By Shoshana Bryen NEW YORK — JINSA New York Cabinet Members and Long Island Cabinet Members heard a remarkable presentation from a retired four-star Marine general this week. Rather than just providing an update from the field – Iraq and Afghanistan, with a look at Iran and Israel – Gen. Robert Magnus, USMC (ret.) asked […]
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By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel–A reader asks: “You wrote, `But if Israel defined it’s final boundaries before negotiations, the Palestinian Authority [says it] would return to the talks. Israel won’t do that, of course.’ Why is that `of course’”? I first joked that it was because the article was getting to be too long. In
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TEL AVIV (Press Release)–Israeli chess master Alik Gershon, who immigrated to Israel as a boy form Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, broke the Guinness world record in simultaneous chess games Friday (Oct. 22) in Tel Aviv. The Jewish Agency for Israel sponsored the event, in tribute to the contribution of immigrants from the former Soviet Union to
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By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Rabbis are fond of telling couples they are marrying that the chuppah beneath which they stand resembles Avraham Avinu’s tent. How so? Just as the chuppah is open on all four sides, so was Avraham’s tent. Avraham’s tent was open on all four sides to welcome guests from
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Jewish ReligionSAN DIEGO (Press Release)— Jewish Family Service of San Diego has received the coveted 4-Star Rating for the third year in a row for sound fiscal management from Charity Navigator (www.charitynavigator.org ), America’s premier charity evaluator that spotlights fine work of efficient charities and provides donors with essential information needed to give them greater confidence
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TEL AVIV (Press Release) ― A child who grows up in the midst of political conflict, such as war or terrorism, can exhibit severe emotional scars. But certain qualities, which psychologists call “resilience factors,” can help overcome this adversity. Prof. Michelle Slone of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Psychology has now developed a program to help
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Science, Medicine, & Education
By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO–Avraham was visited by three angels, one of whom was there to heal him after his recent bris milah (ritual circumcision). This brings to mind the following story: Rav Shlomo Kluger ztz”l accepted a new position as Rav. Shortly thereafter, there was bris (ritual circumcision) to which he of course
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Jewish ReligionBy Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — Now appearing in Pyongyang: North Korean missile; Iranian nose cone. Ain’t international cooperation wonderful? Joshua Pollack, a very smart arms’ expert, has just published an article and a paper on cooperation between these two countries which is well worth reading. One point really caught my eye. Iran’s news agency
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International, Middle EastNEW YORK (WJC)–The headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in New York has announced plans for rebuilding Nariman House in Mumbai, nearly two years after it was attacked by Islamist terrorists. The organization said that the top floor of the refurbished Jewish center in the Indian city would be turned into a memorial dedicated to Rabbi
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Travel and FoodMUMBAI (WJC)–Twenty-one people were involved in plotting the terrorist attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai in November 2008, including four serving officers of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and three former officers of the Pakistani Army, the suspected terrorist David Headley has reportedly told Indian investigators in June 2010. Headley, who was born Daood Sayed
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Travel and FoodPORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (WJC)–A new law passed by authorities in this southern Brazilian city will require all public schools to include Holocaust education in their curriculum. The measure will affect an estimated 60,000 students at 96 schools. Porto Alegre recent suffered a series of neo-Nazi incidents. The new law is the first of its kind
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Is the sky falling? Or only part of that over the Jewish community of the United States? The signs appear in one New York Times article that takes seriously the prospect of a Palestinian state declared unilaterally, with the support of prominent international bodies and maybe even the acquiescence of
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By David Amos SAN DIEGO–Here is another chapter in which I share with you more of my favorite quotes from the world of music. Some are funny, some are serious; others run the gamut from outrageous and stupid to insightful and prophetic. All of them, though, give us a bit more of a perspective into
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– In a speech to the American Task Force on Palestine, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton emphasized that both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian must be prepared to make concessions and to realize benefits from peace. Here is a text of the speech she made on Wednesday, Oct. 20, at the Ritz Carlton
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