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MK to Arab League: Don’t Forget Jews on World Refugee Day

June 20, 2013 - 3:21 PM
 
‘Rohani the Moderate’ Helped Plan 1994 Bombing of Buenos Aires

June 20, 2013 - 2:59 PM
 
Egyptian Girl Dies in ‘Female Circumcision’ Operation

June 20, 2013 - 12:27 PM
 
Haredi Activist Demands ‘Ten Rights to Be my Mayor’

June 20, 2013 - 12:05 PM
 
Syrian Rebels: Hezbollah Using Chemical Weapons

June 20, 2013 - 10:14 AM
 
Putin Perpetuates Antisemitic Lie of First Soviet ‘Mostly Jewish’

June 20, 2013 - 9:51 AM
 
‘Sopranos’ Star Gandolfini Dead at 51

June 20, 2013 - 8:48 AM
 
Taliban Pulls a Fast One in Doha, Claiming Rebirth of Califate, Humiliating Karzai

June 20, 2013 - 8:35 AM
 
Netanyahu Limits Gas Exports to 40 Percent

June 19, 2013 - 11:34 PM
 
Islamic Militants Bomb UN Compound in Somalia

June 19, 2013 - 11:27 PM
 
Pet Shop Boys Singer Rejects BDS Propaganda

June 19, 2013 - 11:17 PM
 
Israel Will Be ‘First Totally Digital Country,’ Says Cisco CEO

June 19, 2013 - 11:04 PM
 
Police Detain Four Jews for ‘Bowing in Prayer at Temple Mount

June 19, 2013 - 10:11 PM
 
KKK Member Tried to Sell X-Ray Weapon to Kill ‘Israel’s Enemies’

June 19, 2013 - 9:39 PM
 
Michelle Obama and Daughters Visit Berlin Holocaust Memorial

June 19, 2013 - 8:26 PM
 
Israeli Food Exports to US Reaches a Record $224 Million in 2012

June 19, 2013 - 8:13 PM
 
Christine Quinn Attends Kabbalat Shabbat Service

June 19, 2013 - 7:17 PM
 
Terrorist Receives Doctorate from Hebrew University

June 19, 2013 - 6:06 PM
 
American Quaker Group Sponsors BDS Summer Camp

June 19, 2013 - 5:49 PM
 
More than 500 Fatah and Hamas Media Freedom Violations Since Split

June 19, 2013 - 2:49 PM
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News Briefs
 

John Kerry on the Iranian Presidential Election

Posted on: June 16th, 2013

NewsIran

A Press Statement from Secretary of State John Kerry: We have seen the announcement by Iran’s Interior Ministry that Hassan Rouhani has been declared the winner of the country’s 11th presidential election. We admire the courage of the Iranian people who went to the polls and made their voices heard in a rigidly controlled environment [...]

Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.)
 

House Defense Amendment Says US Must Help Israel Against Iran

Posted on: June 15th, 2013

NewsIsraelGovernment

The president will have to report every 90 days on how the policy is being implemented.

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Minister of Housing and Construction Uri Ariel (L) and Mayor Benny Kasriel speaking to the press at the E1 area between Jerusalem and the Kasriel's town of Ma'aleh Adumim. A lot of talk – zero construction so far.
 

Shocking: Zero East Jerusalem Housing Starts in 2013, Only 43 in 2012

Posted on: June 15th, 2013

NewsEye on Palestine

Prime Minister Netanyahu is functioning as an agent of U.S. foreign policy and Palestinian expansion.

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President elect Hasan Rohani (center) under the watchful eyes of the late Ayatollah Khomeini.
 

So Called Moderate Rohani Wins Iranian Vote

Posted on: June 15th, 2013

NewsIran

He served as Iran’s top nuclear negotiator from 2003 to 2005.

Andrew Kadi delivered the Boycott Israel petition to Keys, maybe this was his next stop.
 

USA Today Joins Effort to Persuade Alicia Keys to Boycott Israel

Posted on: June 14th, 2013

NewsIsrael

USA Today posts Boycott Israel press release as a "news" article. Lies about Israel are reprinted as if true, assisting in the effort to convince US singer Alicia Keys to boycott Israel.

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Many Ashkenazi Jews still fast on the B'hab days—an acronym meaning Monday-Thirsday-Monday. Now the 5:2 diet is taking over the UK and the US – using the same principles.
 

Ancient Jewish Ritual Takes Over Dieting World

Posted on: June 14th, 2013

NewsEurope

"The Fast Diet" closely resembles a spiritual tradition of serial fasting.

