Jerusalem-area monastery damaged in ‘price tag’ attack
Jewish Journal
August 21, 2013
A monastery near Jerusalem was vandalized in an attack that police believe is the work of right-wing extremists.
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Polio virus spreads to northern Israel
Jewish Journal
August 21, 2013
A strain of the polio virus was found in wastewater near Hadera, meaning the virus has spread to the north of Israel.
WikiLeaks soldier Manning sentenced to 35 years in prison
Jewish Journal
August 21, 2013
Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier convicted of the biggest breach of classified data in the nation\’s history by providing files to WikiLeaks, was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Wednesday.
Iron Dome battery deployed to central Israel
Jewish Journal
August 21, 2013
An Iron Dome anti-missile system battery was deployed to central Israel.
Syria rebels: Chemical attack killed hundreds
Jewish Journal
August 21, 2013
Syria\’s opposition accused President Bashar Assad\’s forces of gassing many hundreds of people – by one report as many as 1,300 – on Wednesday in what would, if confirmed, be the world\’s worst chemical weapons attack in decades.
Open letter from Roger Waters calls on musicians to boycott Israel
Jewish Journal
August 19, 2013
British rocker Roger Waters published an open letter calling on fellow musicians to join a boycott of Israel.
Palestinian hacker posts on Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook wall
Jewish Journal
August 19, 2013
A Palestinian hacker posted a message on Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s wall to show there is a bug in the social network’s security settings.
Ban Ki-Moon in Jerusalem
Jewish Journal
August 19, 2013
The first feature I ever filed for JTA, way back in 2006, was about the cautious optimism greeting the announcement that a soft-spoken career diplomat would replace Kofi Annan at the United Nations.
Met Council taps N.Y. finance chief Frankel to replace Rapfogel
Jewish Journal
August 19, 2013
The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty is bringing in New York City’s finance chief, David Frankel, to succeed the fired William Rapfogel as executive director and CEO.
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