Articles by: JewishNews-Ben

Jewish groups blast Ted Nugent for anti-Semitic gun control post

Jewish groups blast Ted Nugent for anti-Semitic gun control post

Rock guitarist and NRA board member labels Jewish politicians with Israeli flags, calls them evil for stance on gun laws   Rocker and gun rights… Read More ›

The hot software-as-a-service startups of the last couple of years are getting murdered

The hot software-as-a-service startups of the last couple of years are getting murdered

The stock market had an awful day on Monday, and tech companies were hit harder than most other sectors. But within tech, one segment did particularly poorly: “software… Read More ›

The CEO of one of Silicon Valley’s hottest startups has suddenly resigned

The CEO of one of Silicon Valley’s hottest startups has suddenly resigned

  Parker Conrad, cofounder and CEO of high-flying Zenefits, which has lately come under attack for missing its revenue projections and running into friction with regulatory agencies,… Read More ›

HARRY DENT: ‘This looks like the beginning of the end’

HARRY DENT: ‘This looks like the beginning of the end’

  Since late 2008, central banks around the world have used unprecedented QE to try and stoke the global economy. Then in June 2014, the… Read More ›

For Kiev’s Jewish refugees, little thought about tomorrow

For Kiev’s Jewish refugees, little thought about tomorrow

Around 11,000 Jews lived in Donetsk, the center of the current insurgency, prior to the outbreak of hostilities two years ago, but after two years… Read More ›

Jewish group condemns Hungary far-right’s WWII remembrance

Jewish group condemns Hungary far-right’s WWII remembrance

Event in which speakers lauded pro-Nazi wartime leader a ‘blatant attempt to glorify the perpetrators of the Holocaust’   DAPEST, Hungary — The Simon Wiesenthal… Read More ›

Arson suspected in prayer tent fire

Arson suspected in prayer tent fire

Law enforcement investigating locals’ suspicions that a fire that burned several Torah books was deliberately started by a Palestinian Anonymous individuals on Saturday night set… Read More ›

Arab stabs Jew, flees in southern Israel

Arab stabs Jew, flees in southern Israel

Witnesses say young Arab man stabbed Jewish woman in her 60s, moderately wounding her, at street market in Rahat; police searching for suspect. A young… Read More ›

Fear of knowledge: What the ultra-Orthodox and secular share

Fear of knowledge: What the ultra-Orthodox and secular share

Op-ed: While the ultra-Orthodox public is intentionally ignorant about general matters, the secular public seems to be choosing its own brand of ignorance when it… Read More ›

‘The Kotel compromise defused a strategic threat to US-Israel relationship’

‘The Kotel compromise defused a strategic threat to US-Israel relationship’

Former ambassador to the US MK Michael Oren looks at this week’s agreement to build an egalitarian section of the Western Wall with satisfaction.  … Read More ›

Ban Ki-Moon speaks at NY Holocaust remembrance ceremony after Israel row

Ban Ki-Moon speaks at NY Holocaust remembrance ceremony after Israel row

The Secretary-General pointed out that the UN organized over 120 Holocaust remembrance events in 36 countries in the past year.   NEW YORK – “Only… Read More ›

Analysis: Bernie’s socialist kibbutz

Analysis: Bernie’s socialist kibbutz

Unlike today, Israel was then the darling of the world with its fresh, young, pioneering spirit and adored idealism. Those days are gone.   Thursday… Read More ›

Brussels – EU And US Reach New Data-sharing Agreement Share Tweet Share Mail

Brussels – EU And US Reach New Data-sharing Agreement Share Tweet Share Mail

  Brussels – The European Union and the United States struck a deal Tuesday over data-sharing that will allow the likes of Facebook and Apple… Read More ›

Washington – Republican Cruz Apologizes For Email Implying Carson Might Exit Race

Washington – Republican Cruz Apologizes For Email Implying Carson Might Exit Race

  Washington – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz apologized to Ben Carson on Tuesday over an email his campaign sent on Monday night that… Read More ›

Seoul – South Korea Says North Will Pay A ‘Severe Price’ For Missile Launch

Seoul – South Korea Says North Will Pay A ‘Severe Price’ For Missile Launch

  Seoul –  South Korea said on Wednesday North Korea’s announced plan to launch a satellite is really a plan to launch a long-range missile… Read More ›

This is exactly how the FBI convinces hedge funders trading on inside information to spill the beans on everyone else

This is exactly how the FBI convinces hedge funders trading on inside information to spill the beans on everyone else

  When the FBI wants to get a hedge fund portfolio manager to be a cooperating witness in an insider-trading case, they’ll literally follow that… Read More ›

Republicans are fundraising off Bernie Sanders with a hammer-and-sickle image

Republicans are fundraising off Bernie Sanders with a hammer-and-sickle image

  The campaign arm of House Republicans used Soviet imagery in a Bernie Sanders-themed fundraising pitch. The National Republican Congressional Committee released a fundraising note aimed… Read More ›

The heroes of ‘Flash Boys’ just went off on the New York Stock Exchange

The heroes of ‘Flash Boys’ just went off on the New York Stock Exchange

  The war of words between upstart trading venue IEX and the New York Stock Exchange just went up a notch. IEX― a trading venue made… Read More ›

Gaza – Hamas: Collapsed Gaza Tunnel Was Used To ‘Kidnap’ Body Of IDF Soldier Oron Shaul

Gaza – Hamas: Collapsed Gaza Tunnel Was Used To ‘Kidnap’ Body Of IDF Soldier Oron Shaul

  Gaza – The tunnel that collapsed east of Gaza City last week is the same one that was used in the alleged kidnap of… Read More ›

Iowa – In Final Iowa Blitz, An Outraged Clinton Channels Sanders

Iowa – In Final Iowa Blitz, An Outraged Clinton Channels Sanders

  Iowa – Seeking victory in Iowa, Hillary Clinton has begun channeling the economic indignation of her rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose unapologetically liberal… Read More ›