Donald H. Harrison

Computer chip can sniff out explosives

July 23, 2014

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Security forces worldwide rely on sophisticated equipment, trained personnel, and detection dogs to safeguard airports and other public areas against terrorist attacks. A revolutionary new electronic chip with nano-sized chemical sensors is about to make their job much easier. The groundbreaking nanotechnology-inspired sensor, devised by Prof. Fernando Patolsky of Tel

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Rancho La Puerta offers Saturday stays

July 23, 2014

By Mimi Pollack TECATE, Mexico — Many of us lead hectic, stressful lives, so it is always healthy to find ways to unwind. Spending a week at a spa is one good way to relax and recharge, but not everyone can afford that or has the time. Here in San Diego, we are lucky to

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International, Mimi Pollack

Lauder demands action against anti- Semitic mobs

July 23, 2014

NEW YORK (WJC) — The attacks and incitement against Jews have reached an alarming level not seen in many countries since World War II, the head of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) said on Tuesday. WJC President Ronald Lauder reacted to a series of reports from Jewish communities about anti-Semitic incidents carried out by opponents

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International, Middle East

JNS news briefs: July 23, 2014

July 23, 2014

Former New York mayor flies to Tel Aviv in response to FAA ban (JNS.org) Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg flew to Tel Aviv on Tuesday night in response to the Federal Aviation Authority’s (FAA) ban on U.S. flights to Israel. The FAA suspension came after a rocket landed near Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport.

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International, Middle East, USA

Prolonging war enhances Hamas prestige vs. P.A.

July 23, 2014

By Lloyd Levy LONDON, England — The “war” in Gaza has now lasted over two weeks, with no immediate sign of an end to hostilities. This is really bad news for Israel in particular, and Diaspora Jews in general. I have certain perspectives on the matter. I believe the US administration bears a great deal

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International, Lloyd Levy, Middle East, USA

Israel attacks terror base in hospital

July 23, 2014

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA)– After days of incessant terrorist gunfire emanating from the Waffa hospital in Gaza the IDF had responded on Wednesday, July 23. For days terrorists have been using the hospital as a military post. Terrorists fired small-arms fire and anti-tank rockets at IDF forces. The IDF had refrained from responding.

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Middle East

Protests mount against SFSU professor’s trip

July 22, 2014

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)– Citing broad academic and community outrage, seven groups on Tuesday, July 22, urged the California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees, the group with ultimate authority over educational and fiscal matters at SFSU and all CSU schools, to launch its own investigation into San Francisco State University (SFSU) Professor Rabab

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Three FM’s denounce growing European anti- Semitism

July 22, 2014

NEW YORK (Press Release)- The American Jewish Committee welcome the powerful statement issued Tuesday, July 22, on European anti-Semitism by the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Italy. “At a time when ‘Death to the Jews’ chants can be heard at public gatherings in European capitals, allegedly in protests against Israel, the bold, timely and

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International, Middle East

‘Moderate’ Islam no longer exists as a world force

July 22, 2014

The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam—Barack Hussein Obama By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — When we look at the violence that is taking place throughout the cities of Europe, it is clear that Jihadist Islam (a.k.a. Radical Islam) is no longer an aberration. When someone

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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East

JNs news briefs: July 22, 2014

July 22, 2014

20,000 people attend funeral of IDF soldier from Texas (JNS.org) In response to a widespread social media campaign to honor a fallen soldier, some 20,000 people crowded the military cemetery in Haifa on Monday evening for the funeral of Staff Sgt. Nissim Sean Carmeli, one of two U.S. citizens killed in fighting in Gaza on

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International, Middle East, USA

Close- quarter fighting in Gaza War

July 22, 2014

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA)– IDF forces continued on Tuesday, July 22, to move slowly through the Gazan neighborhoods of Shuja’iya, Jabalya and Beit Lahiya, searching for terror tunnels, weapons caches and terrorist command and control centers. Fighting was fierce and intense, as Hamas, which dug these tunnels at great cost, does not want to

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Middle East

Mob Museum chronicles Jewish gangsters

July 22, 2014

-Ninth in a Series– By Donald H. Harrison LAS VEGAS, Nevada – In a former courthouse where U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver (D-Tennessee) once held a hearing to expose the extent to which Organized Crime had corrupted America, Las Vegas today presents “The Mob Museum,” an interactive set of exhibits tracing the rise and fall of

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Donald H. Harrison, USA

Pulitzer Prize winner gets it wrong — again

July 21, 2014

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Nicholas Kristof is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and author, who has written op-ed columns for The New York Times since 2001. Kristof generally highlights human rights abuse and social injustice. His article of July 19, “Who’s Right and Wrong in the Middle East” is not his

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Middle East, Steve Kramer

Humoring the Headlines: July 21, 2014

July 21, 2014

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―Hamas agreed to accept all the unaccompanied minors who have sought asylum in the United States so long as they don’t mind living in tents above missile and weapon caches. * The Pro-Russian Ukrainian rebels suspected of downing Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 have analyzed its black box and concluded that the

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Computer chip can sniff out explosives

Rancho La Puerta offers Saturday stays

Lauder demands action against anti- Semitic mobs

JNS news briefs: July 23, 2014

Prolonging war enhances Hamas prestige vs. P.A.

Israel attacks terror base in hospital

Protests mount against SFSU professor’s trip

Three FM’s denounce growing European anti- Semitism

‘Moderate’ Islam no longer exists as a world force

JNs news briefs: July 22, 2014

Close- quarter fighting in Gaza War

Mob Museum chronicles Jewish gangsters

Pulitzer Prize winner gets it wrong — again

Humoring the Headlines: July 21, 2014

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