Articles by: JewishNews-Abe

Kashrut certification pulled from PA West Bank factories over ‘security concerns’

Kashrut certification pulled from PA West Bank factories over ‘security concerns’

For food to be marked as kosher, it must be certified as such by the Chief Rabbinate.   Several food factories based in Palestinian-administered areas… Read More ›

Sanders campaign plans clash with political realities

Sanders campaign plans clash with political realities

Democratic hopeful rallies progressives with talk of social, economic ‘revolution,’ but critics question its feasibility   PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire (AP) — Bernie Sanders promises voters… Read More ›

YELLEN SPEAKS: Your complete preview of this week’s big economic events

YELLEN SPEAKS: Your complete preview of this week’s big economic events

  What a week! The first full week of February saw the release of the January jobs report — a mixed report that “confused” some… Read More ›

JPMORGAN: US recession risk is growing

JPMORGAN: US recession risk is growing

  Last Friday the US labor market continued to deliver the goods, despite a smaller-than-expected rise in payrolls growth. Unemployment fell to just 4.9%, the… Read More ›

Michael Kors has identified a huge weakness in its business — and it should terrify Macy’s

Michael Kors has identified a huge weakness in its business — and it should terrify Macy’s

  Michael Kors’ just identified a huge weakness in its business — American malls. Despite strong gains in the overall business, the handbag retailer says… Read More ›

Washington – Trump: No White House Run If He’d Bought The Buffalo Bills

Washington – Trump: No White House Run If He’d Bought The Buffalo Bills

  Washington –  Donald Trump’s flirtation with professional football lasted for three decades. He never ended up with an NFL franchise despite repeated demonstrations of… Read More ›

Brooklyn, NY – Firefighter Reunited With Chabad Rabbi He Rescued As Teen In 2002 Blaze

Brooklyn, NY – Firefighter Reunited With Chabad Rabbi He Rescued As Teen In 2002 Blaze

  Brooklyn, NY – 14 years after a devastating fire ripped through a Crown Heights home, a Chasidic man and the firefighter who saved his… Read More ›

New York, NY – NYC Mayor Wants Increased Enforcement, New Measures On Crane Safety

New York, NY – NYC Mayor Wants Increased Enforcement, New Measures On Crane Safety

  New York, NY – NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced a four-point plan to increase safety when large cranes are operating. Those steps… Read More ›

Blast blows hole in commercial plane over Somalia; 2 hurt

Blast blows hole in commercial plane over Somalia; 2 hurt

  Nairobi, Kenya – An explosion rocked a commercial plane after it set off above East Africa on Tuesday, injuring two people before the pilot landed… Read More ›

Australian high court rejects challenge to Nauru detention centers

Australian high court rejects challenge to Nauru detention centers

Australia’s High Court has rejected a challenge to the government’s right to detain people in government-funded centers on Nauru. Wednesday’s court decision allows hundreds of… Read More ›

Zika has been sexually transmitted in Texas, CDC confirms

Zika has been sexually transmitted in Texas, CDC confirms

Zika has been sexually transmitted in Texas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. It is the first known case of the virus… Read More ›

New search engine to target anti-Semitism

New search engine to target anti-Semitism

Meet the Sniper, an app that will scan the net using a new algorithm, looking for anti-Jewish content. Individuals will be able to check the… Read More ›

Hamas member fakes illness, enters Israel

Hamas member fakes illness, enters Israel

Two Gazans used fake medical documents to travel to an East Jerusalem hospital. The next day, the ‘patient’ was found perfectly healthy in Umm al-Fahm.… Read More ›

Al-Aqsa mosque manager banned from Temple Mount

Al-Aqsa mosque manager banned from Temple Mount

Jerusalem police decides to keep Najah Bacirat away from the holy site for six months; security forces say Bacirat is a radical, inciting figure. In… Read More ›

Analysis: The West Bank tipping point

Analysis: The West Bank tipping point

It is still too soon to talk about a new, armed phase in Palestinian attacks, but the coming weeks will indicate whether the area is… Read More ›

Palestinian youth arrested with concealed knife while stalking Jewish home in Old City

Palestinian youth arrested with concealed knife while stalking Jewish home in Old City

Arrest near Lion’s Gate, where terrorist stabbed 2 Israelis to death in October.   A 14-year-old Palestinian boy suspected of attempting to carry out a… Read More ›

Bennett to ‘Post’: Kotel now open to all Jews

Bennett to ‘Post’: Kotel now open to all Jews

Education minister slams Levin’s criticism of non-Orthodox strains of Judaism.   Sunday’s cabinet vote to upgrade and legally sanction an egalitarian prayer space at the… Read More ›

Netanyahu associate at meeting with Iranian FM

Netanyahu associate at meeting with Iranian FM

French Jewish MP attended parliamentary meeting with Foreign Minister Zarif during the latter’s latest visit to France. They discussed the Holocaust, Israel, Iran’s infamous cartoon… Read More ›

Obama’s Jewish heart

Obama’s Jewish heart

Op-ed: Even those who see Obama as hostile to Israel have to admit he went all the way in his expressions of affection during a… Read More ›

World Medical Association affirms trust in Israeli doctors in response to BDS campaign

World Medical Association affirms trust in Israeli doctors in response to BDS campaign

Organization’s president writes the Simon Wiesenthal Center, following a call by a group 71 British doctors to expel the Israeli Medical Association over accusations of… Read More ›