Posts Tagged: Jewish News
Europe Raises the White Flag on Defense Spending
In his exhaustive biography of Winston Churchill—which, incidentally, makes for splendid summer reading—the historian Roy Jenkins provides a gripping account of the future...
“Make for Yourself an Ark of Gopher Wood”, Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’ Film Develops
Darren Aronofsky's dreams are finally coming true. As he tweeted recently, production is underway on his film adaptation of the Torah's story of...
Israel’s Transportation Revolution is Underway
The Ministry of Transport published last week a primarily web-based campaign showing the impending changes, transformations and expansions undertaken in air, sea, and land transportation...
Fatah Summer Camp Named After Terrorist Mughrabi
Fatah has named a summer camp for youth "Sisters of Dalal Mughrabi," after female terrorist Dalal Mughrabi. In 1978, Mughrabi led the most lethal terror...
Clinton: Iran Can Still ‘Make the Right Decision’
Speaking in Israel on Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reiterated the administration's preference for a diplomatic resolution in Iran and its belief that...
Facebook Acquisition of Israeli Startup Sparks Senate Hearing
Facebook's buyout of Israeli facial recognition company Face.com has caught the attention of the federal government, which has called the social media giant to a...
The Prophetic Voice
During the three weeks between 17 Tammuz and Tisha b'Av, as we recall the destruction of the Temples, we read three of the most searing...
A Nuclear-Armed Iran Would Have No Hotline to Avert Catastrophe
In the debate about how to deal with Iran's nuclear weapons program, a steady stream of voices have argued that the best response would be...
Mofaz and Kadima Party Exit Historic Israeli Coalition
Nearly two months after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck a deal with Shaul Mofaz of the Kadima party to form one of the most definitive majority coalitions...
Sephardic Rabbi Endorses Concubine Scenario Under Jewish Law
A Sephardic Rabbi in Israel has ruled that the taking of a concubine is an act that in certain instances is permissible by halacha, the code...
Israel Ranks Highest Globally in Children’s Internet Usage
According to a new World Health Organization report, Israeli children spend more time daily on the internet than those of any other country in the...
Hollande to Commemorate Seventieth Anniversary Of Vel d’Hiv Roundup
On July 22 the president of France Francoise Hollande will deliver a commemoration speech at the Paris site of the 1942 roundup of French Jews...
No Reconciliation With the Butcher Of Damascus
I cannot begin this article without first expressing my profound outrage about the behavior of the Western powers, Turkey, the Arab League, and Kofi Annan,...
Hungary Asked to Take Action Over Nazi War Criminal Found in Budapest
Following the recent discovery in Budapest of Laszlo Csizsik-Csatary - a Nazi war criminal accused of helping murder over 15,000 Jews during the Holocaust -...
