Israel’s army said Friday its aircraft struck infrastructure in the Gaza Strip used by Hamas that rules the coastal territory after militants there continued for the third day to fire mortars at forces along the border. “In response to the ongoing attacks against Israeli forces, Israel Air Force aircraft targeted a Hamas terror infrastructure,” a […]
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Jewish American billionaire Sheldon Adelson on Thursday night revealed he will be supporting Donald Trump in his presidential campaign, and stated that the real estate mogul will be a good president in strengthening ties with Israel. Speaking to the New York Times at a gala dinner in Manhattan for the Jewish organization World Values Network,
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Middle East, USAAn ancient Spanish town which changed its name from an anti-Semitic name to a pro-Jewish one has come under attack from extremist groups who have daubed signposts and buildings with offensive symbols and messages protesting the switch, The Associated Press reported on Thursday. In late 2015, the ancient Spanish town of Castrillo Matajudios, which translates
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International, Jewish HistoryNetanyahu convenes cabinet as violence escalates on Gaza border (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Less than 24 hours after the IDF announced Thursday that Israeli forces had discovered a second cross-border Hamas terror tunnel, mortar shells were fired at IDF troops operating along the Gaza border Friday morning. No one was hurt and no damage was
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Like every year, as the Israeli Remembrance Days approach, Dana wears Star of David earrings she received during her journey to Poland, and dons a traditional white shirt and blue jeans. This year, she went a step further and painted her nails blue and white. “I am a Zionist, what can I say? I love
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Responding to concerns from community members regarding the placement of and response to posters alleging connections between specific SDSU students and terrorist groups, Tammy Gillies, Regional Director of ADL’s San Diego Regional office said, “The posters placed on SDSU’s campus two weeks ago which targeted individual students because of their affiliations
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Born after World War II, Mark James knew that he had a dead older brother for whom he was named, but he said he never asked his parents about him because he didn’t want to cause them emotional distress. The older brother’s first name was Marek, and
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International, Jewish History, San Diego CountyBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — “If there’s something that frightens me about Holocaust remembrance it’s the recognition of the revolting processes that occurred in Europe in general, and particularly in Germany, back then – 70, 80 and 90 years ago – and finding signs of them here among us today in 2016.” These words
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By Nina Brodsky EL CAJON, California — Pastor Dumisani Washington, African American Baptist pastor, a gentle and fiery Israel advocate and orator spoke here May 4 about “Zionism and Justice: Why Christians Need to Lead in Supporting Israel.” He delivered his case boldly and eloquently to more than 200 Christians and Jews at Skyline Church. Dumisani took
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Middle East, San Diego County, USAMontreal Mayor Denis Coderre spoke at the first official Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at city hall on Wednesday. The Mayor led the audience in a minute of silence for the six million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust, and quoted an excerpt from Elie Wiesel”s memoir, Night, about his experience in the death camps.
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InternationalViolent attacks against Jews globally dropped by almost half in 2015, according to a study published on Wednesday. However, the Annual Report on Anti-Semitism—published by the Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry at Tel Aviv University—warned of a notable increase in “institutional anti-Semitism” and “slander against the Jewish people as a whole.”
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(Editor’s Note: Chana Miller live chatted from the U.S. over the Internet with the remarkable Daniel Mizrachi in Israel.) By Chana Miller BROOKLYN, New York — We all have complaints. Some of us sit back with the attitude of ‘What can I do? If only I had such and such, then I would be able to accomplish
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationThe IDF overnight Wednesday launched airstrikes against four terrorist targets belonging to Hamas in northern Gaza, the IDF Spokesperson said. According to the statement, the attacks came in response to the ongoing mortar attacks against IDF forces engaged in operations near the border fence. The statement stressed that the IDF views any acts of terrorism,
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