Archive for February, 2012
Palestinian runner uses Gaza marathon to prepare for London 2012 Olympics
Bahaa al-Farra, who will run a 10km stretch of the race on Thursday, is Gaza's only participant at the Olympic Games Bahaa al-Farra will rise early on Thursday morning, pull on his running shoes and Lycra, and join hundreds of others taking part in the second Gaza marathon, spanning the length of the tiny Palestinian enclave. For many, including around 2,000 children expected to run the course …
February 29, 2012
Tags: 10km-stretch, a-10km-stretch, a-will-rise, course, his-running, length, others-taking, palestinian, race, second, shoes-and, the-second, thursday, tiny, will-rise Posted in: Gaza 
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Israel: More Reform, Conservative than Charedi Jews
Israel February 29, 2012 By Shmuel Rosner The Western Wall in Jerusalem. Photo by Zachi Evenor Eight percent of Israeli Jews define themselves as Conservative or Reform Jews, compared to just 7 percent of Israelis who define themselves as Charedi (ultra-Orthodox)
February 29, 2012
Tags: a-great-extent, a-now-available, conservative, guttman, guttman-report-, israelis, jewish-people, liberal, report Posted in: Jews Comments Closed
Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn blast ‘Unorthodox’ memoir as pure fictionÂ
Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn are raining righteous fury down on one of their own a 25-year-old woman who left the faith and wrote a blockbuster tell-all. Since publishing her memoir, Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots” on Feb
February 29, 2012
Tags: barbara-walters, book, crime, daily, deborah-feldman, hasidic, hasidic-roots-, hatzalah, news-the-death, publisher, sliced-the-boys, state-police-, walters-on-the Posted in: Jews Comments Closed
Mormons baptized Daniel Pearl, slain Jewish journalist
People visit the exhibition, Anne Frank: A Story For Today, at the Unified Educational Center in Sao Paulo, Brazil. A scholar says she uncovered documents that prove a Mormon church posthumously baptized Frank.
February 29, 2012
Tags: a-video-filmed, attackers, bureau-chief, family, Jewish, mormon, pakistan, pearl, street, street-journal, unified Posted in: Jewish American Heritage Month Comments Closed
Dr. Tina Strobos, Who Harbored Jews From the Nazis, Dies at 91
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February 29, 2012
Tags: account-yet, and-the, herald-tribune, international, manage-your, member, password, products, products-and, remember, services-from, times--, tribune Posted in: Jews Comments Closed
Ukraine beats Israel 3-2 in entertaining friendly
PETAH TIKVA, Israel (AP)European Championship co-host Ukraine defeated Israel 3-2 in an entertaining game on Wednesday to stay unbeaten in its past five friendlies. Oleg Gusev, Yevhen Konoplyanka and Andriy Yarmolenko were on target for Oleg Blokhins Ukrainians, who last lost to the Czech Republic in September
February 29, 2012
Tags: a-through-ball, championship, frequency, from-midfielder, oleksandr-aliev, poland, ukraine, visitors, yarmolenko Posted in: Israel Comments Closed
Israel to Take Center Stage in Campaign 2012
Anticipating an aggressive Republican effort next week to criticize the president’s relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Democratic National Committee is sending out a web video to Jewish media and activists accusing the GOP of politicizing the U.S.-Israel relationship. On Sunday, President Obama will address the annual convention of AIPAC, the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee. On Monday, he will welcome Netanyahu at the White House.
February 29, 2012
Tags: construction, house, Israel, israelis, Jewish, official, president, president-obama, united, white-house Posted in: Israel Comments Closed
Iranian Jew touts deep ties between Jews and Iran
An Iranian Jew prays in a synagogue in Shiraz, Iran, in this photo from 1999. Some 25,000 Jews still live in Iran. (Photo by the U.S
February 29, 2012
Tags: a-very-warm, america, country, deep-, governments, iranian, iranian-jewish, Israel, jews-hakakian, Judaism, photo, turquoise, united, warn-the-united Posted in: Jews Comments Closed
Top congressman facing pressure from Jewish groups on adviser's religious divorce dispute
A top House Republican is facing a swell of pressure from Jewish communities across the country as they lobby, not for legislation, but for his intervention in the personal life of an adviser.
