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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 ›

Washington – Clinton Says IG Report Won’t Affect Her Presidential Bid

Washington – Clinton Says IG Report Won’t Affect Her Presidential Bid

  Washington – Hillary Clinton contends a new government audit critical of her use of a private email server as secretary of state won’t affect… Read More ›

Highlands, NJ – Boat From 19th Century Found Under New Jersey Home

Highlands, NJ – Boat From 19th Century Found Under New Jersey Home

  Highlands, NJ – Workers raising a waterfront home in New Jersey made a nautical discovery: a 44-foot wooden boat from the 19th century. The… Read More ›

Brooklyn, NY – City Decides Not To Cancel Women’s Hours At Williamsburg Pool

Brooklyn, NY – City Decides Not To Cancel Women’s Hours At Williamsburg Pool

Brooklyn, NY – Hours after being castigated for its decision to end separate swimming hours for women at a Williamsburg pool, the city’s Department of… Read More ›

Formula One: Jules Bianchi’s family sues over ‘avoidable’ death

Formula One: Jules Bianchi’s family sues over ‘avoidable’ death

  The family of Jules Bianchi are taking legal action following the Formula One driver’s death last year which their lawyers say was “avoidable.” Bianchi… Read More ›

Lost hiker’s message: Please call husband when my body is found

Lost hiker’s message: Please call husband when my body is found

Geraldine Largay knew she was so very lost that the chances of her making it out of the thick Maine woods were gone. She had… Read More ›

Report: Signals detected from EgyptAir Flight 804 in Mediterranean

Report: Signals detected from EgyptAir Flight 804 in Mediterranean

  Airbus has detected signals from the Mediterranean Sea where EgyptAir Flight 804 crashed last week, Egypt’s state-run Al Ahram news agency reported Thursday. The… Read More ›

2 Palestinians suspected of raping disabled Israeli woman

2 Palestinians suspected of raping disabled Israeli woman

Police searching for a third suspect believed to have taken part in sexual assault in Jaffa earlier this month   Police officers have arrested a… Read More ›

PM blasts media, left over gang-rape of disabled Jewish woman

PM blasts media, left over gang-rape of disabled Jewish woman

Netanyahu protests lack of ‘wall-to-wall’ condemnation of alleged attack by 3 Arabs; Labor’s Yachimovich says he’s exploiting incident to incite hatred   Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Hold us closer, shiny Elton

Hold us closer, shiny Elton

There are no goosebumps like the goosebumps you get when hearing ‘Tiny Dancer’ live in Tel Aviv just a few hours after listening to it… Read More ›

Russia freezes missile transfers

Russia freezes missile transfers

Despite not being able to pay the Russians for complete S-300 Surface to Air Missile systems, Iran still manages to find the money to fund… Read More ›

Shin Bet thwarts Hamas smuggling attempt

Shin Bet thwarts Hamas smuggling attempt

Security forces uncovered material en route to the Gaza Strip to aid in the digging of tunnels; metal pipes used to make mortars and water… Read More ›

Patients dying, left seriously disabled as Israeli doctors exhausted from work overload

Patients dying, left seriously disabled as Israeli doctors exhausted from work overload

As surgeons are required to work as many as 36 hours, whistleblowers share their experiences of falling asleep at the operating table, providing incorrect medicaton;… Read More ›

Forging links with the Diaspora by talking

Forging links with the Diaspora by talking

New gov’t-Gesher project takes eclectic mix of opinion-makers to meet Jews around the world   NEW YORK – Twenty key figures from Israeli society traveled… Read More ›

Donor withholds $1m. from BGU over Breaking the Silence panel

Donor withholds $1m. from BGU over Breaking the Silence panel

BGU: Unaware of pledge by businessman to donate any sum   A prominent British donor is withholding a $1 million donation from Ben Gurion University… Read More ›

Majority of Israelis don’t trust Netanyahu on security, believe government won’t pursue peace

Majority of Israelis don’t trust Netanyahu on security, believe government won’t pursue peace

Survey finds Margalit gaining in support, Yacimovich leading Labor primary polls.   Less than half as many Israelis believe that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s widening… Read More ›