64.6 F
San Diego
Friday, March 29, 2024

Daily Archives: October 11, 2018

Baseball in Israel. Source: Israel Association of Baseball website.

American Jewish baseball players to make aliyah for Israeli Olympic team

0
Ten American-Jewish Major League and Minor League Baseball players are beginning the process of making aliyah next week, in order to be eligible to play for Israel at the 2020 Olympic Summer Games. Participants in the Olympics...

Surviving the Shoah by hook or by crook

0
This book came to me “over the transom,” that is, without any previous warning.  Even though it is three years old, I’m glad that I had a chance to read and review it, as...
U.S. President Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at United Nations headquarters in New York on Sept. 26, 2018. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO.

Trump’s wavering on one-state or two-states leaves many in a state of confusion

0
U.S. President Donald Trump raised eyebrows recently during a joint press conference in New York with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he backtracked on previous positions he held regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying,...
The International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: Bruno Sanchez-Andrade Nuño/Flickr.

IMF: US sanctions have contributed to ongoing recession in Iran

0
The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that the Iranian economy has entered a recession, in part due to U.S. sanctions. The IMF World Economic Outlook report estimates Iran’s economy will shrink by 1.5 percent this year, with the...
Omer Meir Wellber. Credit: Wilfried Hösl/Bavarian State Opera.

Beersheva native named as new chief conductor of BBC Philharmonic

The British Broadcasting Corporation announced that Israeli conductor-composer Omer Meir Wellber, 36, has been appointed as the BBC Philharmonic’s new chief conductor. He is to take up the post in September 2019 and his initial...
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley visits at a terror tunnel built by Hamas on the Israel-Gaza border, June 8, 2017. Photo by Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv.

IDF destroys Hamas terror tunnel dug 200 meters into Israeli territory

The Israeli military ‎uncovered and neutralized a Hamas terror tunnel ‎breaching Israeli territory. This is the 15th cross-border tunnel discovered and destroyed this year.‎ The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said on Thursday that the tunnel, dug near the...
U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) speaks at a Hillary Clinton campaign event at the University of Minnesota in October 2016. Credit: Lorie Shaull via Wikimedia Commons.

Keith Ellison and Michigan candidates top the 2017-18 Islamist money list

0
The Middle East Forum’s “Islamist Money in Politics” (IMIP) project has calculated the top-ten recipients of 2017-18 campaign contributions from prominent Islamists. These are funds from individuals who agree with the goals of Khomeini, Bin Laden...
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded a grant to Israeli cybersecurity startup Morphisec to develop cybersecurity defense solutions for virtual desktop systems, October 2018. Source: Morphisec.

Israeli startup named first international winner of US cyber-security grant

0
The United States Department of Homeland Security has awarded a grant to Israeli cyber-security startup Morphisec to develop cyber-security defense solutions for virtual desktop systems, according to an announcement on Wednesday. Morphisec will become the...

Bashing Israel, UNESCO also calls tombs part of ‘Occupied Palestinian territory’

0
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) PX Commission of the Executive Board voted on Wednesday to adopt a pair of “decisions” titled “Occupied Palestine,” which call the ancient Cave of the...

Soudan : Clash télévisé entre des femmes et un cheikh qui justifie le harcèlement...

0
Une échauffourée a éclaté au cours de l’émission en arabe Shabab Talk consacrée au harcèlement sexuel des femmes au Soudan, diffusée sur la chaîne télévisée Deutsche Welle. Le professeur Mohammed Uthman Saleh, président de...