British medical journal editor ‘deeply’ regrets anti-Israel letter (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The editor of British medical journal The Lancet said on Thursday that he “deeply” regrets publishing an open letter this summer that accused Israel of a “massacre” in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge. Dr. Richard Horton was invited to the Rambam Health […]
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Middle EastReport: Iran, not Israel, killed nuclear scientist in 2007 (JNS.org) A new report by The Media Line news agency indicates that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, not Israel, was behind the mysterious deaths of Iranian nuclear scientists in 2007. Since the incident, conspiracy theories have claimed that the Jewish state assassinated the scientists. Mahboobeh Hosseinpour—the sister of
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Councilmember Marti Emerald said Wednesday, Oct. 1, she is looking forward to the successful installation of two public Portland Loo restroom facilities in downtown San Diego. City staff has recently made significant progress to ensure that the project will conform to California Building Codes. The loos are two self-contained, prefabricated,
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San Diego CountyWASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) has been named a 2014 Defender of Children. First Focus Campaign for Children recognized Davis for her work in Congress to create policies that improve the well-being of children. “We have a responsibility to bring our children up in a caring and supportive environment that gives them
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Science, Medicine, & Education
SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey (Press Release)– A free application (app) for those who want to support Israel by buying Israeli made products has just been unveiled, downloadable on all major smartphones including Apple, Android and Windows Phone. The new app, Am Yisrael Buy, was created by Rabbi Daniel M. Cohen, spiritual leader of Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in
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Middle East, USA
By Anav Silverman BAT YAM, Israel (TNA) – Five hundred people gathered on Wednesday evening, October 1, in a demonstration of support for the family of Netanel Arami, who was killed in a suspected Palestinian terror attack two weeks ago. The family, together with hundreds of supporters from across Israel marched from Netanel’s parents’ home
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)– American Jewish Committee (AJC) has honored Ambassador Philip Murphy with its prestigious “Ernst Cramer Award for Outstanding Contributions to German-American Jewish Understanding.” The award was presented to Murphy for his service as U.S. ambassador to Germany (2009-2013), at an AJC event at the Jewish Museum in New York. More than 150
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International, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Women of Reform Judaism of Temple Emanu-El is hosting its annual Artisan Festival on Sunday, Nov. 2 from 9 a.m. to 3 pm. at the synagogue located at 6299 Capri Drive. There will be 52 artisans showcasing the finest in pottery, glassware, fused and blown glass, photography, jewelry, mosaics, painted silks, mosaics,
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Travel and Food
LOS ANGELES (WJC) — The Simon Wiesenthal Center has said it had identified dozens of former members of Nazi mobile death squads who might still be alive. The Los Angeles-based organization gave the German government a list of 80 names for investigation. The Wiesenthal Center’s top Nazi hunter, Efraim Zuroff, told the ‘Associated Press’ on
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International, Jewish HistoryANTWERP, Belgium (WJC) — A prosecutor in the city of Antwerp demanded a 15-year prison term for Fouad Belkacem, the leader of the Islamist group Sharia4Belgium which is suspected of brainwashing youngsters and shipping them off to fight in Syria. A further 46 members of the group were charged with membership in a terror organization in
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International, Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel –In August we attended a lecture in Ra’anana by Richard Kemp, sponsored by the excellent Standwithus organization, which is dedicated to informing the public about Israel and to combating the extremism and anti-Semitism that often distorts the issues. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Col. Kemp, he is a
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Middle East, Steve KramerBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The windows of the upper floor of my house look out towards the hill in the Judaean Mountains known as the Castel, which is today the site of a national park. It is green in winter and grey-brown in summer. I love to paint the view, which is
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastJordan: IDF helped us destroy Israeli spy devices from 1969 (JNS.org) Jordan’s military chief revealed Tuesday that what was previously identified as an archaeological dig near Aljoun University in northern Jordan was in fact a joint Jordanian military and Israel Defense Forces intelligence operation to remove Israeli listening devices placed there in 1969. In a
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International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The most pressing issue that raises the will he or won’t he question concerns President Obama and American troops. It’s shaping up not as will he or won’t he, but how will he do it? His promise to avoid the use of American troops is clear, and repeated too many times to be discarded
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