Joshua Levitt
ARTICLES BY: Joshua Levitt
Jewish Groups Praise Scarlett Johansson Over Oxfam Decision; SWC Says People Should Donate to Other Charities
Jewish humanitarian groups on Friday praised actress Scarlett Johansson's decision to end her eight-year role as Global Ambassador for Oxfam because of differences over boycotts...
SodaStream CEO: Scarlett Johansson Encouraging Us to ‘Stay the Course’ (VIDEO)
Daniel Birnbaum, CEO of SodaStream, said the company's new celebrity spokeswoman, Jewish actress Scarlett Johansson, is encouraging him "to stay the course." In an interview on the...
Israeli Start-Up Testing ‘AirMule’ Unmanned Flying Ambulance (VIDEO)
Israeli start-up Urban Aeronautics is developing an unmanned flying ambulance, and an early demonstration video of the "AirMule" has already been featured on a number...
Former U.S. Ambassador Hof: Iran Fears Saudi Arabia, Not Israel
Iran believes Saudi Arabia to be its real enemy inside and outside Syria, and not Israel, which it believes will be kept in check by...
IDF Says Gaza Terror Dramatically Increased in January
The Israel Defense Forces said there was a "dramatic increase" in rocket attacks from Gaza against Israel in January, with at least 28 rockets being...
Scarlett Johansson’s Decision to Back SodaStream Over Oxfam Puts Charity’s Anti-Israel Activism Into Spotlight (INTERVIEW)
Oxfam, founded in Oxford, England, in 1942, as the 'Oxford Committee for Famine Relief,' is now one of the world's largest international charities, with an annual...
Former German FM Fischer in Tehran: West Give Up Support for Israel? ‘Forget it, Never’
Former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said he answered a question from a group of Iranian students in Tehran on when the West might give up...
New Foreign Affairs Committee Legislation Strengthens U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership
The House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed legislation on Wednesday to strengthen the strategic partnership between the U.S. and...
When Yellow Were the Stars on Earth (REVIEW)
In an electrifying theatrical performance, 'When Yellow Were the Stars on Earth' tells the interlocking stories of a band of Jewish resistance fighters led...
Article on Jordanian News Site: All Peoples Must Learn From the Holocaust
On Monday's International Holocaust Memorial Day, Jordanian news site Almamlakah News posted an article declaring the Holocaust as "the most heinous crime in human history"...
Shabbat Observant Drug Dealer Gets 5 Year Sentence
A Shabbat-observant Jewish drug dealer from Brooklyn was sentenced to up to five years in prison, the New York Post reported on Wednesday. His arrest in...
Ira Forman: Kerry Understands Connection Between Holocaust and Anti-Semitism Today
Jewish-American leader Ira Forman, currently the U.S. State Department Special Envoy to Monitor & Combat Antisemitism, said that Secretary of State John Kerry "understands the...
2013 Record Breaking Year for British Tourism to Israel
The Israeli Ministry of Tourism said British tourists to the Jewish state reached a record 217,000, up 5 percent, in 2013, out of 3.54 million people,...
Israel’s Head of Military Intelligence: ‘There Are 170,000 Rockets and Missiles Directed at Israel’
Israel's Head of Military Intelligence, Major General Aviv Kohavi, on Wednesday addressed security threats facing the Jewish state, including 170,000 rockets and renewed scope for...
