Israeli jets reportedly hit target on Lebanon-Syria border (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli forces attacked a target on the Syrian-Lebanese border, a western diplomat and a security source told Reuters on Wednesday, at a time of growing concern in the Jewish state over the fate of Syrian chemical and conventional weapons. The sources, who declined […]
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InternationalBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –I suspect that one reason why Israel is so preoccupied with Yair Lapid is because he seems to be the only real winner in last week’s elections. A few others did hold their own, but many more lost heavily. Here’s a list. Binyamin Netanyahu, though still the likely prime minister,
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Middle EastBy Maxine Dovere/JNS.org WASHINGTON, DC—Hundreds of pro-Israel Christians descended on Washington, DC, on Monday to raise heated voices against the confirmation of former Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense. The Action Fund of Christians United for Israel (CUFI) brought more than 400 Christian leaders, in addition to some rabbis, from 46 different states
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–For some time the pundits have been predicting the downfall of the Assad regime. In what may be a significant addition, is one from the Prime Minister of Russia. till now one of Assad’s principal sources of support. Dmitry Medvedev has said that Assad’s support is weakening daily. That is not
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastIsraeli population analysis reveals higher voter turnout than initial reports (JNS.org) Voter turnout in the recent Israeli elections was initially reported at 68 percent, but that figure is actually 73 percent based on a deeper analysis of the country’s population, the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) think tank said Jan. 28. While the official
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InternationalBy Shlomo Cesana and Daniel Siryoti/JNS.org Israel is continuing to warn the world of the potentially devastating outcome if Syria’s chemical arsenal falls into the hands of rebels, or worse, Hezbollah, as Lebanese media outlets reported that the Lebanese terror group had already obtained some chemical weapons and long-range missiles. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
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Middle EastBEERSHEVA, Israel (Press Release) — A team of brain scientists, including Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev faculty (BGU), tested former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon using functional MRI to assess his brain responses at BGU’s Brain Imaging Research Center at Soroka University Medical Center in Beer-Sheva, Israel. He was presumed to be in a vegetative state
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Alan Eisner WASHINGTON, D.C. – When I was 16, I fell in love – not with a girl but with Israel. That summer, my family and I visited for the first time, a three-week trip that left me entranced. On the last day, August 29, 1970, I wrote in my diary: “As soon as I
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Middle EastTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Because half of all instances of hearing loss are linked to genetic mutations, advanced gene research is an invaluable tool for uncovering causes of deafness — and one of the biggest hopes for the development of new therapies. Now Prof. Karen Avraham of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv
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Science, Medicine, & EducationExplosion at Iran’s underground nuclear site? (JNS.org) Conflicting reports have emerged over news of an explosion at Iran’s underground nuclear site at Fordow last week. The news website WND first reported the alleged blast, quoting a defected Iranian intelligence officer who claimed a massive explosion occurred at the facility at 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 21,
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Middle EastBy Isaac Yetiv , Ph. D. The rhetorical question in my last article has elicited many real questions from my readers who wanted to know what I meant by “ripe” in “Is American society ripe for Obama’s crowning?” I am glad to respond: No, I didn’t mean a coup d’etat with dissolution of Congress and
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USA
Into the Light: The Healing Art of Kalman Aron by Susan Beilby Magee, Hard Press Editions, (c) 2012, ISBN 978-1-55595-385-0; 220 pages including index of illustrations, $50. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –This is an extraordinary biography of an artist who survived the Holocaust, wrestled with it in his paintings and drawings, and eventually
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Donald H. HarrisonSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego (JCF) has hired Naomi Rabkin to assume the newly created position of North County Jewish Life Program Manager for the Leichtag Foundation. The Leichtag Foundation is dedicated to building vibrant Jewish life in coastal North County. In her new role, Naomi will develop and incubate
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San Diego CountyBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Israel’s voters have done their job, and now can wait through a month or more while party politicians and media commentators fill the air with their talk of what is possible, what they want, and what they do not want. Depending on what is between one’s ears or in back of one’s
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