Mohammed Abu Ara is the face of a grave new threat, but propped up on his bed in an airy segregated hospital ward in Jordan, there’s not a hint of menace about him. With his left arm cut off above the elbow and one of his legs encased in a metal splint, he looks like […]
Assad’s War in Syria and the End of Antibiotics Read More »
Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationOn a recent Sunday morning, Donald Ossewaarde, a Baptist preacher from the United States, hosted an informal Bible study group at his home in Oryol, a small city 225 miles south of Moscow. Most of the dozen or so people who attended had been coming to Ossewaarde’s weekly gatherings for years, and they were looking
Why Russia Is Cracking Down on Religion Read More »
InternationalYou would have thought that by now, Donald Trump’s deplorables would have gotten over Hillary Clinton’s diss. But they can’t let it go. Apparently, “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic” deplorables are better at talking smack than taking it. Clinton’s comment about putting half of Trump’s supporters into “the basket of deplorables” isn’t even harsh. I
Dahleen Glanton: Trump has given ‘deplorables’ a place to feel special Read More »
USATEL AVIV (Press Release) —A new Tel Aviv University study published in the August 2016 issue of the Journal of School Psychology reports on a new system that creates sustainable tolerance while combating racism and prejudice. The Extended Class Exchange Program (ECEP) is geared to third- and fourth-grade Israeli Jewish and Israeli Palestinian students. The
Extended exchange program for Arab, Jewish elementary school pupils spurs mutual empathy Read More »
Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationHAIFA, Israel (Press Release)– Results of a new study at the University of Haifa have found no difference in the risk of developing schizophrenia between second-generations Holocaust survivors and those whose parents were not exposed to the Holocaust. However, an examination of various sub-groups showed that second-generation survivors whose parents were babies during the Holocaust are
By Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — Who was the only Jewish person featured on a Canadian postage stamp? Don’t know – here’s a hint. She was an Olympic Games multi-medal winner. Still don’t know – another hint. She was named Canada’s woman athlete of the half-century. Give up – then read on. Fanny “Bobbie”
Canada’s Female Athlete of the Half-Century is Jewish Read More »
International, Jewish History, Sports & CompetitionsBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The status quo usually works. It derives from years of experience, and the learned accommodation of different interests to one another. Not all are happy. Those feeling deprived, and those feeling that features of the status quo are not appropriate demand change, but usually it’s not easy to change things
Mideast political theater is a fig leaf for the status quo Read More »
Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastTel Aviv (dpa) – The world’s oldest man, who turned 113th on Thursday, plans to mark his birthday by celebrating his bar mitzvah in the Israeli city of Haifa about a century later than most people, his daughter told dpa. About 100 family members are expected to attend his belated bar mitzvah, which is expected
World’s oldest man plans to mark birthday in Israel with bar mitzvah Read More »
Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle EastThe longer this campaign lasts, the more I’m ready to believe Donald Trump is the Slim Shady of modern political journalism. He’s been sent here to destroy us. Either that, or he’s glommed onto the fatal weakness at its heart — and is doing whatever he can to let it destroy itself. Whatever the case,
Michael A. Lindenberger: Trump campaign exposes media’s structural weaknesses Read More »
USAFormer president Shimon Peres likely suffered “serious damage” to his brain after being hit by a major stroke, but is stable and no longer appears to face an immediate threat to his life, his doctors said Wednesday morning. Prof. Rafi Walden, Peres’s son-in-law and personal physician, told reporters the statesman’s condition may have even improved
Cautious optimism as Peres shows signs of improvement after stroke Read More »
Middle EastBERLIN — Five Russian scientists trapped by more than a dozen polar bears for two weeks used a shipment of flares and air horns to free themselves this week, according to Russian and European news reports. Because of the endangered status of polar bears, the scientists were willing to use only non-lethal methods to scare
Turns out it was the bears, not the scientists, trapped on Russian island Read More »
International, The World We ShareWashington/Beirut (dpa) – The United States and Russia have ageed to extend the current ceasefire in the Syria conflict by 48 hours, while much-needed aid continues to remain undistributed. US Secretary of State John Kerry Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed on the extension in a telephone call, Kerry’s spokesman Mark Toner said
US and Russia extend ceasefire in Syria, aid remains delayed Read More »
International, Middle East, USAAUSTIN, Texas — A majority of Texans oppose GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s signature idea to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, even as immigration is most often cited by Texans as the biggest issue facing the state. Those were among the top findings of a new survey released Wednesday by the Texas Lyceum,
Poll: Most Texans oppose Donald Trump’s plan to build a border wall Read More »
USAFLINT, Mich. — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s trip into an African-American church in Flint to reach out to black voters and address the Flint water crisis ended abruptly amid protests inside the church and a pastor who asked that he not make a political speech. “It used to be that cars were made in
Trump’s remarks in Flint cut short by pastor, protesters Read More »
USA