International

StandWithUs publishes modern Israel Haggadah

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — — A new Passover Haggadah is  being distributed by StandWithUs, an international Israel education organization, that emphasizes not only the themes of slavery and freedom but also underscores Jews’ 3,000-year-long connection to their ancestral homeland, Israel. The Haggadah, From Ancient Egypt to Modern Israel, is the brainchild of StandWithUs co-founder and COO, Jerry Rothstein. “According to a […]

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Insulin resistance may speed Alzheimer’s

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — A new Tel Aviv University study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease finds that insulin resistance, caused in part by obesity and physical inactivity, is also linked to a more rapid decline in cognitive performance. According to the research, both diabetic and non-diabetic subjects with insulin resistance experienced accelerated cognitive

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Syrian ally Russia summons Israeli ambassador over airstrikes

Moscow (dpa) – Russia, the main military backer of the Syrian government, has summoned Israeli Ambassador Gary Koren for questioning over recent Israeli airstrikes on Syrian state forces, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Monday. Russia demands Israel more closely communicate its military plans in the region to avoid such incidents, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said

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International, Middle East

Prague synagogue gets two new Torah scrolls

Two new Torah scrolls donated to Prague’s Great Synagogue were inaugurated on Sunday during a festive ceremony. This is the first time since World War II that the Prague Jewish community received new Torah scrolls. During the Holocaust, Prague’s large Jewish community was almost completely wiped out: Prior to World War II, 125,000 Jews lived

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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East

Rep. Trey Gowdy presses FBI Director Comey to investigate leaks

WASHINGTON — South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy led an unsuccessful Republican effort on Monday to elicit a pledge from the director of the FBI this his agency would investigate how the media obtained classified information about a probe of Russian influence in the U.S. election. But FBI Director James Comey resisted, telling lawmakers in a

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International, USA

Supreme Court nominee takes center stage amid fierce Democratic backstage action

WASHINGTON — Judge Neil Gorsuch introduced himself on Capitol Hill as a “faithful servant of the Constitution and laws of this great nation” on Monday, but his road to a Supreme Court seat still runs through Missouri, Florida and eight other states where vulnerable Democratic senators face re-election next year. Republicans praised and Democrats doubted

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USA

Robert Silvers, founding editor of The New York Review of Books, dies at 87

Robert Silvers, the founding editor of The New York Review of Books and a towering patron of intellectual thought who championed writers including Norman Mailer and Joan Didion, has died at the age of 87. Silver died Monday at his Manhattan home after a brief illness, the literary publication announced. Under his guiding editorial hand,

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USA

Haley accuses UN of ‘anti-Israel bias’ and tensions rise over proposed US budget cuts

WASHINGTON — Trump administration tensions with the United Nations over Israel won’t help the world body as it tries to maintain some part of its funding from Washington. Those tensions flared again Monday when both the State Department and the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. sharply attacked an agenda item in a U.N. meeting in

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International, Middle East, USA

A country legend’s wife gives a heartbreaking update on his condition

Glen Campbell is widely regarded as one of the best guitarists of the past 50 years, but his advancing Alzheimer’s disease has robbed him of the ability to play. Glen’s wife of 34 years, Kim Campbell, opens up about Glen’s condition in a new interview with “The Tennessean.” He can still play a little air

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Nuclear Japan Possible For North Korea Defense, Tillerson Says

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed the possibility of nuclear weapons on the island of Japan in an interview published Saturday, saying “circumstances could evolve” on the Korean peninsula that would require the U.S. to arm its ally with nukes. “We say all options are on the table, but we cannot predict the future,” Tillerson

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International, USA

Israel will continue to defend its citizens, says UN envoy in response to Syria threats

Danon fires back at Syrian ambassador who called Friday’s raid on Hezbollah arms transfer a ‘terror operation,’ warned Syrian retaliatory missile launches were ‘game-changer’ By Times of Israel staff Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon at an anti-BDS conference held at the UN headquarters in New York on November 17, 2016. (Harel Rintzler) Israeli ambassador to

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International, Middle East