WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (JTA) — In August 2001, thousands of human rights activists from around the globe gathered in Durban, South Africa, for a United Nations conference that participants hoped would address racial injustice plaguing humanity, from Rwanda to Sri Lanka to the United States. But after more than a year of preparatory conferences held […]

http://www.jewishworldreview.com | Jordan is the West’s favorite Arab nation. And for good reason, since it is the best of a generally bad lot. Most westerners admired King Hussein, adore his best-selling widow Queen Noor, and respect his son, King Abdullah. US President George W. Bush recently, and appropriately, praised King Abdullah for his devotion to […]

Led by Sen. Ted Kennedy, Democrats recently waged a vicious battle against the distinguished scholar Daniel Pipes, whom President Bush had nominated for a position on the board of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), a think tank designed to advance ideas for resolving world conflicts through peaceful means. Pipes is widely respected as […]

Last February, Prime Minister Sharon’s cabinet unanimously voted to expedite the immigration of the 20,000 so-called Falash Mura in Ethiopia who want to settle in Israel, by checking everyone’s eligi- bility immediately. In late May, 5000 Ethiopian immigrants in Israel demonstrated outside the Knesset to protest the government’s failure to act on this decision. Some […]

TEL AVIV – Israel has modified U.S.-supplied cruise missiles to carry nuclear warheads on submarines, giving the Middle East’s only nuclear power the ability to launch atomic weapons from land, air and beneath the sea, according to senior Bush administration and Israeli officials. The previously undisclosed submarine capability bolsters Israel’s deterrence in the event that […]

The date was April 24, 2002. Standing on the runway at Ellington Air Force Base in Houston, the cadre of FBI, Secret Service and Customs agents had just been informed by law-enforcement officials that there was a “snag” with Crown Prince Abdullah’s oversized entourage, which was arriving with the prince for a visit to George […]

An estimated 40,000 people arrived at the Western Wall (Kotel) this morning for the semi-annual Birkat Cohanim (Priestly Blessing) prayer. Hundreds of Jews who trace their ancestry directly back to Aaron the High Priest, Moses’ brother, blessed the assembled congregation. An estimated 40,000 people arrived at the Western Wall (Kotel) this morning for the semi-annual […]

ATHENS, Oct. 9 (JTA) — A Jewish group is threatening to call for a boycott of the 2004 Olympics if an art exhibition that allegedly glorifies Palestinian suicide bombings is allowed to proceed in Athens. An embroidery montage in an exhibit called “Body Milk,” scheduled to open Oct. 20, shows a pregnant woman pushing a […]

On the eve of a festival, the Jewish Quarter of Baghdad would be filled with the excited bustle of a community preparing to celebrate. This was not the case on Shavuoth of the 2nd and 3rd of June, l941. A fierce pogrom – known as the farhud – was unleashed on the Jews of that […]

Tens of thousands of people are expected to visit Jerusalem daily during this Sukkot holiday week, and dozens of events are planned throughout the country. After three years of difficult renovations on a burnt-out hovel, a new Jewish property will be dedicated in the Old Citys Moslem Quartertoday: Beit Reuven, named for a victim of […]