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IDF seizure of Gaza-bound missiles sheds light on Iran's strategy
While international attention continues to focus on the Iranian nuclear program and diplomatic efforts to address it, the Israeli Navy's March 5 interception of an Iranian ship full of Syrian-made... Full story
Debate on Sochi Olympics- sports, politics and security
With the Winter Olympics underway in Sochi, Russia, the Jewish debate on the games mirrors the discourse taking place in the broader international and athletic communities. While some Jews say they... Full story
Hillel at 90: Jewish campus umbrella's past, present, and future
When recent rabbinical school graduate Rabbi Benjamin Frankel began a part-time clerical position in 1923 working with students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), little could h... Full story
German breast cancer detection tool employing blind women
As of 2005, German gynecologist Dr. Frank Hoffmann was no longer allowed to send women under the age of 50 to get mammograms without first finding a breast abnormality during his routine examination.... Full story
Birthright's offspring in its bar mitzvah year
Shira Kaiserman remembers her 2010 Taglit-Birthright Israel trip like it was yesterday. While the New Yorker’s group was visiting Mount Herzl, the guide began to tell them the story of Hannah... Full story
After Twitter data release, examining how Europe and U.S. define and police online anti-Semitism
Twitter [has] agreed to release data identifying users to French authorities in response to a January ruling by a French court regarding anti-Semitic tweets posted last October under the hashtag... Full story
Syrian refugees quietly treated by Israel while U.N. makes latest 'parody of itself'
The script reads like this: Israel treats wounded Syrian refugees in its own hospitals. Syria produces a report alleging an “acute shortage of primary and tertiary health care services” in the Gol... Full story
ADL's Foxman analyzes intersection of online hate and free speech in new book
Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), on June 4 is releasing his new book ‘Viral Hate: Containing Its Spread on the Internet,’ co-written with attorney... Full story
IDF captain still yearns to defend Israel
CHICAGO—By the time Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Captain Ziv Shilon realized an explosive device had detonated near him while on patrol near the Gaza border, his left hand was torn off and his right... Full story
In violent region where Boston bombers have roots, Jews are sparse but maintain relative calm
Since the Boston Marathon explosions in April, the largely Muslim Russian territory of the North Caucasus has come back to the forefront via Chechnya, where the family of the Boston bombers’ father... Full story
