The Koren Sukkot Maḥzor; Introduction, Translation, and Commentary by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, © 2015, ISBN 978-965-301-659-0, p. 1465, $24.95 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – When a knowledgeable Jew hears the Hebrew word maḥzor, more than likely an image appears of a sanctuary filled with Jews praying during the High Holidays, […]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionLebanon’s new president vows to retake ‘Israeli-occupied’ land (JNS.org) The Lebanese parliament elected Michael Aoun as its president Monday, ending a two-and-half-year vacuum that threatened to destabilize the highly sectarian country. Aoun, 81, is a retired general from the Lebanese Civil War and a polarizing figure whose Christian political party, the Free Patriotic Movement, is
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Middle EastAn 11-year-old girl committed suicide after school and bullying is speculated to be part of the cause. Bethany Thompson got off her school bus in Ohio on Oct. 19 and retrieved a loaded gun that belonged to her father off of a shelf. The young girl then walked outside and shot herself. The tragedy could
France will stand by its former African colony, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said in an interview with FRANCE 24 and RFI on Sunday, as French troops formally ended a three-year mission to pacify the conflict-ridden country. The end to France’s Operation Sangaris comes as a fresh wave of bloodshed shook the troubled Central African Republic
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InternationalMoldova’s presidential election is to go to a second round after the leading candidate fell short of a crucial 51% of the vote needed to avoid a run-off. Unofficial results have Igor Dodon who has pro-Russian leanings, in first place with just under 49%. Ahead in opinion polls Dodon has pledged to push for closer
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InternationalAfter a two-and-a-half year vacancy, the position of Lebanese head of state was finally filled Monday when veteran politician and former general Michel Aoun was elected president by parliament. An octogenarian former general, Aoun has long eyed the presidency, a position that must be filled by a Maronite Christian under Lebanon’s confessional political system. With
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Middle EastSunday’s 6.6 magnitude quake is Italy’s strongest in decades Number of displaced is put at 25,000 since August PM promises massive reconstruction effort in quake prone region Sunday’s powerful earthquake – the fourth to strike central Italy in three months – has left yet more people homeless. Estimates by the country’s Civil Protection Unit put
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InternationalHillary Clinton and Donald Trump faced off on the question of abortion in the final debate. And it quickly became painfully obvious that the only person on stage, including the moderator, who knew much about women’s health was the woman. When Chris Wallace asked Clinton why she had “voted against a ban on late-term, partial-birth
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAA top Democrat demanded Monday that the FBI make public any investigations it is conducting into GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump or his associates, saying it’s only fair now that the agency has confirmed it has renewed its probe into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails. Rep. Elijah Cummings, the ranking Democrat on the
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USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — The FBI is in the headlines regarding its investigation of Hillary Clinton and her e-mails. The FBI has a long history of being involved in investigations that may not make any sense. The FBI file on Albert Einstein was over 1400 pages in length. Why did the FBI conduct an
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireTAMPA, Fla. – George Gold has voted Democrat in every presidential election since he cast his first ballot for John F. Kennedy in 1960, but he is breaking the streak this year to back Donald Trump, caught up in the anti-establishment fervor that has become the Republican nominee’s best hope for a Nov. 8 surge
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USAWASHINGTON — FBI agents investigating Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified information on a private email server Sunday obtained a warrant to search a computer used by former Rep. Anthony Weiner for messages they believe may be related to their inquiry, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation. Agents stumbled across the potentially
Quake of magnitude 6.6 strikes in Le Marche and Umbria regions Strongest for 36 years Historic basilica of St Benedict destroyed Italy’s Prime Minister is promising that the homes, churches and properties destroyed in a string of earthquakes over the past two months will be rebuilt. Matteo Renzi made the pledge just hours after another
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InternationalReykjavik (dpa) – Iceland was facing the prospect of tough coalition negotiations Sunday after a parliamentary election ousted the centre-right ruling government, but produced no clear winner. With all the votes counted, the conservative Independence Party emerged on top with 29 per cent, giving it 21 seats in the 63-seat chamber, the Iceland Monitor news
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