Violent clashes in Hebron; Lutheran nuns end J’lem Holocaust mission

2014. április 17 18:22

Violent clashes in Hebron; Lutheran nuns end J’lem Holocaust mission; Kansas killer’s mayor: Jews ARE destroying US; Op-ed:Brandeis right on Hirsi Ali

 
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Palestinians clash with IDF in Hebron over prisoners
 
Dozens of demonstrators hurl rocks at soldiers, who respond with tear gas and stun grenades
 
By AFP and TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
 
A Palestinian man holds up a portrait of a relative during a demonstration to mark Prisoners Day in Hebron, on April 17, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Hazem Bader)
 
 
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Israeli MK Hilik Bar in the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 16, 2014. (Photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
 
Abbas wants next stage of talks to focus on borders of ‘Palestine’
 
By LAZAR BERMAN and TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
 
President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with Israeli parliament members in the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 16, 2014. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
 
Abbas tells MKs he’s waiting for probe before condemning shooting
 
By STUART WINER
 
Palestinian rioters attack IDF position in Hebron
 
By JTA and TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
 
Dozens of Palestinians attacked an Israel Defense Forces position in Hebron on Wednesday night.
 
 
Sister Gratia (left) and Sister Yahalom in front of Beit Avraham at 10 Ein Gedi Street in Jerusalem. (photo credit: Renee Ghert-Zand)
 
Lutheran nuns end Jerusalem mission to Shoah survivors
 
For half a century, they’ve run a gratis guesthouse for Holocaust victims. Now an era is ending, and the nuns themselves are at something of a loss
 
By RENEE GHERT-ZAND
 
 
Yossi Klein Halevi and Abdullah Antepli
 
What Brandeis can teach Muslims and Jews
 
YOSSI KLEIN HALEVI and ABDULLAH ANTEPLI By opting not to honor Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the university marked the line between criticizing and demonizing
 
 
Malynnda Littky
 
Nuts for avoiding peanuts on Passover?
 
MALYNNDA LITTKY Just an Ashkenazi girl trying make it in a legume-filled world
 
 
Brian Cuban
 
Binging and purging at Passover
 
BRIAN CUBAN Eating disorders can flare up when families gather around the holiday table
 
 
Andrew Garfield, star of 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2'
 
Nu, of course Spider-Man is Jewish
 
So says the latest actor to play him, Andrew Garfield, while detailing his own Jewish roots
 
 
US House of Representatives Majority Leader Eric Cantor (photo credit: CC BY/Gage Skidmore/Flickr/File)
 
Passover call between Obama and Cantor may have turned ugly
 
Jewish House Majority Leader says he chided president on immigration comments; White House believes it was a pleasant chat
 
 
 
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Satellite dishes on rooftop of shacks in Jaffa (Photo credit: Alana Perino/Flash90)
 
Start-up Israel suffering most OECD poverty as poor surge
 
FROM THE WEBBloomberg: Israelis may pay less in taxes than citizens of other countries, but they have less money to pay with, the OECD says
 
 
Abu Isa al-Andalus, a rebel fighter in Syria claimed to have once played for the Arsenal soccer club in England (screen capture: YouTube)
 
‘Arsenal player’ in Syria video IDed
 
British intelligence identifies ‘Abu Isa al-Andalus’ as Portuguese Celso Rodrigues Da Costa, after he calls others to join jihad
 
 
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Israeli police officers carry the coffin of Baruch Mizrahi during the funeral at the military cemetery of Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on April 16, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
 
Not dead and buried
 
Slain policeman Baruch Mizrahi is laid to rest; peace talks might still have life in them
 
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Mayor of Kansas shooter’s hometown: I agree with his views
 
Dan Clevenger, who once called himself a friend of Frazier Miller, accuses Jews of destroying country
 
By LAZAR BERMAN
Marionville, MO Mayor Dan Clevenger (Screen capture/ KSPR)
 
 
Israeli Arab journalist held after visiting Lebanon
 
Majd Kayyal, whose arrest Saturday had been under gag order, is suspected of meeting with Hezbollah agents
 
By ARON DóNZIS
 
Israeli Arab journalist Majd Kayyal (screen capture: YouTube)
 
 
Pro-Russians in Donetsk deny calling for Jews to register
 
Activists backing Kremlin in eastern Ukraine deny issuing flyers telling Jews they must check in at occupied building
 
By JTA
A combat vehicle with pro-Russian gunman on top drives through Slovyansk Wednesday, April 16, 2014. (photo credit:AP/Efrem Lukatsky)
 
 
Israel: Palestinians stockpiling rocks inside al-Aqsa Mosque
 
After riots on Temple Mount, security officials quoted saying they will have to storm Jerusalem holy site
 
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
Israeli police clash with Palestinians outside the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 16, 2014. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI)
 
 
 
Tourist sites bursting at seams with Passover vacationers
 
Day-trippers asked to stop coming to Ein Gedi, Sea of Galilee; thousands attend priestly blessing at Western Wall
 
By STUART WINER
Jewish worshipers cover themselves with prayer shawls during the Passover priestly blessing ceremony as they pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, April 17, 2014. (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)
 
 
Iranian killer’s execution halted at last minute by victim’s parents
 
FROM THE WEB The Guardian: Convict was about to be hanged when murdered man’s mother slapped him, removed noose
 
Illustrative photo of a noose (photo credit: CC BY-Patrick Feller/Flickr)
 
 
Snatched while fleeing Africa, woman finishes 34-year journey to Israel
 
After living as a Muslim in Sudan for decades, Tekala escapes and completes exodus in time to spend Passover with mother and brothers
 
By ARON DóNZIS
 
Jewish immigrants from Ethiopia attend a rehearsal Seder ahead of Passover, March 2012. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
 
 
Two in Thai custody over possible Hezbollah ties
 
Suspects of Lebanese origin; connection to terror organization unclear at present, Thai media reports
 
By ARON DóNZIS
Evening view of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
 
 
Iran cuts high-grade uranium stockpile, UN says
 
Tehran neutralizes half of the 20% enriched material that could be quickly turned into core of an atomic bomb, IAEA reports
 
By AP
European foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif, after closed-door nuclear talks in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. (photo credit: AP /Ronald ZaK)
 
 
Yuval Freilich, 19, who grew up in Gush Etzion, has been fencing for 10 years and has won myriad distinctions, most recently sixth place at the Junior World Championships in Bulgaria. He hopes to win an Olympic gold medal in the next decade. (Photo courtesy of Rachel Freilich)
 
Aiming for Olympics, fencer cuts a wide swath in Europe
 
Israeli teen, an IDF soldier, maneuvers around religious background to practice his sport to the hilt
 
By REBECCA MCKINSEY