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Israeli security forces still searching for tourist feared kidnapped by Arab assailants

A search was continuing last night for a female tourist who is feared kidnapped after reportedly being stabbed by Arab assailants while hiking with a friend near Jerusalem yesterday.At about 4:30 yesterday afternoon, two families hiking near Moshav Mata, southwest of the capital, came upon a woman with multiple stab wounds and whose hands were tied behind her back.Read More: @ ...

Israeli scientists develop ‘virtual cane’

Hebrew University unveils innovation which could significantly improve orientation, mobility of sight-impaired people.Yissum Research Development Company Ltd, the technology transfer company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem presented a major new innovation – a virtual cane that will significantly improve the orientation and mobility of sight-impaired people.Read More: @ ynetnews.comYou might also like:NAS names Israeli scientist to biofuels committeeFarrakhan charges Jews ...

Israeli red tape plagues ailing Holocaust survivor

It was the sort of news that Laura Derfler had prayed would come. Throughout the past 20 years she’d usually heard the word “no,” and finally they were willing to recognize her, acknowledge that she was a Holocaust survivor and had rights to compensation. After all, at age 83, Laura needed every bit of help she could get.Though the cancer ...

Israeli Professor Receives OBE from British Queen

Prof. Penny Ur of the Oranim Academic College of Education was awarded with Queen Elizabeth II’s Order of the British Empire on Saturday for her services to the English language.“At first, when I got the call from the British ambassador and he told me the news, I thought someone was playing a joke on me,” Ur, who specializes in English, ...

Israeli police arrest 4 in Italy synagogue theft

Israeli police have arrested four men in the theft of religious items valued at more than $1 million from a synagogue in Italy, a police spokesman said Monday.The four suspects – Israelis in their 20s – were arrested Saturday, spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. They are accused of stealing the items from Milan’s central synagogue last week and smuggling them to ...

Israeli Orthodox Rabbi: Lower Marriage Age To 15

The Lobby for Jewish Values and Director of Jerusalem-based Kol HaNa’ar Rabbi Asher Idan has presented a new initiative to lower the marriage age allowed by law.In the past few days, Chairman of the Lobby for Jewish Values Ofer Cohen has approached several members of Knesset from religious factions in order to garner support for the new bill. Currently the ...

Israeli on Saudi Interfaith Center’s Board

A Saudi-backed center to promote interfaith dialogue worldwide began work in Vienna on Monday by bringing hundreds of religious activists together to discuss how to promote understanding among different beliefs.Named after Saudi King Abdullah, the center is a welcome boost for bridge-building between faiths in an era of financial austerity but has drawn criticism because Saudi Arabia enforces a strict ...

Israeli Official Defends Move to Reduce Women’s Hours on Haredi Radio Station

The chairman of the Second Television and Radio Authority Tuesday rejected criticism of a vote by the authority’s council to reduce the number of hours that women are on the air on ultra-Orthodox radio station Kol Barama.According to the decision made two weeks ago, every week the station will have women on the air for four hours, rather than the ...

Israeli National-Religious Group to Field Candidates for Chief Rabbi

Tzohar, the rabbinical organization that has recently launched a campaign to “strengthen the Chief Rabbinate” is considering running candidates in the upcoming elections for Ashkenazi and Sephardi chief rabbis.The candidate for Ashkenazi chief rabbi will probably be the organization’s chairman, Rabbi David Stav, though the move and the choice must still be approved by Tzohar’s leadership.The elections are expected to ...

Israeli minister warns religious-secular tensions could tear apart country’s society

The deepening tensions between ultra-Orthodox extremists and more moderate Jews that are roiling Israel “will tear Israeli society apart” unless cooler heads prevail, the nation’s minister of religious affairs told Reuters on Wednesday.His comments follow growing alarm over clashes between extremist sects within Israel’s small but growing ultra-Orthodox community, and more moderate and secular Jews in the country.The minister, Yaacov ...

Israeli Lawmakers Slam Ultra-Orthodox Radio Station for Keeping Women off the Air

Allowing women to go on air has caused the Kol Barama radio station’s ratings to plummet, the manager of the ultra-Orthodox station charged during a stormy meeting in the Knesset yesterday.The Committee on the Status of Women was discussing cases in which women have been excluded from the public square due to Haredi (ultra-Orthodox ) pressure. During the debate, Culture ...

Israeli killed, Chabad House destroyed in New Zealand quake

An Israeli backpacker was among dozens killed in an earthquake that devastated the city of Christchurch, New Zealand and destroyed its Chabad center.At least 65 people are reported dead and many buildings toppled, including the city’s Chabad house, in Tuesday’s temblor, which measured 6.3 on the Richter scale.The Israeli, who has not yet been named by his country’s embassy officials, ...