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The Geopolitics of Gas Discoveries in Israel – Video

| May 9, 2012

09-05-2012 13:35 His Excellency Uzi Landau, minister of energy and water resources for the State of Israel, discusses the significance of the Tamar and Leviathan natural gas discoveries in the current regional context. His Excellency Uzi Landau, minister of energy and water resources for the State of Israel, will discuss new natural gas discoveries off the coast of Israel, their impact on the nation's standing in the Middle East, and the importance of this new energy resource in the context of current regional events. Landau, who has held central positions in the Israeli cabinet and as a member of the Knesset since 1984, was a senior research fellow at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism of Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya from 2006 to 2008.

Jewish American Heritage Month: Science & Medicine

| May 9, 2012

This week we continue our month-long celebration of Jewish American Heritage month with a look at just a small in fact, miniscule sampling of Jewish Americans who left an indelible mark in the fields of medicine and science. JULE CHARNEY (Jan. 1, 1917 June 16, 1981) was an American meteorologist who contributed to the development of numerical weather prediction and to increased understanding of the general circulation of the atmosphere by devising a series of increasingly sophisticated mathematical models of the atmosphere

Klezmer and Kids Story Hour to feature author, accordion player

| May 7, 2012

Children and adults are invited to celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month (May) at a very special PJ Library Story Hour featuring author Heidi Smith Hyde, who will read her book, Mendels Accordion, and accordion player Barry Shapiro, who will entertain with klezmer music. Klezmer and Kids will take place on Friday, May 18, 3:30 p.m. at Cohen Hillel Academy, 6 Community Road in Marblehead

May Celebrates Asian, Jewish Heritage

| May 6, 2012

Since high school, I've always known that May is a month- long tribute to many aspects of Asian America. But it wasn't until last week when I was compiling a list of D.C.-area events related to this month that I found out that May is also Jewish American Heritage Month. Here's a brief synopsis of what I know and learned about the origins of the two observations, as well as a few events: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month It first started out as a week after Congress passed a 1978 joint resolution proclaiming the first seven days of May to be Asian/Pacific Heritage Week

Nakba – Video

| May 6, 2012

Nakba What Is al-Naqba, or al-Nakba - The Catastrophe? May 14, 1948 marks Israel's declaration of independence.

May is Jewish Heritage Month

| May 3, 2012

President Barack Obama celebrated the shared struggle of Jewish identity in proclaiming Jewish Heritage Month for the month of May. In the proclamation issued May 1, the president discussed the perseverance of Jewish Americans in overcoming adversity and hostility to reach success in America. Even here, Jewish Americans bore the pains of hardship and hostility; yet, through every obstacle, generations carried with them the deep conviction that a better future was within their reach, Obama said.

Fences Up: Israel walls off Lebanon, Egypt – Video

| May 1, 2012

01-05-2012 08:03 To the Middle East now, where Israel is taking new steps to shield itself from its Arab neighbors. Having already walled-off the Palestinians, Tel Aviv's now seeking to do the same with the Lebanese. We get the latest from RT's Paula Slier in Israel

Arch-terrorist Abu Jihad glorified for killing dozens of civilians, in PA TV documentary – Video

| May 1, 2012

Arch-terrorist Abu Jihad glorified for killing dozens of civilians, in PA TV documentary palwatch.org http://www.palwatch.org Narrator: "The Palestinian revolution was at its peak, and many times Fatah carried out 60 special operations a day. Among the leading operations of the Prince of Martyrs (Abu Jihad): the explosion of the Zohar reservoir in 1955, the explosion of the Israeli National Water Carrier in 1965, the 1975 Savoy Hotel operation in Tel Aviv, in which 10 Israelis were killed, the Dalal Mughrabi operation in 1978, in which more than 37 Israelis were killed, the shelling of the Eilat Port in 1979, and the Dimona Reactor operation in 1988 (bus hijacking and killing of 3 civilians), which was the principle reason for his assassination on April 16, 1988." [PA TV (Fatah) April 16, 2012] Note: Abu Jihad (Khalil Al-Wazir) was a founder of Fatah and deputy to Yasser Arafat.


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