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Israel / Global / President's Conference 2012

Former Mossad Chief: Arab Spring 'Incredible Opportunity

By Jewish Press Staff

Dagan and Ashkenazi made their comments on a panel at the 2012 Presidential Conference that included former Presidential adviser Dennis Ross. Dagan said in Egypt it matters not who votes but who counts the vote.

Israel

Shimon Peres Honors Henry Kissinger with Award,Quartet Head Tony Blair Reflects on 'Arab Spring'

By Jewish Press Staff

Kissinger: “It is unusual for an 89-year old man to say that I wish my parents could be here. They would be more proud of this distinction than any of the other honors that have come my way.”

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Four 'Iron Domes' Positioned Near Border, IDF Attacks in Gaza

By Jewish Press Staff

Following the incessant rocket firing on civilian centers in southern Israel, four Iron Dome batteries were positioned overnight alongside the Gaza strip border. The cities of Beer Sheva, Ashkelon and Ashdod are now better protected. Four Border Guard policemen were injured Tuesday from a Grad hit.

News Briefs

Mubarak on Life Support

By JTA

Doctors reportedly have put former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak on life support as turmoil once again threatens to sweep the country. The state news agency Mena said Mubarak was "clinically dead" when he arrived at the hospital and that doctors used a defibrillator on him several times. The initial report said the efforts were not […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs

40 Rockets Fired at Israel, Policemen injured, Iron Dome Silent

By Jewish Press Staff

Since the morning hours, at least 40 rockets and mortars have been fired from Gaza into south-western Israel. Several Israeli Border Policemen were injured Tuesday evening, one of them is in critical condition.

NY / News Briefs

Kosher Delight Has Slung Its Last Burger

By Michael Orbach

Since opening in 1984, the restaurant has been a fixture for any Jewish tourists visiting New York and almost every religious Jew in the city has eaten there at least once. The reason for closing appears to be a combination of landlord greed and too many health code violations.

Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / Global

Hamas Celebrates Muslim Brotherhood's Victory in Egypt, Fires Rockets into Israel

By Jewish Press Staff

The 10 rockets launched by Hamas in the past 24 hours represent its first rocket barrage in some months, and its claim of responsibility and timing suggests that the escalation is linked to Muhammad Morsi's putative victory in the Egyptian presidential elections.

News Briefs

MK Katz: In Two Decades Secular Israelis Will Be the Minority

By Jewish Press Staff

Speaking at a discussion of the Knesset Education Committee on the changing status-quo of religious and ultra-Orthodox education, committee member and chairman of the National Union MK Ya'akov Katz (Ketzaleh) said: It's all about the numbers. The change in the status-quo stems from demographic change. When I was in an officer training course 40 years […]

News Briefs / Media

Alice Walker Kills Hebrew ‘Color Purple’ Deal Citing 'Apartheid'

By Jacob Edelist

The author of “The Color Purple,” refused to authorize a Hebrew translation of her prize-winning work, citing what she called Israel’s “apartheid state.” She added: "It is my hope that the non-violent BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement, of which I am part, will have enough of an impact on Israeli civilian society to change the situation."

Eye on "Palestine"

Majority of Palestinians say Palestinian Authority is Corrupt

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

45% of Palestinian respondents believe that the first most vital Palestinian goal should be to end "Israeli occupation" and build a state, and 32% believe it should be to obtain the right of return. 28% believe the first problem confronting Palestinians today is poverty and unemployment, while 25% think it is the continuation of "Israeli occupation" and 23% think it is the absence of national unity.

Politics / News Briefs

Survey: Israelis Think Romney ‘Friendlier’ to Jewish State

By Jewish Press Staff

A survey on American-Israeli relations has concluded that Israelis consider Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to be more ‘friendly’ towards Israel than incumbent Barack Obama. Surprisingly, after almost four years in office, a full 49% of Israelis polled did not know or would not answer questions regarding Obama’s Israel agenda.

Israel / US / Global

World Powers Begin New Round of Iran Talks with Little Hope for Progress

By Jewish Press Staff

Western diplomats continue to accuse Iran of foot-dragging and obfuscation, noting that the five-point proposal presented by the Islamic Republic in Baghdad last month calls for discussions on matters that are tangential to the nuclear issue. Yet Western diplomats continue to hold out hope that Iran will finally "engage seriously" the proposal that the six-nation bloc made last month.

