Archive for Jewish News

| November 12, 2014
No comments

Obama to posthumously award 3 Jewish civil rights workers Medal of Freedom

Obama to honor Michael Schwerner & Andrew Goodman both N.Y. Jewish civil rights activists, and James Chaney who were murdered for trying to register African-American voters in Mississippi in 1964 .

 

President Barack Obama is planning to posthumously award three Jewish civil rights workers who were murdered in Mississippi in 1964 the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Goodman Chaney Schwermer

The 1964 FBI poster listing Andrew Goodman, James Earl Chaney and Michael Schwerner missing. – Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, activists from New York, were trying to register voters in Philadelphia, Mississippi, together with James Earl Chaney, a local African-American, when they went lynched and brutally murdered by members of the KKK on the night of June 21, 1964

“These three young men, and countless others, paid the ultimate sacrifice in an effort to help bring equality to the state of Mississippi,” the office of U.S.

Continue Reading »
Category: Jewish News | Tags: , ,
| November 5, 2014
No comments

Israel’s Plant for Producing F-35 Stealth Aircraft Wings Opens

Defense Minister acknowledges that this $2.7B deal between Israel & the US for F-35 wing production proves a strong bond with Washington, despite past arguments.

By Orly Harari

 

Israel Aerospace Industries inaugurated Tuesday a new plant for the manufacture of American fighter pilot wings for F-35 aircraft near Ben Gurion Airport.

F-35 Lightning II

F-35 Lightning II – Photo: US Air Force

As part of the deal, the IDF will receive 19 stealth aircraft at a cost of $2.7 billion, which will be deducted from US aid funds to Israel.

In exchange, every year – starting in 2016 – the new plant is expected to provide about a third of the world’s production of F-35 wings, with about 810 wings per year – a production volume worth roughly 2.5 billion dollars. Continue Reading »

Category: Jewish News | Tags: , ,
| November 4, 2014
Comments Off on WATCH: So…who harasses the Jew walking in NYC for 10 hours?

WATCH: So…who harasses the Jew walking in NYC for 10 hours?

The video clip, ’10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Jew’ illustrates how comedian Scott Rogowsky was constantly being urged to daven, to ‘do a mitzvah’ and even to sniff an etrog!

 

Like many viral videos before it, the clip “10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman” has spawned numerous parodies, including “10 Hours of Walking in Bangalore as a Techie,” “10 Hours of Walking in Berlin as a Man,” “10 Hours of Walking in World of Warcraft” – and now “”10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Jew.”

10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Jew

A still from “10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Jew.”

Continue Reading »
Category: Jewish News, The Diaspora, Video's worth Viewing | Tags: , ,
| October 31, 2014
No comments

Rare Hebrew Bible bought on eBay for $7,000 lost in mail

A rare 16th-century Bible written in Hebrew was sold to a New York man who reports it never arrived, despite contrary information from postal authorities alleging it was delivered.

From Haaretz

 

A rare 16th-century, eight-volume Hebrew Bible sold on eBay earlier this month for $7,000 has gone missing.

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible (illustrative).- Photo: Rangreiss/Dreamstime.com

Gene Albert, a Virginia artifacts dealer sold the bible to Jacob Gestetner, a resident of Monsey, New York, home to a large Orthodox Jewish population. Gestetner claims he never received it despite postal tracking information showing it was delivered Oct. 10, according to the Journal News.

The bible set dates to the 1540s and was part of the collection of Andrew Fletcher, a 17th-century Scottish politician renowned for his private library, according to the paper. Continue Reading »

Category: Jewish News | Tags: , ,
| October 26, 2014
No comments

If you’re anti-Semitic, study reveals chances of getting rich are slim.

Study reports that Germans who live in areas where Jews were persecuted invest less & profit less, that Jewish persecution often accompanied by distrust of finance, has hindered generations from accumulating wealth.

 

Being an anti-Semite isn’t profitable, according to a recently published study.

