Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association Elects Gay Rabbi to Lead Group

Posted on: March 15th, 2013

The Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association has elected an openly gay rabbi to lead the national rabbinic organization. Rabbi Jason Klein, the executive director of Hillel at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, since 2006, was elected to lead the RRA during its 39th annual convention in New Orleans, which ended on Wednesday. It is the first national [...]

Israel Has New Government

Posted on: March 15th, 2013

Bibi apologized for Sara's slight and the deal is on.

Iraqi Passover

Posted on: March 15th, 2013

U.S. Army Spc. Brian Lankin fills Capt. Richard Tachett’s glass with wine during a Passover Seder at the Freedom Rest at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, March 19, 2010. Probably the first Seder being observed in Iraq in decades.

Israel to Show Off to Obama Hi-Tech ‘Robot Snake’ (Video)

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

Israel is going all out it impress Obama. Israel will show off for the president a robot snake, mini desktop and six other hi-tech products in a “Better World” exhibit at the Israel Museum.

Arab Stone Throwers Injure Jerusalem Bus Passenger

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

At around 10 PM, Egged bus #59 was hit by Arab stone throwers as it drove through French Hill, in the northern part of Jerusalem. One passenger was taken to Hadassah Har HaTzofim hospital, after being injured in the head with a stone.

CNN Asking Laura Bush to Endorse Honors for Arab Murderer (Video)

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

Really, Burnett was suggesting, it is chauvinistic of Americans to hold terrorism-glorification against an Arab.

Court Upholds Citi Field’s Ban on Sale of Kosher Food on Shabbat

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

A federal appeals court told a kosher hot dog vendor in New York that its agreement with Citi Field precludes it from selling kosher products at the stadium on Shabbat. Kosher Sports Inc. had a 10-year contract with Citi Field, home of the New York Mets, to sell hot dogs, sausages and other kosher products [...]

Obama on Eve of Visit: I Will Not Free Pollard (Video)

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

Obama preps Israel for his visit with an interview on Israeli TV: Pollard will stay in jail. Iran is at least a year from nukes. And he would like to come to Israel “and sit at a cafe and just hang out.”

Second Rock Attack Injures Another Baby

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

Following the attack on Highway 5 that left a family severely injured, a second rock attack in the same area, on a another car, left a 10 month old baby lightly injured with glass fragments in the face.

Coming Next Week: The Obama Traffic Jam

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

“Operation Unbreakable Alliance” also will be ”Operation Unbreakable Traffic Jam” next week. Motorists as well as tourists coming into the country for the Passover holiday are advised that parts of Jerusalem will be off limits during President Barack Obama’s visit next week. The road passing by the KingDavidHotel, which will be completely occupied by Obama [...]

Chief Rabbis Praise Vatican for ‘Banning Terror in God’s Name’

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

The Chief Rabbinate of Israel on Thursday reacted to the election of Pope Francis I by highlighting his predecessors’ “rich and fruitful dialogue …with the Chief Rabbinate of Israel on primary issues such as banning terrorism in God’s Name, the sanctity of life and the sanctity of the family unit.” The office of the Chief [...]

Collision after Arab Rock Throwing, Infants Injured (Updated)

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

Palestinian rock throwers caused a serious accident on the highway.

Iron Dome to Defend Obama

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

Reports that Israel will bring the Iron Dome system to Ben Gurion Airport for President Barack Obama to view because he won’t have time to visit its deployment elsewhere are half accurate. Another reason is that the Iron Dome is needed to protect the president in the event of an enemy missile when President Obama [...]

Palestinian Authority Says Obama May Avoid Ramallah

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

President Barack Obama may scratch Ramallah from his itinerary and meet Palestinian Authority only in Bethlehem when he visits the Church of Nativity, the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency reported. The news agency, which has close ties with the Palestinian Authority, quoted “anonymous” PA sources. A sign of how President Obama would be received by the [...]

PA Arabs Go to Court to Divide Efrat

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

When almost no Arabs stake claims to areas that were “state land” under Turkey and Jordan and now Israel, the PA tries to find another way to divide Efrat. It goes to court and claims discrimination.

Sara’s Latest: Lapid, Bennett’s Posts Torpedoed

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

No one knows yet if this is a deal breaker.

NJ Jewish High School Team Runs Jerusalem Half-Marathon

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

Eleven students from the Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School in Livingston, NJ, with their teacher, Rabbi Motti Miller, were the only American high school contingent to run the Jerusalem half marathon (13.1 miles). Rabbi Miller began running last summer, and decided to invite students to join him as a team and to commit to participating [...]

Labor Suspends Lord Ahmed for Jewish Conspiracy Comments

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

Nazir Ahmed, a Labor member of the House of Lords, has been suspended over allegations he blamed his prison sentence for dangerous driving on a “Jewish conspiracy.” Ahmed, 55, went to prison in 2009 for driving while texting just before getting his car into a fatal crash. The Times of London says that, in an [...]

US Denies Obama Boycotting Ariel U. Students

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

A U.S. embassy official denied that it did not invite students from Ariel University to President Barack Obama’s speech in Jerusalem next week because the institution is located in Samaria, which the United States considers an illegitimate and illegal settlement. The speech, set to take place at the Jerusalem Convention Center next Thursday, on the [...]

Italian FM: Israel First on Path to Secure Middle East

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

Should Tehran acquire nuclear capabilities, others would follow and the Middle East—at the very doorstep of Europe—would enter this new regional nuclear race.”