Articles by: JewishNews-Ilan

Woman pleads guilty to hitting immigrant with beer mug

Woman pleads guilty to hitting immigrant with beer mug

A Somali immigrant speaking Swahili while visiting a Minnesota Applebee’s last year was left stunned and bleeding when another female customer hit her with a… Read More ›

American father and son sentenced to 10 years in Iranian prison

American father and son sentenced to 10 years in Iranian prison

  Iranian-Americans Baquer Namazi and his son Siamak have been sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $4.8 million, according to Iran’s official news… Read More ›

US Marines seek presence in Norway amid Russian tensions

US Marines seek presence in Norway amid Russian tensions

  Washington – Norway may soon host a rotational force of US Marines — a move that could send a chill down Russian President Vladimir… Read More ›

Israel battles brain drain: ‘It’s time to come back home’

Israel battles brain drain: ‘It’s time to come back home’

Israeli academics have made a name for themselves across the world for their intellectual know-how, but the very real brain drain threat is compelling many… Read More ›

Don’t quit over Jerusalem vote, Israel tells Mexico’s Jewish UNESCO envoy

Don’t quit over Jerusalem vote, Israel tells Mexico’s Jewish UNESCO envoy

Carmel Shama HaCohen praises Andres Roemer for walkout over his country’s support for anti-Israel resolution, but urges him to rethink ‘premature’ resignation   Israel’s ambassador… Read More ›

10 things you need to know before the opening bell

10 things you need to know before the opening bell

  Here is what you need to know. China fixed its currency at a 6-year low. The People’s Bank of China set the yuan’s midpoint… Read More ›

Clinton and Trump had 2 very different reactions to the firebombing in North Carolina

Clinton and Trump had 2 very different reactions to the firebombing in North Carolina

  Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump issued two contrasting responses to the vandalizing andapparent firebombing of a Republican Party headquarters in North Carolina on Sunday. A graffiti… Read More ›

Bank of America beats, has a historic quarter for banking

Bank of America beats, has a historic quarter for banking

  Bank of America Merrill Lynch on Monday reported third-quarter earnings that beat on the top and bottom lines. The firm reported $0.41 on revenue of $21.64… Read More ›

Paris – Tens Of Thousands March In Paris Against Same-sex Marriage

Paris – Tens Of Thousands March In Paris Against Same-sex Marriage

  Paris – Tens of thousands of people have marched in Paris to call for the repeal of a law allowing gay marriage, six months… Read More ›

Fairless Hills, PA – Koch Brothers’ Network Focusing On GOP Senate, Not Trump

Fairless Hills, PA – Koch Brothers’ Network Focusing On GOP Senate, Not Trump

  Fairless Hills, PA – To the Republicans in the red “Can’t Afford Katie” T-shirts, it’s as if Donald Trump doesn’t even exist. These activists… Read More ›

Des Moines, IA – GOP Strategists: Clinton Is In Good Shape With 3 Weeks Left Share Tweet Share Mail

Des Moines, IA – GOP Strategists: Clinton Is In Good Shape With 3 Weeks Left Share Tweet Share Mail

  Des Moines, IA – With roughly three weeks to Election Day, Republican strategists nationwide publicly concede Hillary Clinton has a firm grip on the… Read More ›

Dylan’s Nobel Prize in literature long overdue

Dylan’s Nobel Prize in literature long overdue

Cultural icon’s connections to Judaism, Israel permeate lyrics.   Bob Dylan, the 75-year-old American Jewish singer-songwriter who was born Robert Allen Zimmerman who revolutionized contemporary songwriting… Read More ›

Can Trump learn a thing or two from Netanyahu’s old video scandal?

Can Trump learn a thing or two from Netanyahu’s old video scandal?

Back in 1993, the Israeli leader owned up to an extra-marital affair, was contrite and moved on; all GOP nominee did in face of controversy… Read More ›

Iran sends warships to Yemen after the US struck Iranian-backed Houthi radar sites

Iran sends warships to Yemen after the US struck Iranian-backed Houthi radar sites

  Iran sent two warships to the Gulf of Aden on Thursday, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, establishing a military presence in waters off… Read More ›

Amazon cloud boss Andy Jassy fires back at Oracle’s Larry Ellison, says stats were ‘made up’

Amazon cloud boss Andy Jassy fires back at Oracle’s Larry Ellison, says stats were ‘made up’

  Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy fired back at Oracle’s Larry Ellison on Thursday, just a month after Oracle’s CTO spent his whole keynote… Read More ›

John Kasich has 3 words of advice for Republicans torn over how to handle Donald Trump

John Kasich has 3 words of advice for Republicans torn over how to handle Donald Trump

  Ohio Gov. John Kasich had a simple message for Republicans who are struggling with how to properly respond to the recentleaked 2005 tape of… Read More ›

Pollster: No potential successor to Abbas has youth support

Pollster: No potential successor to Abbas has youth support

The poll surveyed 1,000 Palestinian youths, ages 15 to 29, from the West Bank and Gaza Strip from September 28 to October 1.   If… Read More ›

Thousands flock to Jerusalem for pre-Yom Kippur ceremony

Thousands flock to Jerusalem for pre-Yom Kippur ceremony

Worshipers pray at Western Wall for selichot; Old City will be blocked off from late Monday until after sundown Wednesday   Thousands of worshipers flocked… Read More ›

The VC firm behind Facebook, LinkedIn, and Workday just raised $1 billion for its newest fund

The VC firm behind Facebook, LinkedIn, and Workday just raised $1 billion for its newest fund

  When Greylock raised $1 billion for its 14th fund in 2014, the company said it was going to focus on two areas: enterprise cloud… Read More ›

Opinion: The GOP’s nightmare scenario is now in play

Opinion: The GOP’s nightmare scenario is now in play

  He did just enough. Donald Trump became the first presidential nominee to threaten jail for his political opponent. He told half-truths, quarter-truths, and no-truths.… Read More ›