International

2021 Sees 30% Global Surge in Aliyah, Record-Breaking Immigration from US

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Aliyah (immigration to Israel) surged in 2021, with the 27,050 new arrivals from across the globe representing a 30% increase over the previous year’s 21,820 olim (immigrants), according to statistics released today by the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, The Jewish Agency for Israel and Nefesh B’Nefesh. This past year also […]

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International, Middle East, USA

EU Lawmakers Blast Facebook for ‘Lack of Improvement’ in Removing Antisemitic Content

(JNS) Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are calling on Facebook to take “immediate measures” to better combat the proliferation of antisemitic content on its platform. In a letter sent on Dec. 16 to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and co-founder of Facebook — which was recently rebranded as Meta — and Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg, eight

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International, USA

Russia’s Chess Game Against Ukraine Places Israel in Awkward Position

By Israel Kasnett (JNS) Russia has built up roughly 100,000 troops near its border with Ukraine, sparking international concerns of an imminent invasion. U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video call last week during which Biden warned of severe consequences including “strong economic measures.” The National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry

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International, Middle East

Jake Sullivan Heads to Israel to Discuss Iran’s Nuclear Program

By Mike Wagenheim (JNS) As U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan prepares for his trip this week to Israel and the Palestinian Authority, a senior Biden administration official said on Monday that talks in Jerusalem will center around developing a plan on Iran for the near-term. “We will talk about where we see the state

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Middle East, USA

Extremists Embark on Nationwide Weekend of Hate, Including in California

NEW YORK (Press Release) — In a nationwide display of bigotry and hate during the weekend of December 18-19, individuals associated with the antisemitic Goyim Defense League (GDL) distributed propaganda in multiple states, while people supporting the “White Lives Matter” movement distributed propaganda and held roadside flash demonstrations in several states. Some people participated in both efforts. The

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USA

Elephant in the Room: Early Humans Hunted Largest Animals Available, Israeli Research Says

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — A groundbreaking study by researchers from Tel Aviv University tracks the development of early humans’ hunting practices over the last 1.5 million years – as reflected in the animals they hunted and consumed. The researchers claim that at any given time early humans preferred to hunt the largest animals available

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Israeli College President Lauds Southern California’s Support for ‘Start-Up Nation’

JERUSALEM — For Prof. Chaim Sukenik, president of the Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT), a recent visit to Southern California marked a homecoming of sorts. Sukenik’s personal history in the region dates back to his time as a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena from 1972-1976 and a postdoctoral fellow at

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Middle East, USA

Rep. Jacobs, 47 Others, Call for Lifting Sanctions on Afghanistan

Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (D-CA-53) led a letter to the White House on Monday calling on the Biden administration to urgently update U.S. policies to address the humanitarian and economic collapse in Afghanistan. The letter was led by Jacobs and Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) and CPC Vice Chair Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (D-IL-04) and was signed by four dozen members. [Rep. Sara Jacobs]

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International, San Diego County, USA

Beatles Fan Turns His Hobby into a Museum

When he’s not Robert J. Entel, MD, MPH, FACR, practicing radiology at Mease hospitals in Dunedin and Countryside and Morton Plant hospitals in Clearwater and New Port Richey, he can often be found in Penny Lane at 730 Broadway in Dunedin, surrounded by an astonishing collection of Beatles memorabilia. [Bruce Lowitt]

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Bruce F. Lowitt, International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

Artist Frieda Salvendy Commemorated in British Town of Her Retirement

Frieda Salvendy moved to Malvern sometime after the end of the Second World War, and died here, in obscurity, in 1965.  A short notice of her death was placed in the local paper and probate details gave her address in Alexandra Road.  Beyond that, it would appear that very few, if any, knew of her existence, or that she had been an eminent European artist. [JASHP}

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International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Constant, Endemic Violence Between Israeli Jews, Palestinian Arabs

Israel’s situation remains dicey.  We haven’t had a strong attack on us for some years, although Iran is a serious threat.  But there have been enough reminders that we’re not really welcome in this region. Individual attacks and some killings of Israelis in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. [Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D]

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Satire: ‘The Trump is Still Conspiring’

Come Sinema and Manchin
Please heed the call
Don’t block Build Back Better                                                                                                                 
And cause Biden’s downfall.   
Dems will lose midterms  
If it gets stalled…. {Laurie Baron, Ph.D]                            

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Tel Aviv Study Indicates Medical Cannabis Oil May Ease Autism Symptoms

Researchers at Tel Aviv University, led by PhD student Shani Poleg and Prof. Daniel Offen of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Felsenstein Medical Research Center and Sagol School of Neuroscience, have successfully treated autism in animal models with medical cannabis oil. The researchers found that this treatment improves both behavioral and biochemical parameters of autism. The results of the surprising study were published in Translational Psychology published by Nature. [Tel Aviv University]

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education