Security Guard Arrested for Vandalizing Memphis Yeshiva Torah

Posted on: January 15th, 2013

A Memphis yeshiva’s Shabbat retreat was disrupted when a hotel security guard was arrested for vandalizing a Torah scroll and other property belonging to the school. Justin Shawn Baker, 24, an Iraqi War veteran living in Jackson, Tenn., was arrested and charged with vandalism of up to $250 thousand – a Class B felony. His [...]

Meet Yair Shamir, the Man who Could Replace Avigdor Liberman

Posted on: January 15th, 2013

“I’m almost convinced that he’ll come out innocent."

African-American Student Starts Pro-Israel Group in New Orleans

Posted on: January 14th, 2013

The research she did for her paper alarmed her, and Valdary resolved to do what she could to fight Jew-hatred.

Israeli Inspired ‘Homeland’ Gets Golden Globe for Best Series

Posted on: January 14th, 2013

Even U.S. President Barack Obama has described Homeland as one of his favorite TV shows.

Anti-Semitic Messages Target Israeli Soccer Player in U.K.

Posted on: January 14th, 2013

British soccer fans reportedly wrote anti-Semitic messages on the Facebook page of a local British club shortly after it hired an Israeli player.

Death Row Inmate Denied Request to Pray With Jews in Jail

Posted on: January 14th, 2013

William Harry Meece, a 40 year old death row inmate from Kentucky who is awaiting execution for murdering three people in 1993, has been denied a request by the Kentucky Court of Appeals to make use of the Institutional Religious Center at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville for Jewish prayers.

Israeli Political Parties Vow to Make Jews and Arabs ‘Equal’ in Israel by 2023

Posted on: January 14th, 2013

Members of Israel’s Labor, Meretz, Kadima, Hadash, Yesh Atid and Hatnuah parties signed a covenant on Sunday pledging to close equality gaps between Jews and Arabs within 10 years.

Shalem Liberal Arts College Receives Accreditation

Posted on: January 14th, 2013

The model of learning draws from the tradition of like Yale, Columbia, St. John's, Oxford and Cambridge

Israeli Gay Couple Asks Court to Recognize Spousal Support Agreement

Posted on: January 14th, 2013

An Israeli gay couple married 10 months ago in New York has asked an Israeli family court to validate a spousal support agreement. Elad Aflalo Farber and Roni Farber Aflalo on Sunday asked the Ramat Gan Family Court to recognize their agreement — the first time a legally married gay couple has done so, according [...]

Netanyahu Wants Shas In, But without Deri

Posted on: January 14th, 2013

Netanyahu and Yishai have been discussing 'the day after' the January 22 elections.

Israel’s Storm: Extreme Rainfalls, More than $250 Mil. in Damages

Posted on: January 13th, 2013

The Kinneret is expected to rise at a rate of 1 inch per day until the end of the season.

Reform Rabbi in Mass. May Run for Kerry’s Seat

Posted on: January 13th, 2013

Rabbi Jonah Pesner, an official of the Union for Reform Judaism, is considering a run for the open Massachusetts U.S. Senate seat. Pesner, of Newton, Mass., told the Boston Phoenix in a story posted Jan. 7 that he is having “exploratory conversations” about a run to replace Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), whom President Obama has [...]

Life After Politics: Joe Lieberman Joins JINSA

Posted on: January 13th, 2013

The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) is proud to announce that former Senator Joseph Lieberman and five recently retired senior military officers have joined JINSA’s Board of Advisers. Senator Lieberman embodied JINSA’s mission for almost three decades in the Senate. As a staunch supporter of both U.S.-Israel cooperation and a strong American military, he [...]

NY Governor, Boston Mayor Declare Public Health Emergencies Due to Flu

Posted on: January 13th, 2013

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a public health emergency on Saturday, in the wake of the worst flu outbreak in many years.

Jewish Couple From Toronto Murdered in Florida

Posted on: January 13th, 2013

A Jewish couple from Toronto was found dead inside their Hallandale Beach, South Florida condo on Thursday night, with police investigating a double homicide.

Egypt Court Orders Mubarak Retrial

Posted on: January 13th, 2013

Egypt’s Court of Cassation (an appellate court, roughly equivalent to the U.S. Supreme Court) has ordered the retrial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak and former interior minister Habib El-Adly, who were convicted for failing to prevent the killing of protestors during the January 25 Revolution, Al Ahram reports. The retrial was ordered after the appellate [...]

Chabad-Lubavitch Urging Court to Fine Russia for Failure to Relinquish Artifacts

Posted on: January 13th, 2013

The Chabad-Lubavitch movement is urging the US court to impose civil fines on Russia for failing to heed a court order mandating that it return to the organization books, manuscripts, and other documents belonging to the founders of the movement and other Russian Jews.

Report: Justin Bieber Sued for ‘Assaulting’ Israeli Bodyguard

Posted on: January 13th, 2013

The Israeli former bodyguard of teen idol Justin Bieber reportedly sued the pop star for assault.

France Paroles Lebanese Man Involved in Murder of Israeli Diplomat

Posted on: January 13th, 2013

French authorities will release a Lebanese man involved in the murder an Israeli diplomat and an American military officer in the 1980s. A parole board agreed to release George Abdallah, 61, on condition that he is expelled from France by Jan. 14, the French news agency AFP reported on Thursday. Abdallah was captured in 1984 [...]

Scientific American Mocks Claim that Darwin was Jewish

Posted on: January 13th, 2013

Scientific American magazine satirized claims in a Turkish children’s book that Charles Darwin was Jewish. The Jan. 8 article was written in response to reports in October about a series of books aimed at Turkish schoolchildren which describe Darwin as a hook-nosed Jew who kept the company of monkies. The books sparked outrage in Turkey and protests [...]