewitz Recipe & Holiday Guide app makes its debut just in time for the fall Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Notable […]

News Briefs

Armed Terrorists Kill 24 Egyptian Police in Sinai

By Jewish Press News Desk

A terrorists' ambush in the northern Sinai killed 24 Egyptian police who drove by in two vehicles, Kol Israel reported. The attack took place in a village near Rafah. 3 police were injured.

News Briefs

Rabbi Sacks Attacking PM, Multiculturalism

By Jewish Press News Desk

Britain's chief rabbi, Lord Sacks, is blaming British Prime Minister David Cameron for failing to do enough to boost marriages in the UK, and saying multiculturalism in Britain has "had its day," The Times reported. Rabbi Sacks said Cameron should recognize marriage in the tax system and do more to support stay at home mothers. […]

News Briefs

UN Chemical Weapons Inspectors Arrive in Syria

By Jewish Press News Desk

UN inspectors tasked with investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria arrived there on Sunday, Xinhu reported. The 20-member UN delegation, led by Swedish expert Ake Sellstrom, will begin their two-week mission today. The Syrian government and the opposition have accused each other of using chemical weapons in an attack on Khan al-Asal […]

News Briefs

You Tube Bar mitzvah Celeb Donating Gifts to Israeli Youth Village

By JTA

Sam Horowitz, whose bar mitzvah entrance video has gone viral on YouTube, has donated thousands of dollars of his gift money to an Israeli youth village. Sam, of Dallas, and his parents asked guests at the bar mitzvah to make a contribution to the Ben Yakir Youth Village in lieu of gifts, and is requesting […]

Israel / News Briefs / Egypt

Yossi Beilin: Egyptian Official Told Me Morsi ‘Won’ Rigged Ballot

By Jewish Press News Desk

“An Egyptian official told me in person that the army rigged the presidential elections in June 2012, fearing widespread riots should the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate Mohamed Morsi win," according to former left-wing Meretz party leader Yossi Beilin, writing in his column for the Israel HaYom newspaper. He said his source asked to remain anonymous but […]

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Alice Walker, Disinvited by U. of Michigan, to Get New Invite

By JTA

You just can’t put down a good, meaning bad, Boycott Israel champ, so the U. of Michigan is making sure that Alice Walker won’t be denied a forum after the Education Dept. said she was not enough of a “celebratory.”

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / United Nations (UN) / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Ban Ki-Moon Tries New Sales Pitch to Stab Israel in the Back

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Beware of false friends. Ban Ki-moon tries to soften up Israel by admitting that the U.N. sometimes is biased against Israel, but not to worry, because peace is on the way.

Israel / Jewish / Global / News Briefs

Hillel Argentina, Tel Aviv U. Launch Jewish Entrepreneurship Plan

By JTA

Hillel Argentina and Tel Aviv University are launching an entrepreneurship center and incubator of companies for Jewish entrepreneurs. The companies participating in the program, which will start Tuesday, will have training and accelerator courses in Buenos Aires and Tel Aviv with a focus on entrepreneurship, Jewish business values and Israel-Diaspora ties. Ryan Fain, the Hillel […]

NY / Politics / News Briefs

GOP Choice: Dirty Suit with Full Pockets v. Reliable Republican

By Jacob Kornbluh

At his campaign launch on the steps of City Hall, Mr. Catsimatidis pointed to his suit as an example he’s not a Michael Bloomberg billionaire.

NY / News Briefs

Weiner’s Disgrace Boosts De Blasio in Pre-Election Polls

By Jewish Press News Desk

Anthony Weiner’s entry in the race for New York City’s next mayor hurt the chances of Bill de Blasio, but the rapid tumble in Weiner’s ratings have turned things around for the liberal de Blasio, the city’s public advocate. "When Weiner entered the race, de Blasio was the most hurt, since they were both outer […]

IDF & Security / US / News Briefs

IDF Givati Soldiers ‘Fight it Out’ against US Marines

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

Marines in Afghanistan and IDF combat soldiers in Gaza have a common goal of fighting terror, but the maneuvers are not the same, enabling the IDF and the Marines to teach other a thing or two.

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

French Court Acquits Boycott Activists of Hate Crime

By JTA

A French court has acquitted three activists charged with discrimination and hate crimes for calling for a boycott of Israeli products in 2010, the France 3 television station reported. The activists, Bernard Cholet, Jeanne Rousseau and Yamina Tadjeur, made the calls during a protest at a shopping center in the southern city and were charged […]

IDF & Security / Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs / Religion

New Sephardi Chief Rabbi Says ‘Learn Torah or Enlist in IDF’

By Jewish Press News Desk

Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, newly elected Chief Sephardi Rabbi of Israel, said in a recent Torah lesson that he often threatened students in his yeshiva that they must enlist in the IDF if they did not learn Torah. Delivering a “shiur” (Torah lesson} in Kfar Chabad, Rabbi Yosef said that youth who are not able to […]

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

EU’s Yesha Boycott an ‘Outrage,’ Says Left-Wing Columnist

By Jewish Press News Desk

Matti Golan, former editor of the left-wing Haaretz newspaper and now a columnist for the Globes business newspaper, wrote that “outrage” is an understatement when referring to the European Union’s new guidelines to boycott Judea and Samaria. The guidelines require that Israeli companies signing agreements with the EU, such as those in the field of science, […]

Terrorism / News Briefs / Hezbollah

Lebanon Catches Suspected Car Bomb Gang

By Jewish Press News Desk

Lebanese security forces Sunday arrested four people is a suspected car bomb gang after discovering the cay before a vehicle with a large quantity of explosives in the Beirut area. Last week, a massive car bomb blew up at a Hezbollah complex, killing 27 people and wounding nearly 300 others, but the Beirut Daily Star […]

Jewish / US / News Briefs

Starbucks May Soon Add More Kosher Drinks

By Jewish Press News Desk

A dream come true for would-be Kosher Starbucks lovers may become reality if Starbucks goes through with plans to replace a non-kosher extra for Strawberries & Crème Frappuccino and other products that contain cochineal extracts. The extract for the drinks come from insects, which also bother veggies, and the company is planning to use a […]

Terrorism / Egypt

Sound Familiar? Egypt Tries Banning Muslim Brotherhood

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Muslim Brotherhood, which was banned as a political party in the days of Hosni Mubarak, now is being banned by the new regime that ousted the Brotherhood, which was elected into office less than two years ago. Minister of Social Solidarity Ahmed al-Borai said that the ministry has started taking the legal steps necessary […]

Terrorism / Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs

American Al Qaeda Terrorist Urges Attacks on Western Diplomats

By Jewish Press News Desk

America’s gift to Al Qaeda, California native Adam Gadahn, has asked rich Arab Muslims to open up their vaults and offer cash to other terrorists to kill Western diplomats, according to the SITE organization, which monitors terrorist websites. He previously has praised the brutal murder of U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans in […]

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