Holocaust-themed video game for smartphones developed

2013. szeptember 10 20:21

WJC News Update – Holocaust-themed video game for smartphones developed

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 10 September 2013

Holocaust-themed video game for smartphones developed

The developer of a Holocaust-themed game rejected in 2008 by Nintendo has now announced plans to release his work for smartphone users.

Parents push for standardized screening of Jewish genetic diseases – CNN

10 Sep 2013 One in five Ashkenazi Jews in the United States are carriers for a genetic disease, and many people say genetic screening needs to be standardized. READ MORE »

US: Jewish lawmakers under pressure on Syria – National Journal

10 Sep 2013 Even Jewish members of the US Congress – for whom Holocaust references are particularly powerful – are struggling with whether to authorize action against the Assad regime. READ MORE »

Study: Male Holocaust survivors lived longer than those who escaped Europe prior to WWII – The Atlantic

10 Sep 2013 A surprising new study looking at World War II says that male survivors of the Shoah lived longer than peers of the same age who escaped Europe before the war. READ MORE »

El Al cancels daytime flights to Eilat over Sinai terror threat – Israel Hayom

10 Sep 2013 Fearing a rocket attack from the Sinai Peninsula, Israel’s Civil Aviation Authority has decided to change the landing route for all planes arriving at Eilat, the Israeli resort on the Red Sea. READ MORE »

Iran won’t cede ‘one iota’ on nuclear program, Rouhani says – Times of Israel

10 Sep 2013 Iranian President Hasan Rouhani said Tuesday that his country “will not give up one iota” of its nuclear program.  READ MORE »

You’re welcome! Once-a-year Jews find wide embrace – Associated Press

10 Sep 2013 Throughout the High Holy Days American Jewish leaders have been relentlessly lowering any barriers to participation, hoping fallen away Jews will feel so at home this Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur that they’ll come back for good. READ MORE »

‘We are next’: Greek Jews fear rise of far-right party – National Public Radio

10 Sep 2013 Greece confronts the rise of the Golden Dawn Party, which espouses a far-right ideology and whose members use Nazi symbolism and slogans and blame „Jewish bankers” for the country’s debt crisis. READ MORE »