By Deborah Fineblum/JNS.org JERUSALEM (JNS) — Omelet sandwich: 5 shekels. Iced coffee: 5 shekels. Tuna sandwich: 5 shekels. Fresh-squeezed orange juice: 5 shekels. Cheese bureka: 5 shekels. There’s plenty more on the Cofizz menu, but you get the idea. Dani Mizrahi and Amir Amshalm, two Israeli men in their early 30s, asked themselves: Why not launch
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Middle East85,000 attend Tel Aviv rally for kidnapped Israeli teens (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Some 85,000 people flocked to Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square on Sunday evening, uniting in prayer and hope for the safe return of abducted Israeli teens Gilad Shaar, Eyal Yifrach, and Naftali Frenkel. Radio and TV personality Avri Gilad, who hosted the rally,
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Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – The Cabinet approved on Sunday, June 29, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan for the socio-economic development of Jerusalem. The Government is working in a variety of ways to develop and strengthen the city. For the first time, a comprehensive socio-economic development plan was presented for eastern Jerusalem. One of the
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By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – Several Israeli police officers, on various levels of command, were dismissed from their positions, some of them may be fired as well, following the police’s blunder regarding their handing of a phone call which came from one of the three abducted boys a short while after they were abducted.
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By Anav Silverman TEL AVIV – Israel’s newly elected president Reuven Rivlin called upon world leaders and religious figures to pray for the return of the three kidnapped Israeli boys at a massive prayer rally at Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square this Sunday evening, June 29. “The call for the safety of these boys doesn’t
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Middle East1177 B.C., the Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric H. Cline, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ; ISBN 978-0-691-14089-6 ©2014, $29.95, p. 176, plus Appendix, Notes, Bibliography, and Index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, Calilfornia — The Late Bronze Age is prominent for its unprecedented financial, political, and social interconnectedness, along with the generation of great wealth
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Fred Reiss, EdD, International, Jewish HistoryBy Laurie Baron The New Inscription for the Statue of Liberty (with apologies to Emma Lazarus) Unlike the harbor Lady with upright flame, Extending arms to seekers of haven. Pandering politicians willingly cave in, Turn children back without shame. Excuse themselves and find others to blame. To get elected and then block any change. Douse
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
Editor’s Note: Want to learn more about the Jewish players mentioned in the story below? Have your mouse hover over the name of the player and a link will appear. SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — Are you interested in how Jewish baseball players are doing in the majors and the minors? The website Jewish Baseball News
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Jewish Religion, Sports & CompetitionsBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Daughter: Mother dear, I can’t believe you smashed your car into a fire hydrant. At least you didn’t get hurt. Mother: That fire hydrant wasn’t there yesterday. Daughter: Oh, Mom, of course it was. I wonder whether you should keep driving. Mother: I’m fine, and I’m not
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Travel and Food
By Norman Greene CASABLANCA, Morocco — Dressed in her head-to-toe hajab or jalaba, she reminded me of an Arabic version of San Diego’s late travel maven Gert Thaler as she skillfully guided us on our quest around the old Jewish Quarter in Casablanca. She was effusive, charming, funny and full of energy. We had
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By Alina Dain Sharon/JNS.org The latest anti-Israel trend to gain momentum on college campuses has been the distribution of mock eviction notices in dormitories by members of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). Whether or not the notices have specifically targeted Jewish students, experts say the tactic highlights the convergence of anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism on
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week WASHINGTON, D.C. — Religious freedom, family values, fiscal policy, and Israel were the primary drivers of discussion as faith activists and Republican politicians recently gathered in Washington, DC for the Road to Majority 2014 conference, put on by the conservative Faith and Freedom Coalition. Despite
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Middle East, USA
By Anav Silverman EILAT, Israel — Jordan’s rate of unemployment is high in the country’s south. But a proposal by the Israeli government is expected to help alleviate some of that unemployment. The Israeli cabinet on Sunday, June 29, approved a proposal to employ up to 1,500 Jordanian workers in hotels in Eilat. According to
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