Photo Credit: Jewish Press Many people speculate about the arrival of self-driving cars, but the future of self-driving trucks is arguably even more important. Long-haul trucking is still at the heart of the economy with people driving long hours on monotonous highways to ensure that products and packages are delivered in a timely manner. The […]
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Photo Credit: Jewish Press Two booklets I came across this week are from a distant land in what feels like a different world. They were published in 1958 and 1963, respectively, by the Sha’are Shalom Synagogue in Salisbury, Rhodesia, the colonial name for what is now Harare, Zimbabwe. Salisbury found itself home to an unlikely […]
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Stefan Mandel, 80, fled the country 18 years ago after being indicted for running a fraudulent lottery business; now, the Romanian-born mathematician, who developed a winning algorithm, says he is ready to return An 80-year-old Holocaust survivor, who’s 14 times lottery winner is set to return to Israel in the coming months after fleeing 18 […]
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Press Release JUDGE BLOCKS EXECUTIVE ORDER GIVING VETO POWER TO STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS IN REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT Three faith-based resettlement agencies brought the challenge against the unprecedented order (Greenbelt, MD) – Today, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction in the lawsuit HIAS v. Trump, blocking an executive order that for the first time in the […]
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Photo Credit: Department of Homeland Security. Michael Masters, CEO and national director of the Secure Community Network, the security arms of the Jewish Federation of North America and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, addresses community leaders and homeland security officials at the Tabletop Exercise in April 2019. As synagogues nationwide debate […]
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Photo Credit: Google Maps The communities of Chamonaim and Ganei-Modi’in, north-east of the Shilat junction and Modi’in, have been on a security lock-down since approximately 5:30AM on Thursday. Three figures were seen running through the town carrying knapsacks in the early hours of the morning, and the IDF and security forces were called out to […]
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Photo Credit: unsplash President Trump’s execution of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani has renewed the endless canard that neoconservatives are trying to push the United States into war with Iran to help Israel. The mythology about the “neocon” obsession with helping Israel is growing tiresome, not least because it has an offensive, anti-Semitic undertone, implying as […]
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Photo Credit: Ministry of Defense Iron Dome A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces said Wednesday night that additional Iron Dome aerial defense system batteries have been deployed across southern Israel in light of the increased threat facing the region. 4 Rockets Fired at Israel, 2 Intercepted by Iron Dome Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, […]
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Photo Credit: Razurdia / Wikimedia Guatemala President Alejandro Giammattei Guatemala’s new president, Alejandro Giammattei 63, announced on Tuesday during his inauguration that his nation will declare Hezbollah to be a terrorist organization, adding that it is an Iranian proxy that seeks to destroy Israel. Giammattei also told Israel’s Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis, who […]
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Photo Credit: wikimedia Sharpton and cronies marching on Crown Heights I felt compelled to attend a conversation on anti-Semitism that Rabbi Shmuley Boteach was hosting Monday night because I still don’t understand the sudden eruption of black Jew hatred in the tri-state area. I was hoping Rabbi Boteach could offer the fresh insights for which […]
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