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Israel / News Briefs

Israeli Apartheid Week Project Shows True State of Israel's Arabs

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

An alternative media project asked readers to document incidents of segregation and humiliation of Arabs from Israeli public life. The findings proved that claims of ”apartheid” are a farce.

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset

Feiglin Warns Rabin’s Granddaughter She Faces Libel Suit

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Newly-appointed Deputy Knesset Speaker Moshe Feiglin has warned one of former Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin’s grandchildren that her remarks about him are grounds for libel. Noa Rotman, after hearing that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu appointed Feiglin as of one several deputy speakers, wrote on Facebook, “Feiglin is the man who established Zu Artzeinu, the movement […]

Terrorism / Middle East / Levant / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Media / Islamists

Pakistan Nabs Terrorist Involved in Daniel Pearl Murder

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

At least 11 terrorists previously were accused in the murder of Daniel Pearl, but neither the mastermind nor killer has been caught. The arrest of a terrorist in Pakistan may provide the key.

Israel / Politics / News Briefs

Netanyahu to Remain Foreign Minister until July

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will remain acting Foreign Minister at least until July, when a trial is scheduled for a criminal charge against Avigdor Liberman, who held the post until his recent indictment for alleged breach of public trust. The Prime Minister has promised Liberman he can return to his post if he is acquitted. […]

News Briefs

Israeli Aircraft Drop Heat Balloons in Lebanon

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli aircraft on Monday released scarlet heat balloons over Lebanon's regional waters, in the first such violation in around a year, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported. "Israeli warplanes dropped more than 30 scarlet heat balloons between Naqoura and Tyre within two hours," National News Agency reported. Meanwhile, LBCI television said Israeli warplanes fired "five […]

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs

New Passover Vacation Trend: Rent a Resort Home and Hire a Chef

By Jewish Press News Desk

Approximately 60,000 Americans and Canadians will spend more than $200 million this Passover, and many of those with enough money are hiring a chef to cook for them in rented private homes in resorts, Kosher Today reported. Scottsdale, Arizona’s Biltmore is sold out with nearly 1,000 guests coming next week, while many other Americans will […]

IDF & Security / Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel

IDF, Religious Students Oppose Supermodel in Pro-Israel Ads

By JTA

Israeli military officers and religious students are objecting to the selection of supermodel Bar Refaeli as part of an ad campaign to raise Israel's public image. Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, wrote the Foreign Ministry a critical letter of its choice of Refaeli, pointing out that she did not […]

Israel / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Exclusive Interviews: Anti-Israel 'Peacenik' and Assaulted Israeli

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The anti-Israel movement in a snapshot: A young woman who was writing a message of peace for Israel was physically and verbally assaulted, and thrown out of a public park, by people who claim to be, and are referred to by the mass media, as "peaceful," "non-violent," "free speech" activists.

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset

Lieberman Ditches Rumors of Split with Likud

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The “Likud Beiteinu” party, a merger of the Likud and the Yisrael Beiteinu party headed by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, will remain, he told reporters on Monday. Israel Beiteinu had the option of backing out of the agreement for a period of time after the elections, but Lieberman said he is sticking with Likud. He […]

Middle East / Levant / Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset

Knesset Swears in New Govt with Hugs and a Walkout

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The 33rd Knesset is off to a flying start. MKs kissed and hugged each other, Haredim walked out, and Arabs called the coalition”racist.” Tomorrow, the Knesset return to more bickering.

Israel / News Briefs

Digging for Uranium in the Negev Ends before It Begins

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Any chance of Israel producing uranium have come to a quick end for the time being with Israel’s Gulliver Energy company’s announcement Monday that it is giving up its search for the key ingredient for a nuclear weapon. The company explained that findings in the area between Arad and Sodom, near the Dead Sea. the field […]

Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

PA Arabs Spray Paint ‘Obama’ Banner with Swastikas

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

PA Arabs already have put banana peels on a spiked carpet for Obama’s visit to Bethlehem. Vandals sprayed swastikas on an Obama banner. Then a car ran over it and others set the banner on fire.

