Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part series of articles by San Diego State University students who traveled to Israel with the Anti-Defamation League. By Chad Karczewski SAN DIEGO — Over winter break, I spent eight days in Israel on the ADL Campus Leaders Mission. The group I traveled with consisted of 18 […]
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Middle EastIsraeli Knesset members move to bar Arab MK Zoabi from elections (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Member of Knesset Danny Danon (Likud) and the Yisrael Beiteinu party have joined forces in filing a petition with the Israeli Central Election Committee to bar controversial Arab MK Hanin Zoabi (Balad) from participating in the March 17 elections. Zoabi,
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky SAN DIEGO — We can’t avoid it. There are a billion or so Muslims, and the rest of us are more or less dependent on what they do. Oil and gas is one dependence, which we should not minimize despite the current dip in price. Physical presence is another dependence, even in
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NEW YORK (Press Release)–Marking the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, the New-York Historical Society will present the exhibition Lincoln and the Jews, on view March 20 through June 7, 2015. Through several never-before-exhibited original writings by Lincoln and his Jewish contemporaries, the exhibition will bring to light
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Jewish History, USACompiled by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – A U.S. Senate committee approved the imposition of sanctions on Iran if current negotiations fail, and, in another action, 75 U.S. senators signed a letter urging Secretary of State John Kerry to oppose efforts by the Palestinian Authority to utilize international organizations to isolate Israel in lieu
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USABy Lloyd Levy LONDON–This week has witnessed the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp. There has been wall to wall coverage on British Television of the event, with a memorial service attended by Prince Charles, and film footage from the liberation itself. Clearly “the powers that be” have suddenly realised the
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International, Lloyd LevyBy Roberta P. Seid/JNS.org While the global anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign has officially hit America’s scholarly associations over the last two years, even considering academic boycotts is a dramatic rupture with the past. In 2005, the prestigious American Association of University Professors (AAUP) wrote that it “condemned any such boycotts as prima facie
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAIsrael mourns soldiers killed in Hezbollah attack (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel on Thursday mourned Staff Sgt. Dor Chaim Nini, 20, and Maj. Yochai Kalangel, 25, the two soldiers killed in Wednesday’s Hezbollah attack on northern Israel. Kalangel, a company commander in the Givati Brigade, traveled north from his home near Jerusalem on Tuesday evening,
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International, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The pundits tell us that neither Israel nor Hezbollah, each for reasons of its own, want to embark on a third Lebanon war. The missiles that killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded seven – the action also took the life of a Spanish United Nations peacekeeper – were in
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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (Press Release)–The National Museum of American Jewish History is pleased to announce that it will be offering free admission to all visitors throughout the month of February. Due to the support of an anonymous donor, the Museum is able to offer this benefit in celebration of a seven-year loan extension for the iconic
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Jewish History, Travel and Food, USABy J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — Prime Minister Binyamin “Bibi” Netanyahu knows that he can’t win the election on March 17th. The arithmetic is against him from the left and the right. The new Arab party, which unites Islamists, Nationalists, Communists and just plain Arab citizens who will vote for the first time, will deliver
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Middle EastBy Yotam Rozenwald JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — Two IDF soldiers were killed and seven were injured Wednesday, Jan. 28, in a terror missile attack that occurred around noon, near Mt. Dov close the Israel’s’ northern border. The fatalities were Major Yohai Kalangel, 25 years old, from Gush-Etzion and Staff Sergeant Dor Nini, 20 years old from Shtulim.
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – With the support of U.S. Rep. Susan Davis (D-San Diego), the House has approved ten bills to help combat human trafficking. The bills enhance law enforcement efforts, increase training to better identify signs of human trafficking, and look at way to improve current practices. “Sadly, incidents of human trafficking are
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USAJERUSALEM (Press Release)–Following is the text of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Tuesday, Jan. 27, at Yad Vashem. “My responsibility as Prime Minister of Israel is to ensure that the State of Israel will never again be threatened with destruction. My responsibility is to see to it
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