Paige Pless, a sophomore at Tech Valley High School, talks about being bullied and how a school project led her to realize her desired career path: working with the Anti-Defamation League as an educator in their “Be An Ally” program.
Annotated Bibles don’t often make headlines, but “The Jewish Annotated New Testament” (Oxford University Press) – the title alone is enough to provoke spirited discussion – has caused a stir. Co-edited by Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler, Bible scholars at Vanderbilt and Brandeis respectively, the volume is proving controversial because of what it says about the very close relationship between Christianity and Judaism
Cracks and small air pockets in a new floodwall south of Marrero are aesthetic issues that do not affect the wall's structural integrity, Army Corps of Engineers officials said Tuesday. But West Bank levee authority officials said some of the imperfections fall outside corps specifications and could cause the walls to weather prematurely, increasing maintenance costs
25-01-2012 13:19 The following footage was from the former Israeli elections when both “Kadima” and “Likud” parties came very close and at the end “Likud” won the elections. This is what you need to know to understand everything in the footage: (1) Ivet – Another name for Liberman (2) Mina – A known statistician in Israel (3) Fairness And Determination – During the Disengagment from Gaza the IDF allways said on the news it will act with fairness and determination with the settlers. Eretz Nehedert – The name of the TV show
Jewish leaders delivered a letter to the White House urging action to allow food to reach hundreds of thousands of people facing starvation in Sudan’s border regions.
Enlarge Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images Israeli soldiers take part in an exercise at the Shizafon army base, in the Negev Desert north of the southern city of Eilat, on Tuesday.
Security Council mulls Syria resolution STORY HIGHLIGHTS Time for international community to unite, Clinton says Syrian ambassador says outsiders should not be forcing changes “Hope of Syrian people” in your hands, Qatari prime minister tells U.N. Security Council Russia does not want al-Assad pushed out of power United Nations (CNN) — Arab leaders told the U.N.
ANALYSIS/OPINION: GOLAN HEIGHTS — Surveying the live minefields, cratered roads and mortar-pocked concrete buildings along the border here between Syria and Israel, it is hard not to be reminded of the historic and monumental disappointment President Obama has been. When he was campaigning to become the most powerful man in the last standing superpower on Earth, he spoke passionately about changing the world, restoring America’s greatness and bringing more peace and fairness to everyone