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The Palestinian Authority has granted itself its death wish, unless Obama wants to make a death wish for Israel.
By JTA
William Rapfogel, the ousted leader of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty in New York, reportedly will plead guilty for his role in a scheme to steal more than $7 million from the social service agency. Rapfogel, who had served as CEO and president of the Met Council from 1992, was scheduled to enter a […]
The US has decided to begin restoring its military aid to Egypt, apparently in response to the Egypt-Russia MiG-35 deal that is on the table.
This massive Russian-Egyptian arms deal is a slap in the face for President Obama and his failed foreign policy.
It is no wonder that Marionville is ”the home of the white squirrels.” Black ones wouldn’t stand a chance, forget about Jewish ones.
The US Supreme Court has agreed to examine the question as to whether or not an American citizen born in Jerusalem can have "Israel" listed on his (or her) passport as their country of birth.
Carole Zabar, longtime supporter of BDS promoters, is now in a pickle - Zabar's is a BDS target.
By JTA
Two major obstacles have kept Israel from joining the program: Allegations by U.S. officials that Israel has discriminated against Arab- and Muslim-Americans seeking entry, and a proliferation of young Israelis traveling to the United States as tourists and then working illegally.
Teen stabbed in South Florida high school.
The following is President Obama's statement on Passover (April 14, 2014). As he has in the past, the President held an official Passover Seder at the White House. Michelle and I send our warmest greetings to all those celebrating Passover in the United States, in Israel, and around the world. On Tuesday, just as we […]
The attacker apparently targeted various Jewish centers.
The prophecy in Joel, like most prophecies, is surreal, beautiful, and open to many interpretations.
There is nothing like a good round of anti-Semitism to sober up Jews to move to Israel.
American Jews are increasingly buying more hand-made matzah as well as American-made manufactured matzah. All at the expense of Israeli exports, according to Kosher Today. Israeli exports used to hold approximately 40 percent of the American market but has declined by 11 percent. Sales of hand-made “shmurah matzah” have soared by nearly 15 percent. One […]
Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson toured the Israel Aerospace Industries plant at Ben Gurion Airport Thursday, when executives told her that the first pair of wings for the DF-35 stealth fighter will be produced by September. IAI is scheduled to manufacture more than 800 pairs of wings in the next several years as the F-35 […]
The US may pretend it was forced to give up Pollard, but it is US that most wants to continue talks.
By JTA
A sapling taken from the tree that grew outside the attic where teen Holocaust diarist Anne Frank was hidden will be planted at the U.S. Capitol. The tree will be planted on the west front lawn on April 30. Saplings taken from the tree have been planted around the world. The tree, at more than […]
It might be best to say the Traveler’s Prayer on the airplane before putting on tefillin.
A 16-year-old student wounded 22, several critically, in a mass stabbing spree at a Pennsylvania high school Wednesday.
Hirsi Ali's critics wanted her silenced; Brandeis granted their wish.
Oh, man, it’s the end of an era.
By JTA
Maryland lawmakers failed to vote on a bill that would have required the French rail firm SNCF to pay compensation to Holocaust survivors in order to work on a new line. The bill did not progress past committee hearings in the state legislature, where the 2014 legislative session ended Monday night. State Sen. Joan Carter […]
Brandeis buckled to those who embrace diversity and tolerance only of their own views.
Every time Kerry opens his mouth about his Peace Talks Follies, he only makes things worse, especially for himself.
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American-Jewish contractor Alan Gross has gone on a hunger strike to protest his imprisonment in a Cuban jail and the lack of American assistance. “I began a fast on April 3rd in protest of the treatment to which I am subjected by the governments of Cuba and the United States,” Gross said in a statement […]
Celebrate Israel Parade should be successful, without anti-Israel BDSers parading down 5th Avenue!
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
If Israel sends a spacecraft to the moon, will BDS call the lunar surface “occupied territory”?
Iran named a terrorist as ambassador to the UN, the Senate passed a bill banning his entry.
These students are happy, proud Zionists celebrating the civil rights movement of the Jewish people.
Carter still wears blinders that make him see that everything that Abbas does is for peace.
Masbia Soup Kitchen Network to provide 18,000 meals this Passover season. Volunteer!
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall and who even wants to put him together again?
By JTA
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Wednesday against a Minnesota rabbi who claimed he was cut from an airline’s frequent flier program for earning too many miles. Rabbi Binyamin Ginsberg was one of Northwest Airlines’ top fliers when he was cut from its program in 2008. Northwest has since been absorbed by Delta. The rabbi, […]
By JTA
Rivka Haut, a foremost advocate for agunot, Orthodox women who have been refused a religious divorce and also a founder of the Women of the Wall founder was buried this week after she succumbed to pancreatic cancer at the age of 71. At the Women of the Wall prayer service on Tuesday, the worshipers recited […]
A sports broadcaster would have his hands full trying to keep up with Wednesday’s fast-paced frantic Peace Talks Game.