February 29, 2012
Tags: a-request-for, a-stand-against, a-tough-social, aharon-friedman, child, country, employee, facebook, freedom, intervention, issue, Jewish, personal, tamar-epstein, wife Posted in: Jewish Comments Closed
West Bank Program for Children Takes Holistic Approach
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS After a successful career as an investment banker, Lola Nashashibi Grace decided it was time to use her business skills to help Palestinian children and women. Grace chose the West Bank village of Beit Rima for her pilot program, which began in 2007 as an afterschool program for girls.
February 29, 2012
Tags: a-decade-ago, business, children, donor, grace, graduate, graduate-school, home, impoverished, latin-america, middle, middle-east, morgan-stanley, sterling-grace, study Posted in: West Bank Comments Closed
Why no dramas on British anti-WWI activists?
(TomDispatch) Well in advance of the 2014 centennial of the beginning of “the war to end all wars,” the First World War is suddenly everywhere in our lives. Stephen Spielberg’s “War Horse” opened on 2,376 movie screens and has collected six Oscar nominations (but didn’t win any Academy Awards Sunday night), while the hugely successful play it’s based on is still packing in the crowds in New York and a second production is being readied to tour the country. In addition, the must-watch TV soap opera of the last two months, “Downton Abbey,” has just concluded its season on an unexpected kiss.
February 29, 2012
Tags: a-half-years, a-noble-crusade, a-railway-union, academy-awards-, bbc, british, first, first-world, russian, world Posted in: World War I Comments Closed
With dinner for a few, Obama honors all Iraq vets
WASHINGTON Richard Nixon threw a huge gala for former Vietnam POWs. Harry Truman cheered at multiple parades honoring veterans of World War II. Andrew Johnson presided over the pageantry of a two-day review of Union troops at the end of the Civil War
February 29, 2012
Tags: a-good-first, a-had-promised, a-leg-amputated, alice-peacock, andrew-johnson, country, Iraq, obama, richard-nixon, white-house Posted in: World War II Comments Closed
World War II POW dies at 94
Posted on29 February 2012. By Mark Waite Decorated veteran Matthew Bates, a prisoner of war in World War II, died Feb
February 29, 2012
Tags: bates, bloody-bucket-, capture-on-dec, conduct-medal, from-the-german, german, matthew-bates, post-on-easter, prisoner, service, services-medal, time Posted in: World War II Comments Closed
World War II veteran depicted in 'Band of Brothers' dies at 90
1:00 AM Lynn ‘Buck’ Compton was awarded a Silver Star and a Purple Heart for his service during the war. The Associated Press BURLINGTON, Wash. Lynn D.
February 29, 2012
Tags: a-heart-attack, angeles-times, district-court, family, headed-the-team, historian, purple-heart, service, silver-star, skagit-valley, syndee-compton, tracy-compton Posted in: World War II Comments Closed
Alabama immigration law foes seek automakers' support
By Joe Sutton, CNN updated 12:01 AM EST, Wed February 29, 2012 STORY HIGHLIGHTS (CNN) — Groups seeking to repeal a controversial Alabama immigration law are asking the state’s highly influential auto manufacturing industry to join their cause.
February 29, 2012
Tags: alabama, auto-executives, campaign, consequences, groups, southern, united, united-auto Posted in: Southern Poverty Law Center Comments Closed
Iran's guardians invoke siege mentality as pressures mount
DUBAI (Reuters) – As international pressure mounts on Iran over its disputed nuclear program, the leadership is seeking to bolster support with rousing revolutionary rhetoric.
