December 2012

Those good friends in Sudan of the anti-Israel crowd

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C–Iran has made common cause with similarly nasty countries around the world to promote an anti-American, anti-Israel and anti-Western agenda. This includes the transfer of weapons as well as the training of terrorists who return to their places of origin ready and able to blow themselves up. While the U.S. focuses […]

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

JNS news briefs: December 5, 2012

PA, writing to UN, calls Israeli construction plans ‘war crimes’ (JNS.org) Palestinian leaders delivered a harsh complaint to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday in light of Israel’s recent decision to move ahead with plans to build an additional 3,000 housing units in area E1 between Jerusalem and Maaleh Adumim, Israel Hayom reported. A letter

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International

Joseph showed early signs of true leadership

By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb                                                                                                          NEW YORK — The class devoted to the study of leadership, using the book of Genesis as a text, was proceeding well. On this, the ninth session, it reached a new depth. It did so by paying careful attention to the subtleties of the Hebrew language.   Hillel, from his

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Jewish Religion

Novelist Yehoshua says Israel should negotiate with Hamas

By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California  — A.B. Yehoshua, the renowned Israeli novelist, playwright, and thinker, fiercely independent and deeply rooted in the marrow of Jerusalem, wrote an article Monday for the Op-ed page of Ha’aretz.   He declared that the time has come for Israel to talk with Hamas—something whispered about by many people on

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Middle East

Harrison named to Journal of San Diego History editorial board

SAN DIEGO — The Journal of San Diego History has added San Diego Jewish World publisher Donald H. Harrison to its editorial board,  the Journal’s co-editors,  Drs.  Molly McClain and Iris Engstrand, have announced. Harrison, author of a biography of San Diego pioneer Louis Rose and numerous articles on San Diego Jewish history, “will provide

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

JNS news briefs: December 4, 2012

Jerusalem mayor: No city regulated by the U.S. president (JNS.org) Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat expressed support on Monday for the Israeli government’s plan to build 3,000 additional housing units in the E1 section between Jerusalem and Maaleh Adumim, Israel Hayom reported. The decision came as a response to the recent upgrade of Palestinian status at

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International

JNS news briefs: December 3, 2012

Harvard students receive club invitations excluding Jews, welcoming ‘coloreds’ (JNS.org) Harvard University students received flyers from a supposed “Harvard’s Newest Final Club” explicitly stating that Jews should not apply but “coloreds” are welcome to do so. The flyer invited students to an introductory club event, listing three virtues: “inclusion,” with the footnote of “Jews need not

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International

Deli envy in tasty Taiwan

By Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan– There aren’t many delicatessens in Taiwan, and the word “deli” has not yet been translated into Chinese. So when news reached me here the other day that the Stage Deli in Manhattan was closing — after 75 years in business — I paid attention. You see, whenever I get

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Travel and Food

As P.A. celebrates ‘statehood,’ its assets dwindle

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Thomas Mann’s Buddenbrooks is a classic story of a family that opens with a great celebration of wealth and success and proceeds to its downfall. From what we are hearing from reliable sources, that is the model likely to develop after Mahmoud Abbas’ celebrations for achieving Palestinian statehood from the

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East