February 2013

Speculation intense about Obama’s forthcoming visit to Israel

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — I went to bed after a limited time with the news focused on the ceremonial swearing in of Knesset Members, and what seemed like the circular going-nowhere blather about what kind of coalition Benyamin Netanyahu can assemble. Already well known are the problems. Yair Lapid and his second-largest party (There […]

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

White House announces Obama to visit Israel in Spring

WASHINGTON, D.C. (JNS.org) — White House officials said Tuesday that President Barack Obama, whose relationship with Israel routinely garners attention due to his reported tension with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, plans to visit the Jewish state this spring. A specific date for Obama’s trip, which will also include Jordan, was not announced. “The start of the

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USA

JNS news briefs~February 5, 2013

  Palestinian media continues to put out anti-Israel and anti-American messages (JNS.org) Amid the release of a controversial study on Monday dismissing well-documented claims that Palestinian textbooks teach hatred, Palestinian media outlets continue to broadcast and print anti-Israel and anti-American messages. Palestinian Authority TV (PA TV) last week aired a music video honoring Ibrahim Hamed

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International

Jewish composers can do for classical music what they did for Broadway

By David Amos SAN DIEGO — About a month ago, the PBS Network presented an extraordinary and revealing documentary called Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy. We all know of the many composers, singers, and writers of Jewish roots who have contributed to the Broadway stage, from its humble beginnings in New York, to the golden

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Travel and Food

Need for U.S.-Israel cooperation increases amid Syria chaos

By James Colbert WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, the Israeli Air Force reportedly attacked two different targets in Syria. One is said to have been a convoy ferrying advanced anti-aircraft missiles to the Shiite terrorist organization Hezbollah, the other, a large compound reported to contain training camps and research facilities housing Russian technicians as well

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Middle East

Jewish women’s unit begins lobbying effort for gun control

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)– The Women’s Leadership Network of the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) on Monday, Feb. 4,  urged NJDC’s members to call their members of Congress and urge “bold” and “courageous” actions to pass gun control legislation and end the epidemic of gun violence. “Last week, NJDC’s good friend former Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) urged

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USA

Cancer cells can be made to fight against themselves

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Though a small group of proteins, the family called Ras controls a large number of cellular functions, including cell growth, differentiation, and survival. And because the protein has a hand in cellular division, mutated Ras, which can be detected in one-third of all tumors, contributes to many human cancers by allowing

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