SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Rabbi Michael Berk, who was traveling in Israel with an AIPAC delegation at the time of the Gaza War outbreak, will discuss his observations and experiences during a dinner meeting of Congregation Beth Israel’s Men’s Club, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Wedneday, Aug. 20, at the congregation’s campus at 9001 Towne […]
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TEL AVIV (Press Release)—During the winter of 1944, the Nazis blocked food supplies to the western Netherlands, creating a period of widespread famine and devastation. The impact of starvation on expectant mothers produced one of the first known epigenetic “experiments” — changes resulting from external rather than genetic influences — which suggested that the body’s
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — The IDF is continued on Thursday, July 31, to dismantle the terror tunnels in Gaza, while deepening its hold on the Gaza Strip. For the first time in the operation the IDF entered the Jabaliya refugee camp. Israel has reportedly stepped up its military strikes on Hamas targets as
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Middle EastPM: Israel will destroy Hamas terror tunnels ‘with or without’ cease-fire (JNS.org) The Israel Defense Forces is determined to destroy Hamas’s network of terror tunnels in Gaza “with or without a cease-fire,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday at an emergency cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv. “Using their tunnel capability, Hamas could have kidnapped and
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Middle EastBy David Amos SAN DIEGO — What could be a greater pleasure than another visit to a favorite destination? It is to be there with someone who is there for the first time. This was the joyous occasion when we visited New York City together with our recently Bar-Mitzvah’d grandson, Zander. This gave us the
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USANature’s God, The Heretical Origins of the American Republic by Matthew Stewart, Norton & Co., New York; ISBN 978-0-393-06454-4 ©2014, $28.95, p. 435, plus Notes and Index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — When I first read the title of Matthew Stewart’s newest book, Nature’s God, The Heretical Origins of the American Republic, I
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Fred Reiss, EdD, USABy Tammi Rossman-Benjamin/JNS.org Amid the current unrest in Israel and Gaza, Jews around the world have been targeted for attack. Virulently anti-Israel demonstrations and activities in cities across Europe and around the world have resulted in frightening anti-Jewish violence. Meanwhile, in the U.S. right now, school is out and students are safe. But there is little
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) and Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) introduced the Survivor Outreach and Support Campus Act (S.O.S. Campus Act), legislation that would require colleges and universities to establish an independent, on-campus advocate to support survivors of sexual assault. “Survivors of sexual assault deserve an advocate who
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Congressman Brad Sherman (D-California), the Ranking Member of the terrorism subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded the unanimous passage of H.R. 5041, the Naftali Fraenkel Rewards for Justice Act of 2014 in the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, July 30. Sherman is the chief democratic cosponsor of this
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Middle East, USABy Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Dear Money Maven: Q: I don’t want to work until plotz! What is the best way to save for retirement? A: Oy, if only everyone had the sechel to ask that question! The power of compounding can give you a greater accumulation of funds by saving regularly and early.
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Sheryl RowlingBy J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida –Many weeks ago, J.J. Goldberg published a column in the Forward which accused Bibi Netanyahu of allowing the public to pray and agitate for 18 days for the return of the kidnapped boys while he knew that the boys had been murdered. According to Goldberg, the Israeli and
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Middle EastNEW YORK (WJC) – The Prime Minister of France, Manuel Valls, is reiterating his determination to fight anti-Semitism and hate speech in the troubled republic. “You know my determination, and that of the government, to put an end to the rhetoric of hatred and to hold its propagators accountable to French justice,” Valls wrote in
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InternationalNEW YORK (Press Release)– The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is urging several Latin American countries to reconsider their decision to recall their ambassadors from Israel. “There simply is no rational reason for such a punitive action against the only truly democratic nation in the Middle East,” said AJC Executive Director David Harris. El Salvador today
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International, Middle EastBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) –For many husbands, fathers, sons and brothers currently serving in Operation Protective Edge, it’s been a long few days or even weeks stationed on the front lines or in battle. But for families back home it can feel like a lifetime- with many having gone for extended periods of time
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