![Italian Diversity, the Arberesh and the Peppa Marriti Band [Videos]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Flag_of_the_Italian_Arberesh.svg_.png)
The inscription E Pluribus Unum” (Out of many, one) is a well known inscription on AMerican currency. It could just as well be inscribed on Italian money, siunce Italy was compased of numerous kingdoms, states and principalities that joined as Italy in 1861. Part of Italy’s beauty is its linguistic diversity. In addition to...
The London Daily Mail has reported that John Kennedy, although he was lauded as a war hero for his service in World War Two, was very sympathetic to Nazi Germany well into the 1930′s. Along with Kennedy’s fondness for the German Autobahn, Kennedy opined as follows concerning Hitler’s Bavarian holiday home in Berchtesgaden and...
A man claiming to be a Saudi cleric reportedly issued a fatuous fatwa banning women from turning on an air conditioner when their husbands are not home. The logic is that the dripping of the AC could send signals that a woman is home alone and ready to party like it’s New Years Eve...
![The Boxer By Simon and Garfunkel [Video]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/simon-and-garfunkel.jpg)
There is a “missing verse in the Simon and Garfunkel song “The Boxer” that did not appear on the “Bridge Over Troubled Water album that reads as follows. Now the years are rolling by me They are rockin’ evenly I am older than I once was And younger than I’ll be and that’s not...
The Jews News web site has reported on a public statement by Nicolas Maduro, the new President of Venezuela, who has revealed that he has Jewish grandparents. The revelation comes as part of a larger statement in which Maduro attempts to defend the stridently anti Israel policy of the recently deceased President Hugo Chavez....
This week, parshat Behalosecha will be ushered in in New York City at 7:55PM with candle lighting, which is 18 minutes before sunset. On the Chabad.org web site, you can look up the time Shabbat begins in your city.You can also look up the time Shabbat ends on Saturday night. This week, Chabad.org...
![Georges Moustaki: 1934-2013 [Videos]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Georges-Moustaki-677x1024.jpg)
Georges Moustaki passed away today at the age of 79. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt to Greek sephardic Jewish parents from the Island of Corfu. He sang in French, Italian, Greek, Portuguese, Spanish, English and Arabic and wrote songs for Edith Piaf, Francois Hardy and other internationally known singers. Following are some of...
The French Revolution produced some of the most stirring ideas of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. Despite producing the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, the Fench Revolution also produced the Great Terror, and racked up a massive body count that was cutting edge for its time. Socialism and National Socialism...
Western economies are good at producing food and clothing. In many parts of the country, especially in New York City affordable housing is an elusive goal.Experience has shown us that rent control and government intervention does not work in creating a housing market for working people. Der Spiegel printed an article, ” Urban Class...
Anthony Weiner has made it official. He’s thrown his jockey shorts into the mayoral ring. Despite a scandal two years ago, in which he tweeted pictures of his private parts, Weiner is running for mayor of New York City.And despite his admission that more x rated tweets of his mayoral staff are still floating...
Michelle Obama is reportedly stressed out from all of the scandals hitting her husband’s administration. With all of the budget woes coming on the heels of the IRS scandals and Benghazi, Michelle is looking at a budget vacation in Martha’s Vineyard, away from all of the stress and finger pointing in Washington. There is...
![Soldier Beheaded in London By Muslim Extremists [Videos]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/behead.jpg)
It sounded like a report from Baghdad or Benghazi when the London Telegraph reported about a british soldier being beheaded in the street. Instead, the report happened in London near the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwick by men shouting “Allahu Akbar” as they carried out the attack with machetes, which they took pains to...
Yesterday, I was watching a historical documentary called Baathism and National Socialism. It explained in great detail the strategic importance of the oil producing nations to both thye allies and to Nazi Germany. It also details the extravagant promises made during World War One to Arab nationalists that overlapped and conflicted with promises made...
![Music From Serbia by Željko Šašić [Videos]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/zeljko-sasic.jpg)
Željko Šašić was born in 1969 in Serbia. He has put out seven albums and nine singles since 1994. Following are some of his popular songs. Although Yugoslavia is no more,there are many fans whose tastes in music from the former Yugoslavia reaches across national borders. That is the feeling here at...
There is a joke about Barack Obama. People are saying that he feels happy that he is finally being compared to Richard Nixon instead of Jimmy Carter. William Kristol begs to differ. I doubt that Barack Obama is pleased.
![Islam’s Intolerance of Israel: by Mordechai Kedar [Video]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/syria-alawi-stamp.jpg)
One of the scourges of western colonialism in the Middle East, Africa and Asia is the tendency of colonial powers to rope together disparate and often hostile elements into one country. Nigeria, British India and Syria are a few of many nations that are countries only in the administrative sense. British India has fragmented...
![Film About Tornadoes [Video]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Cumulonimbus-with-Tornado.jpg)
Although it is very hard to know exactly when a tornado will touch down, these terrible storms have been studied by experts. They have even been followed by “tornado chasers”. Following is a documentary about tornadoes.
![Help The Oklahoma Tornado Victims [Video]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/oklahoma-tornado-roflbot.jpg)
The United States has been among the most generous in the world in responding to natural disasters. As individuals and through government agencies through the government, there are organisations ready to channel help where it is most needed in the disaster stricken areas. USA Today gives the names of several organisations that are taking...
![Musician of the Day: Shlomi Shabat [Video]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Shlomi_Shabat.jpg)
Shlomi Shabat was born in 1954 in Israel to parents who immigrated to Israel from Turkey. His discography goes back to 1987. He has also served as a judge on The Voice Israel.
When a young girl is separated from her mother for a “security check”, bad things can happen. Who is watching the people who watch us? A badge can bring out the best and the worst in human nature.
The Westboro Baptist Church has become the laughingstock of the nation for their signs rejoicing in other people’s suffering. With no shortage of sins in AMerica, the Westboro Baptist Church has a singular obsession with homosexuality. Life News reports that the left is no less prone to Schadenfreude, in pretending to have a hot...
![This Is Water: A Graduation Speech About Gridlock Moments [Video]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Traffic_jam_on_Phu_Nhuan_district.jpg)
A university graduate, trained to manage and be in control, still finds him or herself in circumstances beyond his or her control. In the following graduation speech, by David Foster Wallace addresses traffic jams, long lines in supermarkets and other annoyances of modern life. He opens the possibility that there is more than one...
![Israel Anonymous Outs Anti Israel “Anonymous” Hackers [Video]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/OpIsrael-Anonymous-RedHack-Hacked-Mossad.jpg)
An ugly underside to the Anonymous” group of anti government hackers is their blind adoption of opposition to the State of Israel. To meet this threat, Israel Anonymous” has been formed. In the following video, they give the names, photos and IP addresses of anti Israel hackers, with promises of more to come. Modern...
![Evidence of Ancient Jewish Presence in Israel [Videos]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Archaeology-in-Jerusalem.jpg)
When Arab and Iranian political leaders deny that there was ever a Jewish presence in Israel, it ignited a storm of derision and protest. What is both significant and constructive is the light Arab and Iranian revisionists inadvertently shed on the field of biblical archaeology. In an article by Richard Elliott Friedman, he surveys...
