By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Los Angeles — June 11, 2017 … Bomb threats against Jewish facilities in the US continue as three Los Angeles synagogues were evacuated following a series of online bomb threats. The hate crimes disrupted normally scheduled Shabbat activities on June 10. The Glazer and Irmas campuses of Wilshire Boulevard Temple… Read More »
By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency New York — March 22, 2017 … With over 160 bomb threats made to Jewish organizations in the United States and Canada, many questions are now being raised as to how to respond. Yesterday, Temple Beth Shalom in Livingston, New Jersey was targeted. Police told the INA that the threat… Read More »
The bombs may not be real, but the fear is. By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency New York, NY — January 18, 2017 … The doors are always kept open. No one standing over them. All may come and go. It’s the Jewish tradition of “welcome the stranger”. But this practice, this age old honored… Read More »
By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Whitefish, Montana — January 10, 2017 … Montana shoppers will soon begin seeing posters in the windows of stores that want to be recognized as safe places thanks to cadre of volunteers and the Missoula Downtown Association. A human rights group of Missoula residents who were spurred by Nazi, anti-Semitic… Read More »
Israel was the first nation to arrive in Haiti after the earthquake. The Jews who participated in this humanitarian mission saved thousands of lives. By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem, Israel — July 8, 2016 … Students For Justice In Palestine (SJP), an anti-semitic, anti-Israel, pro-Jihad organization is trying to blame Israel for the recent… Read More »
By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Philadelphia — January 9, 2016 … “Shots fired! … I’m bleeding heavily! I’m bleeding. Get us another unit out here!” It was with these words that another act of Islamic terrorism was announced to the world. It was a Thursday evening at 11:40 p.m. when a man dressed in Islamic… Read More »
Israeli malls are well defended from terror attacks. By Rebecca McCann Israel News Agency Washington, D.C. — February 23, 2015 … Perhaps the true achilles heel of America’s war on Islamic terrorism are the soft targets that everybody ignores. Among them are US shopping malls. They have been placed in a dark closet with the American government and… Read More »
By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem, Israel — October 28, 2014 … Jerusalem has been the capital of Israel for over 3,000 years. Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Jewish citizens he represents didn’t just create this fact. In 1000 BCE – King David conquered Jerusalem and declared the city the Capital of the Jewish Kingdom. Fast forward… Read More »
The Pentagon wants to defend the US but has hands tied by the Obama White House. By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem — October 26, 2014 … From Ebola to ISIS, it appears that almost every issue which is handled by President Barack Obama turns into total disaster. Obama’s policies with regard to the Middle… Read More »
9/11 – the end of innocence. Photo: Joel Leyden By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency New York … On a sun drenched, cool Autumn morning, within a period of two hours, the United States had lost its innocence, isolation and security. Islamic terrorists attacked multiple targets in the US murdering over 3,000 civilians. Four civilian… Read More »