By Linda Gradstein, The Media Line By age 20, Elad Peled was a senior commander in the Palmach, one of the branches of Israel’s pre-state army. He was wounded during the fighting, and was taken to the hospital. On the way, he passed the Israeli town of Pardes Hanna, andContinue Reading
According to JTA today, while an incredible number of college campuses have ratified divestment resolutions, those same universities have not seen a surge in pro-Palestinian activity on campus. Following the example of several other schools around the county, on April 23, student governments at three Southern California public universities all votedContinue Reading
A new Fatwa issued by the Amman today allows visiting Muslims to enter the Al-Aksa Mosque on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. The new Fatwa cancels out what previously disallowed travelers from visiting the holy site, however there has been an emphasis placed on the fact that this should not be consideredContinue Reading
By Dikla Tuchman, Jewish Sound Correspondent At about this time last year, Greg Wagner was your average sales guy at Microsoft. But like many long-time tech industry folk here in the Pacific Northwest, Wagner was ready to embark on his next big adventure: Crafting outlandish grilled cheese sandwiches fromContinue Reading
As tensions mount over the current peace process turmoil, some Israeli extremists are turning their frustrations to anti-Arab graffiti. Several news outlets reported today that a mosque in the northern town of Fureidis was vandalized. The tags read “Close mosques, not yeshivot,” and a Star of David was also foundContinue Reading
Saying that a return to normal relations with Israel could come in a matter of weeks, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said one issue is holding up the final signatures on the agreement: That of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians. Read the full article from the Jerusalem Post.Continue Reading
Janis Siegel JTNews correspondent Jordan Eareckson Murray, the Torah Day School teacher charged with seven counts of communicating with a minor for immoral purposes in his classroom in May 2013, will not see further jail time. Murray changed his innocent plea to guilty on two of those counts in Feb.Continue Reading
(JNS.org) On Yom HaShoah, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, world leaders called for the combating of anti-Semitism. President Barack Obama said in a statement, “On this Yom HaShoah, let us recommit ourselves to the task of remembrance, and to always oppose anti-Semitism wherever it takes root. Together, we must give enduringContinue Reading
By Felice Friedson and Linda Gradstein, The Media Line Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday that Israel should annex the 60 percent of the West Bank that is under full Israeli control, and that includes all of the Jewish communities built since acquiring the areas in the 1967Continue Reading
By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service J Street has the backing of the major Jewish domestic policy umbrella organization in its bid to join the major foreign policy umbrella organization. The ballot next week of the 50 or so constituent groups of the Conference of Presidents of Major AmericanContinue Reading
By Edwin Black, JNS.org If a small group of grassroots Jewish organizations have their way, more than one hundred protestors will assemble in New York City on April 29, each carrying a shofar. On cue, at 5:30 p.m., rain or shine, all will raise their curved rams’ horns, long and short,Continue Reading
By Abdullah H. Erakat, The Media Line [RAMALLAH] — Dr. Hanan Ashrawi was the first woman elected to the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Ashrawi served in Palestinian governments and is a former spokesperson for the Palestinian delegation to the Mideast peace talks, beginning with the MadridContinue Reading
By Linda Gradstein, The Media Line When Cindy Flash wanted to make eggs benedict a few days ago, she turned to a new cooking app developed in Israel, called Look & Cook. “It’s a great idea — you set up your tablet in the kitchen and you can see allContinue Reading
By Linda Gradstein, The Media Line Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas set off a storm in Israel when he reportedly told American negotiators that if the Kerry-brokered talks fail, he could dismantle the Palestinian Authority (PA), and shift responsibility for governing 2.5 million Palestinians to Israel. That would ostensibly meanContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent It’s a name that may be well-suited to a great Italian painter or a powerful star of the Italian opera, but Dr. Federica Francesconi, the first-ever Jewish Studies chair at the College of Idaho seems destined to rock the academic world there when sheContinue Reading
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced today that he had reached a unity pact with Hamas earlier Wednesday, which he insists does not contradict the peace talks he is pursuing with Israel. Earlier this month, Israel had called off a session of talks in response to the PLO’s deal with Fatah-Hamas,Continue Reading
Aberdeen native Oscar Rosenkrantz, who at age 13 was operating his father’s factory’s 35-ton crane, will be honored this Saturday as the Grays Harbor’s Polson Museum’s “Pioneer of the Year.” Read the story in The Daily World.Continue Reading
By Lian Caspi, Special to the Jewish Sound “SAVE ME, OH LORD” are the words that are boldly painted on the back of the bouncing van in front of us. That’s not far from what I’m thinking. Dearest God, it’s not enough that you brought the Jews out of EgyptContinue Reading
With Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas threatening to dissolve the Palestinian Authority and peace negotiations faltering, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be giving up hopes for an agreement by April 29. Read the story at the Jerusalem Post.Continue Reading
As Israel continues to lead the way in several biotech industries, a small, independent Herzliya-based video tech firm, Extreme Reality, has stumbled upon a possible solution to racial/ethnic profiling through a biometric profiling system that analyzes individuals’ movements. This automated movement analysis is based on what’s called a “skeletal map,” whichContinue Reading
