“The Witness” finally closed his eyes last night OCEANSIDE, California — Rev. Samuel “Billy” Kyles died on Tuesday evening, April 26, in Memphis at the age of 81. For the last 48 years of his life, he had been both burdened and motivated by his personal witnessing of a most barbaric act. Kyles directly beheld the […]
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Obituaries & memorials, USAJust look at Miriam now By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel –In the Synagogue this week we read the “Song of the Sea” and how the prophetess Miriam (Moses’s sister) led the women in song and dance to celebrate the Hebrews’ escape from Pharaoh’s army. Miriam is attributed with reuniting Moses’ parents and providing a miraculous
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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & CompetitionsIn rare procedure, Israeli doctors save Gazan child from paralysis (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A rare procedure performed at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem has prevented a 3-year-old Palestinian boy from the Gaza Strip from becoming paralyzed. The boy was released from the hospital walking on his own. Sliman, 3, had developed a benign
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Middle EastIs Bernie Sanders angling to become vice president? Up until now, he has adamantly denied that he is interested in being Hillary Clinton’s running mate, and earlier in the day, he floated his own possibilities for the second slot, should he become the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. The message seemed clear: he is not interested
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See previous story: The candidates on Israel: https://www.sdjewishworld.com/2016/04/26/maryland-senate-race-two-democrats-vary-israel/ BALTIMORE—Chris Van Hollen, a former state lawmaker who has risen rapidly through the ranks of the Democratic leadership in Washington, won the party’s nomination for Maryland’s open Senate seat Tuesday, emerging from a spirited primary to become the front-runner to succeed retiring Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski. The
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Middle East, USAJERUSALEM — Ha’aretz’s cartoonist has summarized a substantial slice of what concerns us this week. He depicts one variety of religious Jew wanting to perform a sacrifice on the Temple Mount, and another Jew, unkempt and secular, walking his dog in the opposite direction. The Jew leading a young goat in the direction of the Temple
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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion, Middle East
By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — “You’re a liar. Get out of my classroom!” These words were hurled at Danna Horwood, during a recent presentation of her grandparents’ life story. Sentiments such as these have caused Horwood to take up the mantle and teach our youth about the Holocaust, so that it can never
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International, Jewish HistoryEgypt, which currently holds a seat as a non-permanent member on the United Nations Security Council, has called a meeting of the international body to discuss last week”s declaration by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that “the Golan Heights will always remain under Israeli control. Israel will never withdraw from the Golan Heights.” The statement
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International, Middle EastUK Labour Party MP Naz Shah has declared that all Israeli Jews should be “relocated” to the United States. She even suggested that the British government could pay for the “transportation costs” of removing Jews from the Middle East. Her statements were uncovered by the website Guido Fawkes, which found a number of social media
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International, Middle East
Hundreds of Jewish pilgrims flocked to Hevron on Monday for a rare opportunity to visit the tomb of Othniel ben Kenaz, the first of the Jewish judges to rule the Israelites after the death of Joshua. The tomb is located in the Palestinian-controlled section of Hevron (which encompasses the vast majority of the holy city),
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Some people seem to be wired to like variety, novelty, change from routine. Others seem to prefer the status quo, the predictable, the familiar. To some extent, this is genetic, but it is also influenced by the multitude of experiences we have been subjected to in our
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Natasha Josefowitz, The World We Share
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Ido Aharoni, Consul General of Israel in New York, will be the featured speaker at a free Love of Israel brunch sponsored by the Jewish National Fund on Sunday, May 1. The event, to be held from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Del Mar Marriott, 11966 El Camino Real,
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Middle East, San Diego County, USAhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kossoff
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Travel and Food
Israeli doctors performed life-saving surgery on a 3 year-old Palestinian Arab from Gaza last month, they revealed Tuesday, insisting to the press that politics has no effect on human life and obligation. Three year-old Saliman was suffering from a benign tumor on his spine – and was close to paralysis. “The pathology of the child
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