Legislation To Restructure Utility Operations On LI
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation last week that revamps the electric utility on Long Island. The legislation privatizes utility operations, improves customer service, including stabilizing...
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The Doctor Is In
In a visit with Dr. Shlomi Israelit, director of Rambam’s emergency trauma department, Dr. Mehmet Oz tests some of Rambam’s scanning devices with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. Internationally acclaimed healer...
View ArticleMartha’s Vineyard Festival To Benefit Kidney-Disease Research
The inaugural “On the Vine” music and entertainment festival is scheduled to be held in Martha’s Vineyard during August 22–25, attracting celebrities and artists to raise awareness about kidney disease...
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100% Of TouroCOM’s 2013 Graduates Placed
Fourth-year medical student Elizabeth Prince, left, with her adviser Tipsuda Junsanto-Bahri, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine and pathology The entire 2013 graduating class of the Touro...
View ArticleChabad Bringing Kosher Back To Sun Life Stadium
CenterPlate at Sun Life Stadium approached Chabad Rabbis Pinny Andrusier and Chaim Lipskar, the Miami Heat Jewish Heritage Night coordinators, asking them to oversee a newly constructed permanent...
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Legislation To Honor Peres With Congressional Gold Medal
Rabbi Pinny A. and Rabbi Chaim Lipskarwith the NBA championship trophy On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the founding of Israel and the 90th birthday of Israeli President Shimon Peres, Senator...
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A Starry Night In Cedarhurst
With Mayor Andrew J. Parise are Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray. 1st row, L–R: Beth Raskin of Kulanu Academy, Anthony Campanile Sr. of 5 Towns...
View ArticleBibi’s choice
FRESNO IONISM MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. law enforcement officials expressed outrage over the release from prison of Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero and vowed to continue efforts to bring to...
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Muslim Brotherhood Document Blames Israel for Military Coup
Millions protest in mass demonstrations across Egypt on Friday, July 26, 2013. Photo: Screenshot. Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is blaming Israel for instigating last month’s military coup that ended...
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Report: Russia Yet to Deliver S-300s to Syria; Plans Remain for Summer 2014...
Russia has not yet delivered the promised advanced S-300 missile systems to Syria, but maintains it plans to by next Summer, Russia’s Vedomosti daily reported Friday, citing arms industry sources....
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Israeli-Arab and Jewish Bands Unite for ‘Metal Brotherhood’ Peace Tour
Musicians from an Israeli-Arab and a Jewish band have come together with one message: it’s possible, even preferable, to co-exist, and they’re doing it under the banner of a ‘metal brotherhood.’...
View ArticleMy 2 years as an IDF spokesperson
Barak Raz, TOI Reflecting on the past two years representing the IDF in the West Bank, so many thoughts run through my mind – lessons learned, ideas discovered, emotions felt, and experiences had. For...
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University of Haifa, Ruderman Family Foundation launch pioneering ‘American...
By Jeffrey F. Barken and Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org HAIFA—Jay Ruderman has observed for years that when American Jewish leaders visit Israel or when Israeli leaders visit the United States, the...
View ArticleFROM THE EDITOR By Larry Gordon
RELEASING MURDERERS - After speaking to some Members of Knesset and other Israeli officials, it seems that the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails as a good faith gesture toward the...
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Israeli High Court Rejects Petition From Bereaved Families, Allowing Release...
Ynet – The High Court of Justice rejected the petition filed by bereaved families against the release of 26 Palestinian prisoners as part of the renewal of negotiations. In an official statement...
View ArticleThe obstacle of land swaps
By Zalman Shoval, ISRAEL HAYOM Negotiations between Palestinian and Israeli representatives are starting this week. It is unclear how long they will last, or whether they will even last at all. After...
View ArticleShared interests against Islamist radicals in Sinai and Syria
By Vice Adm. (res.) Eliezer Marom, ISRAEL HAYOM [..] Egypt and Israel share coinciding interests, and Egypt does not object in any way to the weakening of the Muslim Brotherhood (and essentially...
View ArticleA national campaign for the application of Israeli sovereignty over Judea and...
Continuing the Vision Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar, WOMEN IN GREEN Eretz Israel, the Land of Israel, is on the international negotiating table. Nothing else. Only Eretz Israel. The world is...
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Head of Coptic Church Urges Restraint in Egypt
JNS.org - The head of Egypt’s Coptic church, Pope Tawadros II, urged the Egyptian people to prevent bloodshed and violence in the face of growing sectarian violence. “I call on everybody, with my...
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US National Archives Preserves Recovered Iraqi Jewish Objects Ahead of Fall...
Conservators at the US National Archives have been hard at work restoring a wealth of historic objects from Iraq’s Jewish community, according to The Washington Post, which gained access to the...
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