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Sudan: Israel behind airstrike

Sudan’s Foreign Minister Ali Karti on Wednesday accused Israel of carrying out a strike on a car near Port Sudan that killed two people.In a press conference held in Khartoum, Karti said his government ” has proof Israel carried this attack. We are absolutely certain of it, but we don’t know the reason.”Read More: @ ynetnews.com You might also like:Was the Frankfurt ...

Study: Jews leaving mixed cities

Figures presented by the conference’s organizers show that the city of Lod saw a 24% rise in the number of its Arab residents from 2003 to 2009, while the number of Jewish residents dropped by almost 8%.A decline is being recorded in the number of Jews in mixed cities, while the number of Arabs is on the rise, according to ...

Study: 19% of New York Jews ‘Poor’

The UJA Federation of New York has published a study on New York’s Jewish population. According to “Jewish Community Study of New York: 2011″, the population of New York’s Jewish community has grown nearly 10% since the previous study in 2002 with 1.5 million Jews now living in the eight-county New York area.The UJA-Federation’s study also found that the recent ...

Study: 1 in 6 U.S. Jews seek Jewish Expression Outside Synagogue

Some 1 million American Jews, or one in 6, are actively seeking Jewish expression and engagement outside of synagogue life, according to a new study.The results of a study released by the Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring break down the notion that American Jews either are affiliated with synagogues or have a Jewish identity that revolves around Jewish humor and food with ...

Students Trade Winter Break for Jewish Experience

For the past four years, graduate student Kelly Scovone has vacationed in Key Largo, Fla., during her mid-winter break. She settles in an oceanfront condo with full amenities, a 15-minute drive to a deep water marina that features snorkeling, scuba diving, and water skiing. But although there are boundless opportunities for adventure right at her fingertips, she barely ventures into ...

Students Return from Weekend Inspired to Do More

When Noah Gross, 21, headed to Brooklyn, N.Y., for the Chabad on Campus International Student Shabbaton and Conference, he wasn’t really sure what to expect, or if it’d really be the combination of fellow students, lectures, and community his campus rabbi had been promising.“The Shabbaton lived up to all of my expectations and even more,” Gross, a Drexel University student ...

Students Compete in 49th Annual Bible Contest

Alongside barbecues and air force fly-bys, the International Bible Contest is another Independence Day institution.This, the 49th year of the event, saw Elchanan Bloch, 17, from Netivot, walk away with first place and the free tuition at Bar-Ilan University that accompanies the prize. Akiva Abromovitz from New York was this year’s runner-up.Education Minister Gideon Sa’ar opened Thursday’s event at the ...

Student to Market Shabbat Elevator Tracker

If observant Jewish residents of towering hotels and apartment buildings feel that waiting for the automatic Shabbat elevator is like awaiting the Messiah, there will soon be a solution.A 24-year-old Jerusalem inventor and biomedical engineering student will soon market the first tracking device that informs would-be elevator users in their rooms or apartments when it will reach their floor.Approved by ...

Stocks plunge on weak economic news, oil-price swings

Weak economic news from China, the U.S. and Spain combined with a slump in oil companies sent stocks sharply lower. The Dow Jones industrial average had its biggest one-day drop since August.Investors were jarred Thursday when China reported a surprise trade deficit. China’s exports fell in February as businesses closed for the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday, but imports of ...

Stevie Wonder to Pull Out of IDF Fundraiser

Stevie Wonder is set to pull out of a performance at a fundraiser for the Israel Defense Forces, a source told JTA.Wonder’s representatives will claim that he did not know the nature of the group, the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, and that he believes such a performance would be incongruent with his status as a UN “Messenger of ...

Steve Jobs to open Apple event, unveil iCloud

Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs, who spent months on medical leave, will open an annual developers’ conference next week showcasing the iPad maker’s latest computer software and a new cloud computing service.Apple’s shares rose almost 2 percent after it said on Tuesday that Jobs, along with a team of executives, will deliver the keynote speech at the June 6 ...

Steve Jobs Dies: Apple Chief Innovated Personal Computer, Created iPad, iPod, iPhone

Steve Jobs, the mastermind behind Apple’s iPhone, iPad, iPod, iMac and iTunes, has died, Apple said. Jobs was 56.Jobs died “peacefully,” surrounded by family members, his family said in a statement.Neither Jobs’ family nor Apple revealed where he died or from what cause, though in recent years Jobs had fought a form of pancreatic cancer and had a liver transplant.“We ...