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Boston Marathon

ISIS / Jewish / News Briefs / Terrorism / US

Florida Jew Indicted for Plotting to Bomb 9/11 Memorial

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Joshua Ryne Goldberg is 20 years old, Jewish, an Internet troll, poses as an ISIS supporter, and now faces up to s 20 years in jail.

Islamists / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Religion / US

Exposé: Former MIT Muslim Professor Raised Money for Al Qaeda

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Suheil Laher, former Muslim chaplain at MIT, raised money and recruited for Jihad and still influences Muslims at the university.

News Briefs

Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Boston Marathon Bomber

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

There are those who say that death is too good a punishment.

Jewish / News Briefs / US

Giffords accepts JFK award in Boston

By JTA

Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in Boston on Sunday for pushing for policy changes aimed at reducing gun violence. Giffords, Arizona’s first Jewish representative in Congress, has become an advocate for stricter gun control after being shot in the head in 2011. Earlier this year, […]

Islamists / News Briefs / Terrorism / US

Is Fear of Blaming Islam Greater than a Need to Fight Terrorism?

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

There is no middle ground: if we talk about Islam as a source of terrorism, our values will be compromised and the greatest nation on Earth will crumble. The choice made is to forbid considering Islam as the motive - so that we can...what? Be taken down in a halo of smug superiority by those who exploit this latest greatest American Achilles Heel? Rubin points out, most current policy makers and opinion shapers prefer to avoid considering Islam as the motive for terrorism. The fear of short term pain is indulged, at the expense of preventing the real danger that will follow. And we are being lied to - "albeit for virtuous reasons" - by the politicians and the mainstream press.

Op-Eds

A Muslim Perspective: Boston's Tragedy Must Not Generate More Hate

By Sinem Tezyapar

I also would like to strongly criticize those who express joy at the sight of horror in America.

News Briefs / Terrorism / US

Marathon Suspect #1 Caught

By Jewish Press News Desk

An alert Watertown resident found the wanted man.

News & Views

Boston Bombing Suspect Arrested

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

UPDATE, 8:25 PM  Sat. night Israel Time: Federal terrorism charges against Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev could be filed soon, even as he remains hospitalized, a Justice Department official told CNN on Saturday. The 19-year-old could also face murder charges at the state level. UPDATE 7:12 pm ET Reports that suspect was hiding in boat, […]

Israel / News Briefs / Terrorism / US

FBI Releases Pictures of Two Marathon Bomb Suspects

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Two days after a Saudi boy was falsely linked to the Boston Marathon bombings, and one day after Internet uses wrongly touted a teen as the terrorist, the FBI release picture of two prime suspects.

Israel / News Briefs / Terrorism

Peres Consoles Obama over ‘Heinous’ Terrorist Attack

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“I was shocked to receive the news of the heinous terror attack near the finish line of the Boston marathon in which innocent civilians lost their lives,” President Shimon Peres wrote President Barack Obama. Addressing him as “Mr. President, Dear Friend,” President Peres continued, “In my name and on behalf of the people of Israel, […]

News Briefs / Terrorism / US

UPDATE: Authorities Identify Suspect in Boston Marathon Bombings

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Suspect identified through surveillance cameras in Boston Marathon Bombings. Arrest Imminent.

Fresno Zionism

Finding the Culprit: The Race to be Wrong

By Vic Rosenthal

Does the viciously random nature of the bombing give a clue to the motive?

J.E. Dyer

All We Know for Sure is that Boston Will Rise

By J. E. Dyer

It is not obvious that any group or type of person in particular mounted this one, nor can any be ruled out.

Israel / News Briefs / Terrorism / US

Sixteen Israelis Ran in Bombed-Boston Marathon

By Jewish Press News Desk

Sixteen Israelis ran in Monday’s terror-ridden Boston marathon, but none of them were wounded in the twin bombings. Tzviki Bronstein, 57, flew to Boston to run in the marathon and was able to finish the race before the explosions. He was walking back to his hotel room when he heard the explosions, he told the […]

Jewish / News Briefs / Terrorism / US

Cleveland Jewish Runner Crossed Finish Line One Hour before Blast

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Cleveland Jewish man’s ability to finish the Boston Marathon in less than four hours helped save him from injuries, or worse, in the terrorist attack Monday “I was in the hotel when the explosions went off, Kevin Goodman, 50, told the Cleveland Jewish News. “The explosions happened about an hour after I finished. I […]

Islamists / News Briefs / Terrorism / US

Saudi Questioned in Boston Terrorist Attack

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It took the White House an hour or more until it could bring itself to say that the attacks in Boston were “terror.” A Saudi student is under questioning. But it is just an “isolated” incident.

Jewish / News Briefs / Religion / Terrorism / US

On the Scene, Boston Rabbi Offering 'Some Sense of Serenity'

By Chabad.org

“You can imagine the pandemonium. Everyone was running, and glass was flying around."

MUSSAR – Avi Ganz

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