U.S. Army fighter pilots will soon be wearing an Israeli-made helmet that allows them to to lock a missile onto an enemy target aircraft simply by looking at it. Vision Systems International, a subsidiary of Elbit has been awarded a $60.1 million contract from Boeing for the delivery of the 300 joint helmet mounted cueing […]

Tzvi Goldstein, 47, of the north Binyamin community of Eli, was buried late last night in Jerusalem. He was driving with his wife and parents to celebrate his son’s wedding Sabbath when two terrorists waiting on the side of the road opened fire near the village of Silwad, north of Ofrah. For reasons that only […]

No let-up in violence and terrorism from Gaza, yet Israel’s defense establishment is preparing for a possible withdrawal of its forces from the northern areas of the Gaza Strip. The Negev city of Sderot is up in arms. Only several days ago it was reported that the PA had told Israel it was not yet […]

The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rechovot announced this week that researchers at the facility have the found the solution to the three-dimensional structure of an enzyme called glucocerebrosidase. Mutations occurring in this enzyme cause Gaucher disease, a genetic illness that mainly affects Ashkenazi Jews. The Institute study, published recently in EMBO Reports, may lead […]

The Qatari television station Al-Jazeera recently interviewed two Iraqi scientists employed by Iraq’s Nuclear Energy Authority – Dr. Hamid Al-Bahali, an expert in nuclear engineering and a graduate of the Moscow Institute of Nuclear Engineering, and Dr. Muhammad Zeidan, a biology expert and a graduate of Damascus and Baghdad Universities. The scientists discussed the looting […]

A special ceremony will be held tomorrow morning, Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 8:15 am at the Western Wall in Jerusalem to welcome home some 50 members of the Bnei Menashe (children of Manasseh), a group claiming descent from a lost tribe of Israel. After arriving on EL AL flight 072 from Bombay, they will […]

“You could sit in synagogue, close your eyes and know – just from the tune – what day of the year it was,” says Pinchas Melchior, recalling his youth in Copenhagen. The rich musical heritage of Danish Jewry is reflected in the vast array of melodies used in the Great Synagogue of Copenhagen, says Melchior, […]

As supporters of Jonathan Pollard prepare for a prayer rally on his behalf at the Western Wall on June 4, it appears that one of the most important questions surrounding his case has been answered. Former federal prosecutor John Loftus, in an article in the June issue of Moment Magazine, writes the following: “There is […]

“I’m telling you frankly, the attitude of Islam is not to accept a foreign state in this area.” So said Hamas spokesman Mahmoud Zahar on Tuesday on BBC – yet he met last night with Abu Mazen to discuss conditions for a “ceasefire.” PA Prime Minister Abu Mazen met with leaders of the Hamas terrorist […]

NEW YORK, May 13 (JTA) — Israeli rock music filled the Greenwich Village basement where New York University students downed kosher hot dogs and chips for Israel’s 55th birthday. Some flaunted their Hebrew-language skills in animated chatter around smoky grills, and a piercing Sephardi ululation rang through the room. But despite the celebratory atmosphere, two […]