Articles by: JewishNews-Ben

Chapel, NC – Obama Worries Black Vote Is Not Solid Enough For Clinton

Chapel, NC – Obama Worries Black Vote Is Not Solid Enough For Clinton

  Chapel Hill, NC –  President Barack Obama twice rode a historic wave of African-American support to win the White House, but worries now the… Read More ›

A conversation with the general running the war against ISIS

A conversation with the general running the war against ISIS

  As US-backed Iraqi forces move closer to wresting control of Mosul from ISIS, plans are already underway for striking the heart of the terrorist… Read More ›

Turkey arrests 13 journalists after mass official firings

Turkey arrests 13 journalists after mass official firings

Turkey has arrested 13 journalists in an ongoing wave of government crackdowns following a coup attempt in July. Early Monday morning, Turkish police detained Murat… Read More ›

China to show off new J-20 stealth fighter

China to show off new J-20 stealth fighter

Zhuhai, China – The world gets a rare glimpse of China’s newest military hardware and capabilities this week at China’s International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition,… Read More ›

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 ›