Articles by: JewishNews-Limor

The weekend is over and stocks are falling

The weekend is over and stocks are falling

he weekend is over, and stocks are falling all over again. Futures opened lower Sunday, extending the steep sell-off that was triggered after Britain voted… Read More ›

First Sudanese asylum seeker receives refugee status

First Sudanese asylum seeker receives refugee status

Sudanese asylum seeker who’s home was burned down in Darfur and who crossed Israel’s border in 2009 has been granted refugee status for first time… Read More ›

New Israeli application determines taste of watermelons

New Israeli application determines taste of watermelons

The application was developed in Haifa’s Technion University by three students frustrated by disappointment of a bitter watermelon: ‘We have tested it on 30 watermelons… Read More ›

Slicing the salami of settlement costs

Slicing the salami of settlement costs

Op-ed: West Bank settlements continually receive budget items, monetary diversions, and transfers of funds; their pupils receive more money than other Israelis, and their hand… Read More ›

Rabbi who converted Ivanka Trump slams Israeli rabbinate’s ‘cruel’ rejection of US convert

Rabbi who converted Ivanka Trump slams Israeli rabbinate’s ‘cruel’ rejection of US convert

NY Rabbi Haskel Lookstein speaks to ‘Post’ on rabbinate’s decision to prevent American woman who moved to Israel from marrying her fiance because the body… Read More ›

Democratic platform drafters align on Israeli-Palestinian stance

Democratic platform drafters align on Israeli-Palestinian stance

“Israelis today live in fear of acts of terror that can turn peaceful marketplaces and neighborhoods into scenes of violence and horror,” Reps. Keith Ellison… Read More ›

From Jewish schools to churches, Brits vote on EU referendum

From Jewish schools to churches, Brits vote on EU referendum

Londoners happy to finally have their say on whether to remain or leave the European Union.   LONDON – In schools, churches, libraries and various… Read More ›

Wall Street thinks ‘cracks’ are forming around Intel’s most important business

Wall Street thinks ‘cracks’ are forming around Intel’s most important business

  Intel chips enjoy a near monopoly in the data-center business, but financial-research firm Bernstein doesn’t believe that it will last long. In a note… Read More ›

All 4 pieces of gun-control legislation proposed in wake of Orlando attack just failed in the Senate

All 4 pieces of gun-control legislation proposed in wake of Orlando attack just failed in the Senate

  All four pieces of gun-control legislationproposed in the wake of the Orlando terrorist shooting failed to garner enough support to pass the Senate on… Read More ›

SOROS WARNS: A vote for Brexit would trigger a crash worse than Black Wednesday

SOROS WARNS: A vote for Brexit would trigger a crash worse than Black Wednesday

  George Soros is clear: A vote to leave the EU would trigger a collapse in the British pound worse than Black Wednesday. Writing in… Read More ›

Shapiro: Stronger US-Israel financial ties will crush BDS

Shapiro: Stronger US-Israel financial ties will crush BDS

It is important for Israelis and Palestinians to resume negations, which have been frozen for more than two years, Shapiro said.   The best way… Read More ›

Netanyahu reaches out to Orlando victims in video

Netanyahu reaches out to Orlando victims in video

PM draws parallel to attacks in Israel and across Middle East, says Islamic terror driven by ‘fanatical hatred’ In an English language video posted to… Read More ›

Africa’s largest oil producer might be facing a new threat

Africa’s largest oil producer might be facing a new threat

  Angola, Africa’s largest oil producer, might be facing a new threat. Reuters’ Ed Cropley reports that in late May five militants traveled by speedboat,… Read More ›

The Fed just gave the signal to short stocks

The Fed just gave the signal to short stocks

The Federal Reserve just kept monetary policy on hold, as expected. On Wednesday, the Fed announced that its benchmark interest rate will remain pegged between… Read More ›

The GOP’s favorability rating just plunged to an all-time low

The GOP’s favorability rating just plunged to an all-time low

  In a Bloomberg poll released on Wednesday, the Republican Party’s favorability rating hit a new low. Just 32% of Americans viewed the GOP favorably… Read More ›

Rochester, NY – Man Injured In NY Gas Station Blast Caught On Video Camera

Rochester, NY – Man Injured In NY Gas Station Blast Caught On Video Camera

Rochester, NY – A western New York man is hospitalized with burns suffered when his car exploded at a gas station where video surveillance captured… Read More ›

Albany, NY – Backers Of Israel Boycotts Protest New York Governor’s Order

Albany, NY – Backers Of Israel Boycotts Protest New York Governor’s Order

  Albany, NY – Critics of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians are protesting New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive order prohibiting state investments in any company… Read More ›

London – Can Coffee Cause Cancer? Only If It’s Very Hot, Says WHO Agency

London – Can Coffee Cause Cancer? Only If It’s Very Hot, Says WHO Agency

  London – There is no conclusive evidence that drinking coffee causes cancer, the World Health Organization’s cancer agency said on Wednesday in a reverse… Read More ›

Man ‘claiming IS allegiance’ kills cop, woman in Paris

Man ‘claiming IS allegiance’ kills cop, woman in Paris

Assailant reportedly shouted ‘Allahu akbar’ before stabbing officer, taking woman hostage; three-year-old boy unharmed   A man who claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group… Read More ›

Remembering the victims of the Orlando shooting

Remembering the victims of the Orlando shooting

Among those slain in deadly shooting were Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25, and his boyfriend Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, a father to a little boy  … Read More ›