Articles by: JewishNews-Limor

Building hi-tech bridges between Arabs and Jews in Israel

Building hi-tech bridges between Arabs and Jews in Israel

In an effort to bring more hi-tech jobs to the north of Israel and help Israel’s Arabs citizens further integrate into Israeli society, the Tsofen… Read More ›

‘This law embarrasses the state of Israel’

‘This law embarrasses the state of Israel’

Masorti, Reform movements furious after Knesset approves 1st reading of bill banning them from using public mikvaot for conversions.   Leaders of the progressive Jewish denominations… Read More ›

Odeh: Netanyahu’s clinging to power harms Arab citizens

Odeh: Netanyahu’s clinging to power harms Arab citizens

Odeh asserted in the Monday meeting that it is time for Israel to treat Palestinian citizens as equals and as a national minority with “real… Read More ›

Close cabinet vote expected in final okay of Turkey deal

Close cabinet vote expected in final okay of Turkey deal

Three ministers still undecided, PM holds tiebreaking vote.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not have an easy job on Wednesday convincing his security cabinet… Read More ›

Israel blames Palestinians for West Bank water shortage

Israel blames Palestinians for West Bank water shortage

The infrastructure is inadequate to meet the increasing demand, the Water Authority said.   The responsibility for the shortage in the West Bank’s water supply, which… Read More ›

Madness versus mortality in Israeli art film about yeshiva student on the brink

Madness versus mortality in Israeli art film about yeshiva student on the brink

With dark narrative and male frontal nudity, Avishai Sivan’s latest release ‘Tikkun’ is a surprise success — even for the filmmaker   The Kabbalistic idea… Read More ›

The pound is getting thumped again in Asian trade

The pound is getting thumped again in Asian trade

The British pound is tumbling again on Monday, unwinding much of the recovery seen in the latter parts of Friday’s session. As at 10am AEST,… Read More ›

Apple and Microsoft are fighting a secret war for the future of technology

Apple and Microsoft are fighting a secret war for the future of technology

  Slowly but surely, the traditional notion of the computer is dying. Since the advent of the Apple II and the rise of the mass-market… Read More ›

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 ›