Israel’s stormy baby boom
Jewish Journal
September 4, 2014
It appears that December showers bring August babies.
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September 4, 2014
How Islamic State became ‘the best-funded terrorist group in history’
Jewish Journal
September 4, 2014
After months of rampaging through Iraq and stoking international fears that the Islamic State terrorist group could spread, a combination of Iraqi and Kurdish security forces, aided by targeted United States airstrikes, appear to have pushed back the self-proclaimed caliphate’s rampage in the region.
After Gaza conflict, Israel’s Arab minority fears rising discrimination
Jewish Journal
September 4, 2014
Handcuffed to a wooden chair in the middle of the night, Rafat Awaysha still wasn’t sure what crime he had committed.
No-holds-barred comedian Joan Rivers dies at age 81
Jewish Journal
September 4, 2014
Joan Rivers, the pioneering comedian known for her acerbic wit, classic put-downs and for asking \”Can we talk?,\” died on Thursday at the age of 81 in a New York hospital a week after her heart stopped during an outpatient medical procedure.
Pope, Peres discuss ‘U.N. of religions’ at Vatican meeting
Jewish Journal
September 4, 2014
Former Israeli President Shimon Peres met with Pope Francis at the Vatican and proposed a “U.N. of religions” to fight terrorism.\n
Steven Sotloff sounded the unanswered alarm about ISIS
Jewish Journal
September 4, 2014
\”As the international media is fixated on the struggle between the military and the Muslim Brotherhood, few reporters are focusing on Syria.\”
Celebrity reactions to Joan Rivers’ death
Jewish Journal
September 4, 2014
Celebrities turn to Twitter to tribute Joan Rivers.
RIP Joan Rivers, you Jewess, you
Jewish Journal
September 4, 2014
As news of Joan Rivers’ passing ricocheted around the world Thursday, we took a moment to comb our archives for some of Rivers’ recent high points and low points:
What really happened in the battle of Khuzaa, Gaza?
Simone Wilson
September 4, 2014
No neighborhood along the eastern half of the Gaza strip — the half closest to Israel — emerged unscathed from the recent 50-day war in Gaza, which left more than 2,000 Palestinians dead.
Obama administration to brief members of Congress on Islamic State
Jewish Journal
September 4, 2014
President Barack Obama\’s administration is dispatching senior intelligence officials to provide an in-depth briefing on the Islamic State militant group to key members of Congress and staff, a congressional aide said on Thursday.
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