Articles by: JewishNews-Ben

Brooklyn, NY – 5-year-old Hasidic Boy Dies After Falling From 5th-story Porch In Williamsburg

Brooklyn, NY – 5-year-old Hasidic Boy Dies After Falling From 5th-story Porch In Williamsburg

  Williamsburg, NY – Hatzolah Emergency crews in Williamsburg were called to a multi-family home early this afternoon, after a small child fell from a… Read More ›

Husband charged with beating wife’s would-be rapist to death

Husband charged with beating wife’s would-be rapist to death

A New York man has been charged after authorities say he beat his wife’s would-be rapist to death with a tire iron. Police initially recommended… Read More ›

Pakistani woman dies after being set on fire for rejecting marriage

Pakistani woman dies after being set on fire for rejecting marriage

  Islamabad, Pakistan – An 18-year-old Pakistani schoolteacher died Wednesday from injuries after her body was set on fire for refusing a marriage proposal, police… Read More ›

California – Animal Rights Activists Briefly Disrupt Sanders’ Rally

California – Animal Rights Activists Briefly Disrupt Sanders’ Rally

  California – At least five animal rights activists on Monday rushed the stage as presidential candidate Bernie Sanders spoke at a rally in Oakland,… Read More ›

Poland seeks to revive extradition of Roman Polanski over child sex conviction

Poland seeks to revive extradition of Roman Polanski over child sex conviction

  Poland’s government will appeal a court’s decision to block Roman Polanski’s extradition to the United States, an official said Tuesday, reviving prospects the aging… Read More ›

Stephen Hawking: Trump ‘is a demagogue’

Stephen Hawking: Trump ‘is a demagogue’

  London – As one of the world’s most renowned scientists, Stephen Hawking is regularly called on to help explain the universe’s more mysterious phenomena.… Read More ›

UN envoy welcomes comments lending support for Arab peace plan

UN envoy welcomes comments lending support for Arab peace plan

Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Process calls for ‘concrete and timely action’ on 2002 Saudi initiative after Netanyahu and Liberman signal partial support  … Read More ›

Veteran Likud MK blasts Liberman’s ‘stupid’ supporters

Veteran Likud MK blasts Liberman’s ‘stupid’ supporters

Benny Begin says he’s amazed incoming defense minister, who supports a 2-state solution, is considered ‘kosher’ by part of the right   Veteran Likud lawmaker… Read More ›

With fanfare, Avigdor Liberman enters Defense Ministry

With fanfare, Avigdor Liberman enters Defense Ministry

After ceremony at military headquarters in Tel Aviv, Yisrael Beytenu boss set to meet IDF chiefs for first security overview   Avigdor Liberman defied his… Read More ›

NY Times editor calls out Trump for ignoring supporters’ anti-Semitic tweets

NY Times editor calls out Trump for ignoring supporters’ anti-Semitic tweets

“I found myself staring down a social-media timeline filled with the raw hate and anti-Semitic tropes,” says NY Times editor   JTA – A New… Read More ›

Why scientists are fighting about the origins of Yiddish – and the Jews

Why scientists are fighting about the origins of Yiddish – and the Jews

Israeli author of study tracing Ashkenazi Jews — and Yiddish — to Turkey uses Yoda to explain linguistic findings   JTA — Science has finally… Read More ›

There’s only one way for China to escape a debt-deflation trap

There’s only one way for China to escape a debt-deflation trap

  Yu Yongding, a former adviser to the People’s Bank of China, thinks that the country is missing a trick. In an opinion piece on Project Syndicate,… Read More ›

HILLARY: Donald Trump is an ‘urgent threat to our rights’

HILLARY: Donald Trump is an ‘urgent threat to our rights’

  Hillary Clinton held back little on Thursday in attacking Donald Trump on the day he officially landed enough delegates to seal the Republican nomination.… Read More ›

Mark Zuckerberg should put his money where his mouth is and throw Peter Thiel off Facebook’s board

Mark Zuckerberg should put his money where his mouth is and throw Peter Thiel off Facebook’s board

  Mark Zuckerberg says that he believes in freedom of expression. To prove it, he should ask Peter Thiel, who funded a legal campaign designed… Read More ›

Taliban’s new leader described as educated, well-respected

Taliban’s new leader described as educated, well-respected

The Afghan Taliban’s new leader is an educated and well-respected member of the organization who could prove easier to negotiate a peace settlement with, a… Read More ›

Indonesian 8-year-olds could be picking the tobacco in your cigarettes

Indonesian 8-year-olds could be picking the tobacco in your cigarettes

  Thousands of children as young as eight are working in hazardous conditions on tobacco farms in Indonesia, putting them at risk of cancer, respiratory… Read More ›

U.N. fears for 10,000 families trapped in ISIS-held Falluja as Iraq army advances

U.N. fears for 10,000 families trapped in ISIS-held Falluja as Iraq army advances

The United Nations says it fears for the safety of an estimated 10,000 families trapped in Falluja as Iraqi forces press in to retake the… Read More ›

B’Tselem to stop filing Palestinian abuse complaints with IDF, police

B’Tselem to stop filing Palestinian abuse complaints with IDF, police

Citing lack of faith in Israeli system, NGO will no longer report human rights violations on behalf of Palestinians, says doing so does not bring… Read More ›

Trump, Clinton win Washington State’s presidential primaries

Trump, Clinton win Washington State’s presidential primaries

Republican candidate just 41 delegates short of party nomination, while Democrat hopefully needs just 78 more   WASHINGTON — Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and presumptive… Read More ›

Getting to know Avigdor Liberman, Bibi’s enigmatic pick for defense minister

Getting to know Avigdor Liberman, Bibi’s enigmatic pick for defense minister

Yisrael Beytenu head is often a voice for moderation — and a vocal populist whose rhetoric undercuts his apparent restraint   But Israel’s onetime foreign… Read More ›