Middle East

Rosh Yeshiva’s wife donates kidney – after her son did the same

Rabbanit Naomi Shapira, mother of 11 and well-known in the religious-Zionist community for her classes on Jewish marriage and sanctity, donated a kidney last week to a mother of three, Ilanit. The latter had been waiting three years for a donor. Mrs. Shapira, wife of Yeshivat Ramat Gan dean Rabbi Yehoshua Shapira, said she became […]

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Holocaust denial, anti-Semitism at University of Illinois

Just days after posters accusing Jews of benefiting from “Jewish Privilege” were discovered on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus, Jewish students say yet another wave of anti-Semitic materials has been found on school grounds. Last week, posters accusing Jews of economically dominating the United States were found plastered around campus. “ENDING WHITE PRIVILEGE…

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Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

In a first, former CIA captive appeals Guantanamo trial to Supreme Court

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Lawyers for the man accused of orchestrating the USS Cole bombing have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in the military tribunal at Guantanamo using accounts of the captive’s CIA torture drawn from declassified documents and an interrogator’s recent memoirs. The petition with hundreds of pages of supporting

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International, Middle East, USA

Diapora Museum receives huge donation

The San Francisco-based Koret Foundation has granted the Diaspora Museum 10 million dollars, the largest donation the museum has received from an American foundation in its 40-year history. The donation will serve to expand the International School for Jewish Nation studies at the museum, to be named after the foundation. The expansion of the school

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Coalition spat over new Israeli broadcaster threatens early elections

Tel Aviv (dpa) – Threats to call new elections swirled Sunday in Israel amid coalition infighting, with the long-delayed establishment of a new public broadcaster at the centre, according to local media. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly threatened to call fresh elections if Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon insists on going through with the

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Middle East

Turkey accuses Germany of supporting cleric blamed for failed coup

Turkey has accused Germany of supporting a US based cleric it blames for last year’s coup. President Erdogan’s spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said doubts raised by Germany’s spy agency, the BND, that Fethullah Gulen was behind the failed uprising were proof of Berlin’s support Ankara also said on Sunday that Turkish ministers could plan another rally

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International, Middle East

Sirens blare in south as rockets are launched from Gaza

One projectile explodes near city of Asheklon causing no casualties or damage, while another apparently falls in Palestinian territory By Times of Israel staff Illustrative: A photo taken from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border shows rockets being fired by Palestinian terrorists from the Gaza Strip into Israel, August 20, 2014. (Albert Sadikov/Flash90) Rocket

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Middle East

Israel to ‘continue’ targeting Hezbollah-bound arms in Syria

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Israel’s latest air strikes into Syria targeted weapons bound for Lebanon’s Hezbollah, and that it will continue to carry out such raids. Netanyahu’s statement came after Israeli warplanes struck several targets within Syria, and Syria fired missiles back in retaliation. “When we identify attempts to transfer advanced

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Middle East

Turkish nationalists aim to swing votes away from Erdogan

Turkey’s divided nationalists could be the deciding factor in the upcoming referendum on expanding President Erdogan’s powers. Hardliners, perhaps surprisingly, say they are fighting to save their country’s democracy, amid media boycotts and intimidation. Istanbul (dpa) – Sinan Ogan was having a rough week. It was Friday night and hours earlier he received word his

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International, Middle East

Refugees Nearly Evenly Split Among Muslims, Christians

Just more than 7,500 refugees entered the United States during Donald Trump’s first seven weeks as president, with almost the same number of Christians as Muslims, according to a study released this week. Of the 7,594 refugees who resettled in the U.S. between January 21 and March 10, 3,410 (45 percent) were Muslims, with 3,292

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International, Middle East, USA