LOS ANGELES (WJC) — The Simon Wiesenthal Center has said it had identified dozens of former members of Nazi mobile death squads who might still be alive. The Los Angeles-based organization gave the German government a list of 80 names for investigation. The Wiesenthal Center’s top Nazi hunter, Efraim Zuroff, told the ‘Associated Press’ on […]
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International, Jewish HistoryANTWERP, Belgium (WJC) — A prosecutor in the city of Antwerp demanded a 15-year prison term for Fouad Belkacem, the leader of the Islamist group Sharia4Belgium which is suspected of brainwashing youngsters and shipping them off to fight in Syria. A further 46 members of the group were charged with membership in a terror organization in
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International, Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel –In August we attended a lecture in Ra’anana by Richard Kemp, sponsored by the excellent Standwithus organization, which is dedicated to informing the public about Israel and to combating the extremism and anti-Semitism that often distorts the issues. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Col. Kemp, he is a
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Middle East, Steve KramerBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The windows of the upper floor of my house look out towards the hill in the Judaean Mountains known as the Castel, which is today the site of a national park. It is green in winter and grey-brown in summer. I love to paint the view, which is
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastJordan: IDF helped us destroy Israeli spy devices from 1969 (JNS.org) Jordan’s military chief revealed Tuesday that what was previously identified as an archaeological dig near Aljoun University in northern Jordan was in fact a joint Jordanian military and Israel Defense Forces intelligence operation to remove Israeli listening devices placed there in 1969. In a
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International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The most pressing issue that raises the will he or won’t he question concerns President Obama and American troops. It’s shaping up not as will he or won’t he, but how will he do it? His promise to avoid the use of American troops is clear, and repeated too many times to be discarded
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Because heart cells cannot multiply and cardiac muscles contain few stem cells, heart tissue is unable to repair itself after a heart attack. Now Tel Aviv University researchers are literally setting a new gold standard in cardiac tissue engineering. Dr. Tal Dvir and his graduate student Michal Shevach of TAU’s Department
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
NEW YORK (Press Release) — American Jewish World Service has announced that Alon Shalev will serve as the Executive Director of the San Francisco Bay Area, Northern California, the Pacific Northwest and Colorado. American Jewish World Service is a Jewish organization that promotes human rights and works to end poverty in the developing world. As executive director,
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UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (WJC) — In his speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations on Monday, Sept. 29, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the threat posed by Hamas and ISIS reached far beyond Israel as Islamic militants across the globe shared the same goal of world domination. “Last week, many countries here rightly
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International, Middle EastWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)- Following the speeches delivered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, Sept. 29, and by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday, before the United Nations General Assembly in New York, APN released this statement: Speaking before the UN General Assembly, flinging accusations and mutual recriminations, Prime Minister Netanyahu and President
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Middle East, USATEL AVIV (Press Release) — The idea of mapping the brain is not new. Researchers have known for years that the key to treating, curing, and even preventing brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, and traumatic brain injury, is to understand how the brain records, processes, stores, and retrieves information. New Tel Aviv University research
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM–Not all Palestinians agree with Amira Hass’s understanding response to the Palestinian university that ejected her out of a conference because of her Jewish heritage. In an article published Sunday, the pro-Palestinian journalist for Haaretz, revealed that last week she was asked to leave a conference organized by the German Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thirteen years ago this October, we started bombing Muslims in the Middle East. We’re still bombing them. Does any sane person think that 13 years from now, we’re not going to still be bombing them?” Democratic operative James Carville answered his own question. “Of course we will. And… maybe
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — What do the 1861 attack on Fort Sumter, Germany’s 1941 attack on Russia, Pearl Harbor, and 9-11 have in common? They represent an adversary’s error that brought upon it a greater power, and–in the case of the first three–eventual destruction. We’re still seeing the playing out of 9-11, principally now
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