International

Some Arab- Israeli facts BDS organizers won’t tell you

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) –Throughout late February and March, Israeli Apartheid Week took place across 200 cities around the world, from the UK and South Africa to Canada and the USA. Anti-Israel events have been held on university campuses and academic institutions, with the official aim, according to the organizers’ website, to build Boycott, […]

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Middle East, USA

Jewish news briefs: March 23, 2015

Israeli-issued Passover travel warnings include Egypt and Turkey (JNS.org) In its biannual report for Israeli tourists, the Counterterrorism Bureau at the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday warned that after Islamist terror attacks in Belgium, Canada, Australia, Denmark, and France over the past year, there is a possibility of further jihadist attacks against Israeli and

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International, Middle East, USA

In Israel, U.S., leaders face their constraints

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Gevalt! This is not meant to mourn the election results, but the month or more of haggling and babbling that will surround us until there is a new government. Several times a day we’ll be hearing commentators speculating about who gets what ministries. Just as often we’ll hear the self-appointed “ranking”

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Bill would permit students to refinance loans

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-California) became an original cosponsor of the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act to allow borrowers with high interest rates on their existing student loans in both the public and private markets to refinance these existing loans to lower interest rates.  This would make these existing loans

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Will next generation of computing be optical?

TEL AVIV (Press Release)–From computers, tablets, and smartphones to cars, homes, and public transportation, our world is more digitally connected every day. The technology required to support the exchange of massive quantities of data is critical. That’s why scientists and engineers are intent on developing faster computing units capable of supporting much larger amounts of

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Kerry: As deadline approaches, gaps with Iran remain

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Press Release)–Following is an excerpt of the comments made by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday, March 21, on the status of the P5+1 nuclear negotiations with Iran: SECRETARY KERRY: … I also want to thank particularly the Swiss Government. I’d like to thank Didier Burkhalter for his personal generous welcome to

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International, Middle East, USA

Biography traces parents’ survivals during WWII

An Improbable Journey: A True Story of Courage and Survival During World War II by Susan Schenkel, Ph.D; ISBN 978-0-9894377-2-1, 183 pages, $12.95 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – After her mother’s death, author Susan Schenkel decided to research the lives that her parents, by then both deceased, had led during World War II

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History

U.S. rhetoric warms toward Iran, chills toward Israel

By Donald H. Harrison The death of the mother of Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, the onset of the Iranian New Year, and the approaching deadline for the conclusion of the P5+1 negotiations over Iran’s nucelar aspirations, have prompted President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, and the State Department to issue several expressions of

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USA