Jewish Journal
Ukraine chief rabbi accuses Russians of staging anti-Semitic ‘provocations’
Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich, a chief rabbi of Ukraine, accused Russia of staging anti-Semitic “provocations” in Crimea in order to justify its invasion of the former Soviet republic.
At White House, Netanyahu pushes back against Obama diplomacy
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bluntly told Barack Obama on Monday that he would never compromise on Israel\’s security even as the U.S. president sought to reassure him on Iran nuclear diplomacy and pressure him on Middle East peace talks.
Larry Ellison is world’s wealthiest Jew — again
Oracle’s Larry Ellison remains the world’s wealthiest Jew, placing fifth on Forbes magazine’s annual world billionaires list for 2014.
U.S. suspends trade, investment talks with Russia over Ukraine
The United States has put trade and investment talks with Russia on hold as a rebuke for Russia\’s incursion into Ukraine, a U.S. official said on Monday.
Kerry on Iran: ‘No deal is better than a bad deal’
Secretary of State John Kerry pledged that the United States would not make a deal with Iran that allows it to develop nuclear weapons.
Ukraine mobilizes after Putin’s ‘declaration of war’
Ukraine mobilized for war on Sunday and Washington threatened to isolate Russia economically after President Vladimir Putin declared he had the right to invade his neighbor in Moscow\’s biggest confrontation with the West since the Cold War.
Israel blasts IAEA’s reported shelving of Iran nuke report
Israeli Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz criticized the International Atomic Energy Agency’s reported decision to shelve for now a report on Iran.
AIPAC vs. Oscars
Anti-Semites say that Jews control Hollywood. And they say that Jews control Washington. But can we control both at once?
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