Articles by: JewishNews-David

Battles over Shabbat in Jerusalem intensify: Convenience stores to be fined

Battles over Shabbat in Jerusalem intensify: Convenience stores to be fined

The Jerusalem mayor’s office has decided to start issuing fines to convenience stores open on weekends, causing controversy; some suspect the decision is meant to… Read More ›

IDF soldier wounded in terror attack near Jerusalem

IDF soldier wounded in terror attack near Jerusalem

Soldier wounded by explosive device, soon after another attack near J’lem in which anonymous individuals threw stones at vehicle, lightly wounding 22-month-old and her father.… Read More ›

A world that was

A world that was

Maintaining the memory of an ancient Jewish community.   RHODES, Greece – Officially, the square located in what was once the heart of the Jewish… Read More ›

Remains of Jewish victims of Portuguese Inquisition found in ancient garbage heap

Remains of Jewish victims of Portuguese Inquisition found in ancient garbage heap

Although not as well known, the Portuguese version of the Inquisition was very similar to Spain’s.   A routine excavation in Evora, Portugal, led to… Read More ›

Four Palestinians kidnapped by gunmen in Egyptian Sinai

Four Palestinians kidnapped by gunmen in Egyptian Sinai

A bus with about fifty Palestinians on it was traveling from Rafah on the Egypt-Gaza border to Cairo airport when it was ambushed by the… Read More ›

The investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email is being run out of FBI headquarters — and that’s unusual

The investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email is being run out of FBI headquarters — and that’s unusual

  The FBI is investigating Hillary Clinton’s private email server out of its headquarters in Washington, D.C., in an “unusual move,” The New York Times… Read More ›

Pump-and-dump frauds are turning to Twitter, and these companies are out to spot them

Pump-and-dump frauds are turning to Twitter, and these companies are out to spot them

  News breaks on Twitter. So do rumors, hoaxes, and outright frauds aimed at manipulating stock prices. For companies that mine the internet and social media for… Read More ›

Washington – U.S. Warns China Over Covert Agents In America Pressuring Expatriates To Return Home

Washington – U.S. Warns China Over Covert Agents In America Pressuring Expatriates To Return Home

Washington – The United States has sent a warning to Beijing about Chinese agents it says are operating covertly in the United States to pressure… Read More ›

Des Moines, IA – Pataki: Fighting Islamic State Should Be Higher Priority

Des Moines, IA – Pataki: Fighting Islamic State Should Be Higher Priority

Des Moines, IA – Former New York Gov. George Pataki is telling Iowans he would make fighting the Islamic State group a higher priority of… Read More ›

Washington – Bird Flu Aftershocks To Drive U.S. Turkey, Egg Prices Higher

Washington – Bird Flu Aftershocks To Drive U.S. Turkey, Egg Prices Higher

  Washington – Limited supplies of baby poultry and barn space to house them will hamper U.S. farmers’ efforts to rebuild ravaged egg supplies after… Read More ›

Ankara’s attacks in Syria bad for Kurds and Assad, good for Islamists and Erdogan

Ankara’s attacks in Syria bad for Kurds and Assad, good for Islamists and Erdogan

BESA’s Inbar: It’s all domestic politics, with Turkish president rallying voters ‘around flag.’   Ankara’s escalating military campaign against Kurds in Syria and in southeastern… Read More ›

Iran FM says nuclear deal defeated ‘Israeli plot’

Iran FM says nuclear deal defeated ‘Israeli plot’

On first leg of regional tour, Mohammad Javad Zarif says Middle East countries should unite against ‘Israel and terrorism’   Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad… Read More ›

Larry Page only responded to one of 297 comments about the breakup of Google

Larry Page only responded to one of 297 comments about the breakup of Google

  Earlier this week, Google surprised the world with the launch of Alphabet, a parent company that will encompass a bunch of individual entities, including Nest, Sidewalk Labs, Calico,… Read More ›

Apple got smoked

Apple got smoked

  Apple stock was down 5% on Tuesday. It’s unclear exactly why the stock crashed, but it’s part of a trend that we’ve seen since… Read More ›

GUNDLACH: If oil goes to $40 a barrel something is ‘very, very wrong with the world’

GUNDLACH: If oil goes to $40 a barrel something is ‘very, very wrong with the world’

  West Texas Intermediate crude oil is at a 6-year low of $43 a barrel. And back in December 2014, “Bond King” Jeff Gundlach had… Read More ›

Dallas – Airlines Boost On-Time Rating, But Spirit Often Runs Late

Dallas – Airlines Boost On-Time Rating, But Spirit Often Runs Late

  Dallas – If you get on a Spirit Airlines flight, there’s a 50-50 chance that your flight will be late. Perhaps then it is… Read More ›

Brussels – WikiLeaks Offers $110000 Reward For Information On US-EU Trade Deal

Brussels – WikiLeaks Offers $110000 Reward For Information On US-EU Trade Deal

  Brussels – Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks launched a campaign Tuesday to raise 100,000 euros (110,269 dollars) that would be used as a reward for leaked… Read More ›

Boston – FBI Tracking Tips Spurred By Video Tied To 25-year-old Boston Art Heist

Boston – FBI Tracking Tips Spurred By Video Tied To 25-year-old Boston Art Heist

  Boston – Days after surveillance video from the 1990 Stewart Gardner Museum heist was made public, FBI officials on Tuesday said they are investigating… Read More ›

Meet Alphabet – Google’s new parent company

Meet Alphabet – Google’s new parent company

Google announced a corporate restructuring on Monday, forming an umbrella company called Alphabet and naming a new CEO to the core business of Google. Google… Read More ›

Trump surges in polls despite Fox News controversy

Trump surges in polls despite Fox News controversy

Billionaire up 7 percent in public survey after seemingly sexist comments about Republican debate moderator Megyn Kelly   Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump continued to… Read More ›