Hezbollah reportedly determined to avenge arch-terrorist’s death (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Hezbollah terrorist group will no longer “accept Israel killing its operatives” and has made up its mind to exact revenge over the recent death of arch-terrorist Samir Kuntar, Lebanese media reported Thursday. Kuntar was killed on Dec. 19 in an airstrike near Damascus.
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Middle EastSan Diego Jewish World thanks and acknowledges the wonderful contributions of the following writers whose works appeared on our pages in December, 2015: Stephen Baird Kenneth Bandler Laurie Baron Michal Beruven Dan Bloom Shoshana Bryen Richard L. Cravatts Jonathan Greenblatt Toby Klein Greenwald Ryan M. Greiss Donald H. Harrison Natasha Josefowitz Rabbi Ben Kamin Morton
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Barry Shaw, Donald H. Harrison, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Eileen Wingard, Eric George Tauber, Eva Trieger, Ira Sharkansky, Lawrence Baron, Mark D. Zimmerman, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Mimi Pollack, Natasha Josefowitz, San Diego County, Sheryl Rowling, Shoshana Bryen, Steve KramerBy Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — The Yom Kippur war of 1973 was an Israeli military success to the extent that when the cease fire came into effect the Syrian invading army had been pushed back behind the 1967 armistice line and though Egyptian forces had established a beachhead on the Israeli held side of
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Travel and FoodSpiritual needs should take precedence over physical needs By Rabbi Yaakov Marks SAN DIEGO — Moshe is one of the most selfless leaders to ever guide a nation. As a young man being raised in the palace of Pharaoh surrounded by luxury and the choicest material pleasures the world had to offer, Moshe would daily
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Jewish ReligionBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Here is a review of some of the important developments of 2015 BLACK LIVES MATTER–A Pew Research Institute study found that African American teenagers are more likely than their white or Latino peers to own smartphones. Nevertheless, it discovered that they don’t use them for texting or posting on Facebook
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireIsrael apologizes after diplomat uses Singapore flag as tablecloth (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel apologized Thursday for the misconduct of a junior diplomat at the Jewish state’s embassy in Singapore who had used Singapore’s flag as a tablecloth during a party, sparking a diplomatic uproar against Israel. Today Online reported that the diplomat was documented
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–37th in a series — Exit 11: Lake Murray/ 70th Street Exit, San Diego/ La Mesa, California ~ D.Z. Akin’s Deli By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Thanks to a chopped liver recipe and some bold flirting, San Diego has in D.Z. Akin’s one of the county’s most popular Jewish delis. Created in 1980 by Zvika
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The video of religious Jews dancing in ecstasy over the killing of Arabs provokes another note about religion, and Jews’ contribution to the complexity. Some would say the beauty of faith in ideas beyond us. Others would say the mess. What follows might be arcane for some, and not appear
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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion, Middle EastJERUSALEM (WJC)–The IDF is preparing for the possibility that Russian air strikes will push Islamic State forces, currently around 40 kilometers away from the Israeli border, towards the Golan Heights in the coming months. Additionally, the IDF’s 210 Habashan Division, which defends the Golan Heights, is also closely watching an ISIS-affiliated militia, made up of
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Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The other day I received a delightful email from the people at WordPress, my blog server, giving me an ‘Annual Report’ for 2015 with statistics about this blog garnered by what they call their ‘stats helper monkeys.’ Immediately in my mind’s eye I could see those eager little
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Trivia, Humor & SatireOCEANSIDE, California — This world could have lived without 2015. It would be so much easier to cope with things if God simply intervened and cleaned up all the messes. No more global warming. The extinction of racial intolerance. No more human trafficking. The elimination of jihadist terror. A world of kind intentions. As one of
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Jewish ReligionAncient church and farmhouse unearthed outside Tel Aviv (JNS.org) Israeli archaeologists have unearthed an impressive 1,500-year-old Byzantine Church and a 2,700-year-old farmhouse in the Israeli town of Rosh Ha-‘Ayin, which lies just east of Tel Aviv, during construction of a new housing development. “The large farmhouse was preserved to a height of more than two
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