130,000 travelers visit Israel’s parks

admin | September 30, 2011

TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 30 (UPI) — Nice weather drew nearly 130,000 travelers to Israel’s national parks on the second day of Rosh Hashana.

Palestine- land without a people for a people without a land

admin | September 30, 2011

In an act of compassionate pragmatism in 1948, the British help to set up the State of Israel on the site of the former Jewish homeland.

UN committee starts Palestine review

admin | September 30, 2011

The Security Council committee that reviews U.N.

Sale Of U.S. Bombs To Israel Raises Questions

admin | September 30, 2011

The U.S. sold bunker buster bombs to Israel in 2009, a recent report details. No U.S

Journalist is a witness in West Bank: Palestinians are ‘losing hope’

admin | September 30, 2011

Amira Hass has spent more than two decades as the sole Jewish Israeli journalist living and reporting in the West Bank and Gaza.

Jewish cultural centre in Golders Green begins an exciting new chapter

admin | September 30, 2011

The London Jewish Cultural Centre (LJCC) has welcomed a new head with bold plans to put the whole community at its centre.

Gaza’s young bloggers win international and local readers

admin | September 30, 2011

Sharif al-Sharif, 27, launched his blog in 2006 when there were only a handful of bloggers in the Gaza Strip. Now, he says, there are more than 50.

American Jews are not single-issue voters

admin | September 30, 2011

Poll finds Jews in the US prioritise domestic issues, such as the economy and Medicare, over international issues.

Holocaust rail fight gains momentum

admin | September 30, 2011

BALTIMORE — It wasn’t until Ellen Lightman began to take care of her mother in her final years that she learned that the frail woman used her nightly prayers to whisper words of their family’s painful past. “Every night, she prayed that the last few seconds of her parents’ life went quickly,” said the Baltimore County woman, whose grandparents, great-grandparents and aunt were killed in the …

Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office’s West Bank crime report for Sept. 29

admin | September 30, 2011

This information reflects initial calls for service reported by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office for the west bank of Jefferson Parish.