JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, Feb. 17, at his Jerusalem office, met with US Reps. Robert Pittenger (R-North Carolina) and US Rep. Dennis A. Ross (R-Florida) and told them at the start of their meeting: “The American-Israeli alliance is a powerful one. It’s based on common values, common interests. […]
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Middle East, USADETMOLD, Germany (WJC) — A 93-year-old man has been charged with 170,000 counts of accessory to murder on allegations he served as an SS guard at the Nazis’ Auschwitz death camp in occupied Poland. The defendant, whose name wasn’t disclosed in line with privacy laws, allegedly served in Auschwitz from January 1942 to June 1944, the
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InternationalTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Who takes charge during a disaster or at an accident scene? The question has intrigued sociologists since Gustave Le Bon first studied “herd behavior” in nineteenth-century France. The question of an individual’s influence over the activity of a collective has perplexed researchers, in countless studies of this behavior, ever since. Now
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationReport: Palestinians behind cyber-attacks against Israel (JNS.org) Gaza-based Palestinian hackers are among those likely behind a spate of cyber-attacks against Israel carried out over the last two years, according to a new report by the global security software company Trend Micro. The report, titled “Operation Arid Viper: Bypassing the Iron Dome,” was written in partnership
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We’re into another round of charges that the Israeli right worked to squash a deal that had been possible with the Palestinians. The last big campaign was the Geneva Initiative, still somewhat alive, and perhaps associated with the latest effort. This one appears in a headline of the Internet newspaper The
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Laurie Baron LA JOLLA, California — Films about physically or mentally disabled characters typically trace how they overcome their handicaps as in The Miracle Worker and My Left Foot or how their caregivers grow emotionally from assuming this nurturing role as in Marvin’s Room and Rain Man. Director Asaf Karman’s unsettling debut feature film
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Travel and FoodJERUSALEM (Press Release) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, Feb. 16, addressed the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, which held its conference in Israel. Here is a transcript of his remarks: Today we lost a minister in my government and a dear friend. Uri Orbach loved the Jewish people. He
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Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release) — President Reuven Rivlin addressed the opening session of the Institute of National Security Studies (INSS) annual conference on Sunday, Feb. 15. The conference, entitled ‘Israel in a turbulent region’, will address security and policy issues arising from regional and global developments. The President said, “One of my greatest teachers, was professor,
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POWAY, California (Press Release) — Food has always been a uniting component of the Jewish culture and tradition. Temple Adat Shalom, therefore, is inviting the San Diego community to have a taste of the many delicious Jewish culinary offerings at the 2015 San Diego Jewish Food Festival on April 19, from 11 a.m. to 6
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San Diego CalendarBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Canada’s Sun News Network, often referred to as Fox News North, is closing down its operations. One media analyst explained that since Canada encompasses part of the Arctic Circle, the country doesn’t need any further polarization. * Rand Paul admitted that he is not really a Board Certified Ophthalmologist, but
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatirePARIS (WJC) — At least 200 tombs were desecrated and 100 mostly ancient headstones destroyed by vandals at a Jewish cemetery in Alsace, in eastern France, in what French Interior Minister Bernard Czeneuve called “a despicable act”. “The country will not tolerate this new injury which goes against the values that all French people
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InternationalBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — “It’s a hard time to be a Danish Jew whether you’re in Denmark or living outside the country,” said “Shimon” following the deadly attacks in Copenhagen this past weekend that left Jewish security guard, Dan Uzan dead. “Most people are shocked in the Danish Jewish community. Copenhagen is no
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