Sofer case means draft Charedim
Jewish Journal
August 28, 2014
The disappearance of Aaron Sofer in the Jerusalem forest is of course alarming.
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August 28, 2014
Facing Islamist threats, Arab nations tilt toward Israel
Jewish Journal
August 28, 2014
Between the war in Gaza and gains by Islamic militants in Iraq, Syria and Libya, there’s plenty of cause these days for pessimism about the Middle East.
Crisis deepens as Ukraine says Russian soldiers back rebel thrust
Jewish Journal
August 28, 2014
Ukraine\’s president said on Thursday that Russian troops had entered his country in support of pro-Moscow rebels who captured a key coastal town, sharply escalating a five-month-old separatist war.
Video shows Islamic State executing scores of Syrian soldiers
Jewish Journal
August 28, 2014
Islamic State fighters executed scores of Syrian soldiers captures when the militants seized an airbase in the province of Raqqa at the weekend, according to a video posted on YouTube on Thursday.
Syrian planes bomb border post near Israel that was captured by rebels
Jewish Journal
August 28, 2014
Syrian jets shelled rebel positions near a border crossing close to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that was seized by rebels in some of the heaviest clashes in the strategic area this year, rebels and residents said on Thursday.
U.N. says 43 Golan Heights peacekeepers seized by militants
Jewish Journal
August 28, 2014
A group of 43 U.N. peacekeepers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights have been detained by militants fighting the Syrian army, and the world body is working to secure their release, the United Nations said on Thursday.
Joan Rivers hospitalized, critical but stable
Jewish Journal
August 28, 2014
Joan Rivers is in critical condition, reportedly after she stopped breathing during throat surgery.
Body found in Jerusalem Forest reportedly confirmed that of missing N.J. yeshiva student
Jewish Journal
August 28, 2014
A dead body believed to be that of Aaron Sofer, a yeshiva student from New Jersey who went missing in the Jerusalem Forest, reportedly has been found. The body has yet to be positively identified.
Professor Schabas and the law of Judicial impartiality
Jewish Journal
August 28, 2014
It is now well publicized that Professor William Schabas, a leading international law scholar, has made antagonistic comments about the State of Israel and its leaders, thereby questioning his impartiality as the designated chairman of the UN Human Rights Council’s commission investigating the Gaza conflict.
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