By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — Yaakov beseeched Hashem (G-d) that his descendents should not be unworthy (vis. Rashi – shelo tehay psul b’zari). It was crucial to Yaakov that Torah carry on throughout the generations. When we study, practice and transmit Torah, we are bringing nachas (pride and joy) to our patriarch Yaakov. […]
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Jewish Religion
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — It was prayer as usual at the Jerusalem synagogue on Wednesday morning following the devastating Palestinian terror attack that left four rabbis and a Druze policeman dead the previous day. The morning Shacharit prayer services were full of worshipers and men studying Torah, as security guards and border police milled
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)– AJC on Wednesday, Nov. 19, urged the Obama Administration to expedite the Keystone XL Pipeline review process and approve the project, following the Senate’s failure to pass a bill that would have compelled its construction. AJC has long advocated for the pipeline and supported the bill that was defeated by one vote. “The
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International, USAHAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–In a new study conducted by the Sagol Department of Neurobiology at the University of Haifa and published recently in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers report that they’ve found a way to improve memory by manipulating a specific molecule that is known to function poorly in old age and is closely linked
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationNEW YORK (Press Release) – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), the nation’s oldest pro-Israel organization in the United States is excited to announce a star- studded line up for its annual Justice Louis D. Brandeis Award Dinner on Sunday November 23. The dinner will take place at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City,
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Middle East, USABy Anav Silverman and Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — Thousands of Israelis from across the country, including the Haredi community, came to pay their respects to the Druze police officer, Zidan Saif, 30, who fell in the line of duty during the brutal Palestinian attack on a Jerusalem synagogue yesterday. Traffic police officer Zidan Saif
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Middle EastIranian spy reaches plea deal, will serve 7-8 years in Israeli prison (JNS.org) Ali Mansouri, 58, an Iranian national arrested more than a year ago on suspicion of spying for Iran against Israel, will confess to the charges against him after initially denying them and will be sentenced to a prison term of seven to
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–In 1869 Mark Twain published his impressions of Jerusalem in The Innocents Abroad. Along with frequent assertions of respect for the city’s history and its meaning to him and many others, he described a general level of filth, disease and poverty that surpasses just about everything in the contemporary Third World. “It
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Is there a Jewish view of the new movie Interstellar and the themes that director Christopher Nolan tapped into? I’m not a movie critic, and I’m not a rabbi, but here’s my take on the film from afar. “Interstellar” is fine work of movie-making and Mr. Nolan is at
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The World We ShareBy Erin Philips LA JOLLA, California – Why watch TV, when you can read about it? Defying the trend of books becoming TV shows and movies, two events during the closing weekend of the San Diego Jewish Book Fair (November 15 and 16) were dedicated to books inspired by television. A Slimy Tale Saturday’s “Late Night
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Travel and FoodBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Controversial public relations executive Ron Torossian, a pro-Israel activist based in New York City who was once national president of the North American branch of Betar, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, challenged the Leichtag Foundation in San Diego County to explain its contributions to the New Israel Fund, an
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USABy Isaac Yetiv , Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — I was elated by the sweeping victory of the GOP in last mid-term elections , not because I am enamored with their programs and political acts but because, sadly to say, this is the only way, in our system of government, to put a stop and start
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Middle East, USA
Peter, Bogey, Mike: A Love Story, A War Story, 1942-1945 by Irvin S. Cooper, ©2014 Capitola Book Company, ISBN-13: 978-0-932319-17-3, 289 pages, retail price not listed. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—I ran into author Irvin S. Cooper, a Los Angeles-based nonagenarian with a remarkable memory of his World War II experiences, at the San
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Donald H. Harrison, International, USATEL AVIV (Press Release) — Each cell contains thousands of proteins, each one of which bears a unique signature. All proteins, distinct in shape and function, are built from the same amino acid strings. Many proteins are vital, as evidenced by the plethora of diseases linked to their absence or malfunction. But how exactly did proteins
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education