Netanyahu: Israel ‘must speak our mind about the dangers to our people’ (JNS.org) Against the backdrop of the Obama administration’s opposition to his upcoming address before Congress on the Iranian nuclear program and radical Islam, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on International Holocaust Remembrance Day that Israel “must speak out” against the threats it […]
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Editor’s Note: Following is the first of two articles by San Diego State University students on a recent trip to Israel sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) By Tony Berteaux SAN DIEGO — It was our first day in Israel and I was already in awe. Our ADL group had arrived from JFK a few
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israeli politics differs from the Roman in avoiding spectacles of death by gladiator or wild beasts, but it resembles the Roman, and what occurs elsewhere, in its ingredients of entertainment. This week’s highlight was the announcement by Naftali Bennett that Jewish Home was giving a high place on its list
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By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) criticized the Obama’s administration’s negotiation strategies toward Iran and Cuba; said conditions do not exist for the two-state solution sought by the administration for Israel and the Palestinian Authority, and called for giving returning military veterans college credits for what they learned
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Compiled by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Bernie Rhinerson, a member of the San Diego Community College Board, attended a legislative conference in Sacramento last weekend in his capacity as chair of the Community Colleges League of California’s advisory committee on legislation. He moderated a Town Hall meeting with Senator Marty Block (D-San Diego)
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Ronen Bergman JERUSALEM (Israel Behind the News) — Earlier this week, the body of Dr. Alberto Nisman was found in his apartment in Buenos Aires with a bullet in the head. He was the prosecutor who had been investigating the bombing of the offices of the Argentinean Jewish community building, AMIA, in 1994, and
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International, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Separate resolutions commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz have been introduced in the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives. Statements have been made as well by President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry. U.S. Senators Ben Cardin, Barbara A. Mikulski (both D-Maryland.) and Mark
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International, Jewish History, USABy Yotam Rozenwald JERUSALEM (Press Release) — The two rockets fired from Syria that exploded in Israel’s Golan Heights at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, signifies a new peak in tensions being felt along Israel’s northern borders. Tensions began to flare on January 18, after the bombing of a Hezbollah convoy on Syrian territory. Twelve people were killed
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Middle EastLeaders gather to commemorate Auschwitz 70th anniversary of liberation (JNS.org) More than 300 Holocaust survivors along with world leaders are gathering at the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp on Tuesday to commemorate the 1.1 million killed there, as well as the millions of other victims killed during the period, as part of International Holocaust
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International, Middle East, USAEditor’s Note: Deputy Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, a member of the Jewish community, outlined the Obama administration’s positions on Iran sanctions at a meeting of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. Following is a transcript provided by the U.S. State Department WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Good morning, Chairman Shelby,
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Middle East, USAPARIS (Press Release) — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has welcomed French President François Hollande’s renewed call for a government action plan to combat anti-Semitism in France. Speaking at Paris¹s Holocaust Memorial, Hollande said the rise of anti-Semitic acts in France was “an unbearable reality,” and that new laws would be implemented soon, including measures
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International, Jewish ReligionTEL AVIV (Press Release)— Antibiotic-resistant infections are on the rise, foiling efforts to reduce death rates in developing countries where uncontrolled use of antibiotics and poor sanitation run amok. The epidemic of “superbugs,” bacteria resistant to antibiotics, knows no borders — presenting a clear and present danger around the globe. A groundbreaking discovery from Tel
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Yotam Rozenwald JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–Although it has been 70 years since the end of World War II, many Holocaust survivors are still searching for lost family members. Approximately 1,000 annual requests, from all over the world, are sent to Magen David Adom’s Restoring Family Links Department. One heartwarming story occurred just last month. Eran Witt,
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HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — There’s plenty of cold weather still to come, but the University of Haifa is preparing for the sun, with a new study that examines whether solar electricity panels and green roofs can work well in tandem. The Kadas Green Roofs Ecology Research Center, headed by Prof. Leon Blaustein, researches the
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