Middle East / Levant / News Briefs

Muslim Brotherhood Candidate Wins Egyptian Presidential Elections

By Jewish Press Staff Reporter

If official results stand, Mursi will have won Egypt's first post-uprising elections with 51.89 per cent of the vote, succeeding toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak. The ruling military council will "hand over power" on 30 June.

Jewish

Yeshiva University High School Reunion in Israel to Celebrate Rabbi Abraham Zuroff's 90th Birthday

By Jewish Press Staff

A reunion for Yeshiva University High School graduates will take place on Friday, June 22, 2012 at 10 AM, at the YU Gruss Center in Jerusalem. Some 200 Yeshiva University High School alumni residing in Israel will honor Rabbi Zuroff, principal and later supervisor of all Yeshiva University high schools, at the event.

Politics / The Knesset

PM Establishes Special Committee for Judea and Samaria

By Malkah Fleisher

The government on Sunday voted to put a ministerial committee headed by the Prime Minister in charge of Jewish development in Judea and Samaria , the first time in 16 years that the establishment and expansion of Jewish communities in the biblical heartland will not come under the purview of the full government.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

IDF Opens Road, Lifts Restrictions After Deadly Attack

By Malkah Fleisher

The IDF has re-opened roads and lifted an order for residents to remain in their homes following a deadly attack killing one Israeli along the Israel-Egypt border.

United Nations (UN) / Iran

Jews, Gays, Rights Activists Protest Ahmadinejad in Rio

By Malkah Fleisher

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s welcome on the sunny Ipanema beach in Rio was less than warm from an eclectic group of Jews, human rights activists, and homosexuals, who arrived Sunday to protest the Iranian president’s attendance at a UN summit on sustainable development.

Israel

Israeli Minister: Iranian Crisis Will Culminate in Coming Months

By Yochanan Visser

In an interview with Ha'aretz last Friday, Israel’s Minister for Strategic Affairs Moshe Ya’alon made clear that for Israel the red line is Iran’s capability to produce a nuclear weapon and not Khamenei’s order to produce a bomb. He also said that Israel is not bluffing when it comes to decisive action to stop Iran and does not need an American ‘green light’ for a military strike .

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Israeli, 2 Terrorists, Killed in Exchange of Fire on Israel's Egyptian Border

By Jewish Press Staff

Terrorist infiltrated from Egypt and opened fire with guns, explosives and an RPG against Israeli contractors working on the border fence. 1 Israeli and 2 terrorists were killed in the ensuing gunfight. Communities in the South were in lockdown for 5 hours.

News Briefs

Responding to Rocket Fire, IAF Targets Gaza Terror Sites

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

Overnight, IAF aircraft targeted a weapons manufacturing facility in the southern Gaza Strip and a terror activity site in the central Gaza Strip. Direct hits were identified. The sites were targeted in response to rocket fire against southern Israel. During 2012 more than 275 rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip. The IDF […]

News Briefs

Chabad of North Hollywood Construction Halted by Neighbors

By Jewish Press News Desk

Dozens Sherman Oaks residents are complaining that the new Chabad House on Chandler Boulevard is "just too big for the surrounding blocks of single-family homes, some starting at more than $1 million," the LA Times reports. The new building is slated to be 12,000 square feet, on a 9,568-square-foot parcel which is zoned for residential […]

News Briefs

Mursi Muslim Brotherhood Campaign Claims Egypt Presidency, Shafiq Denies

By Jewish Press News Desk

Al Ahram has just published these tweets from Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Mursi: 6:28 Ikhwanweb tweets: President-Elect Mohamed #Morsi, heads to #Tahrir - symbol of the Egyptian revolution - after speech at his campaign HQ announcing elex results 6:25 Mursi is in the lead with 52.3 per cent of the total 21,560,639 ballots cast nationwide, […]

News Briefs

Greek Nazis Increase Power in Sunday's Vote

By Jewish Press News Desk

Greece's neo-Nazi party Chryssi Avghi (Golden Dawn) won between 6.0 and 7.5% of the vote in Sunday’s elections, according to exit polls, European Jewish Press reports. Last month, Golden Dawn, riding a wave of anti-immigrant anger, received 6.97% of the vote, winning 21 seats in the 300-member Parliament. The head of Golden Dawn, Nikos Mihaloliakos, […]

Jewish / US / News Briefs

Suit Charges Hebrew National Products Not Kosher

By Jacob Edelist

Class action lawsuit against Hebrew National alleges the company is misrepresenting its own kashrut standards “as defined by the most stringent Jews who follow Orthodox Jewish Law."

