Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

Cologne police: New Year mob violence cases rise to 516

Cologne police: New Year mob violence cases rise to 516

Apparently coordinated robberies, sexual assaults on women by ‘foreign’ assailants put new pressure on Germany’s migrant policy   BERLIN (AP) — German authorities need to… Read More ›

How social media helped free a ‘chained’ woman after 8 years

How social media helped free a ‘chained’ woman after 8 years

Following intense public pressure — and a little help from YouTube — an Ohio man provides a Jewish bill of divorce to the wife he… Read More ›

Cheerful Olmert dines out in Tel Aviv: Nothing is over until it’s over

Cheerful Olmert dines out in Tel Aviv: Nothing is over until it’s over

Spotted at fancy restaurant weeks before jail term begins, ex-PM insists he’s not fazed at prospect of doing time, says ‘I’m not spoiled’   With… Read More ›

I refused to put money into the office Powerball pool because of math — but my boss’ rationale for playing is economically sound

I refused to put money into the office Powerball pool because of math — but my boss’ rationale for playing is economically sound

  Business Insider considered the dollar costs and probabilities involved in winning Wednesday’s massive $500 million Powerball jackpot, and concluded that buying a ticket is… Read More ›

People keep emailing Apple to say the Apple Watch saved their life

People keep emailing Apple to say the Apple Watch saved their life

  The general consensus in the tech world is that the Apple Watch has not yet become a blockbuster hit for Apple. Revenue is so small… Read More ›

This could be the next CEO of Morgan Stanley

This could be the next CEO of Morgan Stanley

  The path has been cleared for Morgan Stanley executive Colm Kelleher. Currently president of the firm’s institutional-banking and trading division, he has been named sole… Read More ›

New Hampshire – Christie Under Attack As Rivals Sense Him Rising Share Tweet Share Mail

New Hampshire – Christie Under Attack As Rivals Sense Him Rising Share Tweet Share Mail

  New Hampshire – Chris Christie is the Republican presidential candidate to beat in second-to-vote New Hampshire — so say the super PACs helping the… Read More ›

West Bank – Palestinians Ponder Succession After 11 Years Of Abbas Share Tweet Share Mail

West Bank – Palestinians Ponder Succession After 11 Years Of Abbas Share Tweet Share Mail

  West Bank – Unpopular after 11 years in power, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is starting to face some open machinations from would-be successors, as… Read More ›

Washington – Trump Says South Korea Pays ‘Peanuts’ For U.S. Troop Presence

Washington – Trump Says South Korea Pays ‘Peanuts’ For U.S. Troop Presence

  Washington – South Korea should pay the United States “very substantially” for maintaining 28,000 troops there to help defend it from the North, Republican… Read More ›

Shooter does not represent Israel’s Arabs

Shooter does not represent Israel’s Arabs

Op-ed: While there may be incitement in the Arab sector, only few of its members have turned to hostile activity. The unequivocal condemnation issued by… Read More ›

Chinese man arrives in Israel by boat – without meaning to

Chinese man arrives in Israel by boat – without meaning to

Chinese national sets out from Greece and is blown off course by the strong winds, finding himself on a beach in Israel without knowing how… Read More ›

UN rights envoy resigns, accuses Israel of denying access

UN rights envoy resigns, accuses Israel of denying access

Makarim Wibisono says repeated requests to access West Bank and Gaza Strip have gone unanswered for 18 months; Israel says decision to prevent access came… Read More ›

Dragnet for fugitive Tel Aviv gunman passes its fourth day

Dragnet for fugitive Tel Aviv gunman passes its fourth day

Israelis urged to stick to normal routine, send kids to school despite jitters.   Security remained high in and around Tel Aviv on Monday as… Read More ›

Netanyahu slams MKs for differentiating between attacks

Netanyahu slams MKs for differentiating between attacks

PM condemns Joint List MK Osama Sa’adi and Bayit Yehudi MK Bezalel Smotrich for refusing to equate all acts of terror.   Terrorism is terrorism,… Read More ›

Iran, Saudi Arabia and the Israeli angle

Iran, Saudi Arabia and the Israeli angle

Former head of Military Intelligence says the reverberations from the diplomatic crisis will be felt around the region.   Jerusalem on Monday was closely monitoring… Read More ›

Government approves Mandelblit appointment as AG

Government approves Mandelblit appointment as AG

The ministers approved the Cabinet Secretary’s appointment as the new Attorney General in a unanimous vote. The appointment is, however, expected to be challenged in… Read More ›

Flag with ‘Islamic State’ written on it found in Tel Aviv penthouse

Flag with ‘Islamic State’ written on it found in Tel Aviv penthouse

The flag was found in the balcony of a northern Tel Aviv apartment belonging to a family that has been staying abroad lately. Police are… Read More ›

Telephone of Tel Aviv shooter found in north of city

Telephone of Tel Aviv shooter found in north of city

On Friday afternoon a student found the telephone of the shooter who murdered three people in Tel Aviv on the same day, lying in a… Read More ›

Sights of a dystopian wasteland

Sights of a dystopian wasteland

“Obviously it’s Jerusalem’s responsibility to take care of its citizens, but at the same time it’s the country’s responsibility.”   Less than three days after… Read More ›

US Defense Department: Navy security clearance does not discriminate against Jews

US Defense Department: Navy security clearance does not discriminate against Jews

Gershon Pincus was denied because his family lives in Israel.   NEW YORK – US Defense Department spokesman Mark Wright told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday… Read More ›