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset

Feiglin Named Deputy Knesset Speaker

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu surprised many Likud followers Monday by naming his long-time nemesis Moshe Feiglin as of one several Deputy Knesset Speakers. The Knesset elected Knesset Member Yuri Edelstein as Speaker, replacing Reuven Rivlin. Feiglin heads the Jewish Leadership faction that for years has been trying to become the dominant influence in the Likud […]

Syria / News Briefs

Syria Bombs Rebels’ Smuggling Route in Lebanon

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Syrian army staged a rare bombing attack on Lebanon, near the border with Syria, Monday in an apparent attempt to strike at a weapons smuggling route used by rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad. Four rockets hit the eastern town of Arsal in the second aerial attack inside Lebanon since the uprising against Assad, […]

Israel / US / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Israel’s Gift to Obama: Nano Chip of Declarations of Independence

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will present visiting President Barack Obama a one-of-a kind replica of the Israeli and American Declarations of Independence etched on a tiny gold-coated silicon nano chip designed by Technion University’s Nanotechnology Institute researchers and scientists. The two declarations are inscribed side by side on the chip, as area of 0.04mm by […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Sports

Greek Soccer Player Gets Life Ban for Nazi Salute

By JTA

A Greek soccer player has been banned for life from playing for the national team after giving the Nazi salute during a game. Giorgos Katidis, 20, who plays for the AEK Athens team, gave the salute after scoring the winning goal in a match on March 15, the same day Greek Jews marked the 70th […]

Terrorism / Israel / Jewish / NY / Travel / News Briefs

Angry Israeli passenger Arrested for False Bomb Threat in Newark

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Two men, one of them an Israeli who was bumped from his flight even though his luggage was on board, learned quickly at Newark airport that bomb hoaxes are no joke. Both were arrested.

Jewish / US / News Briefs / Religion

Dept. of Education Outreach Plan May Include Orthodox Groups

By JTA

The U.S. Department of Education outlined new efforts to bring non-profit schools into federally funded programs, an initiative that had been sought by Orthodox Jewish groups, among others. State and local educational agencies "must ensure the equitable participation of eligible private school students and, as applicable, their teachers and parents" in such programs, the department's […]

Terrorism / Syria / Global / Turkey / Palestinian Authority

American Vet Fought with Syrian Rebels, Now with al Qaeda (Video)

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

According to at least one news source, Harroun has pledged to fight with Arab Palestinian forces against the Jewish State.

News Briefs / The Knesset / Israel Elections 5773

Likud-Beytenu to Split?

By Jewish Press News Desk

An Israel Channel 10 report speculated on Sunday that Likud and Yisrael Beytenu are headed their separate ways. Avigdor Liberman will be holding a press conference at 11:00 AM on Monday, where it is believed he may announce the split between the two parties. If the parties do split, then the Likud will remain the […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs

Oren Says ‘Gatekeepers’ Makes His Job Harder

By JTA

Israel's U.S. ambassador Michael Oren, said the Oscar-nominated documentary "The Gatekeepers" complicates his mission. The movie compiles interviews with six former leaders of the Shin Bet, Israel's internal security service, and records their perceptions of how successive Israeli governments missed opportunities for peace. "This is a good movie that presents a narrative of 45 years […]

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

Israel to Ask Obama to Attack Syria if Hizbullah Gets Missiles

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel already has bombed at least once a Syrian attempt to ship anti-aircraft missiles to Hizbullah. Israel will use Obama’s visit to ask United States to do the work the next time, or at least back an Israeli strike.

Terrorism / NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Islamists / Local

Would-Be N.Y. Synagogue Bomber Sentenced to 10 Years

By JTA

An Algerian immigrant who admitted to planning to blow up synagogues in New York City was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Ahmed Ferhani, 28, was the first person convicted under a state terror statute that went into effect following the 9/11 attacks. He was sentenced last Friday. Ferhani could have been sentenced to up […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Special Needs Israelis Realizing their Dreams as IDF Soldiers

By Jewish Press Staff

”Soldiers with special needs voluntarily commit to serve their country for three years, just like their peers.”

News Briefs

Jewish Baby Survives Fall in NY Strapped to Suicidal Mom

By JTA

A Jewish infant in New York survived an eight-story fall after his mother, Cynthia Wachenheim, strapped him to her body and apparently jumped to her death. Wachenheim, who was 44, landed on her back on Wednesday in her Harlem neighborhood, allowing 10-month-old Keston to roll away virtually unscathed, according to media reports. She had been […]

Israel / News Briefs / Turkey / Europe

Bi-Partisan Letter to Erdogan: Anti-Zionism Comment Unacceptable

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

A phalanx of world leaders representing the US and the EU have condemned Erdogan's hostile remark about Zionism as outrageous, offensive and unacceptable.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs / Islamists

IDF Intelligence Chief: Terror Organizations on the Rise

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

Hezbollah are currently training a 50,000-strong militia to fight the rebels in Syria – with hopes to recruit 50,000 more.

