Barbra Streisand to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew U

Posted on: May 20th, 2013

Barbra Streisand is a great singer. She also played the part of a young woman disguised as a male yeshiva student in ‘Yentl.” Soon, Hebrew U. will grant her an honorary degree in philosophy.

PA Resurrects ‘Palestinian Authority Descending from Jesus’ Gospel

Posted on: May 20th, 2013

How far the PA will go to present the lie as the truth and the truth as a lie? Its claim that Jesus was a Palestinian is old hat. But now the “resurrection” also refers to “the Palestinian state.”

Vicious Graffiti Sprayed on Home of Women of the Wall Official

Posted on: May 20th, 2013

Vandals spray painted the Jerusalem home of a long-time board member of the Women of the Wall (WOW) with vicious graffiti, the first time opponents to WOW have resorted to vengeance. Some of the graffiti sprayed on the door and stairwell of Peggy Cidor’s apartment read in Hebrew: “Women of the Wall are wicked,” “Peggy, [...]

Israeli Company Sued over Cruelty to Kosher Slaughtered Animals

Posted on: May 20th, 2013

A group of consumers headed by a Haredi woman is looking to sue Tnuva for consumer anguish.

Claims Conference Looking to Quell Media Storm on 2001 Letter

Posted on: May 20th, 2013

An anonymous letter sent to the Claims Conference’s Frankfurt office in 2001 identified five cases where restitution was approved for ineligible claimants.

Captured Palestinian Cigarette Smuggler behind Ari Halberstam 1994 Murder

Posted on: May 20th, 2013

The Hamas and Hezbollah fingerprints are on the yeshiva student's murder as they are on the multi-million dollar smuggling operation.

Mea Shearim Men Stone Haredi Soldiers

Posted on: May 20th, 2013

Residents of the Haredi Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem hurled dozens of rocks at Haredi soldiers Sunday, according to Jerusalem police. No one was reported injured. Firemen were called to the scene to put out fires that the attackers set in large garbage containers. When the police arrived, the stone attackers fled.

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‘Death to Jews’ Tattoo Bars Hungarian Martial Arts Fighter

Posted on: May 20th, 2013

A Hungarian martial arts fighter was disinvited from an event in Prague because of his Nazi tattoos, including one reading “death to the Jews.” Some of the sponsors of the Heroes Gate martial arts tournament told organizers that Attila Petrovszki from Hungary could not attend the May 17 event because he had a tattoo of [...]

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Mayoral Candidates Tweet Holiday Greetings to Orthodox Voters

Posted on: May 19th, 2013

It's cheap and it works.

Few Terrorize ‘New Haredim,’ But Majority Accepts Integration

Posted on: May 19th, 2013

The media accentuate the negative and violent acts of a very small minority, over the mature and calm behavior of the vast majority of Haredim.

Yet Another Jewish Org Poised to Honor a BDS Enthusiast (video)

Posted on: May 17th, 2013

American Friends of Soroka Medical Center are giving an award at their gala to Mandy Patinkin, an American Jewish celebrity who supports economic warfare against Jews living and working in Judea and Samaria.

AG Team on Women’s Discrimination Discriminates Against Women

Posted on: May 17th, 2013

The committee did not invite even one, single Haredi woman to testify.

Bennett and Livni in Facebook Fight over Women of the Wall

Posted on: May 16th, 2013

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Religious Affairs Minister Yair Lapid, who doubles as Finance Minister, are arguing via Facebook over the issue of a women’s minyan at the Western Wall. Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky has proposed that a Women of the Wall demand for the minyan be allowed at the southern part of the [...]

Geller Raps Toronto Rabbis for ‘Loshon HaRa’

Posted on: May 16th, 2013

Pamela Geller, a controversial critic of radical Islam, has accused the Toronto Board of Rabbis for “loshon hara” in response to the clerics charging that she “is known for her extreme criticism of Muslims in language that is intended to shock and ridicule.” The Toronto rabbis had criticized the Jewish Defense League of Canada for [...]

Jewish Psychologist-Media Star Dr. Joyce Brothers Dies

Posted on: May 16th, 2013

Millions of Americans this week are mourning Dr. Joyce Brothers, the Jewish psychologist and media start who died Monday in Fort Lee, New Jersey Monday at the age of 85. She was buried at the Beth David Cemetery on Long Island. Born in Brooklyn, she earned degrees in psychology from Cornell and Columbia. She broke [...]

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 [...]