Israel

Israel May Build Artificial Islands to Alleviate Shortage of Space

By Jewish Press Staff

Israel, which is approximately the size of the state of New Jersey, is also a very densely populated country – with an average of 982 people per square mile. "The idea...has spatial, economic and security logic for us," PM Netanyahu said. "It is also of value regarding environmental protection."

IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs

IDF Spokesperson: Assad's End a Certainty

By Jewish Press Staff

IDF Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Yoav (Poly) Mordechai said that the understanding that the Bashar Assad regime in Syria has “reached its end” is now permeating among Assad’s allies Iran and Hezbollah. Meanwhile, a Russian military source said that Russia may send warships and troops to Syria to protect its logistics base in Tartous, Syria.

News Briefs

Bolivian Cabinet to Deliberate Ostreicher Case

By JTA

Bolivian Cabinet ministers told the chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives human rights subcommittee that they would look into the case of a jailed Brooklyn Chasidic Jew. Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.) met this week in Bolivia with Minister of Government Carlos Romero and Minister of Justice Cecilia Luisa Ayllon. Jacob Ostreicher has been held […]

News Briefs

MoveOn targets Anti-Israeli Candidate Barron

By JTA

MoveOn.org joined a growing list of groups and individuals to raise concerns about the congressional candidacy of New York City Councilman Charles Barron. The online liberal group blasted an e-mail criticizing the candidacy of Barron in New York’s Eighth Congressional District in the Democratic primary against Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries. The two are vying to replace […]

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

Romney Says Obama Prefers Letting Iran Have Nukes to Letting Israel Attack

By Jacob Edelist

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Saturday revved up his attacks on President Obama's Mid East policy, suggesting the president fears that Israel might attack Iran more than he fears that Iran will develop a nuclear weapon. “I think, by and large, you can just look at the things the president has done and do the opposite,” Romney said.

News Briefs

Kosher Delight in Midtown NY Closing

By Jewish Press News Desk

YeahThatsKosher.com reports that Kosher Delight, the 28-year old establishment on Broadway between 36th and 37th street is scheduled to close on Sunday, according to rumors and the restaurant's staff. This closing comes on the heels of two other recent closures/moves in the midtown area, J2 Pizza and Clubhouse Cafe. According to the website, Kosher Delight […]

News Briefs

Gaza Question in Paris University Medical Exam Stirs Controversy, Investigation

By Jewish Press News Desk

Vincent Berger, president of Diderot University in Paris, is investigating a question “of a polemic nature” which was posed to students of the Bichat Hospital Faculty of Medicine, Agence France Presse reported. CRIF, , responded with “indignance” in a public statement on Thursday to the “scandalous” question relating to the bombing of civilians in Gaza, […]

News Briefs

Extreme-Right Politicians Expelled for Neo-Nazi T-shirts

By Jewish Press News Desk

EJP reports that eight extreme-right politicians on Wednesday were expelled from the Saxony, Germany, state parliament for wearing neo-Nazi T-shirts. The lawmakers, from the controversial National Democratic Party (NDP), were forcibly removed by police after refusing to leave on their own. The speaker of the assembly in Saxony, in formerly communist eastern Germany where NDP […]

News Briefs

Chabad of Westport Hoping for Town Approval at Long Last

By Jewish Press News Desk

According to the Westport Daily Voice, the structure that used to house the Three Bears Restaurant in Westport, CT, will shortly officially become the new home of Chabad Lubavitch of Westport, which has been operating without approval out of the space since January. On Thursday night, an attorney for Chabad appeared before the town's Planning […]

News Briefs

Israeli Navy Captures Palestinian Smugglers Vessel

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

The Israeli Navy captured a Palestinian fishing vessel engaged in illegal smuggling travelling towards the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. No weapons were discovered on board the ship, only spare vehicle parts, and it was taken to shore by an Israeli Navy Dvora class fast patrol boat. After the investigation was complete, the smugglers were released […]

NY

As NYC Jewish Population Grows, Haredim Deny Abusing the Safety Net

By Michael Orbach

According to a survey of 5,993 individuals conducted by the UJA Federation, the Jewish community in New York City is growing, mainly fueled by an increase in the Orthodox and Chasidic community. The downside is, according to their critics, Welfare is a crucial ingredient in these communities.

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Jewish Residents Apprehensive as Peace Now, Arabs, Count the Days for Migron's Fall

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

“I couldn’t imagine raising my kids anywhere else,” says Itay Harel, one of Migron’s founders who established the community 13 years ago. But an unexpected battle began after the Israeli anti-settlement movement Peace Now, which aims to eliminate any Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria, to be replaced by a Palestinian state, claimed that Migron was settled on privately owned Arab land.

IDF & Security

Palestinian Sniper From Gaza Tries to Kill Israeli Farmer

By Malkah Fleisher

A Palestinian sniper attempted to kill an Israeli farmer working in a field near Kibbutz Nir Oz on Thursday, shooting from a vantage point inside Gaza. The farmer hid behind a tractor until IDF soldiers arrived and evacuated him to safety.

Middle East / Levant / Politics

Russian Party in TA Marred By Protests Against Aid to Syria

By Malkah Fleisher

Russian Independence Day celebration at Tel Aviv’s Hilton Hotel were dampered by the arrival of a group of demonstrators protesting Russian military support for Syrian President Bashar Assad’s harsh crackdown on civilians and armed opposition.

On Campus / Education

Campus Activists to Army - Lone Soldiers Speak

By Tamar Shmaryahu, Israel Campus Beat

Dov Lerner, former ZOA president at the University of Maryland and current Lone Soldier in the IDF: “It is very different making the case for Israel on campuses than actually sitting on the border with a gun guarding the country," Lerner said. "Having done both, I know that they are both extremely necessary.”

Israel / Politics / News Briefs

US Embassy in Tel Aviv Raffling Off July 4 Party Tickets

By Malkah Fleisher

The US Embassy in Tel Aviv announced Wednesday that it will be giving away tickets to an annual Independence Day party at the US ambassador’s residence in Herzliya.

Jewish / News Briefs

Norwegian Anti-Semites Firebrand Jewish Youth's Neck

By Eyal Schwartz

The Jewish boy's mother said the attacking students had heated the coin on a BBQ grill and pressed it onto the boy's neck, burning through to the flesh. "They say they are going to kill all the Jews, and use offensive language such as 'Jewish pigs' and 'Jewish Satan,'" she said.

News Briefs

Adelson Gives Romney PAC $10 Million

By Jewish Press News Desk

According to the Wall Street Journal, chairman and chief executive of Las Vegas Sands Corp billionaire Sheldon Adelson, who fueled Newt Gingrich’s presidential bid, is now giving $10 million to the super PAC Restore Our Future, which supports presumptive  GOP nominee Mitt Romney. It is the largest single donation to Romney’s coffer to date. By […]

News Briefs

Eruv Drones

By JTA

An organization in Israel wants to use unmanned aerial vehicles to check the national eruv in problematic spots. The Shabbat Fund has placed a proposal on the table to purchase the UAVs at a cost of more than $6,000 per drone, the Bechadrei Charedim website reported. The drone could save manpower hours and get to […]

News Briefs

Peres Calls for Renewed Peace Talks in Medal Ceremony

By JTA

Receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama, Israeli President Shimon Peres called for a renewal of peace talks with the Palestinians. "Israel and the Palestinians are ripe today to restart" the peace talks, Peres said at the White House ceremony on Wednesday. "A firm basis already exists. A solution of two national states: […]

News Briefs / Religion

Lakewood Girls School under Attack for Controversial Letter on Modesty

By Michael Orbach

The Lakewood, NJ, Bnos Yaakov elementary school is not happy over the fact that an internal letter to its students has been published online. It contains a story with a disturbing notion of purgatory for girls who don't obey the laws of tzniyut (modesty).

Politics

Rep. Giffords' Aide Wins her Seat in Special Election

By JTA

Ron Barber, a former aide to U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, won her seat in a special election. Barber, who decided to run after Giffords formerly resigned her seat earlier this year to recover from a shooting in January 2011, defeated Jesse Kelly, a Republican who suffered a narrow defeat to Giffords in the 2010 election […]

Israel / Eye on "Palestine"

PA, EU, and UN Affiliated Orgs Sponsor Hate-Filled Programs For Palestinian Youth

By Solomon Burke

In the wake of Israel's transferal last week of the remains of 91 terrorists to the Palestinian Authority, PA TV used its youth programming as a platform to lionize the terrorists as "the greatest role models." Palestinian Media Watch reported that the program, called Speak Up, is co-produced by PA TV and PYALARA, a youth-focused NGO funded in part by the EU.

