August 21, 2014
By ZE’EV BEN-YECHIEL
(Tazpit News Agency) — The Israeli cabinet approved the mobilization of 10,000 Israel Defense Forces reservists, following two days of a continuous barrage of rocket fire by Hamas. The terror group broke the latest ceasefire on Tuesday with a salvo of medium-range rockets on Beersheva, followed by dozens of volleys at targets throughout southern and central Israel. Meanwhile, cabinet ministers have begun to call for a ground...
August 21, 2014
(JTA) — The number of calls to an anti-Semitism hotline in the United Kingdom have jumped nearly fivefold since the beginning of Israel’s conflict with Gaza, according to a British Jewish organization.
In July, the hotline of the Community Security Trust, British Jewry’s watchdog on anti-Semitism, received 240 calls, according to the Independent, a British publication. The hotline averaged 50 calls a month during the first half of 2014.
The...
August 21, 2014
NEW YORK (JTA) — A suburban New York woman admitted to stealing another person’s identity in order to cash more than $180,000 in checks from the Jewish National Fund.
Marie Augustin, 42, of Westbury, Long Island, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Nassau County Court to third-degree larceny and first-degree identity theft, The Associated Press reported.
Prosecutors said Augustin used a fake driver’s license in another person’s name and opened several bank...
August 20, 2014
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israel attempted to assassinate a Hamas leader as clashes between Hamas and Israel resumed following Hamas rocket fire on Israel.
Israel and Hamas renewed clashes after Hamas launched a barrage of rockets across Israel Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. According to the Israel Defense Forces, Hamas has fired 70 rockets at Israel in the barrage. Israel has responded with airstrikes on Gaza, killing 11 people, according...
August 20, 2014
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — A Jewish store owner in a Los Angeles neighborhood found an anti-Semitic flier slipped under his door.
The flyer, adorned with swastikas, the words “Wanted” and “Warning” and a handwritten rant, surfaced at a store Aug. 12 in Westwood, near the UCLA campus, according to a report by CBS 2 News in Los Angeles.
The text of the flier featured numerous misspellings and addressed seemingly disparate...
August 20, 2014
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The body of a missing Israeli lone soldier from the United States was found in central Israel with gunshot wounds.
David Menachem Gordon, 21, was found Tuesday afternoon, hours after reports that he was missing were made public. His army-issued assault rifle was by his side, according to the IDF. Israel’s Channel 2 reported that Gordon was from Ohio.
Gordon a member of the Givati Brigade, was...
August 19, 2014
RALPH JACOB SCHWARTZ, a nurse who worked at various local nursing homes, died on Saturday, August 16, of heart failure. He was 58.
A native of New Orleans, Schwartz had been working in nursing since 2004 and had worked for a time in nursing homes in Alexandria and Baton Rouge before moving back to work in the New Orleans area.
He began his nursing career following his studies at Delgado...
August 19, 2014
(JTA) — A 90-year-old Jewish Holocaust survivor was arrested in St. Louis during protests over the shooting death by police of Michael Brown.
Hedy Epstein of St. Louis was one of nine protesters arrested Monday for blocking the entrance to the downtown state office building that houses Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s office, the Nation reported.
“I’ve been doing this since I was a teenager. I didn’t think I would have...
August 19, 2014
By ARYEH SAVIR
(Tazpit News Agency) — Terrorists from Gaza fired three long-range rockets at Beer Sheva area this afternoon, thus ending the eight-day cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. No terror organization has yet to claim responsibility for the attack.
An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman confirmed that the three rockets fell in open areas, causing no damage or injuries. Reports indicate that no warning sirens were sounded when the...
August 18, 2014
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Hamas planned to start a third intifada and seize control of the West Bank from Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority, the Shin Bet security service said.On Monday, the Shin Bet said it arrested 93 Hamas operatives in the West Bank in May and June who were planning a series of massive attacks on Israeli targets, especially the Temple Mount, in order to...
