By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — This past week, I came across a very interesting video by Ben Shapiro, who is one of the main editors of Breitbart News on the Internet. Shapiro is a Modern Orthodox Jew and his perspective on the issues of today offer a refreshing alternative opinion—even if […]
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has honored its longtime lay leader, David Strassler, in recognition of his dedicated commitment to the fight against anti-Semitism and for his decades of leadership in the service of ADL’s mission to combat hate. Strassler, of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, was presented with the Barbara B. Balser ADL
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USACompiled by Donald H. Harrison The U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Ashton Carter by a 93-5 vote to be U.S. Secretary of Defense, replacing Chuck Hagel, means that Israel will have another friend in the Obama administration, according to a statement by Greg Rosenbaum, board chair of the National Jewish Democratic Council. “Knowing Ashton Carter from
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Donald H. Harrison, USA
TEL AVIV (Press Release)–Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met at his Tel Aviv office on Thursday evening, Feb. 12, with IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz ahead of the latter’s stepping down and the IDF Chief-of-Staff changeover ceremony, which is due to be held on Monday, Feb. 16, in Jerusalem. At the start of the meeting, Prime
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Middle EastTEL AVIV (Press Release)–The winners of the 2015 Dan David Prize, which annually bestows three awards of $1 million each. The announcement of the winners was made on February 10 by Tel Aviv University President Prof. Joseph Klafter, chairman of the Dan David Prize Board of Directors, and Prof. Itamar Rabinovich, Chairman of the Dan
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–An early election poster on behalf of the Zionist Union had a picture of its two leaders, Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni, over the caption: “It’s us or him!” The voters were to be given the option of either more of the same or a very different, better government. The mood
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Middle EastIsrael’s Steinitz says Iran not compromising on 7 of 8 nuclear issues (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Iran is refusing to compromise on seven out of the eight key points in its nuclear negotiations with the P5+1 powers, Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz said Thursday. Steinitz said that if the two sides are indeed
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It took Barack Obama less than six months between his inauguration and a policy initiative that sought to put the Middle East on the path to democracy, equality, and religious tolerance. Those were the themes of his Cairo speech, and you all know where we are now. After dealing with
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USACompiled by Donald H. Harrison The White House finds itself in another flap over whether it is insensitive to Jewish suffering. Previously, President Obama referred to the shooting of four people in the Hyper Cacher market in Paris as “random,” notwithstanding the fact that the market was a kosher one and all four murdered victims
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Donald H. Harrison, USA
JERUSALEM (Press Release)–Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin hosted at his residence on Wednesday, Feb. 11, Ambassadors to Israel from Latin American countries. At the beginning of the meeting, the President said he was delighted to welcome the ambassadors to his residence. He said, “These are not easy times, when we are across the region, dealing with the
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Middle East, USA
TEL AVIV (Press Release)— The principle of adaptation — the gradual modification of a species’ structures and features — is one of the pillars of evolution. While there exists ample evidence to support the slow, ongoing process that alters the genetic makeup of a species, scientists could only suspect that there were also organisms capable
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We ShareWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press-Release) –In response to the murders of Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, Deah Shaddy Barakat and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha in Chapel Hill, NC, Rabbi Jonah Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, issued the following statement: We are deeply saddened by the murders this week of Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, Deah Shaddy Barakat
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USAJERUSALEM (Press Release)–Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) through the Israel Fuel Choices Initiative (IFCI) on Thursday, Feb. 12, signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), Iveco (a Brand of CNH Industrial) and Magneti Marelli (FCA Group) for co-operation in the development of natural gas based technologies. The signatories are also discussing the
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International, Middle East
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—The eight-story, 430,000-square-foot Museum of the Bible took a giant step toward its 2017 opening in Washington, D.C., beginning with surgical demolition of a 1982 addition to the historical building that will be reinvented as an international Bible museum. Purchased for $50 million in 2012, the former refrigeration warehouse and interior design showcase
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