News Briefs

Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association Elects Gay Rabbi to Lead Group

By JTA

The Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association has elected an openly gay rabbi to lead the national rabbinic organization. Rabbi Jason Klein, the executive director of Hillel at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, since 2006, was elected to lead the RRA during its 39th annual convention in New Orleans, which ended on Wednesday. It is the first national […]

Israel / US / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Israel to Show Off to Obama Hi-Tech ‘Robot Snake’ (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel is going all out it impress Obama. Israel will show off for the president a robot snake, mini desktop and six other hi-tech products in a “Better World” exhibit at the Israel Museum.

Terrorism / News Briefs

Arab Stone Throwers Injure Jerusalem Bus Passenger

By Jewish Press News Desk

At around 10 PM, Egged bus #59 was hit by Arab stone throwers as it drove through French Hill, in the northern part of Jerusalem. One passenger was taken to Hadassah Har HaTzofim hospital, after being injured in the head with a stone.

US / Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Media / Egypt

CNN Asking Laura Bush to Endorse Honors for Arab Murderer (Video)

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Really, Burnett was suggesting, it is chauvinistic of Americans to hold terrorism-glorification against an Arab.

Jewish / NY / News Briefs / Religion / Local

Court Upholds Citi Field’s Ban on Sale of Kosher Food on Shabbat

By JTA

A federal appeals court told a kosher hot dog vendor in New York that its agreement with Citi Field precludes it from selling kosher products at the stadium on Shabbat. Kosher Sports Inc. had a 10-year contract with Citi Field, home of the New York Mets, to sell hot dogs, sausages and other kosher products […]

Terrorism / US / Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Obama on Eve of Visit: I Will Not Free Pollard (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Obama preps Israel for his visit with an interview on Israeli TV: Pollard will stay in jail. Iran is at least a year from nukes. And he would like to come to Israel “and sit at a cafe and just hang out.”

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs

Second Rock Attack Injures Another Baby

By Jewish Press News Desk

Following the attack on Highway 5 that left a family severely injured, a second rock attack in the same area, on a another car, left a 10 month old baby lightly injured with glass fragments in the face.

Israel / US / News Briefs

Coming Next Week: The Obama Traffic Jam

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“Operation Unbreakable Alliance” also will be ”Operation Unbreakable Traffic Jam” next week. Motorists as well as tourists coming into the country for the Passover holiday are advised that parts of Jerusalem will be off limits during President Barack Obama’s visit next week. The road passing by the KingDavidHotel, which will be completely occupied by Obama […]

Terrorism / Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Religion / Holocaust

Chief Rabbis Praise Vatican for ‘Banning Terror in God’s Name’

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Chief Rabbinate of Israel on Thursday reacted to the election of Pope Francis I by highlighting his predecessors' “rich and fruitful dialogue …with the Chief Rabbinate of Israel on primary issues such as banning terrorism in God's Name, the sanctity of life and the sanctity of the family unit." The office of the Chief […]

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs

Collision after Arab Rock Throwing, Infants Injured (Updated)

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian rock throwers caused a serious accident on the highway.

Israel / US / News Briefs

Iron Dome to Defend Obama

By Jewish Press News Desk

Reports that Israel will bring the Iron Dome system to Ben Gurion Airport for President Barack Obama to view because he won’t have time to visit its deployment elsewhere are half accurate. Another reason is that the Iron Dome is needed to protect the president in the event of an enemy missile when President Obama […]

Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority Says Obama May Avoid Ramallah

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Barack Obama may scratch Ramallah from his itinerary and meet Palestinian Authority only in Bethlehem when he visits the Church of Nativity, the Bethlehem-based Ma'an news agency reported. The news agency, which has close ties with the Palestinian Authority, quoted “anonymous” PA sources. A sign of how President Obama would be received by the […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

PA Arabs Go to Court to Divide Efrat

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

When almost no Arabs stake claims to areas that were “state land” under Turkey and Jordan and now Israel, the PA tries to find another way to divide Efrat. It goes to court and claims discrimination.

