U.S., Palestinians condemn approval of new Israeli construction in Jerusalem (JNS.org) The U.S. and the Palestinians on Wednesday both condemned the Jerusalem municipality local planning committee’s approval of construction permits for 768 new residential units, including some units in neighborhoods located beyond the 1967 lines. “Our position on Jerusalem is clear,” U.S. State Department spokeswoman
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InternationalBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — A sage cited in the Ethics of the Fathers taught that the world is founded on three things: Torah (sacred study), Avodah (worship, which is also the word for “work”) and G’millut Chassadim (acts of loving-kindness). Law professor Aviad Hacohen, writing in the daily Yisrael Hayom, offers a haredi
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Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California — We’ve all heard metaphors about people judged to be so gentle they “wouldn’t hurt a fly,” but in former Second Lady Joan Mondale’s case, it was literally true, according to her traveling companion during former U.S. Vice President Walter “Fritz” Mondale’s campaign for President. Elaine Galinson,
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Are they or aren’t they threatening Israel? The US Secretary of State and the EU Representative in Israel both said, within days of one another, that the failure of the Israel-Palestine peace talks will increase the economic pressure on Israel. Israeli officials responded to both with counter threats that such language has
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, Feb. 5, decried comments about Reform Judaism attributed to Israeli parliament member David Rotem as “inappropriate, offensive and unjustified,” and called on the Knesset member to retract his statements “quickly and unequivocally” and apologize to the Reform Movement. According to news reports, Mr. Rotem,
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Middle East
Editor’s Note: Holocaust Survivor Garry Fabian, on the invitation of several German Foundations, recently returned to his native Stuttgart and other German cities from Australia, where he took refuge after liberation from Theresienstadt. Fabian kept a journal on the trip, excerpts from which we reprint here. By Garry Fabian 21-22 January Departed Melbourne at 10.30pm
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International, Jewish History
By Ryan Scott Karben NEW YORK — There was a political earthquake in Albany on Tuesday, Feb. 4, and its tremors reached Jerusalem. A bill to penalize organizations at New York universities that participate in academic boycotts of Israel was yanked from consideration by the State Assembly’s Committee on Higher Education at the last minute.
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USA
WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)- Congresswoman Susan Davis (CA-53) joined her colleagues in offering an amendment to let the Secretary of the Interior include climate change in considering decisions on conservation and recreation on public lands. The amendment was an effort to improve a House Majority legislation (HR 3590) attempting to undermine environmental protections for National
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USA
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Adventures in SD History, San Diego CountyNEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, Feb. 5, called on Facebook to remove a “Jewish Ritual Murder” page that has been the subject of public criticism. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement: “The ‘Jewish Ritual Murder’ page on Facebook perpetuates age-old anti-Semitic propaganda, and it should
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Jewish ReligionNEW YORK (Press Release) — AJC is gratified that the New York State Assembly will not consider a bill to bar state funding of colleges and universities that support boycotts against Israel. The New York State Senate had adopted the proposed legislation, but the measure’s sponsors in the Assembly decided to withdraw it. “There is
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Middle East
NEW YORK (Press Release) — In response to a letter from Member of Knesset Moti Yogev, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, Feb. 5, said that it welcomes Mr. Yogev’s “retraction” of his charge that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s engagement on the peace process bears “an undertone of anti-Semitism.” ADL had denounced
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Middle EastBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM–A study carried out by the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture found that the cost of fruits and vegetables in Israel are lower – sometimes even significantly lower — when compared to prices of fruits and vegetables in the United States and Western European countries including France, Germany and Britain. Eleven fruits and
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Travel and FoodTEL AVIV (Press Release) — A new study from Tel Aviv University reveals that black holes, formed from the first stars in our universe, heated the gas throughout space later than previously thought. They also imprinted a clear signature in radio waves which astronomers can now search for. The work is a major new finding
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