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Featured / US / Antisemitism / Interfaith Relations

Huge Pro-Israel Summit in Texas Canceled Due to Security Threats

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Law enforcement was completely cooperative but the threats were of a nature that required cancellation,” wrote David Friedman, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, who was slated to speak at the event.

Israel / US / Holidays & Observances

Texas to Mark Oct. 7 Anniversary with Moment of Silence, Lowered Flags

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Texas will always stand with the State of Israel and the Israeli people,” said Gov. Greg Abbott.

Headline / US / Antisemitism

Antisemitic Pamphlets Distributed in Colleyville, Texas, Weeks after Synagogue Hostage Attack

By Eve Glover

Residents of Colleyville are still shaken up from the terror attack in January,

Terrorism / Jewish / US / Diaspora

‘We Can Never Let Guard Down,’ Says US Jewish Security Official, Urging Congregant Training Drills

By Faygie Levy Holt

We are just 2 percent of the U.S. population, but 58 percent of religiously motivated hate crimes are against Jews,” said Michael Masters of the Secure Community Network.

Terrorism / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Combat Antisemitism Movement Calls for Greater Security after Texas Synagogue Hostage-Taking

By Jewish Press Staff

Hate crime statistics show that crimes targeting Jews comprised 54.9% of all crimes against a religious minority.

Police and Crime / Antisemitism / US

Teen Arrested in Connection to Arson at Austin Synagogue

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Frederick Barrett Sechreist of San Marcos, Texas, was seen on video carrying a gas canister outside of Congregation Beth Israel.

US / Antisemitism / Boycott / BDS

Texas Officially Adds Ben & Jerry’s, Unilever to List of Companies Boycotting Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Under Chapter 808, state law prohibits companies from refusing, terminating business or taking “any action that is intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on or limit commercial relations” with Israel.

Jewish / US / Chessed and Tzedaka

‘We Saved Lives’: Texas Jewish Communities Mobilize to Get Food, Medicine to Those in Need

By Faygie Levy Holt

Amid an arctic freeze, members of the Lone Star State opened doors to friends without power, cooked meals, arranged for medication pickups for the homebound, and, in one extreme case, mobilized to ensure that hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccines would not go to waste.

Israel / Global / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Tel Aviv University #8 in the World for Most Venture Capital-Backed Entrepreneurs

By JNi.Media

The new ranking is one spot up from last year, while TAU remains the only non-American university in PitchBook's top ten.

Chessed and Tzedaka / Weather / Business and Economy / Featured / Jewish / US

Jewish Billionaire Donates 'Twice Chai' Millions to Help Houston

By JNi.Media

In 2014, Dell donated $1.8 million to the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.

Featured / US / Chabad / Weather

They Were Supposed to Have Their Wedding in Houston this Sunday

By Chabad.org

“It was really hashgacha pratis [divine providence] because we had all this food, a lot more supplies than we usually have on hand, so we were able to make dinner” for many more people."

Featured / US / Health and Medicine

Israel Sends Team of Psychiatrists to Underwater Houston

By JNi.Media

Miriam Ballin, a native of Houston and the Director of United Hatzalah’s Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit leads the mission.

Featured / Jewish / US / Chessed and Tzedaka

Help the Jewish Community of Houston

By JNi.Media

"As the extent of the damage becomes clear, it is obvious that this community will need significant financial help in order to rebuild."

Beyond the Matrix

Beyond The Matrix - Common Sense vs. Your Legal Rights

By Israel News Talk Radio

Ira and Rod discuss the current situation taking place in the U.S. in the aftermath of police shootings in several states and the attack on police officers in Dallas, Texas.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Obituaries

Texas PR/Tech Guru Killed in Tel Aviv Car Accident

By Jewish Press News Desk

Alan Weinkratz was a well-known figure in the Israeli hi-tech startup scene.

Jewish / US / News Briefs

Next US Air Force Chief Battle-Tested and Jewish

By JNi.Media

While flying a combat mission over Serbia in 1999, Goldfein was shot down when his F-16 was hit by a surface-air-missile.

US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Israeli Arabs

Texas A&M Kills $200 Million Arab University in Nazareth, Opens $6 Million Center in Haifa Instead

By JNi.Media

“To some degree it’s a chicken and an egg problem,” Texas A&M’s vice provost Michael Benedik said. “Why would we be getting a major gift to open a campus when we don’t have legal permission to even do it?”

Israel / News Briefs

Speed Limit Raised to 80 Miles an Hour on Highway 6

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The official limit on the high-speed highway will be 75 miles an hour, but police let drivers off the hook up to 80 MPH.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Dallas Jew Trying Promotes Texans to Invest in Oil and Gas in Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Clare Freeman, head of the Texas-Israel Chamber of Commerce, says there is plenty of money to be made in the Israeli energy industry.

Terrorism / Jewish / US / News Briefs / ISIS

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.

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Tour de Tolerance Breaks Cycles of Hate

By JNi.Media

Hundreds of cyclists are expected to participate in the tenth annual Tour de Tolerance, to raise money for the El Paso Holocaust Museum in Texas.

Jewish / US / News Briefs

Jewish Organizations Raise Relief Funds after Houston Flood

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Orthodox Union, B'nai Brith and the Houston Federation are pitching in.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Israeli Companies Exhibit at Oil and Gas Conference in Texas

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

The largest oil and gas conference in the world, known as the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) was held this week and 14 Israeli companies were present.

US / News Briefs / ISIS

ISIS Claims 'Credit' for Attack at Mohammed Cartoon Contest

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

"We tell America that what is coming is more bitter and harder."

US / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Nina Pham Released from Hospital, Ebola Free

By Jewish Press News Desk

The first of 2 nurses to contract Ebola in Texas has been cured. NY and NJ have begun quarantining health-care workers returning from West Africa.

US / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Carnival Cruise Passenger In On-Board Ebola Quarantine

By Jewish Press News Desk

Mexico refuses to let a Carnival Cruise ship with 4000 passengers dock after a Texas lab technician entered a voluntary quarantine on-board ship after handling Ebola infected fluids.

Op-Eds

Dear Sean: A Tribute to Sgt. Sean Carmeli, ZT"L

By Yaakov Rosenblatt

The free-spirted lifestyle didn’t hold your interest; the needs of your people did.

Israel / US / News Briefs

Young Americans Turning Their Back on Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Pro-Israel figures insisted that the younger generation’s shift from a pro-Israel stand is nothing to panic about — yet.

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Judaism

Dallas Rabbi Sued for Running Home-Based Synagogue

By JTA

A Dallas-area rabbi who uses his home as a synagogue is being sued by a neighbor who says it has lowered his property values. Rabbi Yaakov Rich told the local Fox affiliate Fox4 in a video posted Wednesday that his 3,700-square-foot home is a synagogue with about 25 members. A website identifies his synagogue as […]

Israel / US / Politics / News Briefs

Presidential Bid coming? Rick Perry Says He’ll Visit Israel

By JTA

Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry, in what observers see as a move signaling a possible White House run, said he is planning to visit Israel in October. Perry, who has announced that he will not run for a fourth term as Texas governor, told the Washington Times in an interview last Friday, “We will be […]

US / News Briefs / Religion

Texas Official Cites Jewish Chaplain’s WW II Dedication

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Texas state official spoke at a Memorial Day service and quoted a Jewish chaplain’s dedication of a temporary cemetery on Iwo Jima in World War II. Jerry Patterson, the state’s Land Commissioner and candidate for Lieutenant Governor, said that whenever he speaks at a Memorial Day service, he quotes Lt. Roland B Gittlesohn, a […]

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter II

By Ruchama Feuerman

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