News Briefs

NJ Jewish High School Team Runs Jerusalem Half-Marathon

By Jewish Press News Desk

Eleven students from the Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School in Livingston, NJ, with their teacher, Rabbi Motti Miller, were the only American high school contingent to run the Jerusalem half marathon (13.1 miles). Rabbi Miller began running last summer, and decided to invite students to join him as a team and to commit to participating […]

News Briefs

Labor Suspends Lord Ahmed for Jewish Conspiracy Comments

By Jewish Press News Desk

Nazir Ahmed, a Labor member of the House of Lords, has been suspended over allegations he blamed his prison sentence for dangerous driving on a "Jewish conspiracy." Ahmed, 55, went to prison in 2009 for driving while texting just before getting his car into a fatal crash. The Times of London says that, in an […]

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

US Denies Obama Boycotting Ariel U. Students

By JTA

A U.S. embassy official denied that it did not invite students from Ariel University to President Barack Obama’s speech in Jerusalem next week because the institution is located in Samaria, which the United States considers an illegitimate and illegal settlement. The speech, set to take place at the Jerusalem Convention Center next Thursday, on the […]

Syria / Iran / Travel / News Briefs

Italian FM: Israel First on Path to Secure Middle East

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

Should Tehran acquire nuclear capabilities, others would follow and the Middle East—at the very doorstep of Europe—would enter this new regional nuclear race.”

News Briefs

Norway: Aid Money Went to Palestinian Murderers

By JTA

The Palestinian Authority misled Oslo when it claimed Norwegian aid money was not used to reward the murderers of Israelis, Norway’s foreign minister said. Espen Barth Eide said Monday in a statement quoted by the daily Dage that “it is unfortunate that the incorrect information obtained from the Palestinian Authority was communicated to the Parliament.” […]

Israel / Syria / Politics / News Briefs / Turkey / United Nations (UN)

UN to Adopt Syrian Text Damning Israel for 'Violating Human Rights'

By Jewish Press Staff

There will be five other resolutions targeting Israel, and about the same number combined covering the rest of the world.

Israel / US / Politics / News Briefs

Miss Israel: I'll Ask my Role Model Obama to Free Pollard (VIDEO)

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Miss Israel calls Obama her role model, will ask him to release Pollard. Pollards issue statement asking Israelis to show Obama 'all due respect and honor.'

Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Thomas Friedman Labels Obama’s Visit a ‘Tourist Trip’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Thomas Friedman is ho-hum about Obama’s visit to Israel, calls him a “tourist” and calls the Palestinian Authority issue a “hobby” for US diplomats. But does anyone care what Thomas Friedman says?

Global / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Religion

Jewish Leaders Praise New Pope

By Jewish Press Staff

The new pope, Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina attended Rosh HaShanah services five years ago and was outspoken in the attack against the Jewish Community Center by agents of Iran in 1994.

Israel / News Briefs / Archaeology

Evidence of Stone Age Cultic Phallic Symbols Found in Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Signs of the agricultural revolution in the Stone Age were found in northern Israel. Archaeologists discovered remains of an ancient village, along with sexual symbols.

News Briefs / Religion

White Smoke, New Pope

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Vatican Cardinals have chosen a new pope. The winner is the former archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio (76). Bergoglio has chosen the name Francis.

Israel / News Briefs

Israel Winning War against the Locusts

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Spray planes are working overtime and so far have overcome millions of locusts that have invaded southern Israel, with much smaller numbers reported in northern Israel. Planes sprayed fields in the Negev overnight and early Wednesday morning before the locusts could feast on fields of wheat and vegetables. Tzfat (Safed) residents were surprised to see […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Last Survivor of Plot to Kill Hitler Dies at 90

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist, who was a Nazi Germany army lieutenant volunteered to blew himself up along with Hitler, died at his Munich home as the age of 90. The suicide bomb plot never was carried out, but von Kleist later was part of a group that unsuccessfully tried to kill Hitler in July 1944. He […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Islamists

Paris Thugs Threaten Jewish Teen with Merah-Style Murder

By JTA

Three men who accosted a French Jewish teenager in a suburban Paris subway said they would do to him “what Mohammed Merah did.” According to a report on the incident by the National Bureau of Vigilance against Anti-Semitism, a non-governmental organization known locally by the French acronym BNVCA, the 17-year-old Kippa-clad male was threatened in […]

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset / Settlements

Coalition Finally in Place after Bennett’s Mediation

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

After a month of poker, chess and blind man’s bluff, a coalition is in place. Netanyahu played miserably, Lapid refused to move, and Bennett was the kingmaker, proving that politics is compromise.

