By Rabbi Yaakov Marks SAN DIEGO — “If you will observe my statutes and my laws, then you will dwell in the land safely. The land will produce its fruit, and you will eat to satiety and you will dwell in the land in security.” (Leviticus 25:18-19) With this G-d promises us that if we […]
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Jewish ReligionBangladesh police Thursday on charged a senior opposition official with sedition for allegedly plotting against the state when he met an Israeli government adviser, an official said, according to AFP. The move comes as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government is stepping up a crackdown on political opponents in the Muslim-majority country, which is reeling from
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International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There are about 6 million Jews in both Israel and in the US, about a million in Western Europe, 300,000 or so in Russia and elsewhere in Eastern Europe, and other centers ranging from 30,000 to a few hundred thousand in Canada, Latin America, and Australia. All told, leaving unaswered
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International, Middle East, USAhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Bikel In this Star Trek: Next Generation episode he plays the father of Worf
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Travel and FoodAmericans who fear Muslim terrorists love Donald Trump, as do Americans who want to keep out illegal Mexican immigrants. Trade protectionists and foreign-policy isolationists also love Trump. These voting groups, all part of the Trump coalition and all marginalized by elites because of their stance would see themselves as vindicated and count themselves as winners
President Reuven Rivlin marked Jordan”s Independence Day on Thursday by speaking at a reception hosted in Tel Aviv by Jordanian Ambassador to Israel Walid Obeidat. Rivlin began by speaking in Arabic, sending his regards to the Jordanian King and Queen and all the citizens of Jordan – which the British established by fiat in 1946
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Middle EastIsrael’s friends in the Western Pacific: Micronesia The World Health Organization (WHO) called for an investigation into alleged abuses of “mental, physical and environmental health” rights by Israel, the only country singled out during the U.N. agency”s annual assembly in Geneva. The motion was co-sponsored by the Arab Group of States and the Palestinian delegation,
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International, Middle EastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – An upcoming panel at Ben-Gurion University in Beer Sheva is so controversial that members of the group Im Tirzu have reached out to this Jewish publication and presumably others to denounce it. At issue is a day-long seminar on “Whistleblowing Through The Ages and Today,” to be presented
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Reps. Ted Deutch (D-FL) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) joined with Reps. Steve Israel (D-NY), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Lee Zeldin (R-NY), and Susan Davis (D-CA) to introduce a resolution (H. Res. 750) urging the European Union (EU) to designate the entirety of Hizballah as
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Middle East, USAIsrael’s attorney general has been asked to look into allegations that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted donations from alleged French fraudster Arnaud Mimran, to the tune of 1 million euros (about $1.1 million). Netanyahu has denied the claim. “We received a request from a Knesset member and it will be addressed and treated in the
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International, Middle EastJohannesburg’s Randburg Magistrates Court ruled on Thursday that Rabbi Eliezer Berland is to be extradited to Israel, reports Walla news. Berland, who heads the Shuvu Banim sect, fled from Israel in 2012 after several women as well as a 15-year-old girl laid charges of sexual assault against him. He evaded capture in the United States,
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International, Middle EastWhile former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is now all but assured the Democratic nomination this summer, her rival, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders says the political revolution is far from over. As some Democratic officials fear, Sanders” claim may be more than an idle threat to the party establishment. Because of his performance in the
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Middle East, USAJerusalem has been photographed from nearly every conceivable angle, dating back to the 1830s, when the world’s first photographic images were captured on film. That photographic heritage is the subject of a new exhibit, “The Camera Man: Women and Men Photograph Jerusalem 1900-1950,” opening Thursday, May 26, at Jerusalem’s Tower of David Museum. It was
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Jewish History, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsFrom the moment a furiously contested civics textbook was published earlier this month, its critics’ focus shifted subtly — from the contents of the 500-page high school text to the omissions that Israeli reviewers now maintain reveal its discrimination. The textbook, “Being a Citizen in Israel,” marginalizes Israel’s Arab community and its secular public, mentions
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