International

Four killed in shooting at San Francisco UPS facility, including gunman

A gunman shot and killed three people at a United Parcel Service facility in San Francisco Wednesday morning, before fatally shooting himself in front of police officers, authorities say. Six people suffered gunshot wounds and four were killed, according to San Francisco Police. The dead included the gunman, who shot himself in the head, according […]

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USA

Why does Israel tolerate terror incitement in soccer?

By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel –This may come as a shock but intense terror incitement is happening in Jerusalem and nobody is taking a bit of notice. Noise is being made about stopping Mahmoud Abbas paying salaries to jailed terrorists but nobody is addressing the source of the incitement, even when it is taking place

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International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions

50 groups urge UC Irvine action against anti- Semitism

SANTA CRUZ, California  (Press Release) – Fifty Jewish, civil rights and education advocacy groups on Wednesday wrote to University of California Irvine (UCI) Chancellor Howard Gillman demanding he publicly address the latest in a slew of disruptions of pro-Israel events on campus within the framework of the UC Regents’ Statement of Principles Against Intolerance, which Chancellor Gillman had committed

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

AJC Welcomes Trump Administration Commitment to End PA payments to Terrorists

NEW YORK, June 13, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — AJC welcomed Secretary of State Tillerson’s comments today that the Palestinian Authority, responding to U.S. pressure, will end its longstanding practice of financially rewarding terrorists and their families. “Creating monetary incentives for terrorists is a key factor impeding the peace process and nurturing a Palestinian culture of violence

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Middle East, USA

How (some) Jews across the US rooted for baseball’s first black player

70 years after Jackie Robinson hit the field, new books and exhibits show how the sport’s Jewish fans and players shared his pain By Rich Tenorio When Jackie Robinson integrated Major League Baseball 70 years ago with the Brooklyn Dodgers, American Jews were there to cheer him on. Throughout the 1947 season, Robinson could count

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Sports & Competitions, USA

Israel and New Zealand restore ties after spat over UN resolution

Israeli ambassador to return to Wellington months after recall over anti-settlement Security Council vote By Stuart Winer and Raphael Ahren Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with Foreign Minister of New Zealand Murray McCully in Jerusalem, November 17, 2016. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO) Israel on Tuesday said it will restore its diplomatic relations with New Zealand,

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International, Middle East

Shunned anti-Semitism film shown for 24 hours only at Bild website

Germany’s biggest paper leaks pirate copy of controversial documentary that public TV channel has refused to broadcast By Marc Neugroschel Screenshot of BDS protesters in Paris, from the documentary ‘Chosen and Excluded — Jew Hatred in Europe.’ (Courtesy) COLOGNE, Germany — A new much discussed documentary on European anti-Semitism has been leaked on the website

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International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

James Mattis to Congress: ‘We are not winning’ in Afghanistan

Defense Secretary James Mattis pulled no punches Tuesday when lawmakers pressed the defense chief for his assessment of the ongoing war in Afghanistan. “We are not winning in Afghanistan,” Mr. Mattis told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, after panel chairman and Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain grilled the former four-star general on the

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International, USA

Emily Robbins turns her experience living in Syria into a stunning first novel on love, loss and language

Getting Emily Robbins on the phone is not an easy task. The writer and anthropology scholar is currently living in Jordan, researching her second book. Her first book, “A Word for Love,” is set in Syria. She was inspired to write it after living in the country for multiple years in the early 2000s. Robbins’

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle East