Chinese Restaurant in Haifa, Israel Vietnamese Boat People
Jewish Journal
August 11, 2007
Vietnamese \’boat person\’ Kien Wong now lives in Haifa and owns Yan Yan, a popular Chinese restaurant
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Jihad follows twisted path from Afghanistan to Israel
Sam Ser
September 28, 2006
Jihad follows twisted path from Afghanistan to Israel.
The Nation and The World
Jewish Journal
July 27, 2006
A California philanthropist has donated $25 million to the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa.
Cutting Israel Ties Sparks U.K. Outrage
Daniella Peled
May 5, 2005
The backlash against the decision by a union of British university lecturers to sever ties with two Israeli universities began almost as soon as the controversial motion was passed.
Five Jews Nab Nobel Science Wins
Tom Tugend
October 14, 2004
When David J. Gross, a winner of this year\’s Nobel Prize in physics, was asked whether he was Jewish, he told a reporter, \”What do you think? Of course!\” The same affirmative answer applied to five out of six 2004 science Nobel Laureates. Two are Israelis, three are Americans — all from Southern California universities — and two of these Americans have close ties to Israel.
Arabs, Jews Mix at Haifa Holiday Festival
Dina Kraft
December 18, 2003
Thousands of Jews and Arabs fill the winding stone alleyways of a Haifa neighborhood, sampling latkes, roasted chestnuts and pastries dripping in honey at a coexistence festival to mark the holidays of Chanukah, Christmas and Ramadan.
Attack Forces Israel to Strike at Syria
Dan Baron
October 9, 2003
This week\’s Israeli airstrike on an Islamic Jihad training camp near Damascus, which followed the group\’s deadly suicide bombing in Haifa on Saturday, was a sign to the Arab world that Israel will not be constrained by borders when it comes to the war on terrorism.
The attack came hours before the 30th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, when Israel was blindsided by Syria and Egypt.
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November 20, 1997
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