SACRAMENTO (SDJW)–State Sen. Robert Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) delivered the daily invocation in the Senate chambers on Thursday, March 5, marking the holiday of Purim. Hertzberg summarized the story of Purim from the Book of Esther and had hamantaschen distributed to each of his 39 Senate colleagues. He also praised Sen. Marty Block (D-San Diego), chair of the […]
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Jewish History, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-California), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has joined with colleagues to introduce the Iran Congressional Oversight Act of 2015, legislation that would ensure that Congress has a central role in overseeing any nuclear deal with Iran. The bill would require the Administration to
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Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–One of the election ads on behalf of the Zionist Union has Tzipi Livni tell viewers about the distinguished lineage of Isaac Herzog and Herzog telling us of the prominent family that Livni comes from. Both families were actively and honourably involved in helping to bring about the State of Israel.
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)–Minister Louis Farrakhan devoted a large portion of his annual address to followers in Chicago to the anti-Semitic myth that Jews were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which has extensively reported on the anti-Semitic activities of Farrakhan and his group, said that Farrakhan’s latest speech reaffirms his
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USANEW YORK (Press Release) — The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has compiled a list of the eight U.S. Senators and 48 members of the House of Representatives who did not attend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to a joint meeting of Congress on March 3. All of the absentees were either Democrats or independents.
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Middle East, USABy World Jewish Congress Iran’s top leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is reportedly in serious condition at a hospital in Tehran, according to media reports.Khamenei is suffering from prostate cancer that has reportedly spread to the rest of his body. Earlier this week, the French newspaper Le Figaro quoted Western intelligence officials as saying that the cancer
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Middle EastTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Tel Aviv University (TAU) has announced a $10 million donation from philanthropist and Academy Award-winning film producer Steve Tisch that will transform the university’s world-renowned Department of Film and Television. The donation comes amidst a boom in the Israeli film and television industry driven by creative visionaries, including a disproportionate number
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel –The festival of Purim celebrates a series of remarkable events over 2500 years ago when the exiled Jewish people were delivered from annihilation. Having returned home, the Jewish State is now delivering astonishing life-enhancing treatments, products, services and technologies to far-flung regions of the world. Israel has recently been reaching
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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationPoll: Israelis trust Netanyahu on Iran far more than Herzog, Obama (JNS.org) A large plurality of Israelis back Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s stance on the Iranian nuclear issue compared to the more conciliatory approaches of U.S. President Barack Obama and Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog, a new Israel Hayom-New Wave Research Institute poll found. Asked
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–This column is not so much about the speech, as what it reflects and suggests. Netanyahu spoke for about 30 minutes net of interruptions for applause. The major points, beyond describing the likely agreement as dangerous for leaving Iran with an easy road to nuclear weapons, were its lacking of provisions to
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – One of the nice things about a Purimshpiel is that it doesn’t have to follow the precise script. In fact, the whole megillah can be changed, just so long as the high points of the story from the Book of Esther are included. At Tifereth Israel Synagogue on
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WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Arizona), who was partially paralyzed after she was shot in the head on Jan. 8, 2011 by a gunman who killed six people and wounded 13, and her astronaut husband Captain Mark Kelly, joined a bipartisan press conference of House members to voice their support for H.R. 1217,
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USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Ashkenzaic Jews remember Haman’s evil by making noise with a greggar whenever Haman’s name is said at the Megillah reading. How do Moroccan Jews note Haman’s wickedness? A. They make a three cornered pastry similar to a hamantashen, but it is filled with red strawberries, representing the blood
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