Riots breaks out as officers forced to retrieve two men who reportedly arrived in Sur Baher to sell black market eggs By Times of Israel staff Illustrative image of Palestinian youth holding rocks during clashes with Israeli police in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sur Baher on October 7, 2015 (Hadas Parush/Flash90) Police rescued two
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LOS ANGELES (Press Release) –Rabbi Marvin Hier, Simon Wiesenthal Center Founder and Dean is being honored as the first non-Israeli citizen chosen to light Israel’s Independence Day ceremonial torch. The decision was made by Israel’s Culture Minister Miri Regev, who said that the inclusion of Jews from the diaspora symbolizes the stake that Jewish people all
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Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) – On Tuesday, April 25, 2017, the San Diego Unified School District’s board members will consider endorsing California State Senator Ricardo Lara’s proposed Senate Bill 30 which would prohibit the state from awarding or renewing a public contract with any person who provides goods or services to the Federal Government for
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International, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday, April 24, issued the following statement concerning Yom HaShoah: “Today on Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day, marking the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising – we honor the six million Jews systematically murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. We also
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International, Jewish History, USAHAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — A new study held at the University of Haifa among Holocaust survivors has revealed a specific population group with a high suicide rate. The study found that people who immigrated to Israel from countries where most of the Jewish population was murdered in the Holocaust, such as Germany, Austria, Poland, and
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Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationSACRAMENTO, California (Press Release)– State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced on Monday that unconscious bias training is being provided to California Department of Insurance (CDI) employees. Research shows that despite the prevention of explicit bias, unconscious biases can affect how people make decisions, communicate or interact with one another. Based on this research and the
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USANEW YORK (Press Release)– Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, the independent U.S. national organization among Anne Frank organizations worldwide, has obtained commitments from 26 state legislators across 20 states, including Republicans and Democrats, to introduce legislation that would require education in public schools on the Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide and other genocides. Those 20 states are
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Jewish History, USAUN chief vows to combat anti-Israel bias and anti-Semitism (JNS.org) United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reassured Jewish community leaders Sunday that he would oppose any anti-Israel bias at the United Nations. “As secretary-general of the United Nations, I consider that the state of Israel needs to be treated as any other state,” Guterres said at
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CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND (Press Release)– Treasures from the world’s largest and most important collection of medieval Jewish manuscripts – chronicling 1,000 years of history in Old Cairo – will go on display in Cambridge this week for a six-month-long exhibition at Cambridge University Library. Discarded History: The Genizah of Medieval Cairo opens to the public on
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The international community commemorates the Holocaust in January, on the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The Jewish world commemorates the Holocaust in April, on the anniversary of the Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto. The international commemoration implicitly celebrates the Allied forces’ defeat of the Nazis;
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release) — Anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. surged more than one-third in 2016 and have jumped 86 percent in the first quarter of 2017, according to new data from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). In its annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, ADL reports that there has been a massive increase in the amount
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USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel LA JOLLA, California — This year’s San Diego Yom HaShoah presented one of the finest programs I have experienced in many years since arriving in San Diego almost eight years ago. The musical selections were excellent; the theme of the program was “Memory and Morality” and featured Roberta Grossman, who is
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International, Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, San Diego CountyPresident Trump insisted Sunday he will keep his campaign vow to build a southern border wall and force Mexico to pay for it, even though he needs U.S. taxpayers to front the money. Mr. Trump is seeking a down payment on his signature barrier in a stopgap spending bill that must pass this week to
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International, USABerlin (dpa) – North Korea arrested a US citizen at Pyongyang’s airport as he was about to leave the country last week, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported citing unnamed sources. The report said the man, who was described as a former professor in his 50s, was in North Korea doing aid work. It was
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