By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– It’s been three years since Barack Obama’s Cairo speech, 11 years since 9-11 and the onset of efforts to reform Iraq and Afghanistan. If Americans and others still need to learn about the Middle East, they might focus on continuing riots over the Muhammad film (Innocence of Muslims), topped up by […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Richard Nixon had many shortcomings, but compared to Barack Obama, he looks like a saint. I do not ever recall seeing Nixon attempting to subvert the 1st Amendment that guarantees freedom of speech, but recently with the release of the Innocence of Muslims film that came
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USA
By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California –In a typically politically liberal Reform synagogue in America, this one in a suburb of San Diego, the typically politically liberal rabbi’s Rosh Hashanah sermonshould be a wake-up call to other Jews who are typically liberal. The Jewish Federations of North America sent out an email calling on all rabbis
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San Diego CalendarAhmadinejad calls ‘Innocence of Muslims’ film an Israeli plot (JNS.org) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday produced another anti-Israel conspiracy theory by saying the film Innocence of Muslims, which has been linked to protests throughout the Arab world, was a plot by the Jewish state to “divide [Muslims] and spark sectarian conflict,” AFP reported. Ahmadinejad’s remarks
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International
By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — He was one of the greatest Talmud scholars of the last century, but outside of a small circle of disciples, he was never well-known. He was a tragic figure in many ways, and although few have heard of him today, he has not been totally forgotten. Interestingly,
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Jewish Religion
The Future of the Jews: How Global Forces are Impacting the Jewish People, Israel, and Its Relationship with the United States by Stuart E. Eizenstat, Rowman & Littlefield, New York; ISBN 978-1-44422-1627-3 ©2012, $37.50, p. 318, plus notes and index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California–Stuart Eizenstat author of The Future of the Jews, from
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Fred Reiss, EdD, Middle EastBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Nittai the Arbelite said: Keep your distance from a bad neighbor; don’t socialize with scoundrels. Mishnah—Avoth 1:7 Our parents often taught us, “A person is judged by the company he keeps.” Jewish tradition reaffirms this message, for people then to gravitate to others who
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USABy Evelyn Gordon After radical Islamists killed 16 soldiers at an Egyptian army outpost in Sinai this August, Egypt’s military pointed an accusing finger straight at Hamas-run Gaza, whence it said some of the terrorists came. Suiting action to words, Cairo swiftly shut the Egypt-Gaza border crossing, massed troops near Gaza, destroyed some of the
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Middle East
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Associated Press told the story this way: “PARIS — A small package bomb exploded inside a kosher grocery store in a Paris suburb Wednesday, wounding at least one person[1]…The reason for the attack was unclear, but it rattled nerves amid global tensions surrounding a U.S.-produced film insulting to Islam.
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Shoshana Bryen, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Mitt Romney reminds us of a basic political lesson. Politicians should lie. What’s this? An academic with a career in political science at distinguished universities saying that politicians should lie? Yep. If they don’t learn it from me they’d better learn it from someone else. Even when they tell some of
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Ira Sharkansky, USAIsrael’s tops South Africa to open World Baseball Classic (JNS.org) Powered by two home runs from San Diego Padres prospect Nate Freiman, Israel built a 7-0 lead en route to defeating South Africa, 7-3, in the first game of the World Baseball Classic’s (WBC) qualifying round on Wednesday in Jupiter, Fla. Israel will square off next
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International
PETACH TIKVAH, Israel (Press Release)–Six year old Shachar had a dream. He loves music and could often be found with an imitation microphone in his hand, pretending to be a radio singer and singing the latest popular songs. Schachar’s parents also have a dream. More than anything, they want their child to live. You see,
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Science, Medicine, & Education
By Carol Davis CARLSBAD, California–Bernard Slade’s 1975 comedy Same Time Next Year is kind of little sleeper (no pun intended) of a play. It’s a bitter sweet love story about two people, Doris and George who over the course of 25 years meet each other once a year in Mendocino, California, in a comfortable room
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastHAIFA (Press Release) –President Obama’s middle name, Hussein, makes Israelis – both Jewish and Arab – perceive him as less pro-Israeli, reveals a new study conducted by the University of Haifa and the University of Texas. The study has just been published in the journal Political Behavior. “Even though the Israeli public has extensive information
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Middle East