By Yaakov Lappin WASHINGTON, D.C. –A small, mysterious unidentified drone quietly made its way into Israeli air space last week. Trailed by two F-16I Israeli fighter jets, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flew across southern Israel, after intruding in from the Mediterranean Sea and passing Gaza, possibly in an attempt to blend in with […]
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Middle East
By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — There are those who make things happen, those to whom things happen, and those who say, “What happened?” Which one are you? Most people are a combination of these, but sometimes one tendency dominates to the point of dysfunction. The people who like to make things happen
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By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Space exploration has always fascinated me so I followed the launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket last Sunday with great interest. On Wednesday, SpaceX’s Dragon capsule docked at the International Space Station with close to 1,000 lbs of supplies. It was the first private commercial non-NASA supply mission
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Jewish ReligionBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — After the first presidential debate, I commented that it had been a model of civility and informed discourse. I contrasted it to the nasty commercials that characterize election season. On Thursday night, we had the vice presidential debate, and I must admit I was disappointed in Vice President
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Donald H. HarrisonShalit reveals how he survived in first public interview since freedom (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) One year after his release, Israeli Channel 10 News aired parts of an interview with former Hamas captive Gilad Shalit on Oct. 11, during which Schalit revealed details of how he survived his ordeal and spent his days in captivity.
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International
By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—There is something about sitting in the front row of a 49-seat theatre and being up close and personal with the actors. It puts you in the center of the story. That’s how I felt recently when I found myself almost in the living room set of Claudio Raygoza’a new play,
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastNY police ‘very cognizant’ of potential Iranian attack on city (JNS.org) The New York Police Department (NYPD) is monitoring the possibility of an Iranian attack on New York City due to the area’s large Jewish community, the New York Post reported. “Obviously if there’s any action involving Israel and Iran we have to be very cognizant
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InternationalThe three co-chairs of “Rabbis for Obama” write that President Barack Obama’s values are Jewish values and American values, and that we need his values in the White House for four more years. Obama’s record, they write, reflects the embodiment of Jews’ deepest obligations: tikkun olam, tzedakah, shalom—to repair the world, to pursue justice,
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USAShould Americans who support Israel take President Barack Obama at his word when he says he is fully committed to the Jewish state? No, not when Israel confronts the threat of nuclear annihilation by Iran, writes philanthropist and casino magnate Sheldon G. Adelson. Time and again Obama has signaled a lack of sympathy—or even
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USABy Ira Sharkansky BERLIN –While Israel has turned to the politics of election, we have been digging around in the dark roots of Varda’s history. They are deep in Germany. Her father, Erich, was a patriot until his death. He was proud of his father’s service in the German army during World War I (stationed on the
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Ira Sharkansky, Travel and FoodJERUSALEM (Press Release) – As Hadassah’s much anticipated Centennial Convention in Jerusalem nears, thousands of people from across the United States will travel to Israel, where they’ll honor Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as hear remarks from President Shimon Peres. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Stephen and Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. —Washington wants to avoid a confrontation with Iran, but faces two wild cards. First, Israel may find itself unable to forgo the use of force against Iran’s nuclear facilities. Second, the administration has reiterated that it, too, finds a nuclear-armed Iran “unacceptable,” and may have to take action
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, Stephen D. BryenBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — Darn, I wish I had paid more attention in my high school Spanish class, or taken some courses when I moved here, or was fluent in a second language. If that were the case, I would have been better prepared to understand a good portion of the dialogue in
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By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — Nearly everyone knows a toe tapping, easy to hum along with melody by George Gershwin….but we are not quite as familiar with Ira, brother of the song and dance man. Ira’s life will be the subject of an upcoming musical created by Joe Vass, premiering October 17-20 and running
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