Shooting at Fort Hood, suspect at large.
Unless this becomes law, a terrorist who aided in the U.S. hostage taking in Iran will get a U.S. visa
“Keeping Mr. Pollard on the bargaining table won’t salvage the talks.”
Abbas is the number one candidate for Best Actor of the Year in the Worst Play of the Century
By JTA
The Atlanta Hawks toured the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum accompanied by the survivor mother-in-law of the NBA team’s owner, Bruce Levenson. Players and most of the coaching staff, along with Levenson and General Manager Danny Ferry, made the visit to the Washington museum. They were joined by Irene Boyarsky, 85, who spent time in a […]
The oldest surviving synagogue building in the United States was evacuated Tuesday night after New York firefighters discovered cracks in columns supporting the second floor. The structure was built in 1849 and was the home of Congregation Anshe Chesed before being bought in 1986 by the Spanish sculptor, Angel Orensanz. The center is an art […]
By JTA
“There is still a subset of Americans who are deeply infected with anti-Semitism.
Al-Quds reporter outraged by precedent of releasing Pollard - guilty of espionage, but not murder.
Obama is increasingly out of touch with reality.
Kerry and Abbas are making fools out of themselves.
Can the US free Pollard if he refuses to attend his parole hearing, apparently a protest to being exchanged for terrorists?
By JTA
Kiryas Joel in upstate New York agreed to halt gender segregation at a public park in the Hasidic village. The decision announced Monday by Kiryas Joel, which is populated by Satmar Hasidim, settles a lawsuit filed in December by civil liberties groups, according to the Courthouse News Service. The Kinder Park was opened in April […]
Israel’s collective stomach is wrenching over the prospect of massive concessions for Pollard and more “peace talks.”
Feel sorry for Pollard. He is doomed in jail but would feel doomed if freed in exchange for prisoners and “peace talks.”
Kerry may force Israel to free more terrorist; the problem is he won’t take them with him when he leaves.
Christie explained to Adelson that he does not believe Israel "occupies" Judea and Samaria.
Now ain't that a slap in the face.
FLI: smorgasbord of Israeli programming from many organizations for students from different campuses
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Before Roosevelt’s ambassador to Nazi Germany had enough of Hitler, he muzzled American Jews anti-Nazi protests.
NYC council members proposed legislation requiring NYC public schools offer Islamic-compliant food.
By JTA
A prayer book developed for use by Jews in the U.S. military will be released this week, the first of its type published since World War II. Reform, Orthodox and Conservative rabbis cooperated in creating the prayer book, which was commissioned by the JWB Jewish Chaplains Council. The chaplains’ council, a program of the Jewish […]
For the record, Rumsfeld did not compare Obama or Kerry with apes, but that is not necessarily a compliment.
By JTA
It is too easy to blame Bernard Madoff for Yeshiva University’s financial problems.
By JTA
A 65-year-old Haredi Orthodox man from London visiting New York for his grandson’s wedding was attacked early Tuesday morning in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park as he left the wedding reception. The attackers smashed their victim’s face into the sidewalk, and he was treated at a local hospital for a split lip and chipped […]
Osama Bin Laden’s senior adviser Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, was convicted on Wednesday of conspiring to kill Americans and providing support to terrorists. He is the most senior adviser to Laden to be tried in a civilian United States court since 9/11. Abu Ghaith, age 48 and a native of Kuwait, praised the 2001 aerial attacks […]
By JTA
The student government at Chicago’s Loyola University passed an Israel divestment resolution for a second time, while a similar resolution was defeated at the University of Michigan. On Tuesday, the Loyola United Student Government Association in a revote from a week ago passed the measure by a vote of 12-10 with nine abstentions. The resolution, […]
By JTA
Another New York City man has pleaded guilty to being part of a group of men who used violent means in exchange for pay to force Jewish husbands to give their wives religious divorces. Simcha Bulmash, 30, of Brooklyn pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Trenton, N.J., to participating in the extortion ring, […]
Kerry is on a mission to convince Abbas to reverse his position that he has no intention of continuing negotiations with Israel over the U.S. sponsored “framework agreement.”
The entire world quotes Abbas’ blaming Israel for wiggling out of freeing terrorists. The facts show it is Abbas who is wiggling.
Netanyahu does as Obama says, Israel looks stupid and makes Erdogan the Chump look like a champ.
A federal jury Monday found five former employees of Bernard Madoff guilty of knowingly being involved in the biggest Ponzi scheme in history and rejected their claims that they were just following orders. The defendants’ testified that Madoff was the only one who knew of the swindle, but assistant U.S. attorney John T. Zach had […]
By JTA
Sheldon Adelson will host a dinner featuring former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on the eve of a conference of the Republican Jewish Coalition. Adelson, the casino magnate seen as a kingmaker in the Republican Party because of his willingness to spend tens of millions of dollars in an election, will host the dinner Thursday night […]
Saudi Arabia denied visa to a Jerusalem Post reporter who isn't Israeli and never lived in Israel.
Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday he does not support the leftist-Arab "boycott, divest, sanction" campaign against Israel but added that products made in Judea and Samaria should not carry a “Made in Israel label.” He told the Associated Press in an interview that he and other “elders,” a group of retired senior leaders, “decided […]
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
An Israeli company was chosen to be part of a nine-member team of technology vendors in a digital security system project for the Statue of Liberty National Monument in New York Harbor.
The thundering silence from the White House after Abbas’ exit was the calm before the coming storm.
Peretz Sontag, a widely respected Orthodox Jew from Monsey who has been missing for 10 days, was found dead in his car that crashed over a ravine. Police are not treating the death as a suicide. After he was reported missing, police said that Sontag had been depressed and indicated he might harm himself. His […]
The U.S. government may be prepared to take extreme steps to delay the collapse of Kerry's doomed-from-the-start peace talks.
Israeli media quoted American Jewish groups attacking Ya'alon; at least half the quotes were re-cycled
According to the AMCHA Initiative, anti-Semitism on U.S. campuses is "growing at an alarming rate."
Swastikas, graffiti stating "kill all the Jews," and little kids playing "jail the Jew" in Bedford, Massachusetts.
By JTA
Robert Strauss, the son of small-town Texas shopkeepers who became an adviser to presidents of both parties, died Wednesday at the age of 95. He helped found in 1945 Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, the energy law firm that pioneered powerhouse lobbying after its 1971 move to Washington. Strauss, whose parents ran a general […]
What would have been the reaction if the actor dressed up as KKK members, just for the sake if history?
How do you say “annihilate Israel with a nuclear bomb” in Persian?
The goal of Harvard Israel Trek is to create informed, committed campus advocates. Does it?
DM Ya'alon has a habit of speaking harsh truths. Not everyone likes to hear the truth. It upsets them.
President Obama has an unshakeable and eternal bond with himself.
By JTA
The Chabad Jewish Center in Boca Raton, Fla., was vandalized a day after an article in a local newspaper announced the center’s expansion plans. A cement marker with a sign indicating the rabbi’s parking space was torn from its place and thrown through a glass door of the Jewish center sometime Monday night, the Sun-Sentinel […]
If the Boycott Israel movement has any intellectual honesty, which it doesn’t, let’s see it tackle Whirlpool subsidiary KitchenAid.
Obama’s crew did not even say “boo" when the Palestinian Authority endorsed this week a video-song mocking John Kerry.
A Jewish trip to learn about Israeli history, culture and politics, ended up paying a visit to arch-terrorist Arafat's grave.
By JTA
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday said Jewish diplomat Daniel Rubinstein would replace Robert Ford as the diplomat guiding the U.S. response to the crisis in the country. “It’s more than fair to say that he is among our government’s foremost experts on the Middle East and has served with distinction in some […]
Israel’s Defense Minister Ya’alon is sounding more like Foreign Minister Lieberman every day.
Obama made several absurd comments, while Abbas played with Obama's words.
Did Obama know who was sitting next to him when he said his guest “consistently renounced violence”?
The Obama administration imposed sanctions on seven Russians and four Ukrainians in retaliation on Monday in response to the apparently imminent annexation by Russia of the Crimean peninsula of the Ukraine. Among those sanctioned were advisers to Russian President Vladimir Putin and parliament members in and former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. The European Union has […]
The State Dept. is absolutely blind and deaf to what is happening in Ramallah.
Northeastern U's Students for Justice in Palestine Suspended following mock evictions
This Purim, EMET has released a video which strips away the mask and reveals to everyone the true face of Hassan Rouhani.
By JTA
A New York man has gone to court for the return of several Nazi-looted artworks from the controversial collection of Cornelius Gurlitt in Munich. David Toren, 88, whose father and uncle were art collectors in the pre-war German city of Breslau, sued in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., earlier this month to demand the […]
The Obama administration has rejected an appeal from the interim government in Ukraine that the United States send arms, ammunition and intelligence support, senior officials said Thursday. With Vladimir Putin breathing down his neck, the last thing President Barack Obama needs is doing anything to aggravate the Russian bear, who already is fuming at the […]
By JTA
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., received a $10 million grant from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation. The museum’s Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies will be renamed the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies and will concentrate on Holocaust studies throughout the world. The center sponsors […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) raised $20 million on Tuesday at its annual national gala, held in New York’s Waldorf Astoria hotel. Some 1,400 guests from the U.S., Panama, and Israel attended the event, where IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz thanked the organization “for choosing to stand by our side […]
The US condemned the Gazan terrorists' rocket attacks on Israel on March 12, noting Israel's sovereign right of self-defense.
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