Daily Archives: October 8, 2018
William D. Nordhaus and Paul M. Romer win the Nobel Prize in Economics in...
Americans William D. Nordhaus and Paul M. Romer have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics 2018. The first to integrate climate change into economic analysis by determining the costs and benefits of reducing...
In the absence of leadership
I write this just hours after an Arab terrorist shot and killed two Jews and seriously wounded a third in the Barkan industrial center in Israel’s Shomron region, where thousands of Jews and Arabs...
Keeping pace with U.S., Israeli politics
In a swing through America we encountered the expected range of attitudes about the national leader.
At an upscale senior facility in southern California, we heard agreement in support. Admitting the dissonance of his style,...
Pilot Giora Epstein, 1973: ‘Then I was told, the Egyptian and Syrian air forces...
Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Giora Epstein has played a critical role in defending Israel during many air battles throughout his years as a combat pilot. He has shot down no fewer than 17 enemy aircraft—the most...
JDC launches Tikkun Olam Ventures to empower Africa’s smallholder farmers
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee launched Tikkun Olam Ventures (TOV), an innovative new program addressing poverty among Africa’s smallholder farmers by leveraging Israeli agricultural technology and training, Jewish philanthropy and private capital, and...
Likud gains, Zionist Union tanks in new pre-election poll
If a general Knesset election were held today, the Likud Party would win 32 seats, up from the 30 it currently holds in the Knesset, a new poll from Hadashot News has found. A...
Israeli broadcasting authority battling football association for right to show games in Judea, Samaria
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has refused to allow Israel’s national broadcaster, Kan, to broadcast the World Cup and Euro 2020 soccer games to Israeli television sets in Judea, Samaria or eastern...
Nadia Murad, former ISIS slave, wins Nobel Peace Prize
A former sex slave of the Islamic State, 2018 Nobel Peace Prize co-recipient Nadia Murad escaped from her captors in 2014 and has since fought on behalf of those affected by sexual violence as an act...
Jewish groups convey mixed reactions over Kavanaugh confirmation along ideological lines
Justice Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as the 114th justice on the U.S. Supreme Court Saturday, just hours after a contentious 50-48 Senate vote confirming Kavanaugh’s appointment to the nation’s highest court. The vote...
JCC in Fairfax, Va., vandalized with 19 painted swastikas
A Jewish Community Center in Fairfax, Va., was vandalized with 19 spray-painted swastikas early Saturday morning.
Building staff noticed the building had been vandalized when they arrived to open the facility at 7 a.m. Security...