Joshua Levitt
ARTICLES BY: Joshua Levitt
Oskar Schindler’s Czech Factory for Sale; Could Become Holocaust Museum
Oskar Schindler's famous factory is for sale, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. The factory, in Brnenec -- population 1,300 -- in eastern Czech Republic, 120...
As Nuclear Talks Begin, Foreign Minister Zarif Insists Iran Will Retain its ‘Nuclear Rights’
As world powers prepared to meet in Vienna on Tuesday to open the first round of talks with Iran aimed at reaching a comprehensive agreement...
Jewish Group ‘Dismayed’ by Neo-Nazi March in Bulgaria
The American Jewish Committee said it was "dismayed" by a neo-Nazi march that took place in Sofia, Bulgaria, over the weekend. In a statement, the AJC...
Israeli Foreign Minister Lieberman Says Assimilation Greatest Threat to Judaism
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Tuesday said assimilation by American Jews is the biggest threat to global Jewry. He also called for the Israeli...
Visiting Syrian Wounded, Netanyahu Says ‘Iran is Arming Those Who Are Carrying Out the Slaughter’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday blamed Iran's arming of Syria for the continued bloodshed in the neighboring country. His remarks were made as...
Israel’s Peres: Iran is Building Nuclear Weapon, While Funding, Spreading Terrorism Across the World
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Tuesday drew the attention of a delegation from the U.S. Congress to Jerusalem to Iran's long history of attempting...
Writer: Simon Cowell Wanted to Know if His Mother’s Family Was Jewish
British music impresario, and proud dad, Simon Cowell, had been chasing up his family's Jewish roots ahead of the birth on Friday of son Eric,...
Hungarian Jewish Community Discovers 100 Holocaust-Era Torah Scrolls Confiscated in WWII
Budapest's Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation (EMIH) on Monday said it will announce details regarding the discovery of more than 100 Holocaust-era Torah Scrolls that had...
U.S. Based Shabtai Family to Earn $496 Million From Viber Sale
The Israeli-American Shabtai family will earn some $496 million for their 55.2% stake in Israeli telecoms start-up Viber, which will be acquired by Japan's Rakuten...
Islamic Jihad Publishes Illustrated Guide to the Israel Defense Forces
The Al Quds Brigades, part of terror organization Islamic Jihad, recently published an illustrated training guide book on the Israel Defense Forces, according to local...
Berlin Film Festival Award for UK Film Director Ken Loach Angers Jewish Group
A Jewish human rights group on Sunday said a decision to award British film director Ken Loach a lifetime achievement award is a "disgrace," that...
Fashion Designer Michael Kors Talks Jewish Mothers, His Bar Mitzvah
Billionaire fashion designer and television personality Michael Kors paid tribute to the fashion world's "Jewish mothers," and his own. In an interview last week on Style.com...
Twitter Trends Expands to Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa
Social media company Twitter announced on Friday that it has expanded its Twitter Trends feature to include the Israeli cities of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and...
70 Iranian Lawmakers Want Zarif to Explain Why He Said the Holocaust ‘Should Not Happen Again’
Seventy Iranian lawmakers have signed a letter petitioning Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to explain recent statements on German television, where he indicated Iran's...
