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5/23/12 Round Up PM Edition

By Jspace Staff on 5/23/2012 at 5:48 PM

Categories: History, Israel, Middle East

5/23/12 Round Up PM Edition

On Sunday more than 50,000 ultra-Orthadox men gathered in CitiField Stadium to rally against the internet. Find out what organizer Eytan Kobre has to say about it. [The Atlantic]

Israeli gunboats and an Egyptian clampdown of fuel smuggling into the Gaza strip are strangling the Palestinian enclave’s fishing area, harming fishermen. [Reuters]

Israel continues to warn the international community not to be fooled by Iran apparently inching closer to entertaining concessions on its nuclear programs. [The Guardian]

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden tells American Jewish leaders that “all options are on the table” to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran. [Arutz Sheva 7]

New York real-estate entrepreneur Matthew Bronfman becomes the biggest American Jewish investor in the Israeli economy. [The Jerusalem Post]

Can you be allergic to Judaism? Rabbi Marci N. Bellows tackles allergy season. [The Jewish Week]

An Israeli nightclub raffled off a breast enhacement operation to its patrons Saturday night. [The Times of Israel]

History is made as Egyptians vote in their first democratic elections. [Israel Hayom]

The murder of a Yemenite Jewish leader sparks fear for the community’s future. [Ynet]

Israel ranks 26 out of 36 in OECD’s 2010 Better Life Index. [The Jerusalem Post]

  • Sanaa
  • Gaza
  • Rabbi Marci n. Bellows
  • Finance Ministry
  • Attendees use binoculars at Citifield
  • Egypt
  • Breast Enlargement Surgery
  • Matthew Bronfman
  • U.S. Vice President Joe Biden

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