Agunah Gets her Get

Posted on: February 6th, 2014

Gital Dodelson, the “chained” woman featured on the front page of the New York Post last fall, says she has received a get, or religious writ of divorce, from her husband. The announcement appeared Wednesday afternoon on a Facebook page dedicated to helping Dodelson obtain a get and was confirmed by a publicist who has […]

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Noted Author Reading The Jewish Press Detained at JFK

Posted on: February 6th, 2014

Had a Muslim woman been stopped for reading Islamic materials, it would be front page news everywhere.

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Dutch Pension Fund Rejects Boycott of Israel

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

The giant Dutch ABP pension fund has rejected dis-investing from Israeli firms as was done earlier the past several days by funds in Denmark and Norway. The bank announced that it issued a statement that it is holding on to its investments in three Israel companies because of the publicity over the other funds’ boycott […]

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Hadassah Doctors Strike over Hospital Deficit Fallout

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

Doctors at the Hadassah Medical Center launched a strike on Tuesday after talks between the Jerusalem hospital and the government over the institution’s $367 million deficit broke off. The doctors are offering only urgent treatment on a Sabbath and holiday schedule. Teaching also has been halted. The strike also is protesting that hospital staff members […]

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Aljazeera Runs ‘News Program’ as Promo for Boycott

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

The Al Jazeera network aired a 25-minute program weed that was a bald-faced commercial for boycotting Israel under the guise of a supposed news program that featured two pro-Arab interviewees and, just to make an uneven program seem half-legitimate, Danny Dayan of the Yesha Council of Jewish Communities in Judea and Samaria. Throughout the entire […]

Court Verdict Says Hamas Trying to Take Over Jerusalem

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

Thee eastern Jerusalem Arabs were sentenced to prison terms of four to seven years Wednesday for organizing Hamas activities and spreading its ideology. The Jerusalem court verdict declared that Hamas is trying “to take control of Jerusalem” through social activities, which is exactly the model Hezbollah used to take over southern Lebanon. The court denied […]

US and Israeli Air Forces Join Hands for Military Medicine

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

The IDF’s Israeli Medical Corps and the U.S. Air Force signed a Memo of Understanding Wednesday that “lays the foundation for a deep and ongoing cooperation in areas of aviation medicine, mental health, academics and research,” the Israeli military announced. The memo was signed at the conclusion of the Surgeon General of the United States Air […]

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2 LA Jews Flee 1,020 and 330 Year Sentences to Israel (Updated)

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

They obtained lines of credit to the combined tune of $33 million, then got caught.

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Yisrael Beitenu MK Says ‘Reform Movement Is not Jewish’

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

Reform leaders too often make themselves look silly by bending the Bible for their own convenience.

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NY State’s Anti-Boycott Bill in Deep Freeze

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

Boycotting a boycotter could boomerang, despite all of the good intentions off those behind the idea.

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New York’s Mayors, Israel’s Defenders

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

New York City mayors have been outspoken defenders of Israel since its establishment – and of the Zionist cause even before that.

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SodaStream Controversy Inadvertently Upends Boycotters’ Claims

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

JERUSALEM – Actress Scarlett Johansson announced last week that she was ending her relationship with Oxfam following criticism from the humanitarian group over her work as a spokeswoman for SodaStream, a producer of home soda-making machines, which operates a factory in the West Bank.

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As Kerry Works On Peace Framework, Jewish Groups Keeping Low Profile

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

“As we have since the beginning of the process, we continue to support Secretary Kerry’s diplomatic efforts to achieve a secure and lasting peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians,” AIPAC spokesman Marshall Wittman said in a statement to JTA.

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Four Jerusalem Arabs Indicted for Plot for Wedding Massacre

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

The increasing number of Jerusalem Arab terror plots is scarier than the “peace talks.”

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ADL Raps Kerry for Boycott Threat

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has sent an open letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry criticizing him for his threat that Israel faces boycotts if the American-backed peace talks with the Palestinian Authority do not succeed. ADL’s director Abraham H. Foxman also sharply rapped Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas for his “unwillingness to accept […]

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Arab Rioters in Samaria Reportedly Injures Soldier

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

Palestinian Authority Arabs in a village near Shechem in northern Samaria lightly wounded an Israeli soldier with rock throwing and firebombs early Wednesday after the IDF entered area to arrests four suspected terrorists, according o Arab media. An IDF spokeswoman told The Jewish Press that only one terrorist was arrested and that there were no […]

Price Tag Suspects Indicted for Arson Setting Arab Cars on Fire

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

Three residents of the Gilad Farms outpost in Samaria were indicted Wednesday on charges of setting Arab vehicles on fire and spraying then with two Stars of David. Police have been sharply criticized for not putting their hands on price tag vandals. Some leaders in the nationalist movement have been claiming that most or all […]

Combat Pilots Court-Martialed for Storing Secret Data on Phones

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

A military tribune has court martialed two Air Force combat pilots who were caught storing sensitive information, including operational maps, on their smartphones. The two pilots were sentenced to five days in the brig, and another 12 pilots were disciplined for similar offenses. Other pilots explained they store the information so that it could be […]

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Report: Croatia Probes Former US Citizen on Auschwitz War Crimes

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

Croatian authorities are investigating a 90-year-old man suspected of committing war crimes as an SS soldier and guard at the Auschwitz death camp. Germany’s Special Prosecutor’s Office for Investigation of Crimes during the Period of National Socialism last month alerted Croatian authorities to the presence in Croatia of Jacob Dencinger, the Croatian news outlet Jutarnji […]

Jerusalem Approves 350 Homes for Jews in City’s ‘Settlements’

Posted on: February 5th, 2014

The closer Kerry gets to his self-imposed deadline, the more Israel tries to put facts on the ground.

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