NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Genesis Prize Foundation, the operating entity for the Genesis Prize, announced Wednesday, April 17, that Wayne L. Firestone has been named its President. The annual $1 million Genesis Prize will be awarded to an accomplished, internationally renowned individual from anywhere in the world who is a role model in his/her community […]
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Jewish ReligionEilat hit with two rockets (JNS.org) Sirens sounded in the southern Israeli city of Eilat on Wednesday morning after two rockets fired from the Sinai Peninsula exploded in a planned new residential area within the city, causing no injuries or damage, the Israel Defense Forces said. The rockets that struck Eilat were part of a
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InternationalBy Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — He never returned phone calls. He certainly never returned e-mails. He rarely smiled. He had very sophisticated tastes in wine and fine liquor. A seven-course gourmet dinner with a wine pairing at each course was almost an everyday occurrence for him. He had the vocabulary of a
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Jewish ReligionNEW YORK (Press Release) — The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has noted the recent overwhelming call in the Jordanian parliament for the release from prison of Musa Mustafa Daqamseh, the Jordanian soldier who in 1997 went on a rampage and murdered seven Israeli schoolgirls. The Jordanian parliament’s lower house, which has 120 legislators, produced an
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The Jewish Federation of San Diego County and community partners will sponsor an annual community event to celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut on April 21 held at Nobel Athletic Field in the University City area. This is a free event to celebrate and educate our local community about Israel and its culture.
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Travel and FoodBy David Amos SAN DIEGO — About two weeks ago, the San Diego Union-Tribune weekly supplement called American Profile included an article by Audrey T. Hingley titled Great American Composers. The title obviously perked my interest, but I found it disturbing and misleading on different levels. Here are the ten composers who were listed as
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (Press Release)–More than one million people around the world have viewed the Anti-Defamation League’s inspirational video, “Imagine A World Without Hate” as the public service campaign has gone viral on the Internet bolstered by word of mouth and “shares” by a number of luminaries and celebrities, from Ricky Martin to Lena Dunham and
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ENCINITAS, California (Press Release) — The Women’s Auxiliary of Seacrest Village Retirement Communities held its 35th Annual Gala, “Club Seacrest,” at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines on April 13. The event was attended by nearly 300 guests and raised over $315,000 that will be used to provide charitable care to many Seacrest Village residents and
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San Diego CountyBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — If countries were people and Israel was an American, it would begin to collect Social Security in nine months. It would be eligible for a reverse mortgage and only a few years from mandatory withdrawals from its 401k. We’d be talking retirement and watching the grass and the grandchildren
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenSAFED, Israel (Press Release)- When Israel’s first Prime Minister David Ben Gurion wryly observed that “In Israel in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles,” he could not anticipate that the spirit of his words would motivate the largest single public gathering on Israel’s annual calendar, as 400,000 people jam the
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Jewish ReligionTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Last year marked the return of political Nazism to Europe, declared Dr. Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress, at a press conference to announce the results of the 2012 Anti-Semitism Worldwide Report published by Tel Aviv University’s Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry. Headed by Prof.
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Travel and FoodCanadian university student union strips anti-Israel group of official status (JNS.org) The University of Manitoba Student Union (UMSU) in Canada has become the first student group in North America to ban the anti-Israel “Israel Apartheid Week” and strip the anti-Israel “Students Against Israel Apartheid (SAIA)” group of official status. The motion, which passed 19-15, bars
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InternationalBy Bob Jacob/Cleveland Jewish News/JNS.org Kevin Goodman’s second Boston Marathon will be one he will never forget. That’s because just about 60 minutes after he concluded the race, two explosions rocked the finish line. “It’s a gruesome day,” Goodman, who lives in Cleveland, told the Cleveland Jewish News from the Fairmont Copley Hotel, where he
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USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Pretense seems to be an important factor in Israeli-Palestinian relations. It’s particularly acute in and around the issue of Jerusalem. Thus many Israeli politicians and their supporters never tire of speaking of the city as “Israel’s united and eternal capital” thereby implying that no peace deal will persuade Israelis to
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