Hezbollah involvement heats up Syrian civil war
(JNS.org) The civil war in Syria continued to spill over into Lebanon on Tuesday, with three Lebanese soldiers shot dead by gunmen on the porous border between the two countries.
According to reports in Lebanon, the unidentified gunmen crossed into Lebanon from Syria in a jeep and opened fire at a group of Lebanese soldiers on patrol. The gunmen fled back into Syria after the shooting.
Meanwhile, the head of the Free Syrian Army, Gen. Salem Idris, warned Hezbollah that it would face a harsh response if it did not cease its involvement in the fighting in Syria.
“If Hezbollah’s attacks [on] Syrian territory do not stop within 24 hours, we will take all measures to hunt Hezbollah, even in hell,” Idris said.
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday that while Israel has sent messages that it will not permit advanced weapons to be transferred from Syria to Lebanon, “our inclination is to cool the atmosphere,” Israel Hayom reported.
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Torah scroll found in Italy possibly world’s oldest
(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A university in Italy has discovered what it said might be the oldest complete Torah scroll known to exist, according to a BBC report on Tuesday.
The scroll was found in a library at the University of Bologna. The report said the scroll was previously thought to be at most a few hundred years old, but textual, graphic and paleographic examination of the scroll, confirmed by carbon dating tests, determined that it was written around 800 years ago, between the second half of the 12th century and the beginning of 13th century (1155-1225).
A professor at the university was quoted as saying the scroll had been mislabeled by a librarian in 1889. That librarian dated the scroll to the 17th century, even though it was apparently much older.
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Israeli company Mobileye commercializing automatic driving software
(JNS.org) Israeli company Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd. has unveiled a car that navigates itself without human driving using camera-based software.
“I sat in the driver’s seat of an Audi A7 while software connected to a video camera on the windshield drove the car at speeds up to 65 miles an hour,” he wrote. “By blending advanced computer vision techniques with low-cost video cameras, the company is demonstrating how quickly autonomous driving can be commercialized.”
The technology has been offered to auto makers and “as soon as this summer, the first limited systems offering a feature known as ‘traffic jam assist’ will begin arriving from more than five major automobile makers,” according to the New York Times, which added, “Those cars will drive safely in stop-and-go traffic, but will require that drivers keep their hands on the steering wheel.”
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Cleveland Jewish News names new publisher/CEO
(JNS.org) The Cleveland Jewish News has named Kevin S. Adelstein as its new publisher and CEO. The 45-year-old is currently the director of sales and co-manager of Cleveland.com. He has worked in media sales and management for more than two decades
“The Cleveland Jewish News has been a very important part of the fabric of our entire community for nearly 50 years. I am honored and privileged to have been entrusted with the responsibility of leading the Cleveland Jewish Publication Co. boldly into the future. I look forward to enhancing our core values, celebrating Cleveland’s vibrant Jewish community, and growing and prospering together while taking full advantage of new technologies and trends in communicating and growing business,” Adelstein said.
The newspaper’s former publisher and editor Michael E. Bennett left the company in September 2012.
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