The Jewish comedians: Alan King
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Jewish population declines sharply in Europe
NEW YORK (WJC) — The last several decades saw a sharp decline in the number of Jews living in Europe, according to a report published Monday by the Pew Research Center, which is partly based on 2010 figure. The report estimates that there were 3.2 million European Jews in 1960, which fell to 2 million by
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InternationalInternet givers fund research on ‘orphan diseases’
TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Rare diseases, those that affect fewer than one in 200,000 people, are often identified early in life. Some 30 percent of children afflicted by these “orphan diseases” do not live to see their fifth birthday. While the US Orphan Drug Act of 1983 was written into law to promote research on
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationMarc Allen Rose (1938-2015)
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal (Eulogy delivered Monday, Feb. 9, 2015 at El Camino Cemetery, San Diego) SAN DIEGO — According to legend a certain Aran, jealous of Ibn Gabriol’s genius and accomplishments, killed him in a fit of jealousy and buried his body secretly beneath a tree. The legend continues that sometime after, people began
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Jewish Religion, Obituaries & memorials23 groups urge probe at UC Davis of anti- Semitism
SANTA CRUZ, California — After the Jewish community suffered two hate crimes at UC Davis in recent days, 23 organizations with hundreds of thousands of members and supporters demanded UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi conduct a formal investigation into registered student group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and one of its members, Azka Fayyaz, also
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAJoyce Forum provides short films with impact
By Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California — After my animated and upbeat interview with Joyce Axelrod, I was looking forward to a spirited and playful morning at the Joyce Forum. I was completely caught off guard, not because of anything Joyce said or promised, but simply because I anticipated an array of fun, lively shorts that
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Travel and FoodObama’s likely legacy? Iranian hegemony
By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Barack Obama burst upon the American political scene in 2004, when he gave the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention, just four months after unexpectedly being elected the junior senator from Illinois. Less than five years later, in his first inaugural speech, President Obama intoned, “We will
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USAAs go Yesh Atid and Kulanu goes Israel’s election
By Yotam Rozenwald JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — The Israeli election scheduled for March 17 appears to be a close race, with the Likud and the Zionist Camp locked with around 23-26 seats each. Under these circumstances, the center parties play a key role in determining the identity of the Election Day winner. In Israel, citizens don’t
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Middle EastIsraeli mystery: the shape of next ruling coalition
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– No single political party can rule Israel. That’s why party blocks are emerging. On the right, Likud under Netanyahu and Habayit Hayehudi under Bennett are natural coalition partners, despite their reported difficult personal relations. The position of Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu is more complex. He’s the natural ally of the two
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Middle EastThe Nazis thought he’d never hold a Torah again
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO– There is nothing physically imposing about Lou Dunst—a cherubic, dignified man with a sweet smile yet deep sorrowful eyes. At times, when he walks slowly by, it seems that a stiff wind could knock him down. But then you realize that not even the wind could do such a
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, USAJewish news briefs: February 10, 2015
Report: NGOs involved in Israeli-Palestinian conflict get $27 million in foreign aid (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Foreign governments donated some $27 million to 24 nongovernmental organizations involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict between 2012 and 2014, according to a new report by the Jerusalem-based research institute NGO Monitor. According to the report, released Monday, the donations
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International, Middle East, USAHumoring the headlines: February 9, 2015
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Vice-President Biden announced he will be out of the country when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Congress. A growing number of Democratic senators are considering boycotting his speech too prompting ZOA to charge that this is just another manifestation of the BDS movement, Bibi’s Democratic Snub. * Brian Williams
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireTwo leaders’ very different reactions to ISIS brutality
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The world quickly forgets– almost with blazing light speed… Some of us have short memories and some of us have long memories. This writer in particular will not ignore two noteworthy events that occurred in the last six months. Both of these events involved ISIS executing
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USAPro and con Netanyahu rhetoric heats up
Compiled by Donald H. Harrison The rhetoric is heating up over the scheduled March 3 speech that Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahyu is scheduled to give to a Joint Session of Congress. Jeremy Ben Ami, execuitve director of J Street, has taken umbrage at Netanyahu saying that he will give his speech “not just as the
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Donald H. Harrison, USA