Israeli officials: Syria will not be used as Iranian base to attack Israel (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clarified Tuesday after landing in New York City ahead of his address to the United Nations that he will not allow Syria to be used as a base for Iranian attacks against Israel.
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Two questions have long intrigued me as a student of politics. One has occupied us on several occasions; it concerns the explanation of Israel’s democracy. Another concerns the working of another democracy, and the failure of America’s largest religious group to do better than it has in presidential politics. Neither is
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — What did the late Yogi Berra say when he was told that a Jew was elected mayor of Dublin? A. Dublin? Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.B. It’s like déjà Jew all over again.C. Only in America.D. Why shouldn’t he? Jimmy Walker’s Irish, and he was elected mayor of New
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron MARGATE, New Jersey‒ After his absence from television for fabricating stories about his role in the news he was reporting, Brian Williams covered the Pope’s visit to the United States for MSNBC. He did well until he reminisced about how he and the Pope smoked pot during his audience with Francis. *
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Thousands buried under rubble after an earthquake, countless migrants drowning in the Mediterranean trying to get away from wars to a safer shore, hordes of people in refugee camps with food and water in short supply, children used in the sex trade, police shootings, fires and floods,
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Natasha JosefowitzLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — J* Company Youth Theatre kicks off the 23rd season with the joyful Mary Poppins. “One of the most popular Disney movies of all time is capturing hearts in a whole new way: as a practically perfect musical!” says director Joey Landwehr. Based on the books by P.L. Travers and the
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Theatre, Film & BroadcastThe War Reporter by Martin Fletcher; St. Martin’s Press © 2015; ISBN 978-1-250-07002-9; 306 pages, $25.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Set in Sarajevo (Bosnia) during the siege, and in Belgrade (Serbia) ten years afterwards, this novel tells of television journalist Tom Layne briefly encountering Serbian General Ratko Mladic near the former war-torn city and trying
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. HarrisonBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Tensions, competition, or dust-up–call it what you will–between Russia and the US presents a fascinating subject for analysis. No doubt, the US is stronger by far economically and militarily. It was left standing at the end of the Cold War, while the Soviet Union disappeared. Now Russia is a fragment–albeit a
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy David Amos SAN DIEGO –As we do every year, my wife and I sat at the synagogue in our preferred seat for the High Holidays services. As expected, we enjoyed the thought provoking words from our Rabbi, heard the pure and beautifully performed chants from our cantorial soloist, and greeted fellow congregants, many of
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Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Now that the High Holidays are over, many investors are nervously looking at the market. I thought this would be a good time to address some common questions. When we know the market is going down, shouldn’t we get out of stocks? The truth is that nobody knows what
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Sheryl Rowling