I am no security expert, but I am a relatively experienced international flyer. I can tell you this, the new travel restrictions on flights to and from the USA make me very uninterested in flying. I suppose that’s what the Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations are hoping for as much as their more dastardly plans.
New [...]
USA Citizenship for Ex-pats
If you are an oleh (new or old), e.g. you are an ex-pat of the United States, you probably assume your children and children’s children will be USA citizens just like you. In reality, it’s not as simple as it seems.
Have a look at the USA State Department’s website http://uscis.gov on “Expeditious [...]
The heat was on Israel. All the world’s eyes were focused on our little country and what would happen if we dared to disagree with our major patron, the United States. Our PM’s speech last week was intended to deflect some of the searing heat headed our way. For a day or [...]
Ben Gurion Airport announced yesterday that last week two El Al planes, one arriving from Toronto, the other from New York, were diverted to land in Larnaca, Cyprus. The two planes were arriving using automated landing guides that are installed on runways that send information to the planes on what trajectory to approach the [...]
Worldwide Epidemic
More than 1 million people are killed worldwide, and more than 50 million are injured in traffic accidents each year. Road deaths are now the number-one global killer of people aged 10 to 24. While 965 people lost their lives in air crashes last year, more than 3,000 people die on the world’s roadways [...]
Channel 1 News in English (IBA)
Channel 1 News Mabat in Hebrew מבט בעברית
The word on the street in Israel is varied after Obama’s monumental speech in Cairo, Egypt yesterday. President Netanyahu is now faced with a monumental dilemma of choosing between his coalition and relations with the United States.
The United States symbiotic relationship with Israel is not in jeapordy, however without Israel’s obeying Obama’s new policy shift, [...]
The Israeli society in general, and the tight-knit haredi communities of Jerusalem, Ashkelon, and Ramat Bet Shemesh have been rocked by a number of high profile sexual abuse scandals in the past year. It has always been a ‘hush hush’ issue, and when it does occur, the ‘problem’ (e.g. offender) is usually dealt with [...]
I think we could all use a breather. Here’s a selection of some nice stories dotting the headlines:
Ramat Gan robber chased away by 6-year-old girl Of course, the downside is that robberies are on the rise.
ADL: ‘Anti-Semitic incidents in US declining’ On the other hand, anti-semitic incidents are rising in Europe, South America, and [...]
According to the Jewish Agency, Hungary today has a population of approximately 50,000 Jews. In 1910, one hundred years ago, there were nearly one million Jews living there. The Nazis killed many, some emigrated to America, some to Israel, and others assimilated during the Soviet regime.
Hungary has a total population of just over [...]