Piles of money

Anti-Semites invest less in the stock market and earn less, study finds – (illustrative) Photo: Dreamstime

The study, titled “Distrust in Finance Lingers: Jewish Persecution and Households’ Investments” found that people who live in areas where Jews have been persecuted throughout history invest less in the stock market and often distrust the financial sector. Continue Reading »

Category: Jewish News, The Diaspora | Tags:
| October 25, 2014
No comments

Unlike El Al, Hareidi Men Disembarked Delta Flight After Refusing to Sit Next to Women

Earlier this week, a group of Jewish Ultra-Orthodox men who refused to sit next to women opted to disembarked from a Delta flight, when the surrounding passengers refused to acquiesce and change seats.

By Haim Lev, Cynthia Blank

 

A group of hareidi men who were supposed to fly to Israel from the United States on Delta Airlines flight Tuesday night refused to sit next to women, who in turn refused to switch seats, causing them to disembark from the plane.

Delta Air Lines Boeing 777-200LR - Photo Courtesy: Adrian Pingstone/Wikipedia

Delta Air Lines Boeing 777-200LR – Photo Courtesy: Adrian Pingstone/Wikipedia

Flight 468 was set to depart from Kennedy Airport in New York. Continue Reading »

Category: Jewish News, The Diaspora | Tags: , , ,
| October 24, 2014
Comments Off on Disregarding regulations & protocol, Women of the Wall sneak miniature Torah into the Kotel

Disregarding regulations & protocol, Women of the Wall sneak miniature Torah into the Kotel

The religious feminist organization says this is 1st time in 25 years women have read from the Torah at the holy Jewish site.

Western Wall Rabbi condemns the group’s ‘deception.’

 

Defying regulations by Western Wall rabbinic authorities, members of Women of the Wall smuggled a tiny Torah scroll into the women’s section of the Kotel Friday morning, in what the feminist prayer group said was the first reading from the Torah by women at the holy site in 25 years.

Bat mitzvah girl Sasha Lutt reads from the Torah scroll smuggled into the Kotel.

Bat mitzvah girl Sasha Lutt reads from the tiny Torah scroll smuggled into the Western Wall, Fri.

Continue Reading »
Category: Israel News, Jewish News | Tags: , , , ,
| October 24, 2014
No comments

Aliya makes historic shift as it went from ‘rescue’ to smart ‘choice’

 

During the last Jewish year of 5774, aliya from around the world increased by more than 30%, reaching around 25,000 immigrants.

By Natan Sharansky

 

The Zionist project of ingathering the exiles is undergoing a historic shift: We are moving from an aliya of rescue to an aliya of free choice.

french aliya

FRENCH JEWISH children at the historic Synagogue des Tournelles in Parisin July ahead of their aliya with their families. – Photo:EREZ LICHTFELD

During the most recent Jewish year, 5774, aliya from around the world increased by more than 30 percent, reaching some 25,000 immigrants.

Behind this huge increase are two highly symbolic developments. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News, Jewish News | Tags: ,
| October 24, 2014
No comments

After French court ruling, Twitter clamps down on hate-speech & anti-Semitism

After the French court ruled Twitter must remove certain hate-speech & anti-Semitic content, social media companies, like YouTube & Facebook have implemented stricter rules against hate speech.

By

 

A little over a year after a French court forced Twitter to remove some anti-Semitic content, experts say the ruling has had a ripple effect, leading other Internet companies to act more aggressively against hate speech in an effort to avoid lawsuits.

Twitter

The 2013 ruling by the Paris Court of Appeals settled a lawsuit brought the year before by the Union of Jewish Students of France over the hashtag #UnBonJuif, which means “a good Jew” and which was used to index thousands of anti-Semitic comments that violated France’s law against hate speech.

Continue Reading »
Category: Jewish News | Tags: , , ,
| October 21, 2014
No comments

Giuliani: Met’s Klinghoffer “opera is factually inaccurate & extraordinarily damaging”

“This murder was ordered, organized, & planned. It was not the act of people feeling oppressed. This was the act of an organized group seeking int’l recognition, moral equivalency, & money.”…. hundreds of millions of dollars going to Arafat, some of which is with Mrs. Arafat in the South of France & most of which never got to the people it was intended to help—the Palestinians.

By Gil Ronen

 

Former New York City Mayor Rudi Giuliani has penned an article in The Daily Beast in which he explains why he joined a demonstration outside the Metropolitan Opera on Monday night before the first performance of the opera “The Death of Klinghoffer.” Continue Reading »

Category: Jewish News | Tags: , , , ,
| October 21, 2014
No comments

East Jerusalem Arabs riot in neighborhood after Jews move in

Arab residents in Silwan complain they are being driven out after Jews bought 6 properties in the Jerusalem neighborhood last month.

