International

Israel Has Reached a Sorry State of Affairs — But Do Not Despair

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Since my childhood in London, I have enjoyed being able to read a newspaper that is delivered to my house every morning. In England this was pushed through our letterbox and appeared on our carpeted hallway floor. In Israel it is thrown onto our driveway from the car […]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, Opinion

Israeli Researcher, Colleagues Discovers New Snake Family

(JNS) Using high-resolution magnetic imaging focused on snake skulls and DNA testing, Belgian, Finnish, Hong Kong, Israeli, Madagascan and U.S. researchers have identified a new family of snakes. There are just three species of micrelapidae—one in Israel and nearby areas and two in Kenya and Tanzania, per a Tel Aviv University release. Shai Meiri, a

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Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education

Israel is Our Business

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Israel’s Six-Day War disrupted Benjamin Netanyahu’s graduation plans at Cheltenham High School, located less than a mile from the Philadelphia neighborhood where I grew up. I recall reading that he skipped his graduation in June 1967 so he could fly to Israel and risk his life in defense of

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USA

B’Shalom: Marianne Williamson, Elissa Slotkin and Sara Jacobs

Two Jewish women are making big political waves.  Marianne Williamson has announced she will oppose incumbent President Joe Biden in the 2024 Democratic presidential primaries.  U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Michigan) has formally declared her candidacy to succeed Michigan’s retiring Democratic senator Debbie Stabanow in an effort by Democrats to remain in control of the U.S. Senate. [Donald H. Harrison]

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California, Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Opinion, USA

Speaking in San Diego, Former US Envoy Remains an ‘Optimist’ on Grim Subject of Antisemitism

By Jacob Kamaras SAN DIEGO — Rising antisemitism is a natural concern in the Jewish community for a variety of reasons, many of which Elan S. Carr outlined on Monday at Jewish National Fund-USA’s Legacy Luncheon. Yet Carr, who has worked on countering Jew-hatred worldwide from the upper echelon of government, somehow remains an optimist

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California, International, Israel, Jacob Kamaras, San Diego County, USA

Israeli Minister Demands Action From Berlin on Iran Nuclear Program

Published by DPA Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen called on Germany to take decisive action to prevent Iran from further developing its nuclear programme, during a visit to Berlin on Tuesday. “This is the moment to take steps. This is the moment to act with the aim of preventing Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon,”

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International

ADL Condemns Neo-Nazi Protests of Broadway Play About Antisemitic Lynching

(JNS) With a book by Alfred Uhry, and lyrics and music by Jason Robert Brown, the 1998 musical “Parade” tells the tragic story of Jewish factory manager Leo Frank, who was tried, convicted and sentenced to death for the rumored rape and the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan in Atlanta in 1913. Two years later,

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Holocaust, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA