Apple (AAPL) shares slid 8.9% during Thursday’s pre-market session as Goldman Sachs (GS) reduced its 12-month price target on the digital devices maker from $182 to $140 due to its more “cautious outlook.” Apple late Wednesday cut the midpoint of its Q1 revenue outlook by 8% to about $84 billion, well below the analyst consensus of $91.4 billion on Capital […]
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Wizz Air (WIZZ.L), the largest low-cost airline in central and eastern Europe, reported an 18% year-on-year surge in passenger numbers in December early on Thursday, extending a trend seen in earlier months of 2018. The increase in traffic came as the carrier announced 14 new routes to and from the UK, Bulgaria, Poland, and Romania in December, according to a […]
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In the name of free speech, the anti-Zionist Jewish movement IfNotNow – which vows that the current generation of young American Jews “will be the generation that ends our community’s support for the occupation” – criticizes the Democratic Party leadership for supporting bipartisan anti-BDS legislation. They call for boycotting speeches by Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon, citing his […]
"The most important thing that happened in the last year in the Middle East was ‘s decision to leave the nuclear deal which led to a weakened the Iranian economy," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told members of AIPAC in his office in Jerusalem on Wednesday. The meeting was attended by the president of AIPAC, Mort Friedman, outgoing president, Lillian Pinkus, […]
One of Brazil’s most popular soccer teams joined a global Jewish initiative to raise awareness about the Holocaust and the dangers of anti-Semitism. The Corinthians took a team picture on the field holding a poster with the hashtag #WeRemember and put it on its the club’s social media channels, drawing nearly 50,000 “likes.” The World Jewish Congress launched the campaign. […]
Nine liberal rabbis endorsed the Women’s March after meetings with organizers Linda Sarsour and Tamika Mallory and sharing their concerns about antisemitism. The rabbis said in a letter that they had engaged in “frank discussions about the issues that are dividing our communities” with Sarsour and Mallory,, who has a history of making antisemitic and homophobic statements. Though the letter […]
Jason Spindler, a Jewish American whose life was changed when he survived the 9/11 attack in New York, was killed in a terrorist attack in Nairobi, Kenya. on a business complex, claimed by the Somali Islamist terrorist group Shabab, claimed at least 21 lives. Shabab said it was motivated in part to commit the attack by President Donald Trump’s recognition […]
Jerusalem‘s snow craze remained a short one, as residents woke up Thursday to a capital which was cold and wet, but without snow. Stormy weather set in Wednesday afternoon with the initial rain and hail as the evening progressed, to the joy of Jerusalemites who waited since the last snow fall. However, the snow falling onto the streets and cars […]
Michael Danby, an Australian Labor Party MP, condemned banning Israeli swimmers from the Paralympic Qualifiers in Malaysia on Wednesday, calling Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad a ‘”Malay Bigot.” Danby called on Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to host the Paralympics swimmers in Australia instead. He wrote to Prime Minister Scott Morrison asking that he offer one of Australia’s premium venues […]