By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — Minister of Finance, with some power over defense, Bezalel Smotrich, has inspired anger from American and other foreign officials, for his call about destroying the Arab settlement where two Jews were murdered. Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Minister of Security, with power over the police, has quarreled, and gotten only partial […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Israel, Opinion
JERUSALEM (Press Release) — In its third year, ADI’s “Make the Change Challenge” STEM accessible design contest drew 227 exceptional entries from students across North America, but it was Naomi Ghitelman from the Posnack School in Davie, Fla., who won the day, claiming the contest’s $1,000 grand prize and successfully spotlighting the inaccessibility of our
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Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
In 1995, the Institute began construction of another facility in Carlsbad where white sea bass are now raised. The hatchery annually releases 100,000 white sea bass into the ocean. After learning how to grow and manage a species in more than 20 years of operation of that laboratory, the Institute now is embarked upon a far more ambitious and potentially far more impactful project with California yellowtail. [Donald H. Harrison]
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By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Treasures from the Music Collection of the Astor Judaica Library: Israeli Songs, will be held in the Lawrence Family JCC Library on Thursday, March 9, 2 p.m. The final event in the three-part series, which included Yiddish songs (January 5), and Ladino songs (February 9), is certain to
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Eileen Wingard, Israel, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Since my childhood in London, I have enjoyed being able to read a newspaper that is delivered to my house every morning. In England this was pushed through our letterbox and appeared on our carpeted hallway floor. In Israel it is thrown onto our driveway from the car
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, Opinion
(JNS) Using high-resolution magnetic imaging focused on snake skulls and DNA testing, Belgian, Finnish, Hong Kong, Israeli, Madagascan and U.S. researchers have identified a new family of snakes. There are just three species of micrelapidae—one in Israel and nearby areas and two in Kenya and Tanzania, per a Tel Aviv University release. Shai Meiri, a
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Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education
(JNS) Elan Ganeles’s funeral was held in Ra’anana on Wednesday afternoon, two days after terrorists shot him near the Beit Ha’arava Junction close to Jericho in the Jordan Valley. “He was the biggest gift in our lives. He wanted so much to see the world and all its aspects,” said Elan’s mother, Carolyn, at the
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Israel, USA
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Israel’s Six-Day War disrupted Benjamin Netanyahu’s graduation plans at Cheltenham High School, located less than a mile from the Philadelphia neighborhood where I grew up. I recall reading that he skipped his graduation in June 1967 so he could fly to Israel and risk his life in defense of
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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USA
Two Jewish women are making big political waves. Marianne Williamson has announced she will oppose incumbent President Joe Biden in the 2024 Democratic presidential primaries. U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Michigan) has formally declared her candidacy to succeed Michigan’s retiring Democratic senator Debbie Stabanow in an effort by Democrats to remain in control of the U.S. Senate. [Donald H. Harrison]
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California, Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Opinion, USA
Published by DPA Thousands of people again protested across Israel on Wednesday against the planned reform of the country’s judiciary. The central connecting road between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem was blocked several times. There were some violent confrontations of demonstrators with the police and several arrests. In Tel Aviv, eyewitnesses reported that police had used
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Israel
By Jacob Kamaras SAN DIEGO — Rising antisemitism is a natural concern in the Jewish community for a variety of reasons, many of which Elan S. Carr outlined on Monday at Jewish National Fund-USA’s Legacy Luncheon. Yet Carr, who has worked on countering Jew-hatred worldwide from the upper echelon of government, somehow remains an optimist
Although this book claims to be an objective history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it clearly is a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel narrative. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Israel
Published by DPA The Israeli army on Monday announced the deployment of a third infantry battalion to the West Bank after two battalions were sent in over the weekend to prevent a further escalation in the recent violence in the disputed territories. A military spokesman said that a battalion from the Givati Brigade was being
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IsraelBy Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — Israel seems mired in a context of reform proposals, which would increase the power of politicians over the judiciary. One proposal would increase the power of the government in naming judges; another would provide the ruling party the power to override decisions of the Supreme Court. A third proposal
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Ira Sharkansky, Israel, Opinion