Avraham Shmuel Lewin

Articles By Avraham Shmuel Lewin (175 Articles)

1) The Day He Moved The Pope's Heart An Interview with Cantor Chaim Adler

Avraham Shmuel Lewin | Posted Apr 22 2009

He certainly didn't waste any time. Cantor Chaim Adler began his chazzanut career at age 10; today, he is known as "the chief cantor of Tel Aviv" and one of the most prominent cantors in the world.

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2) Israel Police Say Indict Olmert

Avraham Shmuel Lewin, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent | Posted Sep 10 2008

JERUSALEM - Israeli police say there is sufficient evidence to indict Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on charges of bribery, fraud, breach of trust by a public servant and several offenses pertaining to money laundering.

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3) Shamir: Olmert's Agreements With PA Illegitimate And Invalid

Avraham Shmuel Lewin, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent | Posted Jun 18 2008

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TEL AVIV - Yair Shamir, one of Israel's most successful businessmen and the son of former prime minister Yitzhak Shamir, said this week he wholeheartedly supports Likud Party chief Benjamin Netanyahu's declaration that if Likud wins the next election, the party will not honor any of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's commitments or signed agreements with the Palestinians concerning territorial concessions.

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4) As Legal/Political Woes Mount, Olmert Mulls Major Concessions

Avraham Shmuel Lewin, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent | Posted May 28 2008

TEL AVIV - American businessman Morris Talansky, the key witness in the recent police investigation against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, arrived at the Jerusalem District Court Tuesday for his pre-trial deposition in the case.

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5) New Bribery Probe May Bring Down Olmert

Avraham Shmuel Lewin, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent | Posted May 07 2008

JERUSALEM - A burgeoning bribery scandal threatens to bring down the government of Ehud Olmert, with Israeli law enforcement sources saying a development in the case is imminent.

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6) Israeli Singer Navah Baruchin Makes Comeback... For Women Only

Avraham Shmuel Lewin, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent | Posted Apr 23 2008

TEL AVIV - Two musical talents with intertwining twists of fate... Ken Burgess, a noted composer, producer and singer, almost formed a duo with John Lennon after the Beatles broke up in 1970.

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7) Israeli 'Oslo Syndrome' Evoked - Former Official: 'Don't Blame U.S. For Concessions'

Avraham Shmuel Lewin, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent | Posted Apr 09 2008

TEL AVIV - An official who participated in the meeting told Ynetnews that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was startled during her visit last week by the extent of the concessions Israel was willing to make to the Palestinians, "I am not surprised," said Yossi Ben-Aharon, who served as director general of the Prime Minister's Office during the Yitzhak Shamir era.

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8) 'Sun, Stand Still'

Avraham Shmuel Lewin | Posted Dec 12 2007

An interview with the man who led Israel's 1981 attack on Iraq's nuclear reactor

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9) Rabbis Fear Annapolis Disaster; Call On Shas To Quit Coalition

Avraham Shmuel Lewin, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent | Posted Nov 07 2007

JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas are expected to issue a joint declaration during the Annapolis conference, expected to take place the last week in November, that would pave the way for negotiations on core issues including Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees.

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10) Investigative Reporter: Nothing Can Stop Olmert's Forced Resignation

Avraham Shmuel Lewin, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent | Posted Oct 24 2007

TEL AVIV - Yoav Yitzchak is a name that sends shudders through the powers-that-be in Israel. Seven years ago, Yitzchak, an investigative reporter, uncovered financial impropriety on the part of then-president Ezer Weizman. A disgraced Weizman was forced to resign the presidency.

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11) Israeli Police Reveal Arrests Of Immigrant Neo-Nazis

Avraham Shmuel Lewin, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent | Posted Sep 11 2007

TEL AVIV - Israelis were shocked and outraged last weekend after police revealed that a gang of neo-Nazis who praised Hitler, attacked Jews wearing yarmulkes, and surrounded themselves with the paraphernalia of white supremacists had been operating in Israel.

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12) Jewish Press Interview: Israeli Author Cites Bush, Rebbe

Avraham Shmuel Lewin, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent | Posted Aug 15 2007

TEL AVIV - Shlomo Nakdimon is a noted journalist in Israel and acclaimed author. His book, First Strike, originally published in Hebrew, is a detailed account of the Israeli bombing in 1981 of Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor located near Baghdad. It follows Iraq's pursuit of a nuclear bomb from the 1950's onwards and focuses on Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's attempts in the late 1970's to secure Western assistance to that end.

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13) Peres Provokes Right In Statements To Press

Avraham Shmuel Lewin, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent | Posted Jul 18 2007

TEL AVIV - Shimon Peres on his first day as president created an uproar among Israel's political right by telling the Associated Press that Israel has to "get rid of the territories."

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14) 40 Years Later, Still Blind To Miracles

Avraham Shmuel Lewin, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent | Posted Jun 13 2007

As the Jews were about to leave the desert to enter the Promised Land, Moses told them (Deut. 29. 1-8), "You have seen everything that God did before your eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and all the slaves and to all his land. But God did not give you a heart to know, or eyes to see, or ears to hear, until this day. I lead you forty years in the wilderness ... and you arrived at this place"

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15) A Kosher Cowboy In Montana

Avraham Shmuel Lewin | Posted May 22 2007

There's a popular saying that wherever there's Coca-Cola, there's Chabad.

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16) Demographic Findings Challenged

Avraham Shmuel Lewin, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent | Posted May 09 2007

JERUSALEM - As Israel approaches its 40th anniversary since the reunification of Jerusalem, a report by the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies that appeared in Ynet this week claims that Arab growth in Jerusalem has doubled in the past 40 years and that if this trend continues, by 2020 Arabs will constitute 40 percent of the population of Jerusalem.

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17) Ann Coulter On Democrats, Palestinians, Israel And Iran

Avraham Shmuel Lewin, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent | Posted Apr 12 2007

Last July The Jewish Press published an interview with controversial author and columnist Ann Coulter that became the most viewed article on our website for 2006.

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18) Dire Demographic Forecasts Challenged

Avraham Shmuel Lewin, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent | Posted Mar 07 2007

TEL AVIV - The American Israel Demographic Group (AIDRG), led by demographers Bennett Zimmerman, Roberta Seid, Michael L. Wise and former Israeli diplomat Yoram Ettinger, has called for an investigation of Professor Sergio DellaPergola's demographic forecasts for Jerusalem and Israel.

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19) How Xing Xing Became Devorah Leah

Avraham Shmuel Lewin, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent | Posted Feb 28 2007

TEL AVIV - In January The Jewish Press ran an interview with Ilana Skolnik, a former beauty queen of South Africa ("Miss South Africa's Journey to Judaism," Jan. 19).

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20) Miss South Africa's Journey To Judaism

Avraham Shmuel Lewin, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent | Posted Jan 17 2007

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