Cairo (dpa) – Egypt’s plan to hand two Red Sea islands over to Saudi Arabia has been struck down by an administrative court, in a major blow to President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi on one of the most controversial issues he’s faced since taking office. The courtroom erupted in cheers as judge Yahya al-Dakrouri ruled that the […]
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Middle EastA car bomb killed several Jordanian soldiers and wounded others outside a refugee camp near the Syrian border on Tuesday, the army said. “At 5:30 a.m. a car bomb exploded in the Rukban district opposite the Syrian refugee camp, killing or wounding several Jordanian soldiers,” a short statement said. The army said that it had
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Beth Israel’s Men’s Club will host Dr. Arnold Gass at the July 20 Dinner Forum. Gass discuss the medical use of cannabis. Gass is Health Sciences Professor of Medicine Emeritus at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and a General Internist and Geriatrician. In 2011 he retired after 30
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San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & EducationThe President of the European Council has said the European Union will offer an “unprecedented package” to induce Israel and the Palestinian Authority to reach a two-state solution, in a meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Brussels. The European Council is essentially the policy-making body of the EU. In his first official visit to
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International, Middle EastA new poll shows Donald Trump trailing Hillary Clinton in Florida, a major battleground state that has played kingmaker in the past, by 8 percentage points. And it appears the businessman’s comments about a judge of Mexican heritage that have been widely condemned may be at least part of the reason he’s being pulled down:
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USABernie Sanders may have lost the Democratic primary contest for president (yes, it’s over, even if he hasn’t formally conceded), but his campaign looks to be a win-win for his career in the Senate, where he returned Monday night. Voting for the first time since January—on a series of gun regulation proposals—the Vermont Independent attracted
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USADonald Trump has faced many a foe in his long career, from New York journalists who made fun of his finger size, to real estate sharks and labor union officials, to stiffed lenders and angry corporate board members. But heading into the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, he’s coming up against the unlikeliest of formidable
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USAIsrael is advancing a plan to build a billion-dollar artificial island off the coast of Gaza to connect the coastal enclave to the rest of the world, the country’s Intelligence and Transport Minister said on Monday. Yisrael Katz said that the project would cost some $5 billion and would see a five kilometer bridge stretching
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Middle EastCan the shape of a letter suggest the meaning of words in which it is used? Linguistics professor Zev bar Lev believes that it can. He previews his Global Alphabet theory, upon which he will expound June 28 at a Lawrence Family JCC workshop, in the video above.
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The world’s youngest Nobel laureate, Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan, has often been compared to Anne Frank. Both kept diaries in times when rulers subjugated those whom they believed to be racially or religiously inferior. Both Anne and Malala suffered through warfare, their lives constantly threatened, respectively by the
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, InternationalNEW YORK (Press Release) — JCC Association in partnership with Keshet, a national organization that works for full LGBTQ equality and inclusion in Jewish life, have formed national alliance to better support JCCs across the country in developing programming, facilities and policies that are more inclusive to LGBTQ families and individuals. “In the wake of
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HANNATON, Israel (SDJW) — Students from the Hannaton Educational Center, a pluralistic school at Kibbutz Hannaton, participated in an egalitarian service at the Kotel last Thursday which was disrupted by Haredi men opposed to the genders praying together. Pushing and shoving and numerous insults such as “You are not Jews” marred the occasion. The prayer session
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Jewish Religion, Middle East(JNS.org) Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and pro-Israel commentator John Bolton said that Americans who are considering voting for Donald Trump in the fall but are worried about his various controversial comments should “keep calm and carry on.” Bolton told the Jerusalem Post that he supports Trump despite “having disagreements” with some of
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USA(JNS.org) Russian-Jewish actor Anton Yelchin, who played the Russian starship navigator Chekov in the rebooted series of “Star Trek” movies, died Sunday after being accidentally crushed by his own vehicle against a driveway wall, police said. The 27-year-old Yelchin was born in St. Petersburg and emigrated to America as a child under political refugee status
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