NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised actress Scarlett Johansson for her moral stance in resisting the extremist, anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) group’s pressure to drop her endorsement of SodaStream, the Israeli company which operates a factory in Ma’ale Adumim in Judea, a city of 50,000 Jews directly adjacent
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Travel and Food
Sandi Masori spotted this license plate with initials familiar to the many thousands of people in San Diego County who have been helped by this Jewish Agency: Jewish Family Service San Diego.
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Trivia, Humor & SatireNEW YORK (Press Release)–AJC (American Jewish Committee) is appalled by the anti-Semitic statements of a Syriza Party candidate for upcoming elections in Greece. Theodoros Karypidis, who is running for governor of Western Macedonia, claims that Greece’s new public broadcasting channel, NERIT, has Jewish roots and that Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s recent visit to the Thessaloniki
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Travel and FoodBy Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — When I see news of Syrian civilians being barrel-bombed by their government and others needlessly starving to death, it is clear that only Israel can pull this crazy world out of its spiraling descent into self-destruction. In the last few weeks, floods of wounded Syrians have been seeking and
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Middle East
By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — At the end of the day, who are we? Are we defined by our past? By our hopes for the future? Or by the ideals we strive to live by? These are the questions raised in Crumbs from the Table of Joy playing at the Moxie Theatre through
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Travel and FoodIsraeli High Court freezes funds for yeshiva students deferring IDF enlistment (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel’s High Court of Justice issued an interim injunction Tuesday that suspended funding to yeshivot for students who are deferring enlistment in the Israel Defense Forces. Widespread deferrals were issued beginning in August 2013 as the legislation process regarding the
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International
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – To encourage science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) among high school students, Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) announced she is holding a House App Contest in her congressional district. Students who are interested in participating can get more information at Rep. Davis’s website. “This contest will really allow our students
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Science, Medicine, & EducationAttention Family Historians: If you would like a JPG photo copy of any “Adventures in San Diego Jewish History” article that has been reprinted on the San Diego Jewish World website, simply copy the website address of the article, and send it along with the article’s headline, with a $5 payment per article, to Family
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Adventures in SD History, San Diego CountyWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)- The Republican National Committee (RNC) announced on Tuesday, Feb. 4, the launch of a new start-up lab called “Para Bellum Labs, America! The phrase “parabellum” was used by a German arms manufacturer as a name for its signature guns-first, the light machine gun used by the Kaiser’s best during World War I, and then its most
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USABy Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California –This is not your father’s sukkah! Joshua Foer fondly remembered the nearly annual sukkah construction in his parent’s home, though he learned that he was in the mere 5 percent of American Jews who do so. When nostalgia set in, this secular Jew had a flash of inspiration.
Sukkot so original, you’d like to keep them Read More »
Travel and Food
By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week Efforts to keep a significant collection of artifacts seized from Iraq’s Jewish community by Saddam Hussein from being returned to that nation by the United States may be picking up steam on Capitol Hill. With just months to go before a June deadline mandates the return of the religious archive,
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InternationalIsraeli foreign ministry sets up team to combat boycotts (JNS.org) Israel has established a new inter-ministerial team to fight efforts to boycott the Jewish state and products manufactured beyond the Green Line, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced Monday. The creation of the inter-ministerial team, which includes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and International, Intelligence, and Strategic
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InternationalBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Is US Secretary of State stirring up trouble for Israel by speaking about – and perhaps thereby encouraging – the potentially crippling boycott of Israel because of the settlements, or is he warning us in good faith of what might happen if Israel doesn’t make peace with the Palestinians? Opinions are
Advice to Israelis: don’t despair, just worry! Read More »
Middle EastBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Since Hollywood loves sequels to successful movies and stories “ripped from the headlines,” production has begun on films that mix these genres. Here are some scripts currently under consideration. American Tussle-An American diplomat futilely tries to convince obstinate Israeli and Palestinian leaders that making peace is better than descending into an
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