facebook
twitter

needayoutubeicon donate

globe
<i>Dov Lipman</i>
American-born MK on U.S. speaking tour
Dov Lipman is coming to the United States this week for the first time without a U.S. passport. As a precondition for joining the Israeli government as a Member of Knesset, Lipman, 41, had to make ...
Apr 19, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
<i> A Qassam rocket in Sderot. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)</i>
Israel attacked by Gaza rockets during Obama visit
(JNS.org ) Four Gaza rockets were fired at Israel on Thursday, with two of them landing in the often rocket-battered city of Sderot, during the second day of U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit t...
Mar 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
<i>​Benjamin Netanyahu (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)</i>
Next Israeli government formed after 39 days of negotiation
(JNS.org ) At the culmination of a long, complex and nerve-wracking negotiation — lasting a whopping 39 days — the coalition agreements that will finalize the(next Israeli government have come to...
Mar 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
<i>Flag of Norway. The Norwegian state-owned station, NRK, found that Norway gives the PA about 300 million kroner a year ($52,628,700) and directly correlated this to the PA’s incitement of hatred and glorification of terrorism. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)</i>
Norway questions funding of PA after Palestinian Media Watch findings
Recent findings by Palestinian Media Watch on the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) glorification of terrorism against Israel were featured in a news report by a television station in Norway, one of th...
Feb 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Israel and Turkey seek to reconcile ahead of Obama’s visit
Israeli and Turkish officials have been engaging in dialogue over the past few weeks, Israel’s Channel 2 News reported. The head of Israel’s National Security Council recently met with a high-ranki...
Feb 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
<i>President Barack Obama</i>
Israel to award Obama with medal of distinction
Israeli President Shimon Peres has announced that he will award U.S. President Barack Obama the Presidential Medal of Distinction during his upcoming visit, the Associated Press reported. Pe...
Feb 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
<i>Pope Benedict XVI (AFP)</i>
Benedict will be the first pope in over six centuries to voluntarily resign
Citing advancing age and diminished energy, Pope Benedict XVI will reportedly become the first pope in 600 years to voluntarily resign from the post. The 85-year-old pontiff announced that he ...
Feb 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
<i>Gershom Gorenberg</i>
Gorenberg: Israel’s election a step in right direction, but not far enough
(This is a revised version of the story that appeared in this week's Chronicle, and contains the names of the sponsors of the program) You might think, given the title of Gershom Gorenberg’s upc...
Feb 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
<i>President Barack Obama (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)</i>
Obama will visit Israel for first time as president
White House officials said Tuesday that President Barack Obama, whose relationship with Israel routinely garners attention due to his reported tension with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, plans ...
Feb 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
<i> Gregg Roman, community relations director for the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, translates a live speech by Yair Lapid , leader of the Yesh Atid party in Israel, during an Israel Election Night party Tuesday at the Federation office in Oakland. Yesh Atid finished a surprisingly strong second in the voting Tuesday, which could make Lapid a major player as the next government of Israel is put together. (Chronicle photo by Ohad Cadji)</i>
Bibi’s party wins Knesset vote with surprisingly slim margin
(Editor’s note: This is a revised version of the story posted last night and contains additions throughout.) Israeli voters showed again Tuesday just how unpredictable they could be. Political...
Jan 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Jack Lew
Jack Lew, Obama’s pick for Treasury secretary, is the highest-ranking Orthodox Jew in U.S. government history
Jack Lew, President Obama’s current chief of staff and his pick for Treasury secretary, is the highest-ranking Orthodox Jew in the history of the U.S. government. It’s a distinction that imposes so...
Jan 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
7LL5_First_Snow.jpg
First snow for new Ethiopian immigrants in Israel
Hundreds of Ethiopian olim (immigrants), who are living in the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) absorption centers in Safed, experienced snow this week for the first time. The children pictured hea...
Jan 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
1WTL_Israel_storm.jpg
Stormy weather brings Tel Aviv to standstill
Torrential rain and strong winds have brought much of Tel Aviv, Israel's business hub, to a standstill, as the stormy weather of late in Israel continues. Roads and highways have been affected and ...
Jan 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Archives
Dems restore Jerusalem language to platform after omission furor
by JNS.org
Sep 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 30 30 recommendations | email to a friend
Recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, at first controversially omitted from the 2012 Democratic Party Platform, will return to the document after three attempted voice votes at the par...
Israeli desert aquaculture: A new school of fish
by Jeffrey F. Barken/JNS.org
Sep 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
At a time when ocean fish populations are threatened worldwide, Israeli fish farmers are developing innovative new technologies and breeding methods that are revolutionizing their industry. Face...
Israeli rower won gold -- and sang "Hatikvah" on her own
Aug 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
Organizers of a rowing competition for the disabled in Italy apparently didn't take into consideration the possibility that the Israeli contender, Moran Samuel, would win the competition, and t...
Mount Zion yeshiva could lose lease without world Jewish support
by Toby Tabachnick, Staff Writer
Aug 01, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 36 36 recommendations | email to a friend
Recent Israeli governmental negotiations with the Vatican threaten to jeopardize Jewish control over Jerusalem’s Mount Zion, which, for over 2000 years, has been recognized by Jews as the site of K...
Authorities launch investigation into attack on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria
by The Israel Project
Jul 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 25 25 recommendations | email to a friend
  Jerusalem, July 19 —Authorities are piecing together the circumstances surrounding the explosion that killed five Israeli tourists and their Bulgarian tour guide Wednesday jus...
2011-12 Timeline: Terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians
by The Israel Project
Jul 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Jerusalem, July 19 — The following is a list of more than two dozen major attacks in the past two years carried out mostly by Iran-backed terrorist organizations. Only a few rocket attacks are m...
Terrorist attack kills Israeli tourists on bus in Bulgaria
by The Israel Project
Jul 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Jerusalem, July 18 — A terrorist attack on a bus carrying young Israeli tourists in Burgas, Bulgaria Tuesday killed at least seven people on board and injured at least 20 more, several criticall...
Conservative heksher can expand kosher market, rabbis say
by Toby Tabachnick, Staff Writer
Jul 18, 2012 | 2 2 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
When Avi Olitzky, a Conservative rabbi, moved from New York to Minneapolis in 2008, he quickly became frustrated with the relative dearth of kosher offerings in the Twin Cities. The options he did...
New York’s “Hamptons” also have significant Jewish character
by Peter Rothholz, JNS.org
Jul 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
The villages of Westhampton Beach, Southampton, Bridgehampton, East Hampton and Sag Harbor, all located along the Atlantic shore on the east end of New York’s Long Island, have long been known as t...
Yitzhak Shamir, Israel’s 7th prime minister, served during Gulf War
by Israel Hayom/JNS.org
Jul 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Israel’s seventh prime minister, Yitzhak Shamir, passed away June 30 at the age of 96. Shamir, who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, served intermittently as prime minister from 1983 to 1992 as t...