http://www.jewishworldreview.com | The news last week that two Muslim military personnel, James Yee and Ahmad al-Halabi, had been detained on suspicion of aiding Al-Qaeda prisoners at Guantánamo Bay (with another three Muslim servicemen under watch) seemed to prompt much surprise. It should not have. It has been obvious for months that Islamists who despise the […]

Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad, in an interview on September 30, 2003 with the Italian daily newspaper Il Corriere della Sera, discussed his country’s role in Iraq, its complex relationship with the U.S., the ‘road map,’ weapons of mass destruction, and human rights in Syria. The following are excerpts from the interview which was conducted by […]

At 2:15 this afternoon (Saturday), a female terrorist, age 29, blew herself up in Haifa’s Maxim Restaurant, a joint Jewish-Arab owned establishment, murdering 19 and leaving over 65 wounded. Among the dead were three children and a baby girl. Police report that the bomb was “moderate” in size, but contained a large quantity of shrapnel […]

NEW YORK, Sept. 30 (JTA) — When Rabbi Mitchell Ackerson blew the shofar this past Rosh Hashanah, it reverberated throughout one of Saddam Hussein’s former palaces. More than 100 Jewish members of the U.S. forces stationed in Iraq attended the High Holiday services at the former Iraqi dictator’s Baghdad compound. They seemed shocked and awed, […]

Once again, the Days of Awe are upon us. Traditionally this period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is a time of introspective soul-searching in which Jews are admonished to reflect upon our misdeeds of the past and resolve not to repeat them in the future. Although the intent to do so is honorable, since […]

In the three years of Palestinian terrorist warfare, there have been almost 19,000 terrorist attacks against Israeli targets. Despite its tiny size, Gaza was the site of 54% of the attacks, 42% in Judea and Samaria, and only 4% in the rest of Israel. These attacks include suicide explosions, car bombs, shootings, mortar shellings, bombs, […]

The Institute for the Study of Aging (ISOA) Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Award for 2003 was awarded to Dr. Marta Weinstock of Hebrew University. The Institute for the Study of Aging (ISOA) Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Award for 2003 was awarded to Dr. Marta Weinstock of Hebrew University. The award, announced on September 16th, includes a prize […]

JERUSALEM – The Israeli Air Force moved swiftly last week to punish some of the 27 officers who signed a petition refusing to serve in the territories, grounding nine of them. The petition had been widely circulated among hundreds of Israel’s reserve pilots by two left-wing groups called Yesh Gvul and Courage to Refuse, which […]

The Jerusalem Post’s feature “This day in history” reports on October 1, 1898, when a racist Russian Czar bars Jews from living in major Russian cities: 1898: A decree by the Russian czar Nicholas II explicitly bars Jews from living in major Russian cities. The action follows laws issued the previous May, restricting Jewish settlement […]

http://www.jewishworldreview.com | For this year’s “break the fast”, I want to serve something other than the ubiquitous fish platter delivered from the local deli’. Granted, it comes complete with rye bread and all the trimmings, but it changes little from one year to the next. At the appointed hour, you remove it from the refrigerator, […]