The American Hebrew Academy in Greensboro, N.C., was recognized as a Green Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. Cited for its environmentalism and science curriculum, the academy was among 78 public and private schools nationwide to be named Monday. The school noted its geothermal energy system, which pumps water from deep below the…
Jewish and Arab Israeli cardiologists were denied visas at the last minute to attend a professional conference in Dubai. Only two of the more than one dozen Israeli doctors invited to present talks at or participate in the World Heart Federation conference in Dubai last week were able to attend, The Jerusalem Post reported. Some…
Iran has not yet decided whether to manufacture a nuclear bomb, the head of Israel’s military said. The Islamic Republic “is going step by step to the place where it will be able to decide whether to manufacture a nuclear bomb,” Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz told Haaretz in an Independence Day interview….
Eva Sandler, the wife and mother of three victims of the Toulouse shooting, lit a memorial flame at a ceremony in Jerusalem honoring the victims of anti-Semitic attacks worldwide. Rabbi Jonathan Sandler, 30, and his two young sons Gabriel and Arieh were killed last month in a shooting outside the Ozar Hatorah school on Toulouse….
New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman believes that the policies of the current “narrow minded” Israeli government “are basically a gradual long-run form of national suicide.” Writing in his New York Times blog “Conscience of a Liberal” about Peter Beinart’s controversial book “The Crisis of Zionism,” Krugman writes, “Like many liberal…
The U.S. Agency for International Development signed a memorandum of understanding with its Israeli counterpart, Mashav. The bilateral agreement, signed April 18 in a closed ceremony, facilitates Israel-U.S. cooperation in Africa, Daniel Carmon, who heads Mashav, told JTA in an interview. “We bring unique things to the table,” he said. Among nations offering aid, Carmon…
Lawyers for two Baltimore Jewish brothers accused of beating a black teenager withdrew a request to move the trial out of the city and requested a bench trial. The brothers had previously requested a change of venue for the trial because of perceived similarities between the case and the death of Trayvon Martin. Avi and…
A one-minute siren marked the beginning of Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism Remembrance Day, Israel’s official Memorial Day. Tuesday evening’s siren was immediately followed by a national ceremony held at the Western Wall and televised to the entire nation. “Your beloved ones had a crucial part in the achievements of the state,” Israeli President…
A Hebrew-language charter school was approved in Washington and is scheduled to open for the 2013-14 term. The Sela school, originally named the Washington D.C. Hebrew Language Public Charter School, was one of four new charter schools approved Monday by the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board, the Washington Post reported. The school will…
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Dan Shacham, Israel’s non-resident ambassador to Africa, met one of the most notorious dictators in the world, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe. Mugabe, who is considered one of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s closest associates, has been slapped with harsh sanctions by Egypt and the European Union for grave human rights violations and…
The Israel Defense Forces is stronger than ever, President Shimon Peres told bereaved families at Israel’s Memorial Day ceremony in the Old City of Jerusalem on Tuesday night. During his speech, which took place immediately after the Israeli flag was lowered to half-mast, Peres said that, while Israel has paid a heavy price for its…
