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. . .