By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Why do the media always fall into the Hamas trap? Did you notice, during the recent mass riots on Israel’s border with Gaza how the Western media played their knee-jerk role of turning the violence into an emotional defense of Palestinians and an attack on Israel? Why do the […]
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Barry Shaw, International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Rethinking is integral to judgment. When we stop rethinking, it’s time to shut down our Internet connection and everything else. A reasonable assessment of Donald Trump has not gone from terrible to wonderful. Or even from bad to good. He remains a mystery, created by his own incapacity to speak
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA
BALTIMORE, Maryland (Press Release) — On June 24, the Jewish Museum of Maryland (JMM), in Baltimore, will open Inescapable: The Life and Legacy of Harry Houdini, an original exhibit exploring the life and legacy of the world’s most famous magician. Featuring dozens of artifacts, photos and archival records, many on loan from public and private collections,
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Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — StandWith Us has announced its support for Senate confirmation of Kenneth Marcus, an outstanding defender of civil rights for Jews and many other communities, who was recently nominated for assistant secretary for civil rights in the U.S. Department of Education. “Now he is under attack by anti-Israel extremists seeking to
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Middle East, USAAdditional commentary may be found below from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. NEW YORK (Press Release) – More than 1,100 religious leaders across the United States have joined with the American Jewish Committee (AJC) in calling for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to appoint a new State Department Special Envoy to
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International, USAAdditional commentary may be found below from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organzations and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have every right, indeed a sacred duty, to defend the borders of their country. The question many of us are asking today is
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Middle East
WASHINGTON D.C. (Press Release)– At the Israel Embassy event Monday night in Washington D.C. marking Israel’s 70th Independence Day, American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (AABGU) donors, Howard and Lottie Marcus, were posthumously honored among the top 10 of 70 Americans who have made a uniquely valuable contribution to Israel and its alliance
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy David A. Harris NEW YORK — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel at this difficult time on the Gaza border. There should be total clarity. The latest round of violence was triggered by Hamas, a terrorist organization as designated by both the United States and European Union, whose charter and rhetoric are
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NEW YORK (Press Release) –On Thursday night, May 3rd, L’ag Ba’Omer on the Jewish Calendar, more than 700 young leaders of the Jewish community gathered together at Sony Hall in the Paramount Hotel in New York City for a gala event in support of Israel’s national volunteer emergency medical services (EMS) organization, United Hatzalah.
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Middle East, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — At seventy, Israel has every reason to celebrate its remarkable achievements that every Israeli can take pride in. Israel’s accomplishments in various walks of life have made the country a global power; it did so with one hand tied behind its back as the country fought wars, battled violent
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle EastSANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – Students at Columbia University, New York University, Syracuse University and University of California Irvine are deploying a repeated and deliberate strategy to create a hostile climate for Jewish and Zionist students and, in turn, suppress any and all pro-Israel expression on campus. Today, more than 60 education and civil rights organizations
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Erich Fromm wondered: How can we account for humankind’s capacity for cruelty and violence? Fromm, like the ethologist Konrad Lorenz, believed that violence is something we share with the animal world—especially when it comes to directing our anger against members of our own species. On the
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The U.S. State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert issued the following statement on Monday, May 14. The United States is deeply concerned by the harassment and detention of Baha’is by the Houthis in Sana’a, Yemen. The Houthis have targeted the Baha’i community in inflammatory speech along with a wave of detentions,
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Middle East, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) — Friends of Yemin Orde announced that $1.15 million has been raised for Yemin Orde Youth Village and Village Way Educational Initiatives at the May 8 Tikkun Ha’Lev Award international gala, co-chaired by Kimberly Taylor Hirschfeld and Jeffrey Hirschfeld o, at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City. Approximately 420 guests
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education