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset

Report: Bennett Mediates Compromise for Coalition

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Jewish Home chairman Naftali Bennett has mediated a compromise between Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that will enable a new coalition government to be formed, Israeli media reported Wednesday evening. Lapid's party  apparently hold the position of Minister of Education, in place of Gideon Sa'ar, but Lapid will give up […]

Jewish / News Briefs / Religion

Russian Jewish Group Offers Free Matzah

By JTA

The Russian Jewish Congress has partnered with one of the country’s leading Internet companies to deliver free matzah to Muscovite Jews. The only cost to recipients will be the price of the delivery. The collaboration with the online marketing giant Vigoda.ru will allow the Jewish organization to send two million emails on Thursday in the […]

Israel / US / Politics / News Briefs / Religion

Installation of New Pope May Cut Short Obama’s Visit to Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

President Barack Obama may have to cut short his trip to Israel next week if it coincides with the installation of a new pope, especially if he will be an American. With 75 Catholic Americans and archbishops from Boston and New York who are nominees to replace Pope Benedict XVI. Cardinals failed for the second […]

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / Archaeology

Detectives Arrest Man Who Stole 300-Year-Old Torah Parchment

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel’s Antiquities Authority detectives have their hands full trying looking for thieves who rob the country of one of its greatest treasure – history. A thief was caught with a 300-year-old parchment of the Torah.

The Knesset

Bibi On Brink Of Forming Coalition But Issues, Acrimony Linger

By Steve K. Walz

JERUSALEM – Less than a week before President Obama’s arrival in Israel for a much-anticipated visit, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was working round the clock to present a new coalition government to President Shimon Peres and the Knesset.

Israel / US / News Briefs

Obama to Dine with Miss Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Life often changes fast. Miss Israel was orphaned in Ethiopia and was brought to Israel. She worked in a dress shop until she was crowned. Next week, she will dine with Obama at Peres’ official home.

Jewish / US / News Briefs

Former ZOA President Jacques Torczyner Dies at the Age of 98

By JTA

Jacques Torczyner, a former president of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) and a leader in the Zionist movement in the United States and around the world, has died in Saratoga, California at the age of 98. Torczyner served as national president for the Zionist Organization of America from 1968 until 1973. He was emeritus […]

Syria / News Briefs

Assad’s Rockets Kill EU Diplomat on Humanitarian Mission

By Jewish Press News Desk

A European Union policy officer whose group was giving humanitarian aid to victims of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s suppression of rebels was killed by an army missile near Damascus on Tuesday. EU policy chief Catherine Ashton said in a statement, "I have learned today with great sadness of the tragic death on 12 March of […]

News Briefs

Gilad Shalit Signs Pollard Petition

By JTA

Freed Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit joined the call on President Obama to release spy-for-Israel Jonathan Pollard. On Monday, Shalit signed an online petition asking Obama to commute Pollard's life sentence to time served. "I have signed a petition, and call on you to do the same. Freedom is a great gift and privilege," Shalit posted […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

US Arabs: Obama Blames Israel, Congress for Slacking Peace Progress

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Arab Americans who met with Obama said he blamed the Israeli government for refusing to make concessions, blamed the U.S. congress for providing cover to the Israeli government, and he planned to bring an additional $500 million in aid for the PA.

News Briefs / Israel Elections 5773

Lapid Holds Up Coalition, But Rumors Fly that an Alternative Coalition Might Be Forming

By Jewish Press News Desk

With just days left until the coalition deadline, any of these rumors and leaks could be true.

Israel / Egypt / Religion / Archaeology

Rare Discovery of 3,500-Year-Old Donkey in Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

At about the same time the Jewish people were slaves in Egypt, a young donkey was sacrificed in what is now Israel and was placed under a house. In a rare discovery, Archaeologists found the skeleton.

NY / News Briefs

Koch Leaves Most of His Estate to His Nephews

By Jewish Press News Desk

Approximately $3 million of the estimated $11 million estate of former New York City Mayor Ed Koch was signed over to his three nephews, and $100,000 each was willed to his long-time secretary to the LaGuardia and Wagner Educational Fund for the purpose of creating a program to promote public and government service. His sister […]

Jewish / US / News Briefs / Sports

The Jewish World Series: Home Run for Unison

By Guest Author

The need for such a Shabbat-considerate tournament came up last winter, when the basketball team of Houston’s Beren Academy had reached the semifinals, only to become the center of a national controversy.

