Love and criticism: An Amos Oz interview
Rob Eshman
May 13, 2015
The first question I asked Amos Oz is whether it bothers him to be called a traitor.
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With House set to approve Iran deal, options to shape outcome remote
Jewish Journal
May 12, 2015
The Iran deal may not be done, but bids by its opponents to shape it are all but buried.
Israel to evacuate more babies born to surrogates in Nepal following new quake
Jewish Journal
May 12, 2015
Israel will evacuate four Israeli babies born to surrogate mothers in Nepal following the second major earthquake to hit the Asian nation in three weeks.
Why a US company’s chairman threw support behind Prophet Mohammad cartoon event
Jewish Journal
May 12, 2015
Robert Shillman heads a publicly traded American technology company called Cognex Corp with a market value of $4 billion.
Holland reverses decision to cut survivor’s pension over West Bank residence
Jewish Journal
May 12, 2015
Following a protest by a Holocaust survivors’ group in Israel, the Dutch government reversed its decision to cut pension payments to a 90-year-old woman because she moved to a West Bank settlement.
With a $180 million Picasso, art market enters a new frontier
Jewish Journal
May 12, 2015
When Picasso\’s \”Les Femmes d\’Alger (Version O)\” set a record on Monday as the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction, it was by a wide margin of nearly $40 million, fetching just under $180 million.
IDF delegation to Nepal lands in Israel as new temblor strikes
Jewish Journal
May 12, 2015
The Israel Defense Forces delegation to Nepal returned home as a second powerful earthquake shook the beleaguered Asian country.
Israeli general sees common interests with Hamas
Jewish Journal
May 12, 2015
Israel and Hamas share common interests, and the Palestinian Islamists must stay in power in the Gaza Strip to prevent the enclave descending into chaos, an Israeli general was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
For Netanyahu and Obama, mistrust is personal — and cynical
Jewish Journal
May 12, 2015
Obama administration officials have long contended that the friction between the U.S. president and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not personal and that American support for Israel remains as robust as ever — and arguably even more robust by some metrics.
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