JERUSALEM (WJC) — Several alleged Jewish extremists were arrested Thursday in Israel in connection with the firebombing of a Palestinian home in the West Bank in which a toddler and his parents were killed last July. “We have confirmed that a number of suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident that took place in
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Middle EastIDF simulates ‘extreme’ scenarios, including Islamic State attack (JNS.org) The Israel Defense Forces Southern Command held a surprise drill earlier this week to practice readiness for “extreme” scenarios such as a clash with Islamic State terrorists on the Sinai border. The IDF noted that Tuesday’s drill was planned in advance and “designed to ensure fitness.”
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International, Middle East
— 33rd in a series — Exit 10, College Avenue, San Diego ~ Mikvah Israel By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Susan Shapiro estimates that 200 women in San Diego County regularly go to a mikvah (ritual bath) every month to infuse their marriages with spirituality and passion. Of these, the mikvah attendant estimates, between 60
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The two must be judged together: (1) the efforts by the current government of Israel to curb the activities of left-wing groups, e.g., by not allowing organizations and governments abroad to support them; (2) the fact that the many terrorist acts by all accounts committed by right-wing Jewish extremists
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The dust up between Vladimir Putin and President Erdogan of Turkey is warming at least a few Israeli hearts. It comes against the background of Erdogan’s strong tilt toward the Palestinians, especially the more radical Hamas faction. Prominent in our recent history with him is the effort of the Turkish
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON — Seeming to give proof to Orwell’s observation that some ideas are so stupid they could only have been thought of by intellectuals, yet another academic association—this time the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA)—has followed the lead of the American Studies Association, the American Anthropological Association, the Asian Studies
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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi BETHESDA, Maryland — In a developing situation, at least 14 people were dead and 17 others wounded in a California shooting on the grounds of the Inland Regional Center, which serves people with developmental disabilities in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. “We hope for the best for the victims of violence in San Bernardino. Our hearts
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USAhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim-Dovid_Saracik
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Travel and FoodThe Weekly Mitzva by Binyamin Tabory, Maggid Books, Jerusalem; ISBN 978-1-59264-435-24 ©2015, $24.95, p. 228 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California–A mitzva is a religious commandment. Traditional Judaism expects that each person will, to the best of his or her ability, fulfill in letter and spirit the 613 commandments identified in the Torah, the Five Books of
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — In trying to deal with my grief after my husband died, I turned to books on grief and interviewed people who had lost a spouse or partner. It helped me to understand the emotions I felt and whether they were shared by others. I looked at the
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Natasha Josefowitz, The World We ShareROSTOCK, Germany (WJC) — A 95-year-old German must stand trial for charges that he assisted in the murder of at least 3,681 people at Auschwitz-Birkenau during World War II, a judge ruled on Tuesday. The court in the northern German city of Rostock decided that Hubert Z. is fit to stand trial, noting that the defendant can be
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International, Jewish History
By Ryan M. Greiss NEW YORK — The Jerusalem-based nonprofit Shavei Israel has launched a Portuguese-language e-book called “Do You Have Jewish Roots?” offering a practical guide to uncovering one’s Jewish ancestry. The unprecedented 109-page guide is aimed at assisting the millions of people in Brazil, Portugal and elsewhere who may have a long-lost Jewish lineage.
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Jewish ReligionBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Israeli Jews are the invisible terror victims. Facts: The invisible victims of terror are Israeli Jews. The perpetrators of a Jewish genocide are Palestinian Arabs. The cause of their terror is to destroy Israel and kill Jews in the name of Palestinian liberation and Jihad. How do we prove these facts? As follows: Mahmoud Abbas, on
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Barry Shaw, Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — It always looks worse from the outside than the actual situation on the ground. Of course, wherever and whenever violent attacks occur there is mayhem, often with tragic consequences, but life in Israel goes on pretty much as normal everywhere else, though there is a noticeably greater police
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