Israel / US

In Outreach To Orthodox Jews, Obama Repeats Commitment To Israel

By Ron Kampeas

WASHINGTON – President Obama is spreading the word, one Jewish constituency at a time: He has Israel’s back. Obama defended his record on Israel and on religious freedoms last week during a White House meeting with Orthodox leaders convened by the Orthodox Union.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Global

Bangladeshi Pro-Israel Journalist Pushes On Amid Charges Of Fraud

By Larry Luxner

DHAKA, Bangladesh – Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury sat at the cafe of the five-star Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in downtown Dhaka – capital of the third-largest Muslim nation on earth – proclaiming his love for Israel and the Jewish people.

IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant

Israel Considering Preemptive Strikes Against Syria

By Steve K. Walz

JERUSALEM – Israel’s Defense Minister Ehud Barak has ordered IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz to draw up plans for a possible series of preemptive strikes against various Scud missile installations and suspected WMD (weapons of mass destruction) sites across Syria, as the rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship appears to be entering a dangerous phase.

US / Local

Fearing Anti-Mormon Prejudice, Romney Plays Down His Religion

By Ron Kampeas

WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney’s Lacrosse moment awaits him. The Democratic convention in Los Angeles was where Joe Lieberman made history as the first Jewish candidate on a major ticket on Aug. 17, 2000. But two days later, history came to life in Lacrosse, Wis., the little college town where Lieberman walked – and pointedly did not drive – to the local synagogue on his first post-nomination Shabbat.

On Campus / Education

Strong Marketing Drives Success at UC Santa Cruz

By Molly Cornfield, Israel Campus Beat

You might not expect it, but the pro-Israel group at the University of California, Santa Cruz -- a school with a decidedly liberal reputation -- drew impressive numbers of attendees to its events throughout the past academic year. Approximately 150 people attended the Santa Cruz Israel Action Committee’s big fall quarter event, a screening of the documentary film, U.N. Me.

Israel / News Briefs / Media

Rabbi Rotter, 59, Owner and Editor of Rotter.net

By Jewish Press Staff

A scoop by nature is a "preliminary report." On the one hand, it has a huge impact, but on the other hand there's a risk that the report is partially or completely false. Anyone who reads a scoop on the Internet, knows it can be inaccurate or even not correct at all, and yet they all relate to scoop as news until it is refuted.

Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / United Nations (UN) / Archaeology

PA to UN: Make Church of Nativity World Heritage Site in State of Palestine

By Malkah Fleisher

The Palestinian Authority will attempt to register the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem as a world heritage site in the country of Palestine when the World Heritage Committee meets in Russia from June 24 to July 6.

Israel / Eye on "Palestine"

Jews Clash in Queer Toronto Over Inclusion of BDS Group in Parade

By Malkah Fleisher

A Jewish gay and lesbian group has submitted a request to the Pride Toronto arbitration panel, asking the gay pride parade organizers to ban anti-Israel group Queers Against Israeli Apartheid from the festival. The dispute resolution committee will review the complaint, but may not be able to render a decision in time for the event.

Israel / Global / SciTech

Israeli Scientist Wins World Food Prize for Drip Irrigation

By Malkah Fleisher

An 81 year old Israeli scientist whose revolutionary irrigation methods have saved and improved the lives of millions of people throughout the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and South America, has received the prestigious World Food Prize, according to an announcement made by the foundation on Tuesday.

News Briefs

Knesset Committee Ejects Top Reform Clergyman from Meeting

By JTA

The head of the Reform movement in Israel was ejected from a discussion on state funding for non-Orthodox rabbis Tuesday. Gilad Kariv, a Reform rabbi and director of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism, was thrown out of Tuesday's debate in the Knesset Finance Committee for speaking out of turn and using aggressive language. Kariv […]

News Briefs / Media

Richard Belzer Fights PC Hordes over Nazi Salute

By Jewish Press Staff

"Law and Order SVU" star Richard Belzer is in hot water over what he insists was a comic homage to the late Charlie Chaplin and not, say, an expression of his fealty to the Nazi tradition.

News Briefs

Hungarian Police Investigating Desecration of Holocaust Monument

By JTA

A Holocaust memorial monument in the southwest of Hungary was desecrated. The perpetrators broke off several parts of the bronze monument, which stands 3 1/2 feet high and is the shape of a large menorah. Hungarian police said they were investigating the incident. The Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary said the monument was desecrated […]

Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs

US: Russia Shipping Attack Choppers to Syria

By JTA

"We have confronted the Russians about stopping their continued arms shipments to Syria," Clinton said Tuesday. "We are concerned about the latest information we have that there are attack helicopters on the way from Russia to Syria."

