The Claims Conference # 2
The federal courtroom in Manhattan was notably empty considering the eye-catching size and target of the fraud: a 15-year campaign to falsely claim $57 million meant for some of the world’s neediest Holocaust survivors.
The Claims Conference
Two years ago, at the annual Claims Conference board meeting, directors representing the World Jewish Congress, the Jewish Agency and others, failed in their efforts to introduce meaningful reforms to the organization.
The CIA ‘Inadvertently Left’ Explosive Material In School Bus After K-9 Drill
The Central Intelligence Agency accidentally left stable “explosive training material” in a school bus last week after concluding a routine training exercise.
The Chabad Rabbi and The Yogi
My husband, Jeremy, and I first met Rabbi Moshe Greenwald and his wife, Rivky, at a Chanukah candle-lighting ceremony in Pershing Square in 2010, when we were just dating.
The Chabad Jewish Group That Connects Trump and Putin
he Port Washington Chabad, a Jewish community center on Long Island’s Manhasset Bay, sits in a squat brick edifice across from a Shell Gas station and a strip mall.
The Calibri Font Is Threatening To Bring Down Pakistan’s Government
Wikipedia’s editors voted Tuesday to take the drastic step of locking the online encyclopedia’s article about the Calibri font.
The buried gold, the crumbling fraud case and the billionaires’ tsunami
When Brian Locke went into business with a clique of Australia’s richest businessmen, the plucky gold hunter believed a lifelong dream was finally within reach. For more than a decade, he had been searching for the super giant: a legendary deposit of gold and precious minerals – worth billions – believed to be entombed beneath…
DetailsThe Blackphone 2 Is Now Available In The US
One of the most interesting corners of the Android world just arrived in the US. As of today, US customers can pick up a Blackphone 2 for just $799 — more than an iPhone 6S or a Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge.
The Biggest-Ever Infrastructure Project In Israel Gets Under Way
The largest infrastructure project in Israel’s history is about to get under way, after the partners in the Leviathan offshore natural gas field announced on Thursday the approval of a final investment decision of $3.75 billion in phase one of the project.
The Battle Over Sinai: ISIS’s Next Strong Force
The Russian plane crash in Sinai on October 13, which left 224 people dead, is still preoccupying intelligence organizations around the world.