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Israel Resumes Oil Exploration in Golan Heights
The Israeli government decided to resume granting exploration licenses for gas and oil in the Golan Heights, 20 years after deciding to cease for diplomatic reasons. Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin froze the exploration due to negotiations with Syria during the 1990s. Now, National Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau has decided to resume, and the decision was secretly approved by the Knesset,...
India, China Will Cut Consumption of Iran Oil
JPost/Reuters – China, India and Japan are planning cuts of at least 10 percent in ...
Bloomberg News: Israel was the Safest bet for Investors Over the Last 10 Years
With a risk-adjusted return of 7.6 percent over a 10-year period that ended Feb. 19, Tel Aviv’s...
Plans to Purchase More F-35 Aircraft Moving Forward at IAF
JPost – The Israel Air Force is moving forward with plans to purchase a second squadron...
Decade of Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Shows Investors One of World’s Best Bets
JPost/Bloomberg – Israel, under threat of war from its neighbors since being founded...
International Inspectors in Tehran With World Watching
Bloomberg – United Nations investigators begin two days of meetings in Iran today,...
Israel Buying $1 Billion Worth of Italian Military Jets, to Dismay of South Korea
30 Italian M-346 training jets will be purchased by the Israeli Air Force to replace the...
President Obama Will Release $3 Trillion Annual Budget Today
Bloomberg – President Barack Obama’s budget today will outline his ideas for how the...
General Electric Invests in Israeli Startup to Fight Cancer
Israel21c – General Electric is investing in Israeli start-up, Check-Cap — a ...
Israeli Defense on Full Display at Asia’s Largest Aerospace Event
Next week, Singapore will play host to the largest aerospace and defense event in Asia. ...
World Markets Showing Resiliency in Face of Iran and Syria Crises
Bloomberg – Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Syria’s bloody crackdown and Greece’s...
December Was Best Month for U.S. Job Growth in Nearly One Year
Bloomberg – Job openings in the U.S. increased in December by the most in almost a year,...
U.S. Economy Hits 3 Year Low Jobless Rate
NY Times – The United States economy gained momentum in January, adding 243,000 jobs,...
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Blogs Sports
Manchester City’s Title Win Provides Wisdom to Us All
I’m not prone to tears. I didn’t even cry when my children were born. That’s why my wife may not like what I’m about to tell you. For the first time in my life, I’ve been crying lately. A lot. They’re tears of joy, though, all because my beloved Manchester City football club are finally champions. City’s epic comeback, scoring 2 goals in stoppage time, propelled them past Manchester United for the Premier League crown in England. All my life, [...]
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Europe Sports
Bayern Munich, aka “FC Hollywood” Embraces its Jewish Roots
As Bayern Munich gets ready for their match against Chelsea in the Champions League final this Saturday, the German club known for its high level of play and confidence on the pitch, is embracing its Jewish history, which was shrouded in secrecy following Hitler’s rise to power in 1933. Before Nazi Germany’s rise, Bayern Munich was led by a Jewish president and coach, while 2 of the 27 signatories of the team’s founding charter in 1900 were Jewish as well. [...]
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Europe Sports
Euro Championship to Feature Arab-Israeli Swimmer
An Arab-Israeli swimmer will represent Israel in the European Swimming Championships, which take place May 22-27, reported Israel Hayom. Jowan Qupty, 22, lives in Jerusalem. Qupty was originally not included as part of the national team, but appealed the decision and was eventually granted a slot. If he performs well at the competition, he could go on to compete in the London Olympic Games this summer.
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Arts and Culture Jewish History
“Follow Me” Film Brings Entebbe Hero to Life
Yoni Netanyahu helped saved 102 Israeli hostages on a dark July 4 at Entebbe. Though mortally wounded, his spirit and leadership imbued his troops as they stormed the “Old Terminal” at Entebbe Airport in Uganda. Netanyahu was admired but not popular, a conflicted man struggling to bring order to the complicated pieces of his life’s puzzle—a life he gave for his country. Filmmakers Jonathan Gruber and Ari Daniel Pinchot explore the complex personality of this fallen IDF commander in their new [...]
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Arts and Culture Jewish Identity
New Brooklyn Gallery Features $175,000 Hassidic Art
A new fine art gallery in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn will display work by Hassidic artists. Although the Betzalel Gallery will focus on Judaic artists, Hassidic Curator Shmuel Pultman is also an expert when it comes to notable classic artists such as Rembrandt, Goya, Velazquez and Sargent. “Twenty years ago, the most a Judaic artist was able to command for a painting was $20,000-$30,000,” he said. “The Betzalel Gallery’s top painting has an asking price of $175,000, although [...]
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Arts and Culture World
Polanski to Bring “Dreyfus Affair” to the Big Screen
The iconic and controversial French-Polish director Roman Polanski is about to bring The Dreyfus Affair, one of the most famous cases of anti-Semitism in modern times, to the big screen. Polanski says this is a project he’s wanted to do for quite a while, and he intends to show “its absolute relevance to what is happening in today’s world – the age-old spectacle of the witch-hunt of a minority group, security paranoia, secret military tribunals, out-of-control intelligence agencies, governmental cover-ups [...]
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Music US & Canada
Drake and Jones, Hollywood’s New Jewish Power Couple?
Drake, who made no secret of his love for Judaism in a recent hip-hop video, is rumored to be in a relationship with another famous Jewish entertainer, Rashida Jones. “She wants them to go public, but he’s reluctant,” a source told In Touch. Representatives for both Drake and Jones – who starred in The Social Network and The Office, and is currently starring in Parks and Recreation on NBC – claim the two are just friends, but according to In [...]
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Arts and Culture Blogs
Noah Meets Katrina in “Watershed”
How difficult is it to imagine a truly devastating catastrophe? Will calamity come from an instantaneous, even violent change in the landscape, or a slow transformation that could have been prevented? Will we suddenly realize the terrifying future when the prevention is attainable or when it is too late? Artist Anita Glesta considers these issues in her use of installations and large scale works to bring awareness of global and social issues by drawing parallels between historical events and specific trends today. One [...]
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