TEL AVIV (Press Releases)— The full circumstances of U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl’s captivity have yet to be revealed. During his tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2009, Bergdahl was capture d by the Taliban and held in captivity for five years until a controversial prisoner exchange led to his release on May 31. Bergdahl has
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — Since January of this year, Gaza terrorists have fired more than 450 rockets towards Israeli citizens in communities across southern Israel according to the IDF spokesperson. Over 200 of those rockets have been fired from Gaza since June 12, the day on which three Israeli teens were abducted and
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Middle EastBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Torah lessons: Deuteronomy XIX: 21 “And your eye shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.” In other words, you can’t kill someone for a murder or murders he or she did not commit. Deuteronomy XXV: 1-2: “If there be
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – Israelis from across the political spectrum expressed condemnation and disgust at the slaying of Muhammad Abu Khdeir from Shuafat, Jerusalem on July 2. Israeli security forces announced July 6 that they have arrested six Israelis in connection with the murder. The motive appears to be an act of revenge for
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Middle EastArrest of Jewish suspects reignites Arab riots across Israel (JNS.org) Violent Arab riots were reignited on Sunday evening following the news that Israeli authorities had arrested six Jewish suspects in the abduction and murder of Palestinian youth Mohammad Abu Khudair. In northern Israel, hundreds of young masked Arabs threw stones at police forces and
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California –– As I sat at my laptop in a neighborhood Starbucks, working (ironically) on a screenplay about Martin Luther King Jr. and his mysterious Jewish advocate Stanley Levison, the young man tapped on a hardback I had placed next to me. It was Bruce Watson’s painfully candid and richly
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USA
SAN DIEGO (SDJW)–American Jewish organizations reacted with horror and condemnation to the announcement that Jewish extremists were behind the murder of an Arab teenager who was burned to death. Among those reacting were the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Here are their statements:
By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D SAN DIEGO — “Shluff, now, mamellah.” My mother and grandmother used to say that to me after a few urgings to “Gai shluffen” or, more commonly, “gai shluffie.” How’d you shluff last night? For about 70 million Americans, yes, even readers of the wonderful, positive, life-enhancing San Diego Jewish World,
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — The ongoing diversity problem in the tech industry was brought to light again this week by Google’s disclosure of its employment statistics (only 30 percent female and 2 percent black). While some commentators blame the tech culture specifically, my experience with organizations across many industries has led
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Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (1924-2014) died on July 3rd this past week. The world has lost of one its greatest and most imaginative modern Rebbes of modern times. In the early sixties, he and Shlomo Carlbach were among the earliest followers of Rabbi Schneersohn and their success set the
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –One hesitates to write anything about what has been happening in Israel over the last few weeks, and what is still happening. The situation is volatile, in every sense of the word, and what is true at one moment may not be the next. But things have happened, and
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA)–Scores of Israelis from all over Israel have been flocking to the homes of the three families whose sons were abducted and murdered by Hamas terrorists on June 12. Ministers and Members of Knesset, leaders, rabbis and people from all walks of life have been coming day and night. Many
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–There are far more questions than answers. There may be a new country being formed. It won’t be a welcome addition, as judged by the various governments sending units of their armed forces to attempt an abortion. Those associated with the movement, variously called the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
–First in a Series — By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Qualcomm Stadium, as it called in its third incarnation since opening in 1967, is a massive concrete structure described as “modernist” by some architects, “brutalist” by others. Either way it is a celebration of structural forms and building materials. Its massive slabs of
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA