By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The deal with Iran is about to be signed. Even Israelis who aren’t alarmed are deeply concerned. Iran is committed to the destruction of Israel. In its massive sponsorship of terrorism on Israel’s borders, notably Hezbollah in the north and Hamas in the south, it threatens to realize its […]
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By Mimi Pollack LA MESA, California — What makes Adolfo Guzman Lopez tick? That is a question I have asked myself for a long time. This is a man who went from an undocumented immigrant to graduating from UCSD, to Taco Shop Poet, to reporter for KPBS and presently KPCC, and finally to a student
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Mimi Pollack, San Diego County, USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — My readers know that I, as an expatriate American, am primarily concerned with how any prospective president views the Jewish state. There are many candidates running for the US presidency from both parties, all of whom have opinions about Israel and its relationship with America. In my last
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-Californai ) voted for the 21st Century Cures Act (H.R. 6) to provide nearly $9 billion in mandatory funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to encourage biomedical innovation and research into new treatments and cures. The House approved H.R. 6 on a strong bipartisan vote of
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — There was a fateful night in 1974, when the odious “Stars and Bars” flew aloft in the thick mugginess of the Southern night above a godless old Baptist church that didn’t have a prayer. I sang with my college’s men’s glee club, mostly classic vocals and many freedom
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USAIsrael won’t release terrorists in return for Israelis held in Gaza, official says (JNS.org) Israel has “no intention of releasing terrorists in exchange for the two citizens who entered Gaza,” an Israeli security official said Thursday after a gag order was lifted to reveal that two Israelis have been held by the Hamas terrorist group
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–We couldn’t desire better lessons on the nature of the politics than we obtain from the simultaneous and competitive appearances of the Bibi and Barack twins at the heads of their governments. They are similar if not identical in their style, skills, limitations, and their reception by their own, one another’s, and
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Like many Israelis, Asaf Hanuka and Boaz Lavie served in the IDF, meeting each other on the staff of an Army newspaper. Hanuka had learned to draw by copying comic books sent to him by relatives in Santa Monica, California. Lavie had studied screen writing at a special
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –The president — Commander in Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces — does not have to be a military man. Or maybe should not be a military man; a civilian perspective on issues of war is essential. But that being so, the civilian CinC should be wary of inventing military doctrine. President
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USAHamas holding two Israelis hostage in Gaza since last September (JNS.org) The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has been holding two Israeli citizens in Gaza captive for the last 10 months, one whose identity was revealed Thursday upon the lifting of a gag order by the Ashkelon Magistrate’s Court. An Israeli man of Ethiopian descent, 28-year-old
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International, Middle East, USAIDF officer: Hamas is ‘deterred’ and unable to rebuild terror tunnels (JNS.org) Israel’s Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip last summer has “left Hamas deterred and restrained, and has created potential calm for years to come,” a senior Israel Defense Forces Southern Command officer said Tuesday, Israel Hayom reported. The officer, referring to Operation
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By Max Samarov LOS ANGELES — I’ve spent the last three years witnessing and helping defeat Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns on campuses across North America, so I am rarely surprised by the depravity of anti-Israel activists. But BDS doesn’t limit itself to campuses, so this year I’ve had the distinct misfortune of witnessing it
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Middle East, USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — My readers know that as an expatriate American I am primarily concerned with how any prospective president views the Jewish state. There are many candidates running for the US presidency from both parties, all of whom have opinions about Israel and its relationship with America. Below is a
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USAAs Iran nuclear talks extended, Iranian leader repeats threat to destroy Israel (JNS.org) A day before U.S. State Department spokesperson Marie Harf confirmed Tuesday that the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 nations were extended until July 10, an Iranian leader reiterated the Islamic Republic’s desire for Israel to be “wiped off the map.”
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