By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — The Washington Post and other sources have reported on a regrettable tweet dispatched—and then withdrawn—by Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes, who is married to Israel’s deputy prime minster, Silvan Shalom. She is also is a prominent media personality in her own right. The despicable tweet was as follows: “Do u […]
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–A few columns ago I sought to tease some lessons about politics from the similarities between Benyamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama (“Political twins,” July 10). Here I’ll try my luck with a comparison between Barack Obama and Woodrow Wilson. The focus is Wilson’s participation in the Paris Peace Conference and efforts to create
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Sam Litvin SAN DIEGO — A post on Facebook surfaced on Monday July 13th. “I knew Abraham when I was a small grade. I knew him because he was a bookworm….” The post was by a recent immigrant to United States from a small Jewish majority town in the outskirts of Addis Ababa. The
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International, Middle East, Sam Litvin, USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Does Iran need nuclear bombs? Fuggedaboudit! Though acknowledged as the largest instigator and banker of global terrorism, the Islamic Republic of Iran is being welcomed back into the community of nations on an equal footing, allowed to continue enriching uranium, to improve its nuclear technology, to have nuclear weapons
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USA
SAN DIEGO — There are two stories in the July 25 edition of the San Diego Union-Tribune which we would like to call to our readers’ attention. First, with a rally planned by many pro-Israel organizations for Sunday, July 26 at 2 p.m. in Balboa Park (Park Boulevard and Presidents Way), it is interesting to
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USAIsraeli envoy to the U.S. engages lawmakers in bid to stop Iran deal (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer on Thursday continued to meet with American lawmakers in an effort to secure their positions in opposition of the Iran nuclear deal. Dermer hopes to recruit as many lawmakers as possible
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The headline has been slurred to account for the sensitivities I hear whenever I write like I speak. How else can we describe the deal with Iran? Take your pick The requirement of 24 days notice for inspections of sensitive locales Evading Iran’s support of terror and revolt against established regimes Evading Iran’s
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, DC. (Press Release) – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-California) has joined as an original cosponsor in introducing a sweeping LGBT anti-discrimination bill. The Equality Act includes language from Davis’s bill ensuring jury service protections for LGBT individuals. “This has certainly been a historic year for equality,” said Davis, a member of the Congressional LGBT Equality
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USAOmri Casspi bringing delegation of NBA players to Israel (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) National Basketball Association (NBA) player Omri Casspi will visit Israel this week, but it will be no ordinary homecoming for the Sacramento Kings forward, as he will be joined by seven other NBA players in a tour organized by a foundation Casspi
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International, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — We don’t know everything about the inflamed pull-over, arrest, and detention of 28 year-old Sandra Bland in Hempstead, TX. But thanks to modern media, including police dashboard video and postmodern forensic technology, we already more know about her untimely demise than we will ever know about the death
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By Sara Schoonmaker SAN DIEGO — The world cannot afford a nuclear Iran. Accordingly, StandWithUs (SWU) San Diego and dozens of community partners have scheduled a “Stop Iran Now” at a rally on Sunday, July 26 from 2-4 p.m.. It will be held at Balboa Park in a prime location of Park Boulevard and Presidents
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Middle East, San Diego County, USANetanyahu reiterates opposition to Iran deal upon visit of Italian PM (JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his staunch opposition to the recently signed Iran nuclear deal during a Knesset session held in honor of visiting Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Wednesday. “Iran, which strives to export the Khomeiniist revolution throughout the world,
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Middle East, USABy Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–It’s not the first time that Israel is at odds with the United States over an appropriate response to the nuclear ambitions of a hostile state in the region. Sharing the anger of people across the globe in the wake of Israel’s destruction of Iraq’s nuclear reactor in June 1981, President Reagan
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s the essence of healthy politics. The status of balance derives from the ever presence of competition. There have always been individuals, groups, political parties, and governmental entities (nations, localities, governmental agencies) that want more at the expense of someone else. If it’s always been, it’s likely to always be.
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA