Thursday, May 23, 2013

2013 L.A. city elections mean new milestone in history of city Jewish voices

by Andrew Lachman

In 2009, the Paul Koretz and Eric Garcetti were the sole Jewish voices in Los Angeles City Politics. As of 2013, there will not only will there be. . .

Thursday, May 23, 2013

What if the Nazis had tweeted?

by Gideon Behar, JTA

What could Goebbels have done with 140 characters? The question, disturbing as it might sound, can no longer be approached only as theoretical.

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Jewish organizations to deliver 20,000 pounds of food to Oklahoma

by Joe Winkler, JTA

In the wake of the disastrous tornado in Oklahoma, The National Council of Young Israel has joined with the Masbia organizations, as well as with. . .

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Industry is best bet for peace, Israeli billionaire says

by Tova Cohen, Reuters

On a new industrial park in Israel's largest Arab town, a software plant belonging to a multibillion-dollar U.S.-listed firm sits cheek-by-jowl with. . .

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Adelsons donate $40 million to Birthright

JTA

Casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, donated $40 million to the Birthright Israel Foundation.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Angelina’s breast cancer victory isn’t for celebrities only

by Richard E. Fine, MD, FACS

Actress Angelina Jolie just announced that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy after learning that she was genetically predisposed to. . .

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Gun violence in America: Scandal!

By Rob Eshman

Two years after his mother was shot and killed, Dallas Sonnier received a phone call from the police: His father had just been shot and killed.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Stone-walling

By Shmuel Rosner

In the last two years, the Western Wall in Jerusalem — also known as the Kotel — has become a place of controversy as much as of worship. It’s. . .

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Rescuers search Oklahoma tornado town ruins as recovery starts

by Carey Gillam and Ian Simpson, Reuters

Rescue workers with sniffer dogs picked through the ruins of an Oklahoma town on Wednesday to ensure no survivors remained buried after a deadly. . .

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

FBI says man shot dead while being questioned about Boston bombings

by Barbara Liston and Mark Hosenball, Reuters

An FBI agent shot and killed a Florida man who turned violent while being questioned about the Boston Marathon bombings early on Wednesday, the. . .

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Rabbis to Boy Scouts: Lift ban on gay members

JTA

More than 500 rabbis and cantors urged the Boy Scouts of America to drop its ban on homosexual members when the youth group’s National Council. . .

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Spielberg to produce ‘Halo’ television series, plus other news from the Xbox One announcement

by Bill Rigby and Malathi Nayak, Reuters

Microsoft Corp gave the world a first look at its new Xbox One on Tuesday, announcing that its first gaming console in eight years will come with. . .

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Meet the laser that guides the Iron Dome (soon to be made in the USA)

by Ben Sales, JTA

Six months after the Iron Dome defense system rendered Hamas rockets largely ineffective during Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense in Gaza, I. . .

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

A prayer for Oklahoma

by Rabbi Abby Jacobson, Emanuel Synagogue, Oklahoma City, Okla.

Lord our God, we stood before You just a week ago to receive the Ten Statements of Your Torah. We stood, as though with our ancestors, and listened. . .

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Chabad center taking in Oklahomans displaced by deadly tornado

JTA

A Chabad center in Oklahoma City opened its building as a shelter for those displaced by a deadly tornado.

Monday, May 20, 2013

ZOA regains tax-exempt status

By Jonah Lowenfeld

After 15 months, the nonprofit pro-Israel Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has regained its tax-exempt status.

Monday, May 20, 2013

Hezbollah in big Syria battle, Obama ‘concerned’

by Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Dominic Evans, Reuters

Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas have fought their biggest battle yet for Syria's beleaguered president, prompting international alarm that the civil. . .

Monday, May 20, 2013

What happened to Obama?

By David Suissa

You know things are getting rough for President Barack Obama when even The New Yorker, that bastion of liberal thought, starts ridiculing him.. . .

Monday, May 20, 2013

Bomb attacks kill more than 70 across Iraq

by Kareem Raheem, Reuters

More than 70 people were killed in a series of car bombings and suicide attacks targeting Shi'ite Muslims across Iraq on Monday, police and medics. . .

Monday, May 20, 2013

Mel Brooks’ top 10 Jewy Jewish scenes [VIDEO]

by Ami Eden, JTA

Monday night marks the national premier broadcast of the American Masters installment on Mel Brooks. To mark the occasion, we’ve put together a. . .

Monday, May 20, 2013

Apple’s first store set to open in Istanbul

by Steve Dorsey, The Media Line

Consumer technology market analysts expect Apple to start taking a big bite from the emerging market for its products here when it opens its first. . .

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Palestinians mark Nakba with West Bank protests

JTA

Thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank marked the 65th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel, which they call the “catastrophe,”. . .

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Congressmen call on Abbas to fire official who glorified terrorist

JTA

A bipartisan group of congressmen condemned comments made by a Palestinian Fatah official in support of the murderer of an Israeli father of five.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Seaport battle looms as Israel plans new competition

by Tova Cohen and Ari Rabinovitch, Reuters

Israel is betting its economic future on high-tech exports but faces a low-tech bottleneck in state-owned seaports subject to work stoppages and. . .