Congress Widens IRS Investigation, Pro-Israel Groups Were Targeted

Posted on: May 15th, 2013

Congress is also now investigating what looks like a cover-up of the misdeeds.

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Rabbi Riskin Permits Women to Read Ruth for Men in Orthodox Shul

Posted on: May 14th, 2013

It appears that Rabbi Riskin's congregation is not easily offended.

Jewish Groups Join Call for Ban on Religious Profiling

Posted on: May 14th, 2013

Two Jewish organizations have joined the Interfaith Alliance in calling on the U.S. Senate to include a ban on religious profiling in its immigration reform bill. Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, and Nancy Kaufman, CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women, joined other religious leaders in criticizing [...]

Plague of Locusts Returns to Israel for Shavuot

Posted on: May 14th, 2013

Fundamentalists were working overtime before Passover to describe how just as in Biblical times, the Jews were spared from the plague. Now the locusts are working overtime, just in time for Shavuot.

Would Hawking Meet Paraplegic Arab Saved by Israel?

Posted on: May 14th, 2013

He could meet a three-year-old Arab toddler with no arms and no legs, named Mohammed al-Farra.

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Swastika Painted on New Zealand Jewish Center

Posted on: May 14th, 2013

A swastika was painted on the Wellington Jewish center, which houses the city’s only Orthodox congregation and is the focus of Jewish life in New Zealand’s harbor city capital,”  according to its website. Jewish officials said the swastika was painted on the back wall, and they reported the incident to police. “It was fairly minor [...]

Cabinet Passes ‘Austerity Budget’

Posted on: May 14th, 2013

The Cabinet Monday evening passed a two-year budget, nearly five months late, with tax hikes and across-the-board cuts in spending, Only one minister voted against the  budget, the second and last time it will cover two years instead of one. Finance Minister Yair Lapid, who is chairman of the Yesh Atid party, said after the [...]

New Budget Designed to Hurt Haredim, Tourists

Posted on: May 14th, 2013

That's a whole lot of achievements for the fresh finance minister.

IRS Chief Under the Congressional Spotlight on Friday

Posted on: May 14th, 2013

The IRS attempted to present its inappropriate conduct as being limited to a small number of organizations, targeted by using only a few key words, acted on by only a few low level IRS employees in a remote office, for a limited time, without the consent or even knowledge of higher level IRS officials. By Monday morning that cover had been entirely blown.

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Jewish Camp Counselor Admits Sexual Abuse

Posted on: May 14th, 2013

Sheriff's officers handcuffed Kolko and took him to the County Jail.

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2nd Place Mayoral Candidates Snatch Away Key Quinn Endorsers

Posted on: May 13th, 2013

The Village Independent Democrats have opted to back City Comptroller John Liu — the most liberal in the race.

Vienna Hosts First European Jewish Choral Festival

Posted on: May 13th, 2013

The Vienna Jewish Choir last weekend hosted the first European Jewish Choral Festival with a comprehensive repertoire of Yiddish, Hebrew, and Ladino songs, the European Jewish Press reported, Hundreds of Jewish and non-Jewish singers from 18 groups in Europe participated n the four-day event that drew approximately 1,500 spectators. The festival, under the patronage of [...]

Two Religious Girls Box-Kick Their Way to World Champions (video)

Posted on: May 13th, 2013

The IDF gets a new weapon next year. Meet Baltimore-born Nili Block and Mumbai convert Sarah Avraham, both of them religious and the new world champs in Thailand-style kick-boxing.

Fischer Cuts Interest Rate and Says Bank to Buy 2 Billion Dollars

Posted on: May 13th, 2013

Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer announced on Monday a surprise cut the prime interest rate as part of his battle to fight the appreciation of the shekel and help the economy to keep growing. The financial markets responded with the shekel-dollar rate rising more than 1.5 percent to the level of 3.61 shekels to [...]

Hillary and Bill Clinton Give Weiner the Cold Shoulder

Posted on: May 13th, 2013

Anthony Weiner can forget about any support from Hillary and Bill Clinton if he decides to run for mayor of New York City, the New York Post reported Monday. The main reason is Huma Abedin, Weiner’s Muslim wife who suffered disgrace shortly after their marriage when Weiner was caught using the Internet for online relationships [...]

Blue and White, All the Waze

Posted on: May 13th, 2013

Waze and Facebook have reached an impasse in their negotiations, but not over whether Facebook will buy Waze for 700 million dollars, or a clean billion, but over Israel, according to the Israeli site Telecom News. Facebook wants to close down Waze’s Raanana office, and transfer some of the developers to the U.S. While the [...]

Pope Beatifies 813 Italians Beheaded by Turks

Posted on: May 13th, 2013

On Sunday, in a packed St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis announced his first canonization of new saints, including 813 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam. The 813 “Martyrs of Otranto” were slain in the southern Italian city in 1480, for refusing the demands of the Turkish invaders to renounce Christianity. [...]

Trial of Accused American Front Leader Starts

Posted on: May 13th, 2013

The trial of Marcus Faella, 40, the alleged ringleader of the American Front, a white supremacist group that was training at a compound in the rural area of St. Cloud, is set to begin on Monday at the Osceola County, FL, courthouse. The American Front is an antisemitic militia with paramilitary training. Its members have [...]

Not Playing by the Rules, Bill Thompson Builds Formidable Campaign

Posted on: May 13th, 2013

Many have questioned Mayoral hopeful Bill Thompson’s relatively low profile over the past few months.

Jewish Teacher Charged with Molestation and Fired (UPDATE)

Posted on: May 13th, 2013

Police were using an expert on questioning children, which means their case is a lot stronger than it first appeared.

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