TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Prof. Irad Malkin, an expert in Classics at Tel Aviv University’s Department of History, has been awarded the 2014 Israel Prize in the field of General History. The prize will be awarded in Jerusalem on the eve of Israel’s Independence Day in May 2014. In awarding the prize, the Israel […]
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Middle EastHadassah medical staff to operate on emergency levels only amid strike (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Medical staffers at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem are intensifying their strike and announced that they will operate at emergency levels only, with even less staff coming to work than the current weekend capacity. “We are leaving only life-saving staff in
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By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week A letter to President Barack Obama drafted by U.S. Reps. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and David Price (D-NC) has been recently circulating on Capitol Hill. A final call to sign the message, titled “Give Diplomacy a Chance Letter to POTUS,” made the rounds of congressional offices Monday after being sent by
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InternationalChinese conglomerate in negotiations to buy Israeli dairy co-op Tnuva (JNS.org) Negotiations for control of Israeli dairy cooperative Tnuva are moving forward, as the company’s controlling shareholders—British investment firm Apax and Mivtach Shamir Food Industries Ltd.—consider selling Apax’s share in the company to China’s Bright Food Group. According to sources close to the negotiations, if
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NEW YORK (Press Release)– AJC hailed Israel’s admission to the JUSCANZ regional group at UN headquarters in New York. “JUSCANZ membership is another important step in rectifying the systemic discrimination against Israel at the UN,” said AJC Executive Director David Harris. “We applaud U.S. Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power for her determined efforts to mobilize support among JUSCANZ members to correct this long-standing diplomatic anomaly. Both Ambassador
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InternationalNEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Tuesday, Feb. 11, voiced “outrage and anger” over the publication of Zionism Unsettled by the Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA). The document, intended as a “study guide” for congregations, may be the most anti-Semitic document to come out of a mainline American church in
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InternationalBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – Israel has been accepted as an observer state of the Pacific Alliance, a Latin American trade bloc. Israel’s accession was made possible as a result of efforts led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the leaders of its member states. It is the continuation of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s policy of developing new
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSLAEM–Welcome to the Middle East. Ah! So you’ve heard about Islam. It is not only a religion that deserves protection in a multi-cultural world, but supports clusters of inspired fighters who feel they are serving some higher end by killing their rivals. It may help to think of Islam being now at
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LOS ANGELES (Press Release)—In response to the escalating number of seniors struggling to put food on the table, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger (MAZON) has launched a new initiative, in partnership with the Association of Jewish Family & Children’s Agencies (AJFCA), designed to help low-income, food-insecure seniors get the nutrition assistance they need. More
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NEW YORK (Press Release)– U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power told the AJC (American Jewish Committee) Board of Governors on Monday, Feb. 10, that the United States “strongly supports Israel’s candidacy” for a seat on the UN Security Council. “We have pushed relentlessly for the full inclusion of Israel across the UN system,” Power
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InternationalNEW YORK (Press Release) — Abraham H. Foxman on Monday, Feb. 10, announced he will step down from his position as National Director of the Anti-Defamation League on July 20, 2015, bringing to a close a 50-year career in Jewish communal service. “For almost five decades, ADL offered me the perfect vehicle to live a
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By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — In this world of hyper-narcissism, digital obsession, and, yes, endemic contempt for the miraculous redemption that Israel happens to be, the premature death of Anne Heyman has gone largely unnoticed. It’s not like unlike the manner in which Israel’s undeniable flaws have been co-opted to service its global
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InternationalBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It has been said that Jordan is the only Arab country in which Palestinians have “full citizenship.” That is less than a complete truth. As Secretary of State John Kerry pursues his plan for a “two state solution,” the insecurity of Palestinian legal status in Jordan is emerging. Israel’s
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ATHENS (WJC) –The leftist Greek party Syriza dropped a controversial candidate for the post of regional governor of Western Macedonia after he had made headlines with anti-Semitic statements. Syriza announced that journalist Theodoros Karypidis would not be running on the party’s ticket. In a brief statement, the party’s secretariat revealed that Karypidis would no longer
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