 

World’s Oldest Jewish Person Dies at 113

Posted on: June 14th, 2013

NewsNews Briefs

The world’s oldest Jewish person has died in New York City at age 113, the Star Tribune reports. Evelyn Kozak’s granddaughter, Brucha Weisberger, says she died early Tuesday in a hospital after suffering a heart attack the day before. Kozak was the world’s oldest documented Jewish person and the seventh-oldest person in the world, according [...]

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Happier days: Evesham school board members meeting with NJ Congressman Robert E. Andrews' staff. Rosemary Bernardi is third from the left.
 

Evesham School Board Member Quits over ‘J Word’ Scandal

Posted on: June 14th, 2013

NewsAntisemitism

“I’m very happy she made the right decision for the community,” said the School Board President.

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Arab workers erecting the security outside Gilo, in Jerusalem.
 

Judea and Samaria Arabs Dig Tunnels Under Security Fence

Posted on: June 14th, 2013

NewsEye on Palestine

The main concern is that terrorists would use these tunnels to abduct hitchhiking soldiers.

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LA City Council Passes Anti-BDS Resolution

Posted on: June 14th, 2013

NewsAntisemitism

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a resolution to continue awarding city contracts without regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The resolution passed Wednesday was intended as a rebuttal to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, or BDS, which aims to bring economic pressure to bear on Israel, the Los Angeles Jewish Journal reported. The [...]

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Minister Shai Piron Health Update

Posted on: June 14th, 2013

NewsNews Briefs

Education Minister Shai Piron spent the night in Beilinson hospital after complaining of chest pains on his flight back to Israel with Prime Minister Netanyahu. He was rushed to the hospital as soon as the plane landed. A doctor on the flight took care of him until the plane landed. IBA news reports that doctors [...]

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US to Arm Rebels, Mulls No-Fly Zone in Syria

Posted on: June 14th, 2013

NewsMiddle East

Obama jumps off the fence and will arm rebels. Military planners proposed a limited no-fly zone in Syria to help arm rebels. The US charges that Assad has killed more than 100 with chemical weapons.

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Formula 1 car racing
 

VIDEOS: Formula 1 Racing Through Jerusalem

Posted on: June 13th, 2013

NewsIsraelJerusalem

One word... Awesome.

 

Minister Shai Piron had Heart Attack on Flight with Prime Minister

Posted on: June 13th, 2013

NewsNews Briefs

On the return flight from Poland with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Education Minister Shai Piron complained of chest pains. He was given medication on the plane, by a doctor on the flight who suspected that Piron was suffering a heart attack. As soon as the plane landed in Israel, Piron was rushed in an MDA ambulance [...]

In a letter sent to Associate Professor Jake Lynch, Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center threatened to take legal action if he and other recepients do not immediately discontinue their boycott campaign against Israel.
 

Tel Aviv Group Threatens Australian BDS Professors with Legal Action

Posted on: June 13th, 2013

NewsAntisemitism

The Racial Discrimination Act of 1975 made BDS actions unlawful.

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Rev. Erick Salagado holding the Skulener Rebbe’s hand
 

Erick Salagado Claims Skulener Rebbe’s Endorsement

Posted on: June 13th, 2013

NewsHaredim

The Skulener Rebbe, 88, is beloved by every chasidic congregation in the State of New York and worldwide.

Candidates John Liu, Anthony Weiner, and Christine Quinn at the Charter School debate.
 

Thompson, de Blasio Ditch Charter School Talk Fearing Teachers Union

Posted on: June 13th, 2013

NewsJewish

Mr. de Blasio dropped out less than an hour before he was supposed to appear on stage.

JCC Watch and other pro-Israel organizations are now asking that entities which use Jewish communal dollars to support anti-Israel activists no longer receive Jewish communal funding
 

JCC Watch: Stop Giving Jewish Money to Fund Anti-Israel Activities

Posted on: June 13th, 2013

NewsIsraelGovernment

Pro-Israel groups are now turning to the UJA-Federation and asking that it stop providing funds to organizations which use those funds to promote virulently anti-Israel activists. If not, a "Close Your Wallet" campaign will begin this summer.

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Proud father, Sen. Jeff Flake (Rep. AZ)
 

Republican Senator Apologizing for Son’s Racist, Antisemitic Tweets

Posted on: June 13th, 2013

NewsAntisemitism

Sen. Flake apologized Wednesday for his son's use of racial epithets, homophobic slurs and antisemitic remarks in social media.

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Protesters in Ankara, Turkey.
 

Turkish Police Use Tear Gas, Water Cannons on Ankara Protesters

Posted on: June 13th, 2013

NewsNews Briefs

A referendum might be held on the future of Gezi Park in Istanbul.

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