Terrorism / Israel / Iran / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe / Holocaust

Peres Tells EU Parliament, ‘Europe Has Divorced Its Past’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

President Shimon Peres told the European Union Parliament Tuesday, “In the past thousand years, more Jews lived in Europe than in any other continent.  Alas, more Jews were murdered in Europe in the last hundred years than in the preceding two thousand years.” The first Israeli president to address the current arrangement of the EU […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs

IDF Releases Names of Helicopter Crash Victims

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The two reservist pilots who died in the crash of their Cobra helicopter overnight are Maj. Erez Flexer, 31 of Haifa and  Lt. Col. Noam Ron, 49, of Oranit, located on the western edge of Samaria. The Air Force is investigating the cause of the crash, which for the time being is assumed to have […]

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Religion

Quinoa for Passover: Kashrut Debate or Power Struggle?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Star K says quinoa is kosher for Passover. The OU says it is not, and once again the principle of keeping a mitzvah is getting lost in the argument over who is in charge.

Israel / Syria / Hamas / Iran / News Briefs / Egypt

Israel Creating Virtual Embassies in Middle East

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

Israel is utilizing new media technology to developing innovative ways to extend hands of friendship to countries in a volatile Middle East. “We are exploring government, people and societies … trying to skip over the borders and using the new media to create virtual embassies," which speak directly to those in the Arab world, said […]

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Report: Mossad Wiretapped Abbas’ Tunis Office in 1993

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Mossad wiretapped the Tunis office of Mahmoud Abbas, now chairman of the Palestinian Authority, shortly before the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993, Yediot Acharonot reported. Shabtai Shavir, who headed the Mossad at the time, reportedly told officials at an emergency meting that  "a Fatah-affiliated man within the PLO leadership"  placed  wiretapping equipment […]

Terrorism / Israel / US / Hamas / News Briefs / Turkey / Europe

Hamas Re-Working Its Image to Pressing US to Remove Terror Label

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hamas is trying to re-work its image as a terrorist organization to convince the United States and the European Union remove it from the list of sponsors of terrorism. The campaign comes at the same time that pressure is growing on the EU to add Hizbullah to the list of terrorist organizations. The Egypt Independent […]

IDF & Security

Mystery Helicopter Crash Kills Two Reservist Pilots

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Outgoing Defense Minister Ehud Barak told officers at the Palmachim Air Force he always hopes all personnel return safely from action. Hours later, two helicopter pilots died on their way to the base.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Obama Promises Arab-American Leaders He Is Committed to PA State

By JTA

President Barack Obama told Arab-American leaders that his trip to Israel and the Palestinian areas would demonstrate U.S. commitment to partnering with the Palestinian Authority to bring about a state. "The President noted that the trip is not dedicated to resolving a specific policy issue, but is rather a chance to consult with Jordanian, Israeli, […]

News Briefs / Europe / Settlements

European Union Officials to Tour Jewish Sites in Samaria

By Jewish Press News Desk

European Union officials from Austria, Belgium and Turkey are scheduled to visit Ariel University, in Central Samaria, and will meet with Shomron Jewish leaders on Tuesday. International leaders rarely visited Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria until recently. The Shomron Regional Council has successfully attracted foreign journalists and European officials to see for themselves Jewish […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Sour Sound of Music: Vienna Philharmonic's Nazi Past

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The Vienna Philharmonic had low level Nazi Party members, but also officials with the SS, one of whom turned over more than a dozen orchestra members, at least five of whom perished in Nazi concentration camps. After the war, that Nazi official become the orchestra's executive director.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

IAF Cobra Crash, Crew Killed

By Jewish Press News Desk

The crew were on a routine training mission.

NY / News Briefs

Court De-Fizzes Mayor Bloomberg’s Soda Ban

By Jewish Press News Desk

A New York state judge ruled that the New York City “big soda can” ban promoted by Mayor Michael Bloomberg is illegal. It was slated to take effect Tuesday morning. "It is arbitrary and capricious because it applies to some but not all food establishments in the city, it excludes other beverages that have significantly […]

US / Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

A Preview of President Obama’s Stage Show to Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The year’s biggest photo op gets underway next week. Obama will smile in Jerusalem and Ramallah and pray in a church that he can “fool all the people all of the time.”

