Articles by: JewishNews-Ben

Bubbe lives in the path of Hurricane Irma. Now what?

Bubbe lives in the path of Hurricane Irma. Now what?

Communal agencies are helping prepare Florida’s disproportionate number of Jewish elderly for what officials say could be the worst storm to hit the state in… Read More ›

Ex-IDF Intelligence Chief: Trump Should Strike Preemptively in N.Korea

Ex-IDF Intelligence Chief: Trump Should Strike Preemptively in N.Korea

Trump should attack in North-Korea, but only if he knows there will not be a retaliation, warns IDF former Intelligence Chief.   United States President… Read More ›

Washington – US Clears Breakthrough Gene Therapy For Cancer Treatment

Washington – US Clears Breakthrough Gene Therapy For Cancer Treatment

  Washington – Opening a new era in cancer care, U.S. health officials on Wednesday approved a breakthrough treatment that genetically engineers patients’ own blood… Read More ›

Rivlin to consider clemency for IDF soldiers with prior convictions

Rivlin to consider clemency for IDF soldiers with prior convictions

President Rivlin urges soldiers with criminal records to file pardon requests, citing desire to provide youngsters, whose ‘personalities have not yet solidified,’ with best chances… Read More ›

Iran says S-300 air defense system now ‘fully integrated’

Iran says S-300 air defense system now ‘fully integrated’

Senior air force commander tells state media the missile units are now deployed nationwide, ready for ‘practical operations’   Iran’s advanced S-300 air defense system,… Read More ›

New York – Regulators, Whole Foods Shareholders Approve Amazon Deal

New York – Regulators, Whole Foods Shareholders Approve Amazon Deal

  New York – Whole Foods shareholders and federal regulators approved Amazon’s $13.7 billion acquisition of the organic grocer, a deal that could bring big… Read More ›

PM Netanyahu to Meet Putin Over Iranian Presence in Syria

PM Netanyahu to Meet Putin Over Iranian Presence in Syria

Netanyahu and Putin have kept in close contact in recent years, with the Israeli leader visiting Moscow four times in the last 16 months.  … Read More ›

Police say top Islamic cleric held for incitement to terror

Police say top Islamic cleric held for incitement to terror

Sheikh Raed Salah taken into custody in overnight raid on his home after making public statements, some to media, allegedly supporting terror attacks   Islamic… Read More ›

Netanyahu’s cynical tactic: I’m Likud, Likud is me

Netanyahu’s cynical tactic: I’m Likud, Likud is me

Op-ed: A person in Netanyahu’s situation should have bowed his head and kept silent. He definitely shouldn’t have organized an Erdoğan-style rally for himself. He… Read More ›

IDF soldiers take part in a unique collaboration to help children with autism

IDF soldiers take part in a unique collaboration to help children with autism

Soldiers develop apps to help autistic youngsters communicate better with facial expressions, stay close to their caregivers   Soldiers, parents of autistic children, high school… Read More ›

Palestinian Skeptical Fall of Netanyau Would Benefit Them

Palestinian Skeptical Fall of Netanyau Would Benefit Them

“None of the prime ministers give anything to the Palestinians, whether it’s Netanyahu or Olmert, Right or Left. It’s the same policy, the same occupation.… Read More ›

In Jerusalem, a gender-bent production of ‘Taming of the Shrew’

In Jerusalem, a gender-bent production of ‘Taming of the Shrew’

The Theatre in the Rough opens its summer run this week with a laugh-out-loud, cross-dressing performance of the Bard’s classic comedy   It’s the Israeli… Read More ›

Canton, OH – Hall Of Fame President Envisions Football ‘Disney World’

Canton, OH – Hall Of Fame President Envisions Football ‘Disney World’

  Canton, OH – David Baker has a vision. He sees a state-of-the-art stadium; eight fields in a youth sports complex (plus three more on… Read More ›

‘Laughable and absurd’: Mike Pence slams ‘disgraceful’ report that says he’s running a shadow presidential campaign

‘Laughable and absurd’: Mike Pence slams ‘disgraceful’ report that says he’s running a shadow presidential campaign

  Vice President Mike Pence dismissed a recent New York Times report that said he is laying the groundwork for a presidential campaign if President Donald Trump… Read More ›

National Service Authority Discourages Religious Girls from IDF Service

National Service Authority Discourages Religious Girls from IDF Service

Female, haredi soldiers have in the past been ridiculed for their decision to enlist in the army.   Lawmakers on the Left and Right expressed… Read More ›

The great juggler of the Israeli discourse

The great juggler of the Israeli discourse

Op-ed: Netanyahu throws balls in the air and catches them, furthers initiatives and curbs them. People fall in love with promises the prime minister seems… Read More ›

Tillerson says he disagrees with Trump on Iran deal

Tillerson says he disagrees with Trump on Iran deal

US secretary of state says accord gives Washington ‘alternative means’ to ‘advance our policies’ vis-a-vis Tehran   US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday… Read More ›

Jerusalem police chief threatens casualties if protests continue

Jerusalem police chief threatens casualties if protests continue

‘Don’t test us,’ Yoram Halevi warns Muslim worshipers after removal of Temple Mount security measures and ahead of Friday prayers   Following the removal of… Read More ›

Censor Keeps Israelis in the Dark as World earns of Jordan Embassy Saga

Censor Keeps Israelis in the Dark as World earns of Jordan Embassy Saga

While the world press reports on developments in Jordan, Israeli media forced to play catch up.   The world knew about it, reported on it… Read More ›

‘Out and out political warfare’: Trump claims ‘complete power to pardon’ amid the White House’s escalating war on Russia investigation

‘Out and out political warfare’: Trump claims ‘complete power to pardon’ amid the White House’s escalating war on Russia investigation

  President Donald Trump pointed out that he has the “complete power” to grant pardons on Saturday. Trump’s assertion came amid reports that he was exploring… Read More ›