Thursday, 16 July 2009





Editors' Picks

Secular-Orthodox conflict brewing anew

The secular versus Orthodox saga has been on a constant low flame for decades. But every few years it seems tensions run on a slightly higher flame.

Nazi propaganda power

A special exhibition at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on the Nazi propaganda effort raises questions about the links between propaganda and action, and explores the response by the German public to Nazi efforts at manipulation.

Breaking News

Israel's recent deployment of warships through the Suez Canal is "a clear signal that Israel was able to put its strike force within range of Iran at short notice," a British newspaper reported.
A senior U.S. diplomat launched an effort to restart Israel-Syria talks.
Ehud Olmert's travel coordinator was indicted on fraud charges in a double-billing affair.
The Claims Conference has elected Gregory Schneider as its next executive vice president.
Virginia police are searching for a minivan with Florida plates saying "Hashem1" after recovering a toddler who was in the van when it was stolen.
Israel will join the United States in a joint venture testing the Arrow missile system off the Pacific coast.
An international film festival rejected calls by Palestinian activists to sever ties with Israeli films and sponsorship.
Softball was restored to the Maccabiah Games schedule after the sports complex obtained the required business license.
University College London offered a Jewish group its apologies and compensation over the cancellation of an Israel Independence Day event.
Fervently Orthodox protesters demonstrated in Jerusalem for a third day against the arrest of a fervently Orthodox mother who allegedly starved her son.
A passenger on an El Al flight to New York was arrested after he tried to open the plane's door seconds before takeoff.
The Anti-Defamation League urged Senate Judiciary Committee members to carefully examine the judicial philosophies of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
A leading U.S. congressman said he's "deeply disappointed" that Mahmoud Abbas has not accepted an Israeli offer of unconditional peace talks.
A group of fervently Orthodox Jews met with the Hamas prime minister in Gaza.
An advertising poster promoting tourism to Israel was banned by a British advertising watchdog.