By Noam (Dabul) Dvir, News Agencies

 

 

Arab residents in East Jerusalem on Monday night threw Molotov cocktails and firecrackers at a building in Silwan into which nine Jewish families moved the night before. No one was hurt and no damage was caused.

Israeli police guard the entrance to house in Silwan that Jewish settlers moved into (Photo: AP)

Israeli police guard the entrance to house in Silwan that Jewish settlers moved into – Photo: AP

Police and Border Police forces disperse the rioters using crowd dispersal means. A Molotov cocktail found by police was taken to a forensics lab for testing. Continue Reading »

Category: Jewish News | Tags: ,
| October 20, 2014
One comment

Jewish Condemnation at US Federal Gov’t for Compensating Deported Convicted Nazis with $Millions

 

Jewish world outraged: Convicted Nazi war criminals who immigrated to America, hiding & lying about their past, were subsequently expelled from the US, but collected millions in social security payments.

By SAM SOKOL

 

Revelations that the United States currently pays social security and other benefits to concentration camp guards and others involved in carrying out the Holocaust has scandalized the Jewish world, eliciting harsh condemnations from many quarters.

Auschwitz

The entrance to the Auschwitz death camp. – Photo: REUTERS

That such payments continue to be made to participants in the Nazi genocide who were deported from the US due to their crimes was revealed by the Associated Press on Monday, following an extensive investigation. Continue Reading »

Category: Jewish News | Tags: , , , ,
| October 18, 2014
No comments

Holocaust heirs sue Swiss bank for selling family artwork without consent

Rather than looking for surviving relatives to deliver proceeds from art sales, Swiss banking giant USB is accused of exploiting family name in creating a bogus foundation.

 

Heirs of a German-Jewish couple whose vast art collection was confiscated by the Nazis have filed lawsuits against a Swiss bank they accuse of cheating them out of their inheritance.

Edgar Degas Danseuses

Edgar Degas’ ‘Danseuses’, which was auctioned in 2009. – Photo: AFP

The lawsuits were filed recently in New York and Switzerland against global banking giant UBS and a foundation it controls, the New York Times reported on Friday.

According to the relatives of Ludwig and Margret Kainer, the bank claimed to be acting on behalf of the couple’s heirs, but instead channeled proceeds from art sales and German reparations to a foundation created by Swiss bank officials. Continue Reading »

Category: Jewish News, The Diaspora | Tags: , , ,
| October 17, 2014
No comments

Tiny Israel begins building multi-tiered cemetery towers

After initial hesitations, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox burial societies have embraced the practice now that a rabbinical ruling makes the endeavor kosher.

 

At first glance, the multi-tiered jungle of concrete off a major central Israeli highway does not appear unusual in this city of bland high-rises. But the burgeoning towers are groundbreaking when you consider its future tenants: They will be homes not for the living but rather the dead.

Vertical part of the Yarkon cemetery

This Oct. 6, 2014, photo shows a new vertical part of the Yarkon cemetery outside of the city of Petah Tikva, Israel. – Photo: AP

With real estate at a premium, Israel is at the forefront of a global movement building vertical cemeteries in densely populated countries.

Continue Reading »
Category: Israel News, Jewish News | Tags: , , ,
| October 13, 2014
No comments

Israel’s Navy Successfully Tests ‘Iron Dome’ for Ships

Israel’s Barak 8 missile was successful in intercepting an anti-ship missile that imitated Russia’s Yakhont cruise missile.

By Gil Ronen

 

The Israel Navy has conducted a successful secret test of the Barak 8 missile, which is designed to defend ships from the much-vaunted Yakhont anti-ship cruise missiles, reports Channel 2.

The Yakhont missiles are one of the greatest threats to the Navy’s vessels, mostly because of their potential use by Syria and Hezbollah. The missile flies at a very high speed – almost the speed of sound – from the moment it is launched.

The test was carried out with the cooperation of an Italian firm, which provided a missile that imitated the Yakhont and similar missiles. Continue Reading »

Category: Innovations & Discoveries, Jewish News | Tags:
« Older Entries   Recent Entries »