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Los Angeles, CA – ‘Titanic’ Jewish Composer Dies In California Plane Crash

Los Angeles, CA – ‘Titanic’ Jewish Composer Dies In California Plane Crash

  Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood composer James Horner, who scored the Oscar-winning film “Titanic” and its megahit theme song “My Heart Will Go On”,… Read More ›

Jerusalem – After Shas MK Remarks About Reform Jews, PM Stresses Israel Welcomes All Streams Of Judaism

Jerusalem – After Shas MK Remarks About Reform Jews, PM Stresses Israel Welcomes All Streams Of Judaism

  Jerusalem – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments on three different occasions over the last week that Israel is home to all Jews are intended… Read More ›

Balcony in fatal Berkeley collapse had severe dry rot, report finds

Balcony in fatal Berkeley collapse had severe dry rot, report finds

  A residential balcony that collapsed and killed six students in Berkeley, California, had decayed to the point of severe dry rot, according to a… Read More ›

N.Y. prison break: Mitchell used baked goods to help killers, source says

N.Y. prison break: Mitchell used baked goods to help killers, source says

Cadyville, New York – For months before a pair of convicted murderers made their brazen escape from the Clinton Correctional Facility, prison tailor Joyce Mitchell used… Read More ›

Australian terrorists killed fighting for ISIS, teen wife says

Australian terrorists killed fighting for ISIS, teen wife says

Two of Australia’s most infamous terrorists who left Australia to fight for ISIS have been killed, a close relative said. Khaled Sharrouf and Mohamed Elomar… Read More ›

Far-right surges in Croatia as EU disappointment spreads

Far-right surges in Croatia as EU disappointment spreads

Rise of pro-Nazi activism in EU’s newest member state has many in Europe, and in Croatia, worried about country’s future   ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) —… Read More ›

Iran passes bill to protect nuclear program from deal

Iran passes bill to protect nuclear program from deal

Legislation intensifies confrontation between parliament and President Rouhani, could stymie deal with West   TEHRAN — IRAN’S PARLIAMENT APPROVED A BILL TUESDAY THAT LAWMAKERS SAID… Read More ›

UN nuclear test ban chief urges Iran to ratify pact

UN nuclear test ban chief urges Iran to ratify pact

Lassina Zerbo urges Tehran, which shuttered its seismic nuclear test detection station in 2006, to ‘show great leadership’   VIENNA (AP) — The head of… Read More ›

Tel Aviv prepares for White Night Europa

Tel Aviv prepares for White Night Europa

Israeli metropolis’ 2015 White Night events will be held this Thursday in tribute to European culture, featuring artists and chefs from Europe. Tel Aviv is… Read More ›

Report: American, Iranian soldiers sharing base in Iraq

Report: American, Iranian soldiers sharing base in Iraq

BloombergView says US troops and Iran-backed Shiite militias are sharing the Taqqadum military base in Iraq; US officials reportedly concerned for their soldiers’ safety. The… Read More ›

Woman feared to have joined IS was coerced, says family

Woman feared to have joined IS was coerced, says family

Following report that Sakhnin resident fled to Syria with wife and children to join Islamic State group, relatives express shock and anger at the man… Read More ›

Khamenei appears to reject key aspect of Lausanne framework

Khamenei appears to reject key aspect of Lausanne framework

Iran’s supreme leader specifically rejects limits on Tehran’s research and development into nuclear technology that would last a decade or more.   WASHINGTON – Iran’s… Read More ›

Jerusalem pushes democracies to reject UN Gaza report

Jerusalem pushes democracies to reject UN Gaza report

Israel is trying to get as many democracies as possible to vote in the UNHRC against endorsing its Gaza report, in hopes of denuding the… Read More ›

IAF strikes Gaza rocket launcher after projectile attack on southern Israel

IAF strikes Gaza rocket launcher after projectile attack on southern Israel

Following rocket landing in open territory, military places onus on Hamas faction to take responsibility for projectile fire emanating from the coastal Palestinian enclave.  … Read More ›

Iran deal will foster and fund terrorism, Netanyahu tells Jewish Agency meeting

Iran deal will foster and fund terrorism, Netanyahu tells Jewish Agency meeting

PM blasts planned Gaza flotilla, asks why supporters aren’t going to Syria   The deal over Iran’s nuclear program currently taking shape in negotiations between… Read More ›

At Foxman farewell, lots of hugs (from Abe) and murmurs (about Oren)

At Foxman farewell, lots of hugs (from Abe) and murmurs (about Oren)

ADL chief’s retirement occurs in same week as former US envoy’s release of memoir ‘Ally’   NEW YORK (JTA) — At Abe Foxman’s farewell, there… Read More ›

Corporate defaults are here

Corporate defaults are here

First things first: Investor desperation for yield, any discernible yield no matter what the risks, and blind confidence that all this will work out somehow… Read More ›

There are several possible reasons for Twitter’s weird CEO shuffle — and they’re all bad

There are several possible reasons for Twitter’s weird CEO shuffle — and they’re all bad

  This morning, Twitter sent a not-very-coded message to shareholders that it would not allow Jack Dorsey to be its permanent CEO unless he stepped down… Read More ›

Oscar-winning composer James Horner feared dead after his plane crashed and burned

Oscar-winning composer James Horner feared dead after his plane crashed and burned

  The Oscar-winning composer behind Titanic hit “My Heart Will Go On”, James Horner, is missing, feared dead, after a plane registered in his name was found crashed… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Clashes Break Out At Tel Aviv Anti-racism Protest Held By Israeli-Ethiopian Community

Tel Aviv – Clashes Break Out At Tel Aviv Anti-racism Protest Held By Israeli-Ethiopian Community

  Tel Aviv – Clashes broke out Monday evening at Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square where members of Israeli’s Ethiopian community were protesting racism and police… Read More ›