Articles by: JewishNews-Limor

Irving, TX – Muslim Group Doesn’t Fault School Or Police For Boy’s Arrest

Irving, TX – Muslim Group Doesn’t Fault School Or Police For Boy’s Arrest

  Irving, TX – One of the largest Muslim groups in Texas said Thursday that it does not fault police and school officials who handcuffed… Read More ›

San Francisco – Amazon Dangles $50 Tablet Computer To Hook More Consumers

San Francisco – Amazon Dangles $50 Tablet Computer To Hook More Consumers

  San Francisco – Amazon is dangling a $50 tablet computer in its latest attempt to lure consumers who can’t afford or don’t want the… Read More ›

Rochester, NH – Trump Declines To Correct Man Who Says Obama Is Muslim

Rochester, NH – Trump Declines To Correct Man Who Says Obama Is Muslim

  Rochester, NH – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump declined to correct a questioner who said President Barack Obama is Muslim. Trump was holding a… Read More ›

New York City’s mayor will require all of the city’s public schools to teach computer science

New York City’s mayor will require all of the city’s public schools to teach computer science

  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will announce Wednesday that the city’s public schools will be required to offer classes in computer science… Read More ›

Roanoke, VA – On-air Shooting Survivor Makes 1st Public Comments

Roanoke, VA – On-air Shooting Survivor Makes 1st Public Comments

Roanoke, VA – The woman who survived an on-air shooting that killed two TV journalists in Virginia says the gunman never said a word. In… Read More ›

New York – How The Dow Jones Industrial Average Fared During Rosh Hashanah

New York – How The Dow Jones Industrial Average Fared During Rosh Hashanah

  New York – U.S. stocks rose sharply on Tuesday, a day before the start of a crucial Federal Reserve meeting. Policymakers at the U.S.… Read More ›

United Nations – UN: Israel-Palestinian Clashes A Threat Beyond Jerusalem

United Nations – UN: Israel-Palestinian Clashes A Threat Beyond Jerusalem

  United Nations – The U.N.‘s Mideast envoy warned Tuesday that clashes between Israelis and Palestinians in and around Jerusalem’s holy sites have the potential… Read More ›

On Rosh Hashana, challenge the lives we have created

On Rosh Hashana, challenge the lives we have created

Op-ed: A Jewish society is one which understands that to be fully human is not to accept our failings; to be fully human is to… Read More ›

Israeli mini-scanner tells what’s in food, drink or pills

Israeli mini-scanner tells what’s in food, drink or pills

Start-up launches pocket molecular sensor that can tell you how many calories are in that burger, if that jacket is real leather, how ripe that… Read More ›

Uproar in Lebanon after general’s death reported

Uproar in Lebanon after general’s death reported

A report says that Antoine Lahad, former commander of the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army, is dead and will be buried in Lebanon, sparking a social… Read More ›

Taiwan awards ‘China’s Schindler’ presidential honor

Taiwan awards ‘China’s Schindler’ presidential honor

Envoy to Vienna issued thousands of visas to Jews trapped in Austria during World War II.   TAIPEI – Daniel Weihs, who served as the Science… Read More ›

Germany’s Merkel sees need to cooperate with Russia on Syria

Germany’s Merkel sees need to cooperate with Russia on Syria

Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with his Russian, French and Ukrainian counterparts in Berlin on Saturday evening.   Germany and other western European powers need… Read More ›

‘In 5776, Israel must adopt a more tolerant form of Judaism’

‘In 5776, Israel must adopt a more tolerant form of Judaism’

Rabbi Michael Melchior has been a strong moral voice in Israel for many years.   The Jewish year 5775 was not one of particular tranquility… Read More ›

Israeli man murdered in Nigeria

Israeli man murdered in Nigeria

The man, in his 40s, was working for a construction firm in the country. After his attempted kidnapping was interrupted, attackers shot the man from… Read More ›

Republicans look to ditch bill against Iran deal

Republicans look to ditch bill against Iran deal

Leaders in the House of Representatives say Republicans considering alternative legislation due to lack of votes needed just to debate resolution of disapproval. Republicans who… Read More ›

Israelis suffer through worst dust storm in 10 years

Israelis suffer through worst dust storm in 10 years

Israelis suffer through worst dust storm in 10 years   A thick haze blanketed the nation’s skies for the second day in a row on… Read More ›

‘You are the mighty ones of power of the Jews, your merit protects us all’

‘You are the mighty ones of power of the Jews, your merit protects us all’

United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni offers words of praise at Bnei Brak parade for farmers who kept ‘shmita’ year.   A massive celebratory parade, blessings… Read More ›

House Republicans will move to stop Iran deal vote clock

House Republicans will move to stop Iran deal vote clock

“The House has no interest in being a midwife to a disastrous Obama foreign policy,” Rep. Peter Roskam says.   WASHINGTON – House Republicans have… Read More ›

Migrants in the Balkans: Everyone wants to be Syrian

Migrants in the Balkans: Everyone wants to be Syrian

As Europe gears up to take in those fleeing war, many who seek a better life are taking note – and losing their passports  … Read More ›

Here’s your complete preview of this week’s big market-moving events

Here’s your complete preview of this week’s big market-moving events

  On Friday, we got what was supposed to be the last of the major economic reports the Fed would consider ahead of its September… Read More ›