US / Politics

Bipartisan House Effort Seeking Pollard Clemency

By JTA

A bipartisan letter is circulating in the U.S. House of Representatives soliciting signatures on a letter to President Obama asking him to commute Pollard's sentence to time served. The "Dear Colleague" letter is signed by veteran House members Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.).

Israel / Media

Aliya Incubator Seeking Quality 'Anglos' to Join Startup nation

By Jacob Edelist

“AI intends to fund dozens of start-ups, bringing them on Aliya to build their dream," says David Goldberger, "starting at $500k per deal for the business launch.”

Jewish / US

New York City Jewish Population Over 1 Million Again

By Jewish Press Staff

A study by the UJA-Federation of New York found that the population of the New York Jewish community - comprising the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester - has grown nearly 10% since the last study in 2002. New York City's Jewish population stands at 1,086,000, with 40% identifying themselves as Orthodox, a 7% increase from 2002.

IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

IDF Warns of Syria's Chemical Weapons Falling in Wrong Hands

By Jewish Press Staff

IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Yair Naveh said Monday night that “Syria has the world’s largest arsenal of chemical weapons, along with rockets and missiles that can reach all of Israel." But Palestinian officials criticized the amplified Israeli criticism on Sunday as a tactic to deflect attention from Israel's treatment of the Palestinians and the "moribund peace process."

News Briefs

Toulouse Killer’s Father Suing Police

By JTA

The father of Toulouse killer Mohammed Merah reportedly is suing police for allegedly murdering his son. Mohamed Benalel Merah filed a lawsuit against the RAID elite police who shot his son. “This is a suit against unnamed persons for murder with aggravating circumstances concerning those who gave the orders at the top of the police,” […]

Israel / News Briefs

Hate Graffiti Accusing Zionism of Causing the Holocaust Discovered on Yad Vashem Walls

By Jewish Press Staff

Early Monday morning, ten pieces of hate graffiti in Hebrew were discovered in the open campus of Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, a prominent segment of it scrawled across the walls of the Warsaw Ghetto Square monument.

US

Romney Gaining Momentum As Obama Struggles

By Solomon Burke

A week of setbacks for President Obama has the GOP excited about Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's chances to emerge victorious in November. Rasmussen's most recent poll has Romney leading Obama by one percentage point, which represents a five point swing from May 20, when Obama led Romney, 47%-43%.

Israel / News Briefs / Media

Hollywood Star David Arquette Celebrates Bar Mitzvah at the Wall

By Eyal Schwartz

American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, fashion designer, and occasional professional wrestler David Arquette is in Israel to film a segment in the popular Travel Channel series "Mile High." On Monday he celebrated his bar mitzvah at the Wailing Wall.

Israel / News Briefs

National Union MKs Demand Defense of Jews on Mount of Olives

By Malkah Fleisher

National Union MKs Michael Ben-Ari and Aryeh Eldad toured eastern Jerusalem’s A-Tur neighborhood on Sunday afternoon in an attempt to highlight the need for security in the area, famous for housing the millennia-old Mount of Olives cemetery.

Israel / News Briefs

Immigration Police Round Up Sudanese for Deportation

By Malkah Fleisher

Israeli immigration police arrest dozens of South Sudanese illegal immigrants in Eilat on Monday morning in a raid intended to curb the influx of unauthorized entrants from Africa.

Politics / The Knesset

Beit El Caravillas Herald Ulpana Destruction, Massive Expansion

By Malkah Fleisher

In line with the government’s plan to destroy 5 buildings in the Ulpana Hill neighborhood of Beit El, six caravilla mobile homes were delivered on Monday to house evicted families. Community leaders hope out of the ashes may come the biggest development in years.

Israel / News Briefs

Technion Sues Microsoft for $6.5 Mil. over Intellectual Property

By Jacob Edelist

The Technion is going up against the technology giant, citing illegal uses of technology developed by its staff, charging: "For years, Microsoft has taken aggressive enforcement steps against anyone who held software belonging to Microsoft without legal permits, regardless of from whom and when it was purchased, their geographic location and whether they were poor or rich."

News Briefs

Marine Le Pen to Sue Jewish-French Philosopher for Libel

By JTA

A lawyer for Marine Le Pen said the leader of the French far right will sue French-Jewish philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy for libel. Wallerand de Saint-Just said he would submit a libel suit on behalf of Le Pen, president of the National Front party, to the Paris Magistrate’s Court next week. In an article originally published […]

News Briefs

Netanyahu: Iran, Hezbollah Involved in Syrian Slaughter

By JTA

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran and Hezbollah of being involved in the slaughter of civilians in Syria. "We [see] what is happening in Syria where civilians are simply being slaughtered," Netanyahu said during Sunday's regular Cabinet meeting. "We see the horrifying pictures of children and the elderly. This is a slaughter that is […]

IDF & Security / Global

Israel Defense Industry To Display Cutting-Edge Innovations at Paris Military Exhibition

By Solomon Burke

Among the innovations that will be showcased are hand-held through-the-wall radars, mini-Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), robots, and frequency-hopping radios. The exhibition will take place from June 11th-15th, and will include over 1,400 exhibitors from around the globe.

Israel / Middle East / Levant

Israeli Vice PM: Syrian Assault is Genocide

By Malkah Fleisher

Vice Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz, is calling Syrian President Bashar Assad’s war against opposition a “genocide”, and said Israeli support is behind efforts to overthrow him.

Israel / News Briefs

Intelligence Minister Injured in Car Accident

By Jewish Press Staff

Intelligence Minister Dan Meridor, his wife and their son were taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital on Saturday with injuries sustained during a traffic accident.

Politics

Gallup: Obama Jewish Support at 64 Percent

By JTA

Gallup has started tracking Jewish voters for the 2012 presidential elections, and its findings are commensurate with other polling, with President Obama enjoying a 35 point lead over Mitt Romney. The poll of 576 Jews culled from the pollster's daily tracking of registered U.S. voters from April 11-June 5, found that Jewish voters favored Obama […]

US / Politics

Obama White House Held 'Hundreds' of Meetings with Hamas-Tied CAIR: Official

By Jacob Edelist

Aides to President Barack Obama have been holding “hundreds” of meetings behind closed-doors with representatives of the Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR), America's largest Muslim advocacy organization, with close ties to Hamas and its parent organization, the Muslim Brotherhood.

US / Politics / News Briefs

Congress Urging Hillary to Act on Haredi Imprisoned in Bolivia

By Jacob Edelist

Jacob Ostreicher remains locked up at Palmasola Prison in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. That notorious facility was designed to hold 1,000 prisoners, but is currently home to 3,500. Unlike U.S. facilities, this prison is essentially run by the prisoners. Guards provide food and make sure prisoners do not escape, but do nothing to maintain order within the prison’s walls.

News Briefs

Rabbinate Lifts Restrictions on Tzohar Rabbis Officiating at Weddings

By JTA

Israel's Chief Rabbinate has agreed to lift restrictions on rabbis from the Tzohar organization conducting weddings. Under the agreement inked Thursday, Tzohar rabbis who meet certain criteria will be able to marry couples. In return, Tzohar pledged to withdraw a lawsuit against the Rabbinate and try to stop legislation that would have taken away the […]

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset

Jerusalem Protest Detainees Released

By Jewish Press Staff

Following a Knesset vote on the “Regulation Law” intended to prevent the evacuation of the Ulpana Neighborhood in Beit El, Ulpana residents and others supporting the law broke up in angry protest. Police, on horseback and on foot, acted brutally to subdue what was, essentially, a loud protest.

Israel

Beit El Bitter Pill Sweetened by Bibi's Promise of New Construction

By Malkah Fleisher

Though leaders in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria decried the failure of Wednesday’s Knesset vote to overturn the destruction of five apartment buildings in Beit El, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved a major new construction plan to erect 300 new homes in the town, with 551 additional homes approved in four other locations.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Israel Hits Gaza Weapons Facility

By JTA

Israel's Air Force attacked what it said were two weapons storage facilities in the Gaza Strip.

US / News Briefs

Claims Conference Employee Admits to Stealing $550K from Survivors, $57 Mil. Missing

By Jewish Press Staff Reporter

Zlata Blavatnik, 65, was part of a ring of 31 individuals, including Claims Conference former employees, who, over 10 years, allegedly stole $57 million in German reparation funds intended for Nazi Holocaust victims. Blavatnik is cooperating with the FBI investigation.

News Briefs

Biggest Ever Merger Unites Two NJ Jewish Federations

By Malkah Fleisher

A massive merger between to United Jewish Communities federations will create a powerhouse of influence and funding for Jewish programs, projects, and social services in New Jersey.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

IDF Holds the World's Largest Military Race

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

A recording-breaking 11,000 IDF infantry soldiers participated in the Annual Ground Forces Race, stressing importance of physical fitness.

News Briefs

Two Arrested in Attack on Jewish Teens in France

By JTA

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with an attack on three Jewish teens in Lyon in southeastern France. The two suspects reportedly turned themselves in to police on Wednesday, AFP reported. The "main perpetrator" of the attack has not yet been apprehended, local police chief Albert Doutre said, according to AFP. The attack, which […]

News Briefs

New Judea & Samaria Housing Approved

By JTA

Israel's housing and construction ministry announced plans for up to 851 new housing units for Judea and Samaria settlements. Wednesday's announcement came in the wake of the defeat of a bill in Knesset that would have retroactively legalized the Ulpana Hill neighborhood of Beit El. Housing and Construction Minister Ariel Atias said Wednesday evening that […]

News Briefs

Arizona Jewish family, Israeli Wife, in Murder-Suicide

By JTA

Police have identified a Jewish family from Tempe, Ariz., the Butwins, as the subjects of a suspected murder-suicide. Police said that James Butwin, a board member of his local synagogue, Temple Emanuel, was the primary suspect in the killing of his Israeli born wife and three daughters. The bodies were found on Saturday in a […]

Israel / Global

IDF Preparing for Conflict in Lebanon

By Solomon Burke

IDF Col. Shmulik Olensky: “A flare-up in Lebanon can occur at any time. Therefore we are preparing as much as possible, with unique plans, improved models, and joint training.”

Politics / News Briefs

Bill to Save Ulpanah Hill Defeated

By Jewish Press Staff Reporter

The Knesset on Wednesday rejected the proposed bill to save the Ulpanah Hill neighborhood, which was ordered by the High Court to be demolished at the end of this month. In a preliminary reading, the Knesset voted the bill down by 69 to 22.

Israel / Politics / News Briefs

Runners Carry Protest of Ulpana Hill Demolition through Jerusalem's Neighborhoods

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

A protest race is being conducted in the streets of Jerusalem this afternoon, to raise public awareness of the importance of the proposed "Regulatory Law," the Tazpit news agency reports.

On Campus / Education

Students See Support at Israel Parade

By Tamar Shmaryahu, Israel Campus Beat

About a dozen college campuses, including Brown University, Queens College, New York University, Columbia University, Yeshiva University and Cornell University, were represented by student delegations in the parade, which has been an annual fixture for the past 48 years.

Israel

Yad L'Achim Gets Missionary Ad Pulled from Israel Radio

By Dovid Schwartz

The ad claimed to offer a solution to emotional distress and offered to send a booklet to listeners who called in. The name of the booklet? "The Power to Change," with a subheading, "He changed me."Those who phoned in were asked to provide additional contact information and sent what turned out to be a missionary booklet that included Christian preaching urging faith in "that man."

Israel / Jewish

Rabbis to PM Netanyahu: The Beginning of Downfall is Flight

By Jewish Press Staff

The Rabbinical Congress for Peace cited the words of Nobel laureate Professor Israel Aumann who said that that evicting the families “would endanger not only the Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria but also all of Israel."

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Global

Israel Goes Public With Cyberwar Program, Strengthens Nuclear Sub Fleet

By Steve K. Walz

JERUSALEM – Despite the absence of an attack on Iranian military and nuclear facilities, Israel and the U.S. are engaged in a covert cyberwar campaign against a growing list of Iranian targets. The dual objective is to hamper the Iranian regime’s ability to build an atomic bomb while pressuring them to bow to Western and UN demands to downgrade their enrichment capabilities to less than 10 percent.

NY / Politics

GOP Hopes N.Y. Rematch Puts Second Jewish Republican In House

By Zach Silberman

WASHINGTON – Jewish Republicans nationwide are hoping a heated congressional race rematch in the New York suburbs puts a second Jewish Republican in the House of Representatives.

Jewish / US / Politics / News Briefs

Orthodox Push Obama on Israel, Contraceptives, in White House Meeting

By Jewish Press Staff

The OU reps pressed Obama hard on his handling of US-Israel relations and on mandating contraceptive coverage. Obama accused Netanyahu of trying to "act without restraints."

News Briefs

Abbas: Get Out Now, or No 2-State Solution

By JTA

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called on Israel to withdraw from all lands it occupied in 1967, warning that the two-state solution may not be on the table for much longer. "I would like to address our Israeli neighbors and say we are seekers of peace and freedom and our people made a major sacrifice […]

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