Articles by: Jewishnews

More than $500,000 raised for IDF’s Iron Trails Brigade

More than $500,000 raised for IDF’s Iron Trails Brigade

More than 1,550 prominent young professionals and supporters of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) from across New York raised more than $500,000 for… Read More ›

Five people who were involved in terrorism in Belgium arrested

Five people who were involved in terrorism in Belgium arrested

Five people who are suspected of assisting the terrorist in Belgium who opened fire at the Brussels Jewish Museum this past spring were arrested on… Read More ›

Deadly storm in Philippines

The deadly storm that battered the Philippines for days weakened Monday as it rumbled from one island to another, moving closer to the densely populated… Read More ›

Israel’s top filmmakers have produced an anthology of short films

Israel’s top filmmakers have produced an anthology of short films

Love Letters to Cinema, an Israeli anthology of short films by the country’s top directors, had its premiere at the 30th Haifa International Film Festival,… Read More ›

Bill Cassidy enjoyed a warm meeting with Jewish activists

Bill Cassidy enjoyed a warm meeting with Jewish activists

Congressman Bill Cassidy’s win in the Senate run-off election in Louisiana which saw the defeat of Senator Mary Landriu a strong supporter of the US-Israel… Read More ›

Food donations to seniors in advance of Chanukah

Food donations to seniors in advance of Chanukah

The Bronx Jewish Community Council organized a Chanukah giveaway which saw hundreds of packages given out to elderly homebound people in advance of the Jewish… Read More ›

Is US-Israel friendship damaged?

Is US-Israel friendship damaged?

Former prime minister and defense minister Ehud Barak lamented his former partner Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for damaging the US-Israeli relationship and for failing to… Read More ›

Obama’s Jewish personal chef is leaving him

Obama’s Jewish personal chef is leaving him

Obama’s Jewish personal chef and longest-serving aide, Sam Kass has resigned from his job at the first family’s residence and is moving to New York,… Read More ›

Anti-Semitism on rise in France

Anti-Semitism on rise in France

Anti-Semitic threats and incidents have more than doubled so far this year in France, said the interior minister at a rally on Sunday to protest… Read More ›

Gang of thieves tried to plunder Dead Sea Scrolls

Gang of thieves tried to plunder Dead Sea Scrolls

The Southern District Attorney’s Office on Sunday accused a gang of thieves of trying to plunder antiquities from a desert cave in the Judean Desert.… Read More ›

Al-Qaida killed a US journalist

Al-Qaida killed a US journalist

Barack Obama said he authorized the attempt to rescue American Luke Somers in Yemen because the U.S. had information that the photojournalist’s life was in… Read More ›

Israeli Air Force jets conducted air strike in Syria.

Israeli Air Force jets conducted air strike in Syria.

According to unconfirmed reports, Syrian troops fired back a surface-to-air-missile at an IAF aircraft following the raid. Israel previously carried out aerial strikes at the… Read More ›

Jewish-infused yoga helps to promote a healthy lifestyle

Jewish-infused yoga helps to promote a healthy lifestyle

With many Bay Area synagogues and JCCs now offering programs that bring a Jewish twist to mind-body practices, it turns out there aren’t enough Jewish-infused… Read More ›

Ashton Carter is a new Pentagon chief

Ashton Carter is a new Pentagon chief

President Barack Obama nominated longtime Defense Department understudy Ashton Carter as his fourth defense secretary on Friday to replace Chuck Hagel, the lone Republican in… Read More ›

George Bush is going to deliver the keynote at Hanukkah dinner

George Bush is going to deliver the keynote at Hanukkah dinner

George W. Bush is expected to deliver the keynote address at Yeshiva University’s 90th Annual Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation on Dec. 14th at the Waldorf-Astoria… Read More ›

Obama has a new ally

Obama has a new ally

President Barack Obama on Friday touted “slow and steady progress” in the fight against Islamic State militants as he committed to increase aid to Jordan,… Read More ›

California-Israel partnerships

California-Israel partnerships

California-Israel partnerships related to stem cell research are the horizon due to an agreement signed today between the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and… Read More ›

Obama my take serious action against Israeli settlement

Obama my take serious action against Israeli settlement

The Obama administration is looking into the possibility of taking action against the construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, as… Read More ›

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis travels to Australia

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis travels to Australia

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis came back from his first visit to Australia and New Zealand. Despite much better weather than back home, it was no… Read More ›

Investigation Israel’s summertime military

Investigation Israel’s summertime military

A team of United Nations investigators arrived in the Gaza Strip to begin a three week investigation into Israeli air strikes on U.N. facilities during… Read More ›