Associated Press (AP) CEO Gary Pruitt penned a complaint against Israel for destroying the office building in which the AP, and other foreign media outlets, were renting space. The building was owned and being used as an operations center by Palestinian Hamas. [Barry Shaw]
An Israeli Response to the Associated Press Read More »
Barry Shaw, Middle East
Lots of missiles coming from Gaza to Israel. Lots of damage in Gaza. And something close to civil war within Israel, with Arab mobs attacking Jews and their property in what had been peaceful settings with two communities; plus Jewish mobs doing the same to Arabs and their property.Overall, leaving aside the actions of the security forces in Gaza, it’s not too different from occasional bursts of racial violence in the US and some European cities. [Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D]
Wartime Chaos and Speculation Read More »
Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
Saturday, May 15th was Teacher’s Day in Mexico. Teachers were celebrated all over the country. As a retired teacher, I found it the perfect day to go to Tijuana on a delivery run to a migrant shelter built on a canyon in a poorer neighborhood. My friends, Alba Orr who is retired from Grossmont College and Juan Martin Sajche, a Spanish teacher at Morse High School, and I met at my home at 9 a.m.. We filled two cars up with large bags of stuffed animals, different snacks, mandarins, juice boxes, and school supplies. [Mimi Pollack]
Tikkun Olam: Adventures in Tijuana Read More »
International, Lifestyles, San Diego County
“From Africa to Zion” is a remarkable memoir that takes us from the author’s childhood in a rural Ethiopian village without electricity or running water through his perilous journey to a crowded, multi-ethnic refugee camp in the Sudan, where disease and crime were rampant, and onto his arrival to the modern world of Israel, in which his family were initially mystified by such conveniences as toilets and refrigerators. [Donald H. Harrison]
A Jewish Odyssey from Ethiopia to Israel and Back Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East
Some small-minded sages are chortling in America that people with electric cars don’t have to worry about the Colonial Pipeline, shut down by a cyber attack, because they can get their “gas” from the electric company. They go on to argue for more electric cars. Of course if it was the power company that was knocked out, the electric cars would not run. And power companies have been knocked out. The Russians killed one in Ukraine, putting it offline for some time. [Stephen D. Bryen]
Making Our Nation Safe From Computer Hackers Read More »
Business & Finance, International, Stephen D. Bryen, USA
NETANYA, Israel — In the May 16, 2021 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:
–US doctors use an Israeli device to remove blood clots from stroke patients.
–Israel has sent tons of coronavirus aid to India.
–4 top multinationals are expanding Israeli hi-tech operations.
–Israeli innovators are turning CO2 emissions into an energy source.
–Israel’s economy continues to improve.
–An Israeli has won France’s top literary prize.
–The festival of Shavuot is uniting Israelis, just as it did 3,333 years ago
[Michael Ordman]
Good News from Israel (May 16, 2021) Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Business & Finance, Jewish Religion, Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, USA
Here is my latest update about Operation Guardian of the Wall. Luckily, our city, Kfar Saba, has been spared any damage. But because (3,000) rockets are still being launched into Israel from Gaza, Israelis of all types have had to contend with ethnoreligious rioting in mixed Arab-Jewish towns, even to an actual pogrom in Lod, a city near Ben Gurion Airport, where synagogues, houses, stores, and cars were torched and residents attacked. [Steve Kramer]
Ethnoreligious War in Gaza and Israel Read More »
Middle East, Steve Kramer
A friend asked what is my reaction to the current war between Israeli Jews and Palestinian and Israeli Arabs.
It’s painful to watch. I imagine every other Jew and every Arab feels exactly the same way. [Donald H. Harrison]
The Israeli-Palestinian War: A Personal Reflection Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Middle East
A century has passed and nothing has changed. It is a depressing thought that nothing seems to have changed in the last hundred years in regard to Arab/Jewish relations in Israel/Palestine. [Lloyd Levy]
Arab-Jewish Strife Repeats That of a Century Ago Read More »
Jewish History, Lloyd Levy, Middle East
Shalom friends. “Shalom” means peace, and we still can reasonably wish for it. Flaws can be analyzed and discussed, which is busily done by many peace-wishers. For your benefit, I’ll join them. [Ithamar Perath]
OpEd: Israel Beset by ‘The Four Horsemen’ Read More »
Middle East
The Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego has issued an advisory on ways San Diegans may help Israel in the midst of the latest flareup of violence. The Foundation’s recommendations follow: [Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego]
How to Donate to Israel in This Crisis Read More »
Middle East, San Diego County
This week we begin the fourth of the five books of the Torah, the book of BaMidbar. BaMidbar means ‘In the Desert.’ It is also called Sefer HaPikudim, which translates as the Book of Numbers. The portion has the same name as the book itself. It is telling that this portion is read before the holiday of Shavuot, which comes out this year Sunday night through Tuesday night. [Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort]
A Word of Torah: Standing Together Read More »
Jewish Religion, Middle East, Yeruchem Eilfort-Rabbi
At a ceremony hosted by the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center (BYHMC), Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmygal, the Head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine Andrii Yermak and Ukraine’s Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko honored Ukrainians who saved Jews during the Holocaust and announced that those still alive will receive a lifelong monthly state stipend, in recognition of their heroism. [News Release from Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center]
Ukraine Announces Stipends for Life for Holocaust Rescuers Read More »
International, Jewish History
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict will never be settled through violence. Both sides must wake up and decide whether to chart a new path leading to a mutually gratifying peace or continue a self-consuming conflict that leaves nothing but equally shattered people living in constant horror and fear. [Alon Ben-Meir, Ph.D]
Compromise Required to Settle Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Read More »
Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East, USA