Two Jewish residents of Jerusalem, one of them a minor, were arrested Sunday on suspicion of assaulting a bus driver for being Arab. The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court extended their detention in police custody until Wednesday, Haaretz reported Monday. Only the adult suspect, Reuven Yosef Horowitz, 20, was named in the report. The suspects boarded on […]
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Middle EastThe decision by London new Muslim Mayor Sadiq Khan, to attend a Holocaust commemoration event as his first public engagement was met with anger by some Twitter users, who responded with virulently anti-Israel comments and even Holocaust denial, Haaretz reported Monday. After the event, Khan tweeted, “So important to reflect, remember and educate about the
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International, Jewish History
Looking to distinguish itself from the rest of Iraq and deepen ties with the Kurdish diaspora, the autonomous region of Kurdistan is courting religious minorities, including Jews. Some 300,000 Jews are descended from refugees who fled the region after the establishment of Israel in 1948. Today, most of them live in Israel, though a small
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Jewish History, Middle Easthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Wallace#Television Here he interviews novelist/ philosopher Ayn Rand
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Travel and FoodBy Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) welcomed a detailed reaffirmation by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton of her opposition to BDS, the boycott, sanctions and divestment movement that has targeted Israel. “I believe that BDS seeks to punish Israel and dictate how the Israelis and Palestinians should resolve the core issues
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International, Middle East, USANetanyahu and deputy IDF chief reconcile after divisive Holocaust remarks (JNS.org) Less than a week after Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Yair Golan made controversial remarks in a Holocaust Remembrance Day speech that drew a rebuke from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the two shook hands on Monday during a
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — On the eve of Israel’s Independence Day I remind myself again that had there been no Israel, the Jewish people would by now been on its way to becoming like the Amish and Judaism would have been reduced to a museum item. But I’m painfully aware that independence came
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Middle EastA copy of Grimm’s Fairy Tales once owned by Anne and Margot Frank, their names inscribed atop the title page, sold at auction Thursday for $62,500 (including the buyer’s premium). The New York City–based Swann Auction Galleries said that “the sale represents the first major offering of Anne Frank material at auction in over two
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — I traveled to Ann Arbor, Michigan the end of last month, to be at my granddaughter, Hannah Gail Schiff’s graduation from the University of Michigan. I was pleased that she attended this institution that numbers many Jews among its faculty and student body. It also boasts one of the strongest
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Eileen Wingard, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day, is celebrated this Thursday, May 12. How is one company marking this event? A. Mars Food is selling bags of M&M’s in blue and white colors. The letter M on each candy has been replaced with the number 68.B. Utz Quality Foods issued an Independence
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Trivia, Humor & SatireA senior Iranian general on Monday announced that the country’s armed forces successfully tested a precision-guided, medium-range ballistic missile two weeks ago, the state-run Tasnim agency reported. “We test-fired a missile with a range of 2,000 kilometers and a margin of error of eight meters,” Brigadier General Ali Abdollahi was quoted as saying at a
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Middle EastThe trial of an Israeli soldier charged with manslaughter for killing a wounded Palestinian attacker has opened. Sergeant Elor Azaria denies using excessive force and violating Israel military’s rules of engagement. The 19-year-old conscript medic shot Abdul Fatah al-Sharif in the head in Hebron in March while he lay incapacitated on the ground. Outside court,
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Middle EastNew York real estate mogul and reality television star Donald Trump may have sewn up the Republican nomination, but he”s trailing his likely general election opponent, Hillary Clinton, by double digits in hypothetical matchups. In the latest CNN/ORC poll Hillary beat Trump 54% to 41%, well outside of the poll”s 3% margin of error. Even
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Middle East, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) –Friendship Walk 2016 and the Israel Fest will be held Sunday, May 15, at San Diego Jewish Academy, 11860 Carmel Creek Rd., San Diego. People with and without special needs are invited to run, jog, walk or roll on the wheelchair and stroller friendly 5K walk route. Afterwards, they may join in the
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Middle East, San Diego County, USA