As Julius Caesar once said: ”It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.” Today, we all make decisions quickly, snap judgements in the heat of the moment based on our biases and instincts, and not necessarily on the full facts. […]
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Middle East, USAUnder the creative direction of 2014 Israeli Master-Chef winner, 45 Arab and Jewish cooks will collaborate to revitalize disappearing Levantine dishes; Haifa mayor hopes people will come to support fire-stricken city By Dov Lieber HAIFA, Israel — The city of Haifa is preparing to host a three-day Arabic food festival, in which 45 leading chefs
Amid rising anti-Semitism across Europe, two of Western Europe”s liberal democracies are taking starkly different approaches to combating the new security challenges presented to their respective Jewish communities. In Britain, the government of Theresa May has pledged to actively support efforts to protect Jewish institutions across the country, providing them with a security budget to
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InternationalDefense Ministry confident no classified information at risk during construction of corvettes in Germany By Stuart Winer A Sa’ar 5-class corvette of the Israeli navy. (YouTube screen capture) Four Israeli navy corvettes are under construction in a shipyard owned by Lebanese and Abu Dhabi-based companies, although officials insist that no classified information about the warships
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Middle EastSIMI VALLEY, Calif. — President-elect Donald Trump has promised to increase military spending. It’s a pledge that had widespread support among the hundreds of defense officials — including members of Congress, military leaders and industry executives — who met Saturday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley to discuss national security. “Peace through
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USAControversial Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte — who insulted President Barack Obama and other world leaders, including the pope — may soon visit the White House. President-elect Donald Trump invited the 70-year-old leader for a visit next year during a “very engaging, animated” phone conversation, Duterte’s aide said Friday. Christopher Go, Duterte’s special adviser, said the
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International, USALola Gayle, STEAM Register YORK, ENGLAND: Broken and battered mummified legs on display at the Egyptian Museum in Turin are most likely those of Egyptian Queen Nefertari, the favorite Royal Consort of Pharaoh Ramses II (Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty c. 1250 BC), according to an extensive analysis by an international team of archaeologists,
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International, Science, Medicine, & EducationThe Legislative Assembly of Ontario on Thursday passed by a vote of 49-5 a historic motion affirming the Ontario Legislature”s rejection of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The motion was brought forward by Conservative MPP Gila Martow of the largely Jewish riding of Thornhill. “That, in the opinion of this House, the
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationA new book prompts discussion by Jonathan Sarna, Leon Wieseltier and Ruth Calderon on the American president’s legacy and history with the Jews By Jessica Steinberg Abraham Lincoln, everyone’s favorite president, was also a fan of the Jewish people, posits American Jewish historian Jonathan Sarna in his latest book, “Lincoln and the Jews,” written with
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Middle East, USAThere are a lot of great opening lines in literature. But this one by the late Gabriel Garcia-Marquez is among the best: “Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.” That’s the way he starts the book
At annual Saban Forum, Jewish billionaire says the Minnesota congressman would be a ‘disaster for Israel and the Democratic Party’ By Eric Cortellessa Haim Saban speaks at the Friends Of The Israel Defense Forces 2014 Western Region Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on November 6, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. (Tiffany Rose/WireImage) WASHINGTON —
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Middle East, USALOS ANGELES — Sammy Lee, the son of Korean immigrants who overcame discrimination to become the first Asian American to win an Olympic medal and the first diver to win back-to-back gold medals in two different Olympics, has died. He was 96. Lee, a retired doctor, died in Newport Beach on Friday after suffering from
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Obituaries & memorials, Sports & Competitions, USASANTIAGO DE CUBA—Fidel Castro returned Saturday to the city where he and a band of rebels launched an assault on the Moncada Barracks, starting the Cuban Revolution. Castro, leader of the revolution, died Nov. 25, at 90 after a lingering illness that resulted in his ceding power to his brother Raul in 2006. A caravan
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InternationalA showdown looms as thousands of veterans from around the country head to North Dakota to be shield Dakota Access Pipeline protesters from police. The plan by an unarmed citizens’ militia, called Veterans Stand for Standing Rock, coincides with North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple’s order to evacuate a protesters’ camp near the pipeline construction site
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