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Whether it’s a navigation aid you’re seeking, or a city bus or parking, these apps have you covered. One will check your tire pressure and another checks your breath to gauge if you’re too tipsy to drive—and it’ll even hail you a cab if you are. 1. Waze Waze was a global household name even before it was judged the world’s best mobile app and Google plunked down $1.03 billion to buy it in June. The free crowdsourced navigation app allows users to share traffic information automatically in real time simply by following their GPS tracks. Waz...
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Israel gave the final approval to build 1,200 apartments in eastern Jerusalem and the West Bank—a move Palestinian peace negotiators said could destroy chances for peace. Sunday’s announcement comes three days before peace negotiations are set to restart in Jerusalem and on the same day that the special U.S. envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, Martin Indyk, met with Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. The final approval by Israel’s housing and con...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (JTA)—Three weeks ago, the Dutch public learned of what appeared to be an unprecedented victory for European advocates of boycotting Israeli products. Four major supermarket chains reportedly declared a boycott of products from the West Bank, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. But the “victory,” as some activists in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement called it, was short lived. Days later, the international supermarket chains Aldi and Hema, along...
(JTA)—Eydie Gorme, who won Grammy Awards singing solo and with her husband, Steve Lawrence, has died. Gorme died at a Las Vegas hospital on Saturday following a brief illness, according to a statement by her spokesman. She was 84. The statement said she was “surrounded by her husband, son and other loved ones at the time of her death.” Gorme, whose 1963 song “Blame It on the Bossa Nova” was her biggest hit and won her a Grammy nomination, performed in nightclubs, and as both a solo artist an...
When immigrants move to a new country, they often find it necessary to reinvent themselves. Some transform their lives in order to survive in a different environment. Others seek a fresh start so they can forget the past. Still others disguise their identities, for example, using a new name to mask their innermost self. The theme of re-invention serves as the core of Nancy Richler’s moving novel, “The Imposter Bride” (St. Martin’s Press). Richler’s insight into her characters shows just how difficult it is to make connections, while still off...
