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New York – Jewish Woman Loses Bid On Atomic Spy Case Conviction, She Is 98

New York – Jewish Woman Loses Bid On Atomic Spy Case Conviction, She Is 98

New York – A Jewish woman lost her bid Thursday to persuade a judge to erase her conviction for conspiracy to obstruct justice in the… Read More ›

New York – Brooklyn Man Accused Of Stealing From Aish HaTorah Organization Has Been Indicted

New York – Brooklyn Man Accused Of Stealing From Aish HaTorah Organization Has Been Indicted

New York – The District Attorney of Brooklyn Ken Thompson today announced that the former chief financial officer of Aish HaTorah New York has been… Read More ›

Ottawa – Israeli Canadian Woman’s Varied Past Revealed

Ottawa – Israeli Canadian Woman’s Varied Past Revealed

Ottawa –  – The shadowed and mixed past of the Canadian woman reported to have been captured earlier this week by Islamic militants while fighting… Read More ›

Rome – The  Jewish Museum In Rome Shows How Ghetto Was In 1880s

Rome – The Jewish Museum In Rome Shows How Ghetto Was In 1880s

Rome – Visitors to Rome’s Jewish Museum can now “walk” streets as they were before the Ghetto neighborhood’s  were demolished in the 1880s. Tucked behind… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel’s Election Will Be A Referendum On Netanyahu

Jerusalem – Israel’s Election Will Be A Referendum On Netanyahu

Jerusalem – The coming Israeli election amounts to a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu — The man who buried dreams of peace to some, a hard-headed… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Released Video Footage Of Jerusalem Supermarket Stabbing

Jerusalem – Released Video Footage Of Jerusalem Supermarket Stabbing

Jerusalem – New video footage has emerged of the stabbing attack that occurred in a Jerusalem supermarket on Wednesday. The video shows the terrorist stabbing… Read More ›

A massive cleanout in Silicon Valley

Police and social services in Silicon Valley are starting a massive cleanout Thursday of what’s likely the nation’s largest homeless encampment. Animal control and a… Read More ›

Jews who escaped the Nazis to make movies in Hollywood

Jews who escaped the Nazis to make movies in Hollywood

Henry Koster had a long and successful career in Hollywood, directing a string of hits from the 1930s through the ‘60s. No doubt his best-known… Read More ›

Finnish community and Jews connect through environment

Finnish community and Jews connect through environment

President of KKL-JNF Finland, Ms. Ethel Salutskij, organized an event called “The Great Israel Event”, which took place on November 2nd, the anniversary of the… Read More ›

French Embassy in Israel encourages students to study in France

French Embassy in Israel encourages students to study in France

The French Embassy in Israel is set to hold an Information Day on Friday to inform and encourage potential students about the numerous study and… Read More ›

Lod, Israel – For Attempted Lynch Of Jewish Motorist Taibe Man Indicted

Lod, Israel – For Attempted Lynch Of Jewish Motorist Taibe Man Indicted

Lod, Israel –  After the attempted lynching of a Jewish motorist, less than a month ago, in Taibe, the Lod District Court on Thursday indicted… Read More ›

Oil spill in Israel

Oil spill in Israel

Israel says a breached pipeline has caused a large oil spill in the southern part of the country. Guy Samet, an Environment Ministry official in… Read More ›

Jerusalem – “I Am At The Start Of A Fight For Our Life” Livni Says On Threshold Of Election Campaign

Jerusalem – “I Am At The Start Of A Fight For Our Life” Livni Says On Threshold Of Election Campaign

Jerusalem – Former justice minister Tzipi Livni, in a farewell ceremony to the workers of the ministry after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired her earlier… Read More ›

Israel -Security Official States Palestinians Inciting Terror To Influence Israeli Politics

Israel -Security Official States Palestinians Inciting Terror To Influence Israeli Politics

Israel –  Security forces are concerned about an upswing in attempts to carry out terrorist attacks in order to influence domestic affairs in Israel, amid… Read More ›

Paris-  Attack Highlights Anti-Semitism Concerns With French Jews

Paris- Attack Highlights Anti-Semitism Concerns With French Jews

Paris -An attack on a French couple is reviving worries about long-simmering anti-Semitic sentiment in France. Assailants this week forced their way into an apartment… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Strike Averted! Israel Union, Employers Agree To Minimum Wage Hike

Tel Aviv – Strike Averted! Israel Union, Employers Agree To Minimum Wage Hike

Tel Aviv – Israel’s main labour union signed an agreement with private- sector employers to raise the minimum wage, averting a general strike slated for… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Charedi Extremists Attack Rabbi Police Officer In Mea Shearim Synagogue

Jerusalem – Charedi Extremists Attack Rabbi Police Officer In Mea Shearim Synagogue

Jerusalem – Jewish extremists attacked a police officer in uniform who entered a synagogue to pray in the Mea Shearim neighborhood  on Thursday. The officer did… Read More ›

Newark, NJ – Man Acquitted Of Stabbing Jewish Man In Crown Heights Riots Now Charged With DWI

Newark, NJ – Man Acquitted Of Stabbing Jewish Man In Crown Heights Riots Now Charged With DWI

Newark, NJ -After being found passed out with a bottle of scotch in his car near Newark Airport. Lemrick Nelson Jr. – known for stabbing… Read More ›

Washington – Congress OKs Bill Although Watered Down On US-Israel Ties

Washington – Congress OKs Bill Although Watered Down On US-Israel Ties

Washington -On Wednesday, congress approved legislation deepening U.S.-Israeli cooperation after softening a push to grant Israelis visa-free travel rights to the United States even as… Read More ›

Israel – Political Turmoil Disrupts Visit By New York Legislators

Israel – Political Turmoil Disrupts Visit By New York Legislators

Israel – What most surprised a 12-member delegation of New York State legislators, touring Israel on a behind-the-headlines trip under the auspices of the New… Read More ›