Explosives Near Gaza Border Damage IDF Bulldozer

Posted on: April 9th, 2013

Explosives that detonated on Tuesday morning near the Gaza border were planted by terrorists, the IDF Spokespersons’ office said in a tweet. They detonated while the Israel Defense Forces engineering unit was working near the fence. The unit was searching for explosive charges they believed to be buried in the area following intelligence reports. The [...]

Colorado Governor to Visit Israel

Posted on: April 9th, 2013

John Wright Hickenlooper, governor of the State of Colorado will visit the State of Israel this week, at the head of a delegation of senior investors and business executives. In the framework of his visit to Israel Governor Hickenlooper will plant a tree at the J.F. Kennedy Forest on Friday, April 12, 2013. Hickenlooper, a [...]

Archeological Chemists Authenticate Ancient Text with Egyptian Wedding Certificate

Posted on: April 9th, 2013

Barabe’s team was part of an effort organized by the National Geographic Society to authenticate the Gospel of Judas.

Daniel Pearl’s Father to Light Day Memorial Flame

Posted on: April 9th, 2013

The father of the late Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl will light one the memorial flames at the Memorial Day Ceremony in Jerusalem, the day before Independence Day. Pearl was kidnapped and brutally murdered in Pakistan while researching a story on Islamic radicals for The Wall Street Journal. Nine days after his abduction, Pearl was cruelly [...]

Thatcher Remembered for her Affection for Britain’s Jews

Posted on: April 9th, 2013

WASHINGTON (JTA) — History will remember former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for relentlessly facing down communism and helping to turn back more than three decades of socialist advance in her country. But it was Thatcher’s embrace of British Jews and insistent promotion of Jews in her Conservative Party that inspired an outpouring of tributes [...]

Who Knew? Report Says Anti-Semitic Attacks Rare in Russia

Posted on: April 9th, 2013

Anti-Semitic attacks in Russia have remained rare in 2011 and 2012, even as anti-Muslim vitriol spread, according to a new report by a Russian-Jewish group. “During the reviewed period, the number of attacks of anti-Semitic character in Russia has remained relatively low,” according to the report published last week by the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress. The [...]

NYC Mayoral Candidates Heavily Courting Orthodox Jewish Voters

Posted on: April 9th, 2013

Approximately 25 percent of the New York City electorate is Jewish, and a growing number are Orthodox.

Concerned Cardozo Alumni Campaigning to Block Carter

Posted on: April 9th, 2013

"Neither Cardozo nor YU are honoring Jimmy Carter."

Moroccan MPs Not allowed in Judea and Samaria

Posted on: April 9th, 2013

Israel on Monday blocked two Moroccan MPs who were traveling with EU officials from entering the PA for meetings with Palestinian officials. “The Israel authorities prevented me and my colleague Ali Salem Chekkaf from crossing into the West Bank without giving us any reason,” MP Mehdi Bensaid told AFP. “I do not understand this Israeli [...]

Brooklyn Anti-Semites Mark Holocaust Day by Burning Mezuzahs

Posted on: April 9th, 2013

Anti-Semitic vandals torched more than 10 mezuzahs on the doorposts in the Williamsburg district of Brooklyn apartments Monday, Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is not known if the attack was carried by an individual or a group. The attacks took place on at least 10 different floors. New York police are considering the arson as an [...]

Hagel to Visit Israel This Month

Posted on: April 9th, 2013

Chuck Hagel will visit Israel for the first time as Secretary of Defense for three days, April 21-23, according to Reuters, which was informed of the schedule by an Israeli official. Officially billed as trip to tighten cooperation with allies in the Middle East, Iran will be at the top of the agenda in his [...]

IHH Terrorists Will Sue IDF despite Netanyahu’s Apology

Posted on: April 9th, 2013

When Israel uses Western culture to win over Arabs, its collective cheek gets smacked. Example: After Netanyahu apologized for soldiers defending themselves, their IHH attackers said they will sue.

Extremists Replace Al-Aqsa Dome with Bretslav Yarmulke

Posted on: April 9th, 2013

The latest attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque by Yehuda Glick.

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PA Refuses to Change ‘A Few Words’ for Kerry

Posted on: April 8th, 2013

Kerry’s latest “listening tour” is drawing the familiar echo of “no.” The Palestinian Authority boasts that Kerry asked it to change a “few words” in the Saudi Peace Initiative. Nice try. John.

Dershowitz: I Challenge Carter to Human Rights Debate at Cardozo

Posted on: April 8th, 2013

I will come, at my own expense, to debate Jimmy Carter on Carter's own human rights record. If Cardozo will have me, I will come and provide the students, the administration and anyone else that is interested, with a first rate debate about the meaning of human rights and they can decide whether what Jimmy Carter has done, constitutes human rights or human wrongs.

Airline Glatt Kosher Demand Doubles

Posted on: April 8th, 2013

The number of travelers requesting kosher meals continues to rise, and requests for glatt kosher meals has more than doubled in the past five years, according to one source. Several travel agents reached by KosherToday concur that the number of travelers requesting kosher food has risen throughout the world and the airlines and the airline [...]

Rare 1,500-Year-Old Wine Press and Church Model found in Israel

Posted on: April 8th, 2013

The ancient port of Ashkelon was a key point for trading Israeli wine. Archaeologists have unearthed a huge wine press and rare ceramic church model near the city’s old highway.

US Jewish Women’s Council Wants Israel to Certify Civil Marriages

Posted on: April 8th, 2013

Do Israeli orthodox rabbis have a “monopoly?” Should Diaspora Jews try to pull Israel’s domestic strings? The National Council of Jewish Women seems to say “yes” to both questions.

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Third Generation Breaks the Silence of Holocaust Survivor

Posted on: April 8th, 2013

Senior IDF spokeswoman Lt. Col. Leibovich never was able to convince her father to speak of his horrors in surviving the Holocaust, even after she visited Auschwitz. Her daughter broke the silence.

Auschwitz Center to Buy Home of Last Local Jewish Resident

Posted on: April 8th, 2013

The Auschwitz Jewish Center launched a fundraising campaign to rescue the house of the last Jewish resident of Oswiecim, the Polish town where the Auschwitz concentration camp was built. The center plans to transform the home of Szymon Kluger into a cafe that also will serve as a meeting place for local residents and visitors. [...]