TEL AVIV (Press Release) — First impressions are the most important, and that’s as true in the business sector as well as anywhere else. But does a good first impression lead to investment success — and for whom? According to a new study by Dr. Roy Zuckerman of Tel Aviv University’s Faculty of Management, hedge-fund […]
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Yotam Rozenwald JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — The IDF will award 53 soldiers, among them 4 women, military decorations for their service during this past summer’s Operation “Protective Edge.” Among the women, one received a citation (talash), and three others received medals of appreciation from the Israeli Southern Command. Lieutenant Dr. Regina Pekman, a medical officer
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–Five months ago, Nufar Gross was on the battlefield treating wounded soldiers. The 33-year-old IDF paramedic spent her summer providing medical treatment to both wounded soldiers and civilians during the Operation Protective Edge, which lasted 50 days. It was not the first time that Gross saw life and death flashing before
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Middle EastIDF braces for possible Hezbollah retaliation, deploys Iron Dome in north (JNS.org) Following reports of an Israeli airstrike in Syria on Sunday that killed six members of the Lebanon-based terrorist group Hezbollah, Israel deployed Iron Dome missile defense batteries in the north of the country as part of preparations for a possible counter-strike. On Tuesday
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International, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Retired general Yoav Galant didn’t become chief of staff in 2011 because of an alleged land grab near his home. He’s back now as a politician and aspiring minister of defense in Moshe Kahlon’s new party Kulanu. No yet being schooled in the art of double-speak, he said that
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Middle EastEditor’s Note: The HaTikvah slate for election to the World Zionist Congress has been asked for comment on the following story, but had not replied at press time. NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has filed a false advertising complaint this week regarding the HaTikvah slates’s official platform page, which was published
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) warmly welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Israel. It is the first trip to Israel by a Japanese prime minister since 2006, and follows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s successful visit to Japan last year. “Prime Minister Abe’s presence in Israel confirms the
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International, Middle East, USAHezbollah vows to avenge Israeli airstrike that killed members of terrorist group (JNS.org) Hezbollah vowed to avenge an Israeli airstrike in Syria that reportedly killed six of the Lebanon-based terrorist group’s members, including Jihad Mughniyeh, the son of late Hezbollah military commander Imad Mughniyeh. “Hezbollah’s leadership cannot accept the blow it received from the Israeli
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BUENOS AIRES (WJC)–Alberto Nisman, the Argentine prosecutor who last week accused President Cristina Fernandez of trying to whitewash Argentina’s worst ever bombing, was found dead in his apartment on Monday morning, Jan. 19. The timing and circumstances of his death are under investigation. Nisman, the state prosecutor investigating the 1994 blast at a Jewish community center
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International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Where is the peace process? Waiting for someone in authority to say Kaddish. It isn’t prominent in any of the major party platforms. To be sure, one must be wary of making any conclusions about what candidates say and write in the midst of a political campaign. If they are not lying
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Yotam Rozenwald JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–Charges were pressed on Sunday, Jan. 18, against seven Israeli-Arab citizens, for planning an attack in Israel and for attempting to join ISIS in Syria. The seven are Adnan Al a-Din (40), Karim Abu-Salah (22), Hosam Marisat (30), Alaa Abu-Salah (27), Faddi Bashir (29), Khalead Abu-Salah (30) and Muhammad Abu-Salah (27). All are
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Salvation? Curse? Or a bit of both, as well as being something that pervades and is impossible to avoid? There are no end of the lessons to derive from Charlie Hebdo and the Kosher market. Yet it cannot be entirely clear what they are. Mystery is never far from this subject. Being religious
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Friday, Jan. 16, said it is increasingly disturbing to see Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu ratcheting up their anti-Israel rhetoric by using the tragedy of the Paris terror attacks to further virulently anti-Israel views, which contributes to a growing anti-Jewish atmosphere within
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Middle East, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson LONDON–Spending a few days in London in January reminded me of the little ditty below by Robert Louis Stevenson, and although I now have the benefit of electric light, there’s no getting away from the long, dark nights, the late rising and early setting sun — if you manage to get a
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle East