By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The two countries I know best are both immersed in political frenzy. In the United States it is the onset of the 2016 presidential campaign. In Israel it is sorting out the goodies and the claimants after last month’s election. Both are marked by hyperbolic claims and promises, which are not […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — I don’t often go in for listicles, but this one time I felt I would delve into the online meme, just to see where it might lead. Here, based on a lifetime of living in the midst of the Jewish mindset in the 20th and 21st centuries, are
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Jewish Religion, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — The 1930s clearly marked one of the bleakest periods in European history and more pointedly in Jewish history. As Nazis gained momentum and attempted a mass extermination of this small segment of Europe’s population, two young men in Cleveland, dreamed up an antidote to the sense of impotence
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit)– In the Jerusalem Hills, there stands the single largest memorial to the Holocaust in the world known as Martyrs’ Forest, which is comprised of six million trees planted in memory of those six million Jews who perished. A unique ceremony, the only one its kind held on Holocaust Remembrance Day
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International, Jewish History, Middle EastBy Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — After 2000 years of exile, the citizens of the modern State of Israel can be proud of their phenomenal technological achievements in just 67 years. It’s as if the gift of Time itself has been bestowed on the Jewish State for the benefit of humanity. Israel is at the forefront
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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationU.S. Senate committee unanimously passes modified Iran oversight bill (JNS.org) The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday unanimously passed a modified version of a bill that would give Congress oversight of a final nuclear agreement between world powers and Iran. Earlier on Tuesday, a bipartisan deal to amend the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act
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International, Middle East, USALincoln and the Jews: A History by Jonathan D. Sarna and Benjamin Shapell, St. Martin Press, New York; ISBN 978-1-250-05935-6 ©2015, $40.00, p. 227, plus appendices and index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — Abraham Lincoln died on Saturday, April 15, 1865. Most Northerners and many Southerners, particularly those who understood the ramifications of having a new,
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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish History, USA
“What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other… but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.” –Barbra Streisand By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO –For every Hollywood “dream come true” success story there are
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Travel and FoodBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — I met Diana Rissetto, a New York publicity agent for self-published cli-fi books a few months ago, and kept in touch with her by email. She has represented a few interesting cli-fi novels this year, but that’s not the focus on my column today. No, this article is
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Travel and FoodIsraeli authorities arrest Hamas terror cell that planned Purim attack (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A gag order lifted on Tuesday revealed that a Hamas terror cell had planned to carry out a shooting attack against Israeli soldiers last month during the holiday of Purim. The investigation, conducted jointly by the Shin Bet security agency, the
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By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Sharing a cup of tea with an old friend is one of those rare gifts that requires such a small investment, but reaps such huge rewards. There’s a Yiddish phrase that translates loosely to “rattle a tea cup” and this is how we meet Evelyn and Rose, as they
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Travel and FoodBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Rabbi Baruch Rock, the newly appointed head of Judaic Studies at the San Diego Jewish Academy and the current rabbi of Congregation Orot Hacarmel, was the first featured reader at the March 31 Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices evening in the Astor Judaica Library. This was an evening devoted to the
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Eileen Wingard, Jewish ReligionBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO–Following are some nursery rhymes for Campaign 2016 Hillary, Billary, Doc This time there’s no Barack. You’ll take the heat But not defeat. Unless Warren joins the flock. * Sing a song of Ted Cruz His campaign has begun. One of many schnorrers From Sheldon Adelson. Bibi’s right, Barack’s wrong. Protect
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, N.Y — In 2008, at a fundraiser honoring Rahm Emanuel, Hillary Clinton described her relationship with him using a Jewish reference. What did Hillary say? A. You know, Rahm and I have been through a lot together. Now, there’s a word my family always used when I was growing up
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