At Jewish Forum Weiner Is Hero But Not Comeback Kid (Video)

Posted on: June 6th, 2013

Weiner pleased the crowd, using continuously Hebrew and Yiddish phrases – such as Mikva, Kishkas and Eretz Yisroel.

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Report: PepsiCo Offered $2B for ‘Settlements’ Labeled SodaStream

Posted on: June 6th, 2013

If you can’t beat’em, join’em. PepsiCo is reportedly bidding $2 billion buy out the Israeli SodaStream firm. A buyout could jeopardize the factory in Maaleh Adumim because of the boycott movement.

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Empire Kosher Fined for Environmental Violations

Posted on: June 6th, 2013

Empire Kosher Poultry was fined $99,000 by Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection for repeat violations dating back to 2008. The infractions at America’s largest kosher poultry producer, which has its plant in Mifflintown, Pa., included chemical spills, discharge of untreated industrial wastewater into the nearby Juniata River, improper storage of solid waste and a lack […]

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Fundamentalist Exhibit of Noah’s Ark Awash in Red Ink

Posted on: June 6th, 2013

What more fitting place for a replica of Noah’s Ark than the Kentucky city of Hebron? But it might take a modern miracle for the Bible thumping project to be completed. God has not granted the money.

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Shabbos Holds 100 Proof for Whiskey Lovers

Posted on: June 5th, 2013

L’Chaim. Observing the Jewish Sabbath is secondary when it comes to saving a person’s life or performing a circumcision. But what happens a whiskey festival occurs on Shabbat? Hold a Whiskey Jewbilee.

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IsraAID Brings Relief to Victims of Oklahoma Tornado

Posted on: June 5th, 2013

Every day, IsraAID is given a new assignment and they go wherever the victims are.

Lockheed to Build Development Center in Negev

Posted on: June 5th, 2013

Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest defense contractor,  is establishing a development information system center in the Negev, the latest addition to a growing list of some of the largest American-based companies to set up operations in Israel. The center will be part of the IDF Intelligence Corp’s technology campus in the Negev. Israel has agreed […]

Left-Wing Idol Samantha Power to Replace Rice as UN Ambassador

Posted on: June 5th, 2013

Look out below! Donilon quits as National Ssecurity Advser. Rice replaces him and Samantha Power, of ‘Inavde Israel’ and ‘Clinton is a monster’ fame, nominated to take over as UN Ambassador.

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Jewish Press Mayoral Forum Brings Together All Democratic Candidates For First Time

Posted on: June 5th, 2013

In front of a packed house, in the roughly six-hundred seat sanctuary of Brooklyn’s Manhattan Beach Jewish Center, seven Democratic candidates for New York City Mayor spurred the audience, and at times each other, to consider some of the city’s most pressing challenges.

Sen. Lautenberg Remembered As ‘Lifesaver’ For Russian Jews

Posted on: June 5th, 2013

Washington – New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg whose signature law facilitated a flood of Soviet Jewish emigration just prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union, died Monday morning of viral pneumonia after serving for more than thirty years in Washington.

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Half of NY Wants Sheldon Silver Gone – Except his Voters

Posted on: June 5th, 2013

Half of New York voters think that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver should quit because of his actions in the Vito Lopez sex harassment scandal, and 52 percent disapproved of his overall performance, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll. Which is a meaningless figure, since Silver continues to be very popular in his district which […]

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Albanese and Salgado Left Out of FJCC Debate on Jewish Issues

Posted on: June 5th, 2013

In an interview with Zev Brenner Saturday night, Josh Mehlman, the chairman of the Flatbush Jewish Community Coalition told the radio host that only the major five Democratic candidates, that stand a chance to become the next mayor of New York City, will participate in Tuesday night’s mayoral forum on Jewish issues. Sal Albanese and […]

France Says Tests Prove Assad Using Nerve Gas, US Still Not Sure

Posted on: June 5th, 2013

In Fabius's opinion, “It would be unacceptable that those guilty of these crimes remain unpunished.”

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Bi-Partisan Call: Move US Embassy to J’slm, but Obama Renews Waiver

Posted on: June 5th, 2013

“We strongly believe that Jerusalem should be recognized as the capital of Israel with no waivers and no caveats,” said the co-chair of the congressional Israel Allies Caucus.

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Egypt Convicts 43 American NGO Workers

Posted on: June 5th, 2013

An Egyptian court on Tuesday convicted 43 employees of NGOs in Egypt, including 19 Americans, of using foreign funds to incite violence in the country. The workers were sentenced to jail terms of one to five years and fines. Most of the American workers, including Sam LaHood, the son of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, […]

PA Pulls Out ‘War Crime’ Threat if Direct Talks Don’t Resume

Posted on: June 5th, 2013

Decline and Fall of the ‘Peace Process’, Chapter 2,543: If Israel does not agree to PA unconditional conditions for non-negotiated negotiations for a PA state, it will charge Israel with war crimes.

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Christie Declares Special August Primaries for Lautenberg’s Seat

Posted on: June 4th, 2013

New Jersey’s Republican Gov. Chris Christie announced Tuesday a special primary election will be held August 13, followed by general elections Oct. 16, to fill the seat left vacant by the death on Monday of Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg. By law, he could have appointed a temporary replacement. “I want to have an elected senator […]

L’Chaim 5K Young Israel Run/Walk for Israel Raises $65,000

Posted on: June 4th, 2013

The 5K Run/Walk for Israel, begun in 2001 by the Young Israel of Jamaica Estates Coalition for Israel Action, drew more than 300 runners and 700 participants last week and raised more than $65,000 for a 12-year total of over $800,000. The 5K event began during the beginning of the first Arab Intifada, and the […]

U.S. Publishes Details of Secret Israeli Military Base

Posted on: June 4th, 2013

Some clerk in the US might start looking for a new job. The US is building a secret missile site in Israel. A public posting asked for bids, with details of the site. Now the enemy knows where to bomb.

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‘Non-Compliant’ NY Yeshiva Students Ejected from Flight

Posted on: June 4th, 2013

The senior class of Yeshiva of Flatbush in Brooklyn was kicked off a flight Southwest Airlines flight from New York to Atlanta on Monday for being “non-compliant.” Flight attendants said the students did not stay seated and continued to use their mobile devices in advance of takeoff, despite their requests as well as from the […]

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