Posts Tagged: Jews
Child Abuse in the Hasidic Community and the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office
The crime of sexually abusing a child, including adolescents and teens, is so heinous that the public is immediately shocked and angered. For a number...
EU Releases Documents with False Accusations Against Israel
The European Union is under fire for releasing six documents between 2010 and 2012 that criticized Israel but later proved to contain many inaccuracies. Some of...
Israel Resumes Oil Exploration in Golan Heights
The Israeli government decided to resume granting exploration licenses for gas and oil in the Golan Heights, 20 years after deciding to cease for diplomatic...
NY Teen Wins National Torah Competition
A high school freshman recently won her division of the Chidon HaTanach, a national Torah competition that took place at Yeshiva University. According to the New York Times,...
Somebody PLEASE Supply Michelle Goldberg with Free Contraceptives
On March 13, 2012 I posted a column on this site, that among other things decried the notion that US taxpayers should be forced to...
Farmers to Scholars – The Journey of Two Ethiopian Youth
Sitting with these two youths in Jerusalem, it is hard to believe their story is true. The two brothers, Adiso and Yonatan Jambar, aged eighteen...
Why Did the “Jewish Daily Forward” Interview a Hamas Spokesman?
The recent interview accorded to Hamas's Mousa Abu Marzook by the Jewish Daily Forward underscores an all-too-frequent and serious failure of perception when dealing with totalitarian movements...
What if Government Recognized Only Civil Unions and Left Marriage to Religion?
Could a governmental retreat from "marriage" finally heal the deep schism that has divided and immobilized this country by an intractable values volley over gay...
Foxman Decries Forward Cartoonist Depiction of Netanyahu Raping Obama (PHOTO)
In an interview with The Algemeiner, Abraham Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League criticized cartoonist Eli Valley's newest creation which depicts Israeli Prime Minister...
Israel Unveils New Butterfly-Shaped Drone
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is developing a new Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in the shape of a tiny butterfly. IAI hopes the vehicle can be...
Before Nuclear Talks, Iranian President Compares Israel to Mosquito
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on May 12 said that Israel poses little threat to the Islamic Republic and compared it to a pesky insect. "Israel is...
Israeli Minister’s Plan for Conserving Energy: Cut Off Gaza Electricity
In light of an expected electricity shortage this summer, Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) suggested Sunday that Israel cut off electricity to Gaza, thus...
Obama Meets With Critics of Israel for Foreign Policy Advice
President Barack Obama reportedly held a recent meeting with nine foreign policy editors to discuss Afghanistan, Israel, NATO and the G8 Summit at Camp David....
64 Years Ago Today, Ben-Gurion Announced the Establishment of Israel (VIDEO)
On May 14th, 1948, David Ben-Gurion announced the establishment of the Jewish State in Israel. Ben-Gurion, who was the country's first prime minister, went to...
