Articles by: JewishNews-Ben

Right-wing politicians call to rescind Palestinian building permits in Area C

Right-wing politicians call to rescind Palestinian building permits in Area C

The security cabinet gave the approvals at an October 5 meeting. Its deliberations and decisions are generally kept secret, but on Thursday Haaretz reported on… Read More ›

Among Cleveland’s Orthodox voters, reluctance reigns

Among Cleveland’s Orthodox voters, reluctance reigns

Both candidates will draw votes from the community, but few sound enthusiastic when discussing the people who could be their next leader   JTA —… Read More ›

For crying out loud, Apple, just build a touchscreen Mac already

For crying out loud, Apple, just build a touchscreen Mac already

Today, Apple updated its high-end lineup of laptops, the MacBook Pro, for the first time in four years. The most visible new feature was the… Read More ›

Marco Rubio’s high-end data team sounds off on Donald Trump: ‘He won’t’ win

Marco Rubio’s high-end data team sounds off on Donald Trump: ‘He won’t’ win

  Marco Rubio’s top-flight data team sounded off on Donald Trump and his own data operation during a recent interview with Business Insider. That team,… Read More ›

Hillary Clinton is reportedly considering Joe Biden as her secretary of state

Hillary Clinton is reportedly considering Joe Biden as her secretary of state

  Hillary Clinton may be eyeing Vice President Joe Biden as her secretary of state if she is victorious in the November election, a source… Read More ›

Philadelphia – Amtrak To Pay $265M For Philadelphia Crash That Killed 8

Philadelphia – Amtrak To Pay $265M For Philadelphia Crash That Killed 8

  Philadelphia -€” Amtrak will pay $265 million to settle claims related to a crash last year that killed eight people and injured more than… Read More ›

Washington – Early Voting: More Good Signs For Clinton In Key States

Washington – Early Voting: More Good Signs For Clinton In Key States

  Washington – The millions of votes that have been cast already in the U.S. presidential election point to an advantage for Hillary Clinton in… Read More ›

Brasilia – Brazil Prosecutor Says Trump Franchise May Have Benefited From Corruption

Brasilia – Brazil Prosecutor Says Trump Franchise May Have Benefited From Corruption

  Brasilia – A Brazilian prosecutor investigating potentially corrupt investments made by state pension funds said the real estate company run by Republican presidential candidate… Read More ›

Police reject judgment that criminal suspects arrested ‘because they were Arabs’

Police reject judgment that criminal suspects arrested ‘because they were Arabs’

After Petah Tikva Magistrates’ Court rules that four Arabs were arrested for criminal acts in the city based on their ethnicity, citing ‘no reasonable’ grounds… Read More ›

Lieberman lambasted on all fronts for Palestinian media interview

Lieberman lambasted on all fronts for Palestinian media interview

Following defense minister’s failure to mention the fate of Lt. Hadar Goldin and Sgt. Oron Shaul during a recent interview with Palestinian media, Lieberman finds… Read More ›

A 32-year-old Jewish billionaire tops Clinton donor roll

A 32-year-old Jewish billionaire tops Clinton donor roll

Democrats unclear if billionaire spending is pro-Clinton or anti-Trump.   NEW YORK – One of the most generous donors to the Democratic Party this year has… Read More ›

Analysis: Israel likely to lose big in Wednesday’s UNESCO vote

Analysis: Israel likely to lose big in Wednesday’s UNESCO vote

The result of the vote in this forum — if there is a roll-call vote — will likely make the previous UNESCO’s Executive Board look… Read More ›

60 years later, massacre by border policemen still haunts Kafr Kasim

60 years later, massacre by border policemen still haunts Kafr Kasim

Leaders say apologizing for 48 people killed is not enough.   With the 60th anniversary of the Kafr Kasim massacre just days away, local leaders opened… Read More ›

Visiting parliamentarian rejects UNESCO’s Jerusalem vote

Visiting parliamentarian rejects UNESCO’s Jerusalem vote

In a resolution they issued from Jerusalem on Tuesday said that the resolution seeks “to deny Jerusalem’s Jewish origins and Christian beliefs and heritage.”  … Read More ›

More than 250 women rabbis sign letter condemning Trump ‘hate speech’

More than 250 women rabbis sign letter condemning Trump ‘hate speech’

GOP nominee’s ‘concept of the human person and the human body’ is incompatible with Judaism’s teachings, say spiritual leaders   WASHINGTON — More than 250… Read More ›

Trivago is planning to go public by Thanksgiving

Trivago is planning to go public by Thanksgiving

  Trivago, the online hotel reservation company backed by Expedia, is expected to list its shares in New York by the end of November, according… Read More ›

Opinion: Donald Trump’s nastiness is why so many Republicans love him — and it leaves the GOP with a paralyzing decision

Opinion: Donald Trump’s nastiness is why so many Republicans love him — and it leaves the GOP with a paralyzing decision

  Donald Trump, the nastiest presidential candidate of the television era, on Wednesday night called his opponent “such a nasty woman,”which was just another example of… Read More ›

Opinion: Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump at his own debate game

Opinion: Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump at his own debate game

  Donald Trump’s strongest moment suddenly turned into one of his weakest. Hillary Clinton was on the defensive. The candidates were talking about immigration. One… Read More ›

New York – Woman Wrote About Police Killings Before Officer Killed Her

New York – Woman Wrote About Police Killings Before Officer Killed Her

  New York –  In a searing, eloquent essay on living with schizophrenia, Deborah Danner agonized over the deaths of mentally ill people like her… Read More ›

Maine – Maine Governor Tells Trump, ‘Get Over Yourself’

Maine – Maine Governor Tells Trump, ‘Get Over Yourself’

  Maine – The blunt-spoken Maine governor who described himself as “Donald Trump before Donald Trump became popular” has advice for the Republican presidential nominee:… Read More ›