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Int’l Journalists Petition A-G to Drop Blau Charges

A group of leading international journalists sent a letter to Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein late Monday night urging him to drop all charges against Ha’aretz journalist Uri Blau in the name of press freedom.Blau, who published excerpts from a cache of classified military documents, was charged last month with aggravated espionage for his alleged unauthorized possession of classified materials and, if convicted, could face a ...

Interview: Rabbi Haim Druckman

Rabbi Haim Druckman, head of Yeshivat Or Etzion and Chairman of Yeshivot Bnei Akiva, was awarded the Israel Prize this week.Arutz Sheva had the opportunity to interview Rabbi Druckman shortly before the prize was awarded.Congratulations on receiving the Israel Prize. I would like to open a rather personal question. Is there is a special feeling for the Rabbi? Excitement for the ...

Internet Revolutionary Aaron Swartz, 26, Kills Himself Amid Legal Battle

An early builder of Reddit and activist who fought to make online content free to the public committed suicide on Friday, prompting an outpouring of grief from prominent voices on the intersection of free speech and the Web.Aaron Swartz, 26, hanged himself in his Brooklyn apartment weeks before he was to go on trial on accusations that he stole millions ...

Intermarriage rates among Diaspora Jews at all-time high

A new study revealed by the Knesset Information and Research Center shows high rates of intermarriage among Jewish communities in the Diaspora.During the past 50 years the rate of intermarriage among Diaspora Jews increased by over 200%, the study suggests, pointing to a weak Jewish identity as one of the main factors.The findings, deduced from a study conducted by the ...

Intermarriage Among European Jews Raises Alarm

The European Centre for Jewish Students (ECJS) said on Thursday it was alarmed over the results of new research showing a rise in the rate of intermarriage among European students.According to a report in the European Jewish Press, the study found that there has been a rise of 17% in the rate of intermarriage in Europe. The annual research was conducted ...

Intercontinental Mishloach Manot – Bnei Akiva Style

Alfajores from Argentina, pasta from Italy and Bamba (Israeli peanut snack) from Israel – the World Bnei Akiva Youth Movement decided that this year they would fulfill the Purim mitzvah of mishloach manot (gift baskets) on an international scale.Members of the movement who are scattered throughout the globe took a trip to their local post offices this week and sent ...

‘Intellectual Exile’ Demanded for Anti-Semitic Polish Historian

The Simon Wiesenthal Center on Monday called for the suspension of a Polish historian who wrote that Jews were also to blame for the Holocaust, weeks ahead of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising’s 70th anniversary.The leading Jewish human rights group, which tracks down Nazi war criminals, demanded the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) “suspend antisemitic member” Professor Krzysztof Jasiewicz who insisted that ...

Intel acquires Israeli company Telmap

Intel has officially announced the acquisition of Israeli company Telmap, which develops navigation and location-based services. The announcement was made on Intel’s AppUp Developer Program blog.First reports on the acquisition surfaced several days ago. The deal is valued at $200-300 million, a handsome return for the Israeli company which has raised $20 million from the Science Navigation group.Telmap, which was ...

Insurance Scam Eyed Instead of Anti-Semitism in Ocean Pkwy Car Fires

The sensational swastika-laced torching of parked cars in a heavily Jewish Brooklyn neighborhood — which sent shock waves throughout the city late last year — was apparently an elaborate smoke screen covering up a lucrative insurance scheme, perpetrated in part by Jewish wannabe gangsters, DNAInfo has learned.Several Russian wiseguy wannabes looking to make a buck are being eyed in the November ...

Instead of Taking Down a Fruit Tree, Building Around It

Sheya Wieder owned a small old house on a large lot in Borough Park, Brooklyn, until about six years ago, he said, when he decided it was time to knock it down and build an upgrade. He was all set to go when it occurred to him that the big, shady tree, standing tall and proud right where his new ...

Inspired by Facebook, Israeli couple names their daughter Like

Everybody likes babies. Some people like unique names. An Israeli couple likes both.The couple decided not to wait for Facebook users to click on the “like” button when seeing photographs of their newborn baby girl. Instead, they pre-empted them by naming her: Like.The most popular names for girls in Israel currently are Noa, Maya and Tamar.But Lior and Vardit Adler, ...

Inmate seeking better meals cites his belief in Festivus

A convicted drug dealer in California thinks so. He cited his adherence to the holiday celebrated on a famous episode of “Seinfeld” to get better meals at the Orange County jail.The Orange County Register reported Monday that Malcolm Alarmo King disliked the salami meals served at the jail, so he used his devotion to Festivus as a reason to get ...