Jewish Liberators of Italy Blocked from Speaking at Celebration

Posted on: April 27th, 2013

The organizers of a Thursday parade in Rome marking the World War II liberation of Italy prevented a representative from the Jewish Brigade group from speaking at the commemorative ceremony. A group of Jews and others marched under the Israeli flag and a banner of the Jewish Brigade that fought the Nazis in Italy. The [...]

Monastery Loses 7-Year Battle against Israeli Security Fence

Posted on: April 27th, 2013

A Catholic monastery and convent near Bethlehem lost a seven-year legal battle against the building of Israel’s security fence on its land. The Society of St. Yves, a Catholic group that argued the case on the monastery’s behalf, said an Israeli appeals court had endorsed a plan to expand the barrier Israel had built in [...]

Dustin Hoffman – Latest Jew to Give Israel-Hater an Award

Posted on: April 26th, 2013

Dustin Hoffman is giving an award to the maker of a documentary which, according to an IDF membership group, "was edited, clip after clip, shot after shot, to the point where it has no connection to reality," in order to make Israelis look bad. The organization hosting the award ceremony is the Muslim Public Affairs Council.

Feiglin Issues Interim Note on Medical Cannabis Law

Posted on: April 26th, 2013

After a Thursday meeting that lasted almost three hours, with the Health Minister, MKs Moshe Feiglin (Likud) and Tamar Zandberg (Meretz) issued the following joint statement: “Today, a meeting was conducted on the cannabis issue at the Health Minister’s office, initiated by MK Moshe Feiglin and MK Tamar Zandberg. “No decisions were made at the [...]

British Politician Suspended for ‘Zionists Caused Holocaust’ Claims

Posted on: April 26th, 2013

A small, rightist British party suspended one of its local representatives over reports she posted antisemitic comments online. Anna-Marie Crampton of the U.K. Independence Party in East Sussex was dropped as a candidate in Thursday’s election for the council of the town of Crowborough south of London because of comments on Jews made on her [...]

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Dinner for Young Russian-American Jews to Feature Elie Wiesel

Posted on: April 26th, 2013

RAJE is proud to honor the emerging young philanthropists of the newly formed RAJE Young Leadership Board Russian American Jewish Experience (RAJE) invites you to join the Russian Jewish community of New York at its annual dinner as they present Ambassador Ido Aharoni with a Builder of Israel Award and Shalom TV and RTN CEO [...]

Activist: Al Jazeera TV Misrepresented Pro-Israel Muslim

Posted on: April 26th, 2013

Tezyapar provides the original Turkish transcript, and the following English translation.

Fraud Charges Pending against Conversion Reversing Rabbi

Posted on: April 26th, 2013

Rabbi Avraham Sherman could be charged with fraud, breach of trust, obstruction of justice, and abuse of office.

Jewish Home Breaching Coalition Agreement to Protect Israeli Lands

Posted on: April 26th, 2013

At stake are hundreds of thousands of acres in the Negev, claimed by Bedouin squatters.

Kate Upton Won’t Go to the Prom with Jake Davidson

Posted on: April 26th, 2013

Supermodel Kate Upton will not go to the prom with a Jewish day school student from Los Angeles, after indicating that she might attend (Jewish Teen Asks Kate Upton to Prom over You Tube, Gets a Maybe). Jake Davidson told the Los Angeles Jewish Journal Wednesday that Upton would not attend prom with him, presumably [...]

Neil Diamond to Donate ‘Sweet Caroline’ Cash to Boston Victims

Posted on: April 26th, 2013

Singer Neil Diamond will donate royalties from his hit song “Sweet Caroline” to help victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. The song, which has become the unofficial anthem of healing for the city of Boston in the wake of the attacks, has been played during the eighth inning of every Boston Red Sox home game [...]

Kotel Rabbi Vows to Fight Assaults on the Holiness of the Site

Posted on: April 26th, 2013

Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, the rabbi of the Western Wall, said rabbis must weigh whether to oppose a compromise proposal over egalitarian prayer at Judaism’s holiest site. In a statement Thursday, Rabinowitz vowed to fight against “the slightest deviation” from customary practice at the Western Wall. However, he left unclear whether the compromise forged by Jewish [...]

The Silbersteins’ Picnic

Posted on: April 26th, 2013

This is the Silberstein family picnicking at Turtle Lake, in the summer of 1918. I wonder how long they had to sit like that, with a frozen smile, on the family Model T. But then they got to run down the slope to the lake and splash in the cool water. I hope Mr. Silberstein [...]

Liberman Bribe Trial Opens with Prime Witness Turning the Tables

Posted on: April 26th, 2013

Avigdor Lieberman’s political future will be decided by the outcome of his bribery trail that opened Thursday. If the first day is an indication of what will come, the trail will be a three-ring circus.

Is Fear of Blaming Islam Greater than a Need to Fight Terrorism?

Posted on: April 25th, 2013

There is no middle ground: if we talk about Islam as a source of terrorism, our values will be compromised and the greatest nation on Earth will crumble. The choice made is to forbid considering Islam as the motive - so that we can...what? Be taken down in a halo of smug superiority by those who exploit this latest greatest American Achilles Heel? Rubin points out, most current policy makers and opinion shapers prefer to avoid considering Islam as the motive for terrorism. The fear of short term pain is indulged, at the expense of preventing the real danger that will follow. And we are being lied to - "albeit for virtuous reasons" - by the politicians and the mainstream press.

Potash Corp. Gives Up on Bid to Buy Out Israel Chemicals

Posted on: April 25th, 2013

Canadian fertilizer giant Potash Corp. has given up on its $15 billion offer to buy Israel Chemicals following strong opposition in Israel, where fears also were raised that Potash would move some local production to Jordan. Potash, which already has a 14 percent stake in Israeli Chemicals, stated that although it maintains that the proposed [...]

Netanyahu’s Helicopter Was Ordered to Land after Drone Spotted

Posted on: April 25th, 2013

When a presumed enemy drone is spotted on the way to enter your air space, and your Prime Minister is flying nearby, you don’t take any chances. Netanyahu’s tour in the north was halted in mid-air.

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White House Admits Assad Used Chemical Weapons

Posted on: April 25th, 2013

France and Britain have said it. Israel said it categorically. Assad used chemical weapons, the red line for Obama to intervene in Syria. Now the US figures out it’s true – but just a bit. So let’s wait.

Anti-Semitic Incidents Doubled in Last Decade in Canada

Posted on: April 25th, 2013

Anti-Semitic incidents in Canada rose last year by nearly four percent, continuing a 10-year-old trend that has sewn anti-Semitics acts double, according to B’nai Brith Canada’s annual review. The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the country increased from 1,297 incidents in 2011, to 1,345 cases in 2012. Holocaust denial has soared. The average increase for [...]

Israeli Air Force Shoots Down Hezbollah Drone

Posted on: April 25th, 2013

Hizbullah is playing games again – war games. It is dragging Lebanon into the Syrian war by fighting rebels. Today, the Air Force downed a drone flying towards Israel, presumably sent by Hizbullah.

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