Yearly Archives: 2012
Jerusalem – Holocaust Display Protester: ‘Treatment Of Charedim In Israel – Like Nuremberg Laws’
Jerusalem - After images of kids wearing yellow patches and striped pajamas during haredi protest in Jerusalem shocked many across the country, some participants wished to explain ...
Sioux City, IA – Santorum Events Jammed As Candidate Rises In Polls
Sioux City, IA - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum smiled Sunday as he told the story of a campaign event he held a few months ago.
"The audience was one, but it t...
Egypt – Muslim Brotherhood Talks Tough on Israel
Egypt - A leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood vowed to break relations with Israel and possibly void the longstanding peace treaty between the two nations.
Rashad Bayoumi, the ...
New York – New Ban on Landfilling Electronic Waste Kicks In
New York - State environmental officials are warning waste haulers that they can no longer dispose of televisions, computers and other electronic waste at landfills.
Under a new...
Jordan – Israel, Palestinians to Meet for First Time in More Than a Year
Jordan - The Jordanian government will host a meeting between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators this week, bringing the sides together for the first time in more than a year.
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New York – Increasing K’vod Shamayim
New York - In the past few days as tensions have escalated in Eretz Yisroel, and more so after the grotesque and deplorable use of Holocaust imagery in last night’s protest, we hav...
New York – Slain ATF Agent Was Getting Dad’s Cancer Meds
New York - An off-duty federal law enforcement agent who died while confronting a pharmacy robber was picking up his elderly father's cancer medication, a New York congressman said...
Manhattan, NY – 68 Occupy Protesters Arrested on New Year’s
Manhattan, NY - Authorities say dozens of Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested as they tore down the barricades surrounding New York City's Zuccotti Park just before midnigh...
Jerusalem – Hundreds Board Segregated Buses to Protest Exclusion of Women
Jerusalem - Hundreds of men and women boarded gender-segregated buses in Jerusalem and Ramat Gan on Sunday, in protest of the exclusion of women from the public sphere and against ...
Brooklyn, NY – ‘Haolam’ Cheese In Voluntary Recall Of Shredded Cheese
Brooklyn, NY - World Cheese Company, producer of Haolam cholov yisrael cheese products, and Miller’s Cheese Corp. have issued a voluntary recall on a limited amount of shredded che...
Santiago, Chile – Chile Says Part Of Big Forest Fire Contained As Israeli Suspect Denies Any Involvement
Santiago, Chile - Firefighters are making progress against a major blaze in one of Chile's most spectacular national parks, the government said Sunday, and the Israeli tourist accu...
Washington – Lessons From A Jewish Lobbyist
Washington - As our reporter follows a lobbyist through the halls of power, he picks up some ideas about what it takes to get things done in Washington.
I didn’t know why they w...
Ankara – Hamas Leader Meets With Turkey PM
Ankara - Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday and discussed the situation in Gaza and developments in the Middle East,...
Santiago, Chile – Torah Revival: A Rabbi Stoking The Embers In Chile
Santiago, Chile - When Matias Libedinsky left his hometown of Santiago, Chile to pursue a PhD in physics at the California Institute of Technology in 1998, he said goodbye to a typ...
Tehran, Iran – Iran Navy Tests Surface-to-air Missile In Drill
Tehran, Iran - Iran's navy said Sunday it test-fired an advanced surface-to-air missile during a drill in international waters near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the passageway f...
Washington – Santorum Says He Would Bomb Iran Nuclear Sites
Washington - Republican Rick Santorum says that if he's elected president, he would bomb Iran's nuclear facilities unless they were opened for international arms inspectors.
San...
Jerusalem – New Research Shows Anxiety May Not Come From Hypersensitivity
Jerusalem - Anxious people have long been classified as “hypersensitive” for their tendency to be more fearful and feel threatened more easily than their non-anxious counterparts. ...
New York – A Cappella Group Sings To Save Boy’s Life
New York, NY - Last week's eight days of Hanukkah celebrated an ancient Hebrew miracle.
A modern day miracle happened during this Hanukkah festival.
A music group and their Y...
Beit Shemesh, Israel – Haredim Reject Beit Shemesh Division Plan
Beit Shemesh, Israel - Ultra-Orthodox residents have expressed their objection to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to divide Beit Shemesh into two separate cities – one for...
Lake Havasu City, AZ – Police: Racist Planned To Kill Head Of ADL
Lake Havasu City, AZ - A racist, pistol-packing ex-con was gunning for the head of the Anti-Defamation League in New York when cops caught him in Arizona last week, police said.
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