Joshua Levitt
ARTICLES BY: Joshua Levitt
US Jewish Leaders Warn Against Speculating on Views of Iran’s New President Rouhani, Call for Focus on Nuclear Program
American Jewish leaders said on Wednesday that incessant speculation about the potential political views of Iran's new president Hassan Rouhani was distracting from the real...
Newly Released Nixon Tapes Reveal More Anti-Semitism, Threat of ‘Worst Thing That Happened to Jews in American History’
New tape recordings released Wednesday by the Nixon Presidential Library revealed more deeply rooted anti-Semitism from the disgraced president, the UK Daily Mail and The...
Syrian Rebel Leader Appeals to Israel, US for Help Fighting Assad Regime Following Chemical Attack
A Syrian rebel leader on Wednesday said his group was desperate for outside intervention by Israel and the US to stop the regime of Syrian...
Jewish Professor Who Declined Honorary Polish Doctorate Because of Anti-Semitic Attacks is No Stranger to Discrimination
University of Leeds, U.K. Professor Emeritus Zygmunt Bauman, 87, author of Modernity and The Holocaust, turned down an honorary doctorate from the University of Lower Silesia,...
New Paraguayan President, Who Employs Israeli Advisers, Seeks to Boost Relations With Israel
Paraguay announced recently that it planned to re-open its embassy in Israel after it was closed for eight years due to budgetary concerns. Newly installed...
Israel Deputy FM Elkin: Calls to ‘Freeze Construction in Judea and Samaria Are Anti-Semitism’
Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Zeev Elkin said international calls for Israel to "freeze construction in Judea and Samaria are anti-Semitism," in an interview with Brazilian...
Arab Media Outlets Falsely Claim Christian Who Tried to Burn Al-Aqsa Mosque in 1969 Was a Jew
Media outlets across the Arab world on Wednesday falsely referred to a Christian mental patient who tried to burn down the Al-Aqsa Mosque, atop Jerusalem's...
Israeli-Arab Student Arrested After Joining Syrian Rebel Forces
A 26-year old Israeli-Arab was arrested by Israeli security forces after sneaking into Syria to join rebel forces battling the army of Syrian President Assad...
Israeli Supermodel Bar Refaeli Tells BDS Supporter Roger Waters to Remove Her Photo From His Performances
Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli on Wednesday demanded of former Pink Floyd front-man Roger Waters, a vocal supporter of Boycott Divestment and Sanctions against Israel, that...
New Book Profiles Jewish Nazi Hunter Who Aided Capture of Auschwitz Commander Rudolph Höss
A new book, recently published, profiles a little known yet instrumental figure in the capture of notorious Nazi, head of the Auschwitz concentration camp, commander Rudolph...
Los Angeles Synagogue to Receive $150 Million Makeover
The Wilshire Boulevard Temple of Los Angeles is set to receive a $150 million renovation, one of the largest budgets ever for a synagogue renovation,...
SWC Blasts ‘Horrific Anti-Semitic Character’ Roger Waters as ‘Disconnected From Reality’ After BDS Call During Peace Talks
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, sharply criticized Pink Floyd musician Roger Waters Tuesday after Waters "doubled down" on his support for...
Israel’s UN Ambassador Slams Hezbollah’s Nasrallah for Supporting ‘Murderous Campaign Against the Syrian People’
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, denounced Lebanon based terror group Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah's role in financing and supporting Syrian President Bashar...
Israel Security Official Meets Egyptian Counterparts in Cairo as Shin Bet Counts 15 Sinai Terror Groups, 4 Violent
A senior Israeli security official met a small group of his Egyptian counterparts for several hours in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss mounting terrorist violence...
