U.S. National Intelligence Council predicts ‘incremental’ Palestine

Published on December 12, 2012

A Palestinian state will emerge by 2030, not through negotiations but incrementally, according to a group of intelligence advisers to President Obama.

Pakistani girl shot by Taliban defied threats for years

Published on October 10, 2012

A 14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl campaigner shot by the Taliban had defied threats for years, believing the good work she was doing for her community was her best protection, her father said on Wednesday.

I've got your back

By Steve Greenberg
Published on September 27, 2012

U.S. asks Afghan leaders to help keep peace after video

Published on September 12, 2012

The United States embassy in Kabul appealed to Afghan leaders on Wednesday for help "maintaining calm" over the anti-Muslim video, a statement said.

This past month in the Muslim world

By Dennis Prager
Published on July 11, 2012

Some news items from the Islamic world in the past month.

May 29, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on May 29, 2012

May 2, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on May 2, 2012

Obama, Karzai sign U.S.-Afghan strategic pact

Published on May 1, 2012

President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday signed a strategic partnership accord that charts the future of U.S.-Afghan relations beyond the end of the NATO combat mission in the country.

Greetings from Afghanistan

By Lisa Niver Rajna
Published on April 25, 2012

U.S. soldiers grinning for picks with Afghan bomber body parts

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on April 18, 2012

Aghast

By Steve Greenberg
Published on March 28, 2012

French shooter was on U.S. “no fly” list

Published on March 22, 2012

The French Islamist gunman suspected of murdering seven people who was killed in a shootout with police on Thursday was on a "no fly" list maintained by U.S. authorities, two American officials said.

French shooting suspect not jailed in Afghanistan, provincial governor says

Published on March 21, 2012

An Afghan provincial governor on Wednesday denied statements by a senior prison official that French school shooting suspect Mohamed Merah was jailed for bombings in Afghanistan in 2007 and escaped months later.

NATO says ‘Our bad’ over Quran burnings in Afghanistan

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on February 22, 2012

Taliban ‘poised to retake Afghanistan’ after NATO pullout

Published on February 1, 2012

A secret U.S. military report says that the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, are set to retake control over Afghanistan after NATO-led forces withdraw from the country, The Times newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Gilad Shalit and Israeli TV’s Searing ‘Prisoners of War’ [UPDATE/SLIDE SHOW]

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on October 31, 2011

TV Military Drama ‘Homeland’ Taps Into America’s Psyche

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on October 19, 2011

From soldier to rabbi, one Afghanistan war veteran takes unusual path

Published on October 17, 2011

When West Point’s Jewish chaplain left the academy during Joshua Knobel’s freshman year, Knobel filled in for him, running Jewish prayer services at the military school’s chapel.

Afghan peace council head Burhanuddin Rabbani killed in Kabul

Published on September 20, 2011

The head of Afghanistan's High Peace Council, former President Burhanuddin Rabbani, who had been tasked with trying to negotiate a political end to the war, was killed at his home on Tuesday, a senior police officer said.

Afghanistan’s turning point

Published on September 7, 2011

It was a decade ago that a number of terrorists conducted the most horrifying attack on the United States.

Opinion: Face to face

By Rob Eshman
Published on August 31, 2011

I asked Aatekah Ahhmad Mir, a journalist from Lahore, Pakistan, and Emal Naweed Haidary, a journalist from Kabul, Afghanistan, what sights they wanted to see while in Los Angeles.

12 killed in attack on U.N. compound in northern Afghanistan [VIDEO]

Published on April 1, 2011

At least 12 people were killed in Afghanistan Friday, most of them foreigners, when a United Nations compound was stormed by Afghans enraged by a Florida pastor’s burning of a Koran, according to Afghan officials. Thousands of protesters mobilized after a midday sermon, then surged toward the offices of the United Nations in Mazar-e Sharif, northern Afghanistan’s largest city and normally a bastion of calm.

Napolitano visiting Israel to check security projects

Published on January 4, 2011

United States Secretary for Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is in Israel to check on joint security projects between the two countries. Napolitano visited Israel Monday and Tuesday as part of a multi-country tour that has included stops in Ireland, Afghanistan and Qatar. She will head to Belgium to meet with European Union and World Customs Organization officials, according to the Department of Homeland Security. "The United States and Israel have a strong and enduring partnership, and the reason for my visit is to make sure that all the things that we're doing in partnership with Israel -- aviation security to cyber-security, to science and technology, research that we are undertaking together focused on security -- that all of those activities are being done in a productive and robust fashion," Napolitano said Monday during a meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres.

AUDIO: Iranian American Jews —Supporting U.S. troops

By Karmel Melamed
Published on June 10, 2008

Nessah Synagogue's young Iranian Jewish professionals discuss their support for U.S. soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as their preparation of 'care packages' for U.S. forces.

The dreadful ‘D’ words

By Bishop Mary Ann Swenson and Dr. Nur Amersi
Published on April 24, 2008

Divorce, dissolution, divestment: These are words that spell the end of a relationship and of what might have been -- through time and patience -- a meaningful and inspiring marriage.

Vets for Freedom shed light on war

By Phil Cooper
Published on April 3, 2008

As Shabbat ended on March 15, 150 teenagers, parents and senior citizens came to hear members of Vets for Freedom speak at YULA High School. As a 15-year-old freshman in high school, I wanted to attend to hear these soldiers' stories because I care about our country. I also wanted to hear their side of the war, and after the soldiers spoke, I saw the war in a new light.

A beautiful day in the neighborhood

By Steve Greenberg
Published on November 15, 2007

Cartoon

Jewish Army chaplain in Afghanistan juggles outreach to local Muslims, interfaith counseling, and th

By JewishJournal.com
Published on November 12, 2007

Jihad follows twisted path from Afghanistan to Israel

By Sam Ser
Published on September 28, 2006

Jihad follows twisted path from Afghanistan to Israel.

And who shall die

By Rob Eshman
Published on September 21, 2006

I'd like to suggest a small addition to your synagogue's High Holiday services this year, as if they're not long enough. Sometime before the recitation of the mourner's kaddish, or perhaps just before the Torah is returned to the ark, pull out any Sunday Los Angeles Times, and turn to the obituary section.

At ‘Beauty’ School, Looks Could Kill

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on March 30, 2006

Liz Mermin's curiosity began after she read a 2002 New York Times article about the proposed school, which was backed by the magazine Vogue and volunteer Americans stylists:"I thought, 'Of all the things Afghanistan needs, how could a beauty school be anywhere but near the bottom of the list.'"

Ancient Texts Could Unlock Persian Past

By Karmel Melamed
Published on November 10, 2005

Considered one of the oldest but least- studied Jewish writings in the world, Judeo-Persian writings consist of the Persian language written in Hebrew characters by Jews living in what today are Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and some parts of India during the last 1,000 years.

Articles of Faith

By Rob Eshman
Published on May 19, 2005

At least 17 people were killed in riots that broke out after the May 1 Newsweek story asserting that American interrogators at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, tried to humiliate prisoners by flushing a Quran down the toilet.

The report infuriated Muslims throughout the world. In Afghanistan, an anti-American riot broke out that left some 17 people dead and more than 100 wounded.

Hamas and the Triple Standard

By Edwin Black
Published on July 3, 2003

When it comes to Israel's fight against Hamas, a triple standard seems at work.

Never the Same

By Jane Ulman
Published on March 7, 2002

Danny, 10, can recite the Five Pillars of Islam: faith, prayer, charity, fasting and pilgrimage.

Jeremy, 12, understands the difference between Predator armed drones and Global Hawk surveillance drones; between 500-pound "dumb" gravity bombs and 2,000-pound "smart" precision-guided bombs.

Gabe, 14, knows that Pastun and Dari are the spoken languages of Afghanistan while Pastuns, Uzbeks and Tajiks make up the main ethnic groups.

Zack, 18, can locate most of the "stans" -- Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

Since Sept. 11, on a practical and comprehensible level, my sons have learned about the religion of Islam, the military capability of the United States, the ethnicity of Afghanistan and the geography of Central Asia.

Rallying for the Other Victims

By Wendy J. Madnick
Published on February 28, 2002

Human rights activist Medea Benjamin held up photo after photo from her recent trip to Afghanistan, each telling a unique horror story.

A World Away

By Tom Tugend
Published on January 10, 2002

When the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks suddenly put Afghanistan in the headlines and people searched their atlases for the bordering countries of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, Dr. Robert J. Meth had the answers.

The Global Minute

By Rob Eshman
Published on October 25, 2001

Suddenly, we find that an alternate universe shadows our world. Its inhabitants see our culture as their poison, our politics as their oppression, our freedom as their threat -- The question is how we could have been so blind. Only now is most of America learning about fundamentalist Islam. Just one year ago, when then-candidate George W. Bush didn't know the name of President George W. Bush's best friend, the president of Pakistan, the public's response was, "So what?" So, this: Our blissful ignorance turned out to be deadly.

The Ear of the Beholder

By J. D. Smith
Published on October 25, 2001

When I worked for Warner Bros. Records, I spent a good deal of my time trying to calibrate, coordinate and prognosticate the exact moment the headlining artist would take the stage. This involved calls to the manager, the road manager, the box office, the artist and spiritual mediums. In four years there, I never once saw an opening act.

Continued Help Could Harm

By Julie Wiener
Published on October 4, 2001

The AJWS -- which supports anti-poverty and community support projects in developing nations -- is believed to be the only Jewish organization that funds projects in Afghanistan, a country controlled by the fundamentalist Islamic Taliban regime since 1996.

Israel Under Siege

By Henry A. Waxman
Published on September 6, 2001

On the news it's easy to find sickening evidence of the terrorist war being waged against Israel; harder to find, but no less real, are other insidious assaults that are growing in number and venom. This week, the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, which convened in South Africa, was transformed into a forum for vicious anti-Israel accusations. And in Israel itself, the Temple Mount is the focus of a relentless archaeological attack designed to rewrite history.