By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — A cartoon in Wednesday’s Ha’aretz shows President Reuven Rivlin and his wife at JFK International Airport waiting for a flight back home. He says to her: “Perhaps we should stay here a little longer.” It’s a comment on the wave of hatred with which the president has been greeted […]
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Middle EastBy Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — We have two weeks before the end of the year. Is there anything you can do now to lower your 2015 tax bill? The answer is YES! Here are five tips: Make charitable contributions. There are several ways to give: donating household items or cars, giving money or transferring appreciated
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By Beth Sarafraz BROOKLYN, New York — Meet Albert Mammon. You may already be familiar with his name because some of his good deeds were reported on TV, in newspapers, and on social media – where the stories went viral and comments under them numbered in the stratosphere. The fact that Mammon is unique —
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Jewish Religion, USAU.S. outraged over planned statue honoring anti-Semite in Hungary (JNS.org) Ira Forman, the official U.S. government envoy for monitoring and combating anti-Semitism, on Sunday expressed outrage over plans in Hungary to erect a statue of Balint Homan, a Holocaust-era anti-Semitic historian and politician. “From the U.S. government perspective we feel very strongly that history and
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — I don’t know how many upticks in violence have occurred during the 40 years I’ve lived in Jerusalem. My first experience came a couple of days after my arrival. Friday was a day off from Hebrew lessons, and I went downtown for some shopping. It was years before the era
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastCaptured incitement dolls to be sent to Israeli missions (JNS.org) A recently confiscated shipment of about 4,000 dolls with mock rocks in their hands will be used to highlight Palestinian incitement against Israel, Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely announced Monday. The Palestinian Authority-bound dolls were seized at the Haifa Port following an inspection of several
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Middle EastBy Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — On May 29, 2012, U.S. President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, posthumously to Jan Karski with these words “As a young officer in the Polish Underground, Jan Karski was among the first to relay accounts of the Holocaust to the
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International, Jewish History, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Since the days of antiquity, shepherds often served as the leaders of a nation. When the prophet Nathan confronted King David for his illicit affair with Bathsheba, he gently reminded him that the role of a leader is to act pastorally toward the flock that God
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International, Middle East, USABy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — BDS advocates lie when they call Israel’s brave soldiers “war criminals” and accuse the IDF of “war crimes.” So let me introduce non-Israel, non-Jewish neutral experts to give their opinion. Fourteen international former chiefs of staff and senior military officers reviewed the 2014 Gaza conflict from both the IDF and Hamas operations.
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Barry Shaw, Middle EastFamily of fallen IDF soldier believed to be held by Hamas demands answers (JNS.org) Marking a year and a half since IDF soldier Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul was killed in action during Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, and subsequently classified as a fallen soldier whose burial place is unknown, Shaul’s parents Zahava and Herzl
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Middle EastDEL MAR, California (Press Release) — The Jewish Federation of San Diego County has announced the return of The Men’s Event, which is underwritten by the Mizel Family Foundation. The event is scheduled to take place at the Del Mar Fairgrounds on December 16, 2015, from 5:30 pm – 9 pm. Tickets to the event
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Middle East, San Diego CountyBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — What did Yosef Abramowitz, CEO of Energiya Global and a pioneer of the Israeli solar energy industry, say at COP21, the global climate change conference? A. “Because it is Chanukah, I’m expecting a miracle of renewable light and that the deal will actually be done.”B. “While we Jews may be better
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Men’s Club of Beth Israel of San Diego features Al Korobkin as its guest speaker at the January 20 Dinner Forum. Al’s presentation will focus on the 2016 presidential election, the Democratic and Republican candidates running for the nomination of their parties, and characteristics of the various state primaries and
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San Diego Calendar, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Imagine Donald Trump as the leader of the free world. It may be something we have to get used to. Coming after eight years of Barack Obama, who came after George W. Bush, who came after Bill Clinton, one can wonder what made America great. A population of 320 million
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