Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

Alan Rickman, Snape in ‘Harry Potter’ films, dies at 69

Alan Rickman, Snape in ‘Harry Potter’ films, dies at 69

Alan Rickman, the British actor with the unforgettable voice who played the brooding Professor Severus Snape in the “Harry Potter” films as well as “Die… Read More ›

Taiwan set to elect first female leader

Taiwan set to elect first female leader

Hong Kong – Voters in the only Chinese democracy are expected to elect Taiwan’s first female leader when they go to the polls Saturday for presidential… Read More ›

Outrage over Charlie Hebdo cartoon of dead toddler Alan Kurdi as sex attacker

Outrage over Charlie Hebdo cartoon of dead toddler Alan Kurdi as sex attacker

After a year in which it has never been far from the headlines, French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is back in the news again —… Read More ›

EU presents aggressive strategy for fighting anti-Semitism

EU presents aggressive strategy for fighting anti-Semitism

New coordinator aims to tackle online hate speech, expand legislation prohibiting Holocaust denial   Tackling online hate speech, implementing hate crime legislation and education are… Read More ›

Anti-Semitism drives record-high Western European immigration to Israel

Anti-Semitism drives record-high Western European immigration to Israel

Amid rise in attacks, 9,880 make aliya in 2015, including almost 8,000 from France   AP — Jewish immigration to Israel from Western Europe has… Read More ›

French Jews ask: Is wearing your faith a risk, or a right?

French Jews ask: Is wearing your faith a risk, or a right?

Calls to hide Jewishness amount to ‘projecting part of the responsibility on the victim,’ warns France’s Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia   PARIS (AP) — Religious… Read More ›

Philly police probe tip that radical group wants to harm officers

Philly police probe tip that radical group wants to harm officers

Man who shot cop said he was ‘following Allah,’ is believed to have traveled to Saudi Arabia in 2011   PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police in… Read More ›

Cologne police: New Year mob violence cases rise to 516

Cologne police: New Year mob violence cases rise to 516

Apparently coordinated robberies, sexual assaults on women by ‘foreign’ assailants put new pressure on Germany’s migrant policy   BERLIN (AP) — German authorities need to… Read More ›

How social media helped free a ‘chained’ woman after 8 years

How social media helped free a ‘chained’ woman after 8 years

Following intense public pressure — and a little help from YouTube — an Ohio man provides a Jewish bill of divorce to the wife he… Read More ›

Cheerful Olmert dines out in Tel Aviv: Nothing is over until it’s over

Cheerful Olmert dines out in Tel Aviv: Nothing is over until it’s over

Spotted at fancy restaurant weeks before jail term begins, ex-PM insists he’s not fazed at prospect of doing time, says ‘I’m not spoiled’   With… Read More ›

I refused to put money into the office Powerball pool because of math — but my boss’ rationale for playing is economically sound

I refused to put money into the office Powerball pool because of math — but my boss’ rationale for playing is economically sound

  Business Insider considered the dollar costs and probabilities involved in winning Wednesday’s massive $500 million Powerball jackpot, and concluded that buying a ticket is… Read More ›

People keep emailing Apple to say the Apple Watch saved their life

People keep emailing Apple to say the Apple Watch saved their life

  The general consensus in the tech world is that the Apple Watch has not yet become a blockbuster hit for Apple. Revenue is so small… Read More ›

This could be the next CEO of Morgan Stanley

This could be the next CEO of Morgan Stanley

  The path has been cleared for Morgan Stanley executive Colm Kelleher. Currently president of the firm’s institutional-banking and trading division, he has been named sole… Read More ›

New Hampshire – Christie Under Attack As Rivals Sense Him Rising Share Tweet Share Mail

New Hampshire – Christie Under Attack As Rivals Sense Him Rising Share Tweet Share Mail

  New Hampshire – Chris Christie is the Republican presidential candidate to beat in second-to-vote New Hampshire — so say the super PACs helping the… Read More ›

West Bank – Palestinians Ponder Succession After 11 Years Of Abbas Share Tweet Share Mail

West Bank – Palestinians Ponder Succession After 11 Years Of Abbas Share Tweet Share Mail

  West Bank – Unpopular after 11 years in power, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is starting to face some open machinations from would-be successors, as… Read More ›

Washington – Trump Says South Korea Pays ‘Peanuts’ For U.S. Troop Presence

Washington – Trump Says South Korea Pays ‘Peanuts’ For U.S. Troop Presence

  Washington – South Korea should pay the United States “very substantially” for maintaining 28,000 troops there to help defend it from the North, Republican… Read More ›

Shooter does not represent Israel’s Arabs

Shooter does not represent Israel’s Arabs

Op-ed: While there may be incitement in the Arab sector, only few of its members have turned to hostile activity. The unequivocal condemnation issued by… Read More ›

Chinese man arrives in Israel by boat – without meaning to

Chinese man arrives in Israel by boat – without meaning to

Chinese national sets out from Greece and is blown off course by the strong winds, finding himself on a beach in Israel without knowing how… Read More ›

UN rights envoy resigns, accuses Israel of denying access

UN rights envoy resigns, accuses Israel of denying access

Makarim Wibisono says repeated requests to access West Bank and Gaza Strip have gone unanswered for 18 months; Israel says decision to prevent access came… Read More ›

Dragnet for fugitive Tel Aviv gunman passes its fourth day

Dragnet for fugitive Tel Aviv gunman passes its fourth day

Israelis urged to stick to normal routine, send kids to school despite jitters.   Security remained high in and around Tel Aviv on Monday as… Read More ›