By Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK — AJC (American Jewish Committee) has welcomed the announcement that Israel will establish a diplomatic office in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates. An Israeli diplomat will be accredited to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), a new UN agency based in Abu Dhabi. Israel is one of […]
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By Ken Stone SAN DIEGO (SDONA)– A week ago at the San Diego Civic Theatre, Adam Sandler unveiled his fourth version of the “Hanukkah Song” in all its Jewish-name-dropping glory. The downtown show Nov. 18 also featured David Spade, Nick Swardson and Rob Schneider. The video was posted Wednesday to his “Happy Madison” YouTube channel, where
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Ken Stone, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — These are the days of division and fear. Let there be the relief of Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is a day when heaven yields some relief from our earthly concerns, when Americans of all faiths sit at one spiritual table with many of the same trimmings and family customs. Thanksgiving
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USABy Jeremy Ben-Ami NEW YORK — Is it safe to wait at a light rail station in Jerusalem? What about grabbing a cup of coffee at an outdoor café in Europe? Getting on a plane? Terror is real; its goal straightforward–to instill fear. And right now, fear and insecurity are real in the United States,
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International, Middle East, USABy Joe Gandelman SAN DIEGO — If there is ever a movie that cries out for being seen NOW it’s filmmaker Robert Rippberger’s 7 Days in Syria. When it was completed some months ago it was a solid documentary about the Syrian Civil War that took you so inside the devastation that you could almost
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Jewish History, Joe Gandelman, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The masses respond to heroes. No surprise that politicians participate in the celebration. Either it’s because they, too, believe, or they see the gain or loss of votes if they go along with, ignore, or express doubts to the crowd. It goes back to the gods of the Greeks and other pagans,
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By Dane Chapin SAN DIEGO — Following is a speech we wish President Obama had given on Nov. 14, the day after the Paris massacre: Last night, 129 people were savagely and summarily executed on the streets of Paris. Hundreds more were injured, many will be maimed for life. Before I discuss how the United States of
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International, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — Fifty-two years ago, Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy, 46, was slain while riding in a motorcade in Dealey Plaza, Dallas. Unlike today’s ongoing televised carnage, this was a singular, searing, shockingly unexpected event. Bad enough on its own, it lay the bloody groundwork for the terrifying world
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USABy Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) denounced the American Anthropological Association (AAA) for supporting a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. The boycott resolution was adopted by a vote of 1,040 to 136 at the group’s annual meeting in Denver. “The AAA’s mission is ‘advancing knowledge and solving human problems,’”
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By Jacob Gardenswartz PHILADELPHIA –For most of my life, I found the idea of “inspiration” to be nice but quixotic; it was something that happened to other people, artist or musicians maybe, but not to me. To students my age who spoke about how they were inspired to do X or Y, I gave a
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USANew resources for teaching about the Holocaust unveiled NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2015 — The Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education (CIJE) and USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education on Nov. 16 launched the IWitness-CIJE Jewish Day School initiative. Held at Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway, New York, the
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON — Of the many intellectual perversions currently taking root on college campuses, perhaps none is more contradictory to what should be one of higher education’s core values than the suppression of free speech. With alarming regularity, speakers are shouted down, booed, jeered, and barraged with vitriol, all at the
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Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAJonathan Pollard released after 30 years in prison (JNS.org) After spending 30 years in a U.S. federal prison, American-Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard was freed on parole Friday, one day ahead of schedule to allow him to observe Shabbat. “The people of Israel welcome the release of Jonathan Pollard,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Just as a plane had left the gate at the Baltimore Airport for a flight to Chicago, one passenger saw a “Middle Eastern looking” woman looking at a video that appeared to be associated with the Islamic State. The alert passenger told an attendant, the plane returned to the gate,
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