By Rabbi Tzvi Graetz JERUSALEM–As the news from Kiev, Ukraine worsens and grows more violent, we have spoken with our Masorti/Conservative Rabbi Reuven Stamov and his wife Lena who are in Israel for a short visit. Their two young daughters are still in Ukraine but are staying with their grandmother outside of the city. As […]
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InternationalBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– Sari Nusseibeh, the Palestinian public intellectual, activist and president of Al Quds University, paraphrases in his memoir, Once Upon a Country (p. 446), what he wrote in 2001: The average Israeli sought security and a Jewish state, and the average Palestinian sought freedom from occupation. There was an astoundingly simple
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Jews are nervous. That is a chronic condition, now heightened by talk of boycott, helped along by the likes of John Kerry and Thomas Friedman. Shimon Peres is joining those who say the conditions.are ripe for Israel to.make peace with the Palestinians, and it better succeed or else. On the ground however,where
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NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Friday, Feb. 21, expressed concern that hundreds of copies of literature written by and about Anne Frank, the most internationally known Holocaust victim, were vandalized in public libraries across Tokyo. More than 200 copies of The Diary of Anne Frank and other books related to her life
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JERUSALEM (WJC) – A delegation of 43 Argentinean Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders and politicians has arrived in the Middle East for a goodwill tour to the region to promote peace and mutual understanding. The group met on Thursday, Feb. 20, with Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah in Ramallah, who expressed his belief that peace
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Middle EastObama urges Erdogan to renew diplomatic ties with Israel (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) U.S. President Barack Obama spoke on the phone with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday and discussed with him the “importance of quickly concluding the normalization agreement with Israel.” According to a statement issued by the White House, the two
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PHILADELPHIA –For most Jews in the United States, hunting laws are not a concern. Following World War II, most Jews settled in urban or suburban areas, far from roaming turkeys, elk, bears, and deer outside of the occasional casualty in the highway emergency lane. Therefore, few even realize that the same seemingly archaic statutes that
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USA
NEW YORK (Press Release)–The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has called on member states of the Organization of American States to bring maximum pressure on the Venezuelan government to end its crackdown and respond positively to the demands of its own citizens. “Venezuela’s denial of the right of assembly, of freedom of speech and dissent, are
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InternationalNEW YORK (Press Release)–Adherents of the “sovereign citizen” movement are forming their own vigilante “grand juries” in counties across the United States in an attempt to exact pressure on local government officials to accede to their anti-government demands and whims. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which monitors domestic anti-government groups and reports on their activities, has
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BRUSSELS (Press Release) – AJC’s Transatlantic Institute (TAI) celebrated its tenth anniversary with a gala dinner in Brussels. The evening was a celebration of the vital importance of the relationship between Europe and the U.S. “We are here tonight to celebrate our shared values,” AJC (American Jewish Committee) TAI Director Daniel Schwammenthal told the audience
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International
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – “It is the moral duty of the Jewish people to oppose the crimes against humanity occurring in China” said Deputy Speaker of the Knesset and Chair of the Liberal Lobby, MK Moshe Feiglin (Likud). MK Feiglin made this statement during a special session of the Liberal Lobby in the Israeli
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InternationalPresident Hassan Rouhani says Iran hopes for ‘liberation’ of Jerusalem (JNS.org) While the latest nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 powers took place in Vienna, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said during a Wednesday meeting in Tehran with Palestinian Parliament Speaker Salim Zanoun that one of Iran’s wishes as a nation is “liberation of the
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International
BUDAPEST (WJC)–The Hungarian government has announced that the installation of a controversial monument which critics say glosses over the country’s active role in the Holocaust will be postponed until after the general election. The monument, to be unveiled as Hungary marks the 70th anniversary of the start of mass deportations of Jews when the Nazis
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LONDON (WJC) –The Board of Deputies of British Jews has launched the first-ever ‘European Jewish Manifesto’ which lists “key Jewish aspirations” ahead of the elections to the European Parliament in May. The document aims to inform existing and prospective members of the European Parliament about Jewish interests and concerns. “We hope it will help to
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