Donald H. Harrison

Bibi: Merger with Yisrael Beiteinu won’t change Likud

By Mati Tuchfeld/JNS.org The Likud Central Committee on Monday, Oct. 29, officially approved by a large majority the merger with Yisrael Beiteinu ahead of the coming Knesset election. Before the open vote, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the committee delegates, who had gathered at the Tel Aviv Exhibition Grounds. In his speech, Netanyahu referred to recent assertions

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Middle East

Sorting out Israel post-debate

  By Bruce S. Ticker  PHILADELPHIA–Most Americans no doubt spend little time thinking about Israel. Not that they have anything against it, but its fate is not high on their priority lists. Yet Israel figured prominently into the Oct. 22 foreign policy debate between President Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Obama broached it first,

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Middle East

The Haaretz poll travesty

  A mistakenly headlined pseudo-poll published by Haaretz has caused a great deal of damage outside Israel, where this farce was used to further the campaign of anti-Israel political warfare and demonization, writes NGO Monitor President Gerald M. Steinberg. By Gerald M. Steinberg/JNS.org There is now broad agreement in Israel that the pseudo-poll and headline

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Middle East

In spirit of Halloween, here’s the Witch of Endor

By Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Most of you are familiar with Macbeth, which is considered to be one of the most psychologically gripping plays by Shakespeare. Macbeth tells the story about a Scottish lord named Macbeth, who chooses evil as a means of attaining power. He commits regicide to become king and

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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, March 22, 1957, Part 1

Community Rally March 31 To Hear Noted Jurist Southwestern Jewish Press, March 22, 1957, Page 1 As interest continued to mount at a rapid pace over the coming United Jewish Fund Campaign, the community rally at the El Cortez Hotel, on Sunday, March 31, at 8 p.m. was announced as the official opening of the

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Adventures in SD History, Jewish History

Former soldier appeals to CUFI for Israel support

By Dan Brodsky SPRING VALLEY, California — Father’s House Church here was host Wednesday, Oct. 24, to an inspiring  event featuring Keynote Speaker Sgt. Benjamin Anthony, a 32-year-old reserve IDF combat veteran.  The sponsoring organization was Christians United for Israel (CUFI). Anthony, who arrived in Israel in 2004, was a heavy machinegun operator who served

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Travel and Food

Americans in Benghazi abandoned by their country

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The government of Israel traded 1,700 Palestinian terrorists for Sgt. Gilad Shalit, an IDF soldier kidnapped and held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The Israelis have been known to trade live terrorists for the bodies of its soldiers held by its enemies. That’s what it means to have your soldiers’ collective back. And

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

B’nei Anousim consider Spanish Inquisition lawsuits

By Paul Foer and Chananette Pascal Cohen/JNS.org Sonya Loya’s path of rediscovery aligns with the journey potentially millions of other “Crypto-Jews” take back to their Jewish roots. Her story, and the stories of others with similar backgrounds, is also still unfolding—with legal action against the Catholic Church as the possible next chapter. Loya—a Hispanic-American woman

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

JNS news briefs: October 29, 2012

Iran says it has ‘far more advanced’ technology than recent Hezbollah drone  (JNS.org) Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said the Hezbollah drone recently shot down in Israeli airspace “was not Iran’s latest technology,” according to Iran’s Mehr news agency. The Islamic Republic “currently possesses unmanned aircraft with technology that is far more advanced than the

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