*/]]> */]]> */]]> An earthquake rumbled in the Red Sea early Monday morning, shaking buildings in the Sinai peninsula and as far north as Israel’s southern tip. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage in Israel from the temblor, which struck at about 4:45 a.m. Monday morning. According to the US Geological Survey […]
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Middle EastNEW YORK — Inside the Second Avenue Deli the scent of cured meats with notes of spicy golden mustard and sour pickles wafts through the air. As one of the few bona fide Jewish delicatessens left in New York City, the eatery is more than a piece of living culinary history. It offers a glimpse
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Jewish History, USABranded by Breitbart columnist as a “renegade Jew” I’ve now found that reading strong ideological blogs is like asking the dentist to give me four root canals and pull out my toenails while he’s at it. Why? Our political “discussion” now seemingly can’t function without a personal attack on someone, rather than sticking to policy
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USAUNESCO, the UN”s cultural body, on Sunday strongly condemned the “Second International Holocaust Cartoon Contest”, which opened in Tehran over the weekend. The contest features, among others, entries deriding Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his government’s Middle East policies. But the organizers of the exhibition have denied that it is meant to deny the Holocaust,
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As luck would have it, our backstage tour of the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego’s Balboa Park came the day before the opening of Camp David, a play by Lawrence Wright which premiered in Washington D.C. and now has its second opening here, at one of America’s
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Middle East, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USABy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO –Seven students from the Soille Hebrew Day Middle School will be participating in the May 17, 7:15 p.m. Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices program at the Astor Judaica Library at the Lawrence Family JCC. Also reading that evening, will be a prize-winning student poet and playwright from Mesa Verde Middle School. Rabbi
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego CalendarRoman treasure discovered in cargo of sunken ancient ship off Israel’s coast (JNS.org) The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced Monday that two divers discovered the cargo of an ancient Roman merchant ship off the coast of Caesarea, Israel, during the recent Passover holiday. The ship sank during late Roman period 1,600 years ago. Divers
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Middle EastBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — The Israeli Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), of which I am a proud member and the Senior Associate for Public Diplomacy, is dedicated to presenting hard facts to politicians, diplomats, journalists, think tanks and the general public on issues relating to Israel and its dispute with the Arab world
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By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, IsraelPassover is probably the most celebrated holiday in Israel, with many families vacationing all over Israel. Less than a week later Israelis commemorate Yom Hashoah, the day to remember the victims and heroes of the Holocaust, many of whom live in Israel. A week later, we commemorate the victims of
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, Travel and FoodBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Israel’s honorary consul in Rio de Janeiro criticized Brazil’s embattled president, Dilma Roussef, for her comparison of the effort to impeach her to the Nazis’ persecution of Jews. Yet, two years ago, the criticism went in the opposite direction when what was said? A. The president of the Brazilian Israelite
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireTel Aviv (dpa) – French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault made a personal appeal to Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Sunday to reconsider taking part in international peace talks on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But Netanyahu, unmoved by the entreaty, said Israel remains opposed to the French initiative to hold an international conference in the
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Photo essay by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO–Israel Fest, held Sunday, May 15, on the athletic field of San Diego Jewish Academy, featured fun for children, a welcome from a state senator, singing and dancing on the festival stage, and numerous booths dispensing informational materials and Jewish items for sale. The Jewish Federation of San Diego
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, Shor M. Masorihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Adler In “The Good Wife” television series, Adler played the elderly and somewhat mishugenah lawyer Howard Lyman.
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Travel and FoodIsrael’s friends in the Western Pacific: Marshall Islands Another month, another new record — for rising temperatures. The latest NASA data reveals that April was the warmest month ever recorded on Earth. The new record marks the 12th consecutive month of record-high global temperatures, as the scientific consensus remains that human activity is contributing to
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