Israel / Global / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Israel Start-Up’s Anti-Obesity Pill Set to Go Big Time

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

An Israeli-made pill may be on its way to make the world slimmer. The “slim pill” to reduce obesity could go on the market as a medicine, with the help of a major pharmaceutical company.

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs

Locusts Invade Israel but More of a Tourist Site than a Plague

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israelis are excited over the latest tourists – locusts – while the Agriculture Ministry is making sure the pests have a short stay. Armchair preachers are having as field day with the new arrivals.

Jewish / NY / News Briefs / Religion

Muslim Terrorist Wannabe's Jewish Lawyer Seeks to Bar Jews from Jury UPDATE

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Cohn's effort highlights an increasing tendency, in an effort to achieve "fairness" towards accused terrorists, of marching along a road littered with the civil rights of others.

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Religion

Obama Must Keep Kosher for Passover at King David Hotel

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Barack Obama will have to eat kosher for Passover meals, without bread, during his stay the King David Hotel next week, Haaretz reported. "We're used to hosting heads of state and also American presidents, but this situation is very special for us because it's so close to Pesach [Passover]. For us it will be […]

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs

Barbra Streisand to Sing at 90th Birthday Bash for Peres

By JTA

Barbra Streisand will make her official performing debut in Israel at the 90th birthday celebration for President Shimon Peres at the Israeli Presidential Conference, where 4,500 people are expected to attend. Streisand is slated to perform at the opening ceremony of the Israeli Presidential Conference on June 18. She has traveled to Israel several times […]

News Briefs / Egypt / Archaeology

Egypt Ignoring Destruction of Huge Archaeological Site

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Muslim Brotherhood regime is ignoring the “systematic” destruction of Antonopoulos, one of Egypt’s biggest archaeological sites, the Egypt Independent reported Monday. Monica Hanna, a researcher with the University of Humboldt in Berlin, told the newspaper that information she received from archaeologists working at the site, also known as Sheikh Abada, revealed that bulldozers have […]

Israel / News Briefs

PA Stats Reveals 3% of Arabs Are Drug Addicts

By Jewish Press News Desk

Approximately one of every 30 Arabs in areas claimed by the Palestinian Authority is a drug addict, according to statistics reported by the Bethlehem-based Ma'an news agency Monday. The Arab population of Judea and Samaria, along with those living in eastern, southern and northern Jerusalem, is estimated by Israeli demographers at slightly more than 1.5 […]

Israel / US / Politics / News Briefs

Follow Obama’s Visit to Israel on app

By JTA

Israel's Prime Minister's Office launched an app to follow President Obama's visit in real time. The app, which is available though Israel's Apple store, will assist journalists covering the visit and allow Israelis to receive real-time updates, including video streaming. It will be available shortly for Android. Now available in Hebrew and English, the app […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

UN: Hamas Violated International Law, Killed BBC Reporter's Son

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Rather than applying consistent and professional standards to fact-finding, the claims of are often the products of instant speculation.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe / Media

French City Honors Murderer of Israeli Minister

By Palestinian Media Watch

Al-Rimawi was a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

Jewish / News Briefs

Pro-Israel Valerie Harper (Rhoda) Suffering Incurable Cancer

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Although many people thought Harper was Jewish, she was actually Catholic. "I'm not Jewish, but I guess I've always been a Zionist without a word for it," she said.

Jewish / News Briefs / Religion

Passover 5773-2013 Is Around the Corner

By Jewish Press Staff

An elementary list of reminders regarding the Holiday of Freedom.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Settlements

High Court: Ofra and Adam to Lose Fence Protection

By Shalom Bear

Safety and security of the Jewish residents of the Binyamin region has been compromised.

News Briefs

Arab League Approves Arms for Syrian Rebels

By Jewish Press News Desk

Syrian rebels have been receiving weapons since the start of the civil war without the approval of the Security Council or the Arab League. But as of today, Sunday, the Arab League is allowing countries bordering Syria to supply the anti-Assad forces with weapons, giving those forces a new legitimacy, and, like it or not, […]

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

Expert: Iran and North Korea Deal to Work Together Includes Nukes

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

North Korea's repeated willingness to ignore the demands of the international community to desist from testing nuclear weapons testing can only send the worst signals to Iran, which is that the U.N. will have meetings and denounce actions, but will not prevent further tests.

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