February 29, 2012
Tags: a-1953-coup, a-ballot-from, a-mixed-bag, bolster-support, elections-, foreign-enemies, gulf-led-arab, islamic, mounts-on-iran, poured-on-the, press, pressure-mounts, tehran, united, united-states- Posted in: Iran Comments Closed
Libya to give Syrian opposition $100 million in aid
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya will donate $100 million in humanitarian aid to the Syrian opposition and allow them to open an office in Tripoli, a government spokesman said on Wednesday, in a further sign of its strong support for forces fighting President Bashar al-Assad. Representatives from the Syrian National Council (SNC) visited Tripoli this week after Mustafa Abdel, chairman of Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC), made the initial offer earlier this month to host an SNC office there
February 29, 2012
Tags: a-expelled-the, a-further-sign, a-had-refused, from-the-syrian, month, muammar-gaddafi, syrian, syrian-national, tripoli, wednesday Posted in: Libya Comments Closed
U.S. Sees Iran Attacks as Likely if Israel Strikes
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February 29, 2012
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Crime and punishment in the Gaza Strip
Part of complete coverage on By VICE staff updated 10:36 AM EST, Wed February 29, 2012 Rare glimpse of life inside Gaza STORY HIGHLIGHTS Editor’s note: The staff at CNN.com has been intrigued by the journalism of VICE, an independent media company and Web site based in Brooklyn, New York. The reports, which are produced solely by VICE, reflect a very transparent approach to journalism, where viewers are taken along on every step of the reporting process.
February 29, 2012
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Israel plots to enter Syrian soil
A picture taken from the Syrian side shows the Quneitra border crossing between Syria and the Israeli annexed Golan Heights (File Photo). Israel is reportedly preparing the grounds for military meddling in Syria by creating chaos in the southwestern Syrian province of Quneitra near the Israeli border
February 29, 2012
Tags: country, establishment, government, Iran, Israel, israeli, openly-supports, quneitra, sms, southwestern, syrian, turkey, western-backed Posted in: Golan Heights Comments Closed
mergermarket to Host Israeli Dealmakers in San Francisco
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL and SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire -02/29/12)- mergermarket, an independent mergers and acquisitions intelligence service, is proud to host, in association with Herzog Fox Neeman (HFN) and the California Israel Chamber of Commerce, an event examining cross-border opportunities between the United States West Coast and Israel. In spite of longstanding investment flows between Silicon Valley and Israel, this inaugural event is one of the first to specifically examine best practices for completing M&A transactions in the two markets.
February 29, 2012
Tags: banking, industry, information, Israel, labor, latin-america, silicon-valley, united, united-states- Posted in: Tel Aviv Comments Closed
Israeli troops raid West Bank TV stations
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) Israeli troops raided two private Palestinian TV stations before dawn Wednesday, seizing transmitters and other equipment, the military said. The military said one of the outlets, al-Watan TV, is a pirate station whose frequencies interfered with legal broadcasters and aircraft communications.
February 29, 2012
Tags: commander, communications, Israel, israeli, moammar-orabi, palestinians, raids, university, wednesday Posted in: West Bank Comments Closed
Iran: No nuclear activity at military site
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Iran’s nuclear chief says no atomic activity has occurred at a military complex that U.N. inspectors seek to visit, but notes that any decision to open the site rests with the armed forces. The Parchin complex, southeast of Tehran, has been often mentioned in the West as a suspected base for secret nuclear work a claim Iran denies.
February 29, 2012
Tags: britain, european, islamic, Israel, tehran, united, united-states-, west, with-the-armed, working-on-such Posted in: Iran Comments Closed
NYer who saved Jews during Holocaust dies
RYE, N.Y. (AP) – A woman who helped hide more than 100 Jews during the Holocaust has died at a New York retirement community
February 29, 2012
Tags: associated, diagnosed-with, education, human-rights, information, journal, journal-news, material-may, mother, stashed-guns, strobos Posted in: Jews Comments Closed
Jordan Islamists want urgent Arab meet on Jerusalem
Jordan’s opposition Islamists urged King Abdullah II on Wednesday to call an emergency Arab summit in a bid to protect Jerusalem from “Judaisation.” “We urge you to lead Arab, Muslim and international efforts to protect Al-Aqsa mosque,” in Jerusalem’s Old City, Hamzeh Mansur, head of the Islamic Action Front (IAF), said in a letter to the king. “We suggest holding an emergency Arab summit to protect Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem,” Mansur said in the letter, posted on the IAF’s website. The Palestinians want east Jerusalem as the capital of their future state and adamantly reject Jewish settlement construction in the territory.
February 29, 2012
Tags: Christian, doha-on-sunday, hamzeh-mansur, international, islamic-action, Jerusalem, Jewish, jordan, judaisation, Judaism, muslim, palestinians, qatar, united-nations Posted in: Jerusalem Comments Closed
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