NY State Police Find Missing 10-Year-old after 15-Hour Search

Posted on: July 29th, 2013

Police and rescue workers have found 10-year-old Shimon Zorger from Brooklyn Monday morning after a 15-hour search. The boy, who has Down Syndrome, is in good health, the Hudson Valley Times Herald–Record’s website reported. He had been visiting his grandparents in Kiryas Joel before  he was reported missing. Residents, rescue units, police dogs and rescue […]

For Whom the Bell Tolls? In Austria, For Hitler

Posted on: July 29th, 2013

Austrian be violating its own law against praising Hitler and Nazism. For 80 years, it owned a castle where a large bell, inscribed with praise for Hurler, has rung every hour for 80 years.

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Cannes Heist Nets $53 Million of Lev Leviev’s Jewels

Posted on: July 28th, 2013

A masked gunman stole $53 million worth of diamonds and jewels owned by Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev from an exhibition at a luxury resort in Cannes Sunday afternoon after threatening the exhibition staff and visitors at the Carlton Hotel. He filled a briefcase with the jewels and fled in what could be among the largest […]

Argentinian Jewish Boxer ‘The Turk’ Wins First Bantamweight Crown

Posted on: July 28th, 2013

Argentina’s Jewish boxer Carolina Raquel Duer won the World Boxing Organization bantamweight title for the first time. Duer, popularly known as ”The Turk,” defeated countrywoman Mayra Alejandra Gomez by unanimous decision on Friday to take her second world title. The Jewish boxer raised her professional record to 15-3. Duer, 35, was the WBO’s super flyweight […]

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Nazi Fugitive Alois Brunner May Be Alive in Syria

Posted on: July 28th, 2013

Nazi hunters, including Israel, have been looking for Nazi war criminal Alois Brunner for years. The CIA may have employed him. At the age of 100, he still may alive and hiding in Syria.

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Peres Flying to Lithuania, Will Thank Blacklisting Hezbollah

Posted on: July 28th, 2013

President Shimon Peres is flying  on Sunday to Latvia and Lithuania, temporary president of the European Union whom he will thank the European Union for blacklisting the Hezbollah military wing as a terrorist organization. The EU decision does not affect the Hezbollah political party, which gives orders to the branch. He will return just in […]

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to Get Therapy for Sexual Misconduct

Posted on: July 28th, 2013

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner announced he will undergo therapy amid calls for his resignation over allegations of sexual misconduct. In a brief statement to reporters Friday, Filner said he would be entering a treatment facility on Aug. 5 for two weeks of intensive therapy. In his statement, Filner said his actions were “inexcusable” and […]

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Croatian Synagogue Demolished by Fascists to be Rebuilt

Posted on: July 27th, 2013

The Jewish community of Zagreb, Croatia, is moving ahead with plans to rebuild a synagogue destroyed in the World War II. “We are conducting examinations in Prague Street on the site of our destroyed synagogue in order to rebuild it,” said a statement from the local Jewish community, quoted Thursday by the Jutarnji newspaper. Today, […]

US Jewish Groups Sending Aid to Syrian Refugees in Jordan

Posted on: July 26th, 2013

A coalition of Jewish groups coordinated by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee is providing more than $100,000 in aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan. The Jewish Coalition for Disaster Relief, which is made up of 14 organizations and coordinated by the Joint, convened Thursday in New York to allocate the money to several groups […]

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Rabbi in Critical Condition in Israel after Attack in Russia

Posted on: July 26th, 2013

Israel’s advanced medical care may save the life of the Chabad rabbi who was shot after midnight Wednesday near the border between Russia and Chechnya. His condition is “life-threatening,” doctors say.

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Roger Waters Features Nazi Uniform, Pig Balloon and Star of David

Posted on: July 25th, 2013

Bitter anti-Israel rock musician Roger Waters used a giant, pig-shaped balloon emblazoned with a Star of David and symbols of dictatorial regimes during a recent concert in Belgium. Waters, who recently urged other performers to boycott Israel and compared Israel to apartheid South Africa, was singing on stage on July 20 under the balloon while […]

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Peres Featured on Amazon’s First ‘Kindle Single Interview Series

Posted on: July 25th, 2013

Peres is arguably the world’s most interviewed president. At age 89, he works like a youngster and holds an official record for saying “peace.” Today, he is Amazon’s Kindle Single’s first interviewee.

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Lubavitch Emissary in Russia Shot in Chest

Posted on: July 25th, 2013

An Israeli medical plane is leaving in the afternoon to aid in his treatment.

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White Smoke in Jerusalem: It’s Rabbis Lau and Yosef

Posted on: July 24th, 2013

147 out of 150 members of the election body voted.

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Rabbi Arusi Quits Race for Chief Rabbi One Hour before Balloting

Posted on: July 24th, 2013

Rabbi Ratzon Arusi withdrew his candidacy for Chief Sephardi Rabbi, one hour before balloting began Wednesday afternoon. His withdrawal leaves three candidates in the race. On Tuesday, Be’er Sheva Chief Rabbi Yehuda Deri and Jerusalem Rabbinical Court head Rabbi Eliyahu Abergel quit the race. The remaining candidates are Hazon Ovadia yeshiva Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, son […]

Ryan Braun’s Suspension Erases His ‘Good-Guy’ Image

Posted on: July 24th, 2013

Ryan Braun, whose father is from Israel, not only lost the chance to play out the reason of the season with the Milwaukee Brewers after he accepted his 65-day suspension for drug use, he also lost his image of the “good guy” who had convinced many that he was innocent of using performance drugs. “As […]

Rabbinical Group Aims to Standardize Circumcision in Europe

Posted on: July 24th, 2013

A European rabbinical group has created a union to include every mohel – ritual circumciser – in an effort to standardize ritual circumcision and combat attempts to ban it. Based on the model of Britain’s Initiation Society, the Union of Mohalim in Europe seeks to “unite approved mohalim across Europe under a single banner, ensuring […]

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Israel to (Possibly) Select New Chief Rabbis Today

Posted on: July 24th, 2013

Tonight we may no who the two chief rabbis are, and it might very well be the last time there are two instead of one.

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Rabbinical Congress for Peace Blasts Netanyahu on Capitulation

Posted on: July 23rd, 2013

Says promised referendum is a deception.

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Post-Scandal 92nd St Y, Time to Re-Set Jewish, Pro-Israel Values

Posted on: July 23rd, 2013

In the aftermath of an ugly scandal, as the 92nd St Y starts a search for a new executive director, it should institute guidelines not only about morality and criminality, but also to prevent Jewish communal dollars from being used to support boycotters and other haters of Israel

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