Current News - Chabad of Great Neck

‘Homely’ ancient rock adds evidence of King David’s existence

Friday, December 26, 2014 - 11:28 AM

House of David inscription, part of the “Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age” exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. (Meidad Suchowolski)

NEW YORK (JTA) — Dimly lit, the stone slab, or stele, doesn’t look particularly noteworthy, especially when compared to the more lavish sphinxes, jewelry and cauldrons one encounters en route to the room where it is installed.

Indeed, in a Twitter post this fall, art journalist Lee Rosenbaum described the nearly 13-by-16 inch c. 830 BCE rock, … Read More »

EU Court Orders Hamas Removed From Terror List

Friday, December 26, 2014 - 11:11 AM

The General Court of the European Union in Luxembourg accepted the petition by Hamas in which it sought to have itself removed from the EU’s list of terrorist organizations.

Still, the court postponed implementing the ruling for three months to allow for the EU commission or one of the EU’s 28 member states to petition the decision.

The hearing in the European court was technical and procedural, and did not stem from a change in the EU’s position regarding Hamas.

A senior Hamas official, Izzat al-Rishq, tweeted that the court decision is “a legal victory for Pale… Read More »