By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — One in five Israelis are still undecided about for whom to vote in the March 17 elections. All the parties are after them. Prime Minister Netanyahu’s visit to Washington two weeks before the elections is ostensibly about saving Israel from a nuclear Iran by persuading the Americans not to
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Increasing its commitment to help those affected by the crisis in Syria, the United States is providing an additional $125 million in humanitarian assistance to the UN World Food Program (WFP), which feeds nearly six million Syrians and refugees from Syria every month. The announcement was made Tuesday, Feb. 17, by Kelly Clements,
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By Yotam Rozenwald JERUSALEM (Press Release)–The largest hoard of gold coins ever discovered in Israel was found in recent weeks on the seabed in the ancient port of Caesarea. The treasure was discovered by a group of divers which reported their findings to Israel’s Antiquities Authority. Tazpit News Agency spoke to Zvika Fayer, one of
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Yotam Rozenwald JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–Adele Biton, a five year old victim who was seriously wounded in a 2013 rock throwing terror attack, died Tuesday, Feb. 17. Adele’s sustained a critical head injury on March 2013, near the city of Ariel. A group of Palestinians threw rocks at her family’s car which made it smash into a
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Middle EastJERUSALEM (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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