Articles by: JewishNews-Ben

Los Angeles, CA – Doctor Who Helped Launch Modern Paramedic System Dies At 98

Los Angeles, CA – Doctor Who Helped Launch Modern Paramedic System Dies At 98

  Los Angeles, CA – As a cardiologist in Los Angeles during the 1960s, Dr. Walter S. Graf became alarmed by the number of heart… Read More ›

Pentagon: ‘We’re in combat’ in Iraq

Pentagon: ‘We’re in combat’ in Iraq

Washington- The Pentagon conceded Wednesday that U.S. troops are in combat in Iraq after days of dancing around the characterization following the first death of U.S.… Read More ›

U.S. jets intercept Russian planes near aircraft carrier

U.S. jets intercept Russian planes near aircraft carrier

The U.S. Navy launched four armed fighter jets to intercept two Russian Tu-142 Bear aircraft that were flying near the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan… Read More ›

Man gets 6 years after $28.5 million invoice for ammunition found on phone

Man gets 6 years after $28.5 million invoice for ammunition found on phone

  London – A man received a six-year prison sentence Tuesday after admitting guilt to terror and immigration offenses, British prosecutors said. Police discovered images on… Read More ›

Meet the soldiers fighting ISIS with hunting rifles and homemade mortars

Meet the soldiers fighting ISIS with hunting rifles and homemade mortars

Hasakah, Syria – Lightly armed, poorly equipped and exhausted by months under fire — but determined to keep fighting: this is the reality of life on… Read More ›

Pentagon awards Northrop Grumman stealth bomber contract

Pentagon awards Northrop Grumman stealth bomber contract

The Pentagon took a major step toward upgrading its aging bomber fleet Tuesday, awarding the long-awaited contract to build the new Long Range Strike Bomber… Read More ›

Some fear refugee center planned for Amsterdam’s Jewish heart

Some fear refugee center planned for Amsterdam’s Jewish heart

Dutch Jewish umbrella organization says shelter for Iraqi and Syrian migrants could damage sense of security   AMSTERDAM (JTA) — In Buitenveldert, a quiet residential… Read More ›

Rabin killer’s brother held over Facebook post wishing president ill

Rabin killer’s brother held over Facebook post wishing president ill

Hagai Amir says Reuven Rivlin and ‘Zionist state’ will soon ‘depart from this world’; is questioned for incitement   The brother and primary accomplice to… Read More ›

Beitar Jerusalem fans chant name of Rabin’s killer

Beitar Jerusalem fans chant name of Rabin’s killer

Israel Football Association mulls disciplinary action against soccer club for latest display by extreme right-wingers   Israel Football Association officials are considering taking disciplinary action… Read More ›

UN Quartet in Vienna expresses ‘grave concern’ over rising tensions

UN Quartet in Vienna expresses ‘grave concern’ over rising tensions

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: Exercise ‘maximum restraint’   NEW YORK – Representatives of the UN Quartet for the Middle East expressed “grave concern” over the tensions… Read More ›

Possible ‘price tag’ attack suspected in East Jerusalem

Possible ‘price tag’ attack suspected in East Jerusalem

Car torched and words ‘administrative revenge’ found scrawled nearby in neighborhood of Umm Tuba   A car was found torched with racist graffiti daubed nearby… Read More ›

Georgia Tech returns blocked field goal 80 yards as time expires to stun undefeated Florida State

Georgia Tech returns blocked field goal 80 yards as time expires to stun undefeated Florida State

Florida State thought they were attempting a game-winning field goal with the worst-case-scenario being overtime. They couldn’t have been more wrong. With four seconds remaining… Read More ›

The company behind KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell just isolated the most dangerous part of its business

The company behind KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell just isolated the most dangerous part of its business

Yum Brands has split off its Chinese company — and that could be great news for the business. While the parent company to KFC, Taco Bell,… Read More ›

A lawsuit challenging one of the NSA’s mass surveillance programs got dismissed

A lawsuit challenging one of the NSA’s mass surveillance programs got dismissed

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Wikimedia and other groups challenging one of the U.S. National Security Agency’s mass… Read More ›

US official: Anti-Semitism cannot be eradicated, must be diminished

US official: Anti-Semitism cannot be eradicated, must be diminished

State Department office says combating phenonemon is a ‘major issue’ and that primary focus is on Europe, but PA has also come under scrutiny  … Read More ›

Paul Ryan’s US House-speaker candidacy has gotten a nod from one major GOP faction

Paul Ryan’s US House-speaker candidacy has gotten a nod from one major GOP faction

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The hardline House Freedom Caucus said Wednesday that it is supporting Rep. Paul Ryan for speaker of the House, all but… Read More ›

RAILROAD EXECUTIVE: Chicago’s drinking water may be in jeopardy if Congress doesn’t act

RAILROAD EXECUTIVE: Chicago’s drinking water may be in jeopardy if Congress doesn’t act

  The statistics show that Congress in recent years has been the most unproductive ever. But even worse than a government shutdown, the ongoing gridlock may cut off the drinking… Read More ›

David Einhorn has gone back to one of his most famous short positions — and it’s a killer call

David Einhorn has gone back to one of his most famous short positions — and it’s a killer call

  Hedge fund manager David Einhorn, the founder of $8 billion Greenlight Capital, has reentered his famous short of Keurig Green Mountain. “The second time… Read More ›

Denmark – LEGO May Run Short Of Bricks Before Holidays

Denmark – LEGO May Run Short Of Bricks Before Holidays

  Denmark – The Danish toymaker, LEGO will run short of bricks this holiday season and may not be able to make enough plastic bricks… Read More ›

Washington – State Department Says U.S. Not Surprised By Assad’s Moscow Visit

Washington – State Department Says U.S. Not Surprised By Assad’s Moscow Visit

  Washington – The United States took note of a meeting on Wednesday between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin but was… Read More ›