TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Traffic slows to a crawl, then a stop. You are trapped in a bottleneck nightmare, and late for a meeting. The stress takes a toll on you psychologically — but your body is at risk as well, according to a Tel Aviv University researcher. A new study by Prof. Ruth Defrin […]
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationLONDON (WJC) — Attacks against British Jews have reached a record high fueled by an explosion of violence in the Middle East. Hate crimes of anti-Semitism doubled to 1,168 in a single year for the first time last year, the latest study published by the Community Security Trust (CST) says. The main factor fueling the rise
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InternationalCampaign activity of Tzipi Livni’s husband seen as possible conflict of interest (JNS.org) The campaign activities of Naftali Spitzer, the husband of Hatnuah party Chairwoman Tzipi Livni, could be a conflict of interest for the Zionist Camp ticket in March’s Israeli elections. Spitzer has been very active in meetings and in defining the direction of
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Six weeks before the election, the focus of campaigning combines personal attacks, accusations of illegality, and bombastic solutions to serious problems that have little chance of implementation. Call it playing to the low side, or creative innovation. Your choice. Likud’s opponents are making a big deal about Sara’s bottles and her management
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Some trees at Mission Trails Regional Park received hugs and a special birthday song on Wednesday, February 4, from elementary school-aged Hebrew School pupils studying with Chabad of East County. The occasion was Tu B’Shevat, also known as the birthday of the trees. Normally, students at the Chabad school, taught by
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USACompiled by Donald H. Harrison Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, proposed rules on Wednesday, Feb. 4, to keep the Internet “neutral,” meaning that wealthy users could not gain preference or priority by paying more to their providers. The FCC’s chairman’s proposal — which now goes to a vote of the full Federal
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Donald H. Harrison, USABy Maor Cohen ORANIT, Israel — Three years ago, when I came to Ezer Mizion’s Donald Berman Rehabilitation Center, they explained to me that I would be working with children who have cancer and with children whose parents have cancer. All I came for was to donate some Legos but the angels at Ezer Mizion
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TAZPIT)–In honor of Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish holiday that marks the beginning of the new year for trees, youth volunteering with Leket Israel, on Wednesday, Feb. 4, picked excess fruit remaining on trees in people’s private gardens to give to the poor. Over 1,000 children and teens from across Israel including kibbutzim
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Jewish Religion, Middle East
By Alex Brummer AUSCHWITZ, Poland (WJC) — Wrapped in narrow striped blue and white scarves the survivors some ancient and frail, others upright, chests forward and proudly strong made their way out through the gate of death into the dark the snowflakes falling. They made the trudge through the crisp snow, in path dug alongside the
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International, Jewish ReligionJohn Baird, strongly pro-Israel Canadian foreign minister, resigns (JNS.org) Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, a strongly pro-Israel voice in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government, resigned on Tuesday. “I will miss this place very much,” Baird said in a speech to the Canadian Parliament. “The time has come to start a new chapter in my life.”
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International, Middle East, USACompiled by Donald H. Harrison The U.S. Senate unanimously adopted, by a vote of 99-0 the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act, which provides for peer support and community outreach programs to assist veterans to transition from military to civilian life. It also calls for independent consultants to evaluate efforts by the Department
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Donald H. Harrison, USA
JERUSALEM (WJC) — The Knesset Christian Allies Caucus held its ninth annual Night to Honor Our Christian Allies in conjunction with the World Jewish Congress-Israel. Knesset members from across the political spectrum and government leaders joined both Jews and Christians at Jerusalem’s Waldorf Astoria hotel for a reception in honor of Christians who have been
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International, Middle EastPARIS (WJC) — A leading anti-racism group in France launched legal action on Monday, Feb, 2, after a job advertisement appeared online, which included the line “If possible, not Jewish” in a list of criteria for its desired candidate. SOS Racisme lodged a complaint after a job ad for a graphic designer at the Paris
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InternationalNEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Tuesday, Feb. 3, was deeply troubled by a thinly veiled anti-Semitic appeal made by the leadership of the Donetsk and Lugansk “People’s Republics,” who referred to the central government in Kyiv as “pathetic representatives of the great Jewish people.” During a press conference on February 2 captured
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