By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — I have read at least one daily newspaper almost since I could read. At my parents’ home in London we had the luxury (which we took for granted) of having a morning newspaper put through our letterbox every morning, so that it was there on the mat, waiting […]
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Lifestyles, Middle East
By Richard L. Cravatts BOCA RATON, Florida — When a provocative Tiktok video uploaded by Nerdeen Kiswani, a second-year student at CUNY law school, went public recently, the anti-Israel sentiment of the clip came as no surprise to those who were aware of Ms. Kiswani’s long record of toxic activism. In the video, Kiswani is
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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Compiled by Laurie Baron, Ph.D All times Pacific Daylight Time Sunday, October 11 11am Mikhal Dekel, “Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey,” Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum. Monday, October 12 10 am Elai Rettig, “Israel’s ‘Special Relationship’ with the US,” Israel Center, Washington University. 10 am Eliezer Diamond, “Generosity, Gratitude, and Faith: Rav Eliyahu Dessler’s
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — In their first and only televised debate this election season, Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-California) clashed Wednesday evening, among other topics, over the U.S. role in the Middle East and whether President Trump has condoned white supremacists, and by implication anti-Semitism. While
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
By Arkady Mamaysky TARRYTOWN, New York — Starting from very ancient times, world history presents many examples of dictators who desired world domination, or at least domination of as big a part of the world as possible. The Assyrian, Babylonian, and Roman empires are some ancient examples of this. More recent examples are the Spanish,
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Arkady Mamaysky, International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — A major source of the coronavirus spreading is the ultra-Orthodox or Haredi communities. We don’t know exactly the extent of infections, due perhaps to the reluctance of politicians, health personnel, and the media to publicize it. We do know that it is extensive, a third or more of the total,
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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion, Middle East
By Michael Laitman, Ph.D PETACH TIKVAH, Israel — For months, I have been watching with growing trepidation the cavalier nonchalance of Israelis toward Covid-19. Now, I am afraid, it’s too late to undo the damage. In the past week, the average death toll was 31 people, and the rate is quickly rising since many hospitals
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Lifestyles, Middle East
Other items in this column include: Political bytes By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Hillel Newman, the South African-born, Israeli consul general in Los Angeles, has practiced highly confidential private diplomacy as the former Israeli ambassador to the Muslim countries of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Now, notwithstanding coronavirus restrictions, he is engaged in highly public
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, USA
By Sam Glaser LOS ANGELES — During the Sukkot holiday, the Pico-Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles erupts in joyful celebration. Our forty-plus kosher restaurants all have sukkot attached. There’s a sukkah on top of Ralph’s supermarket. One could conceivably sukkah hop to a different hut every five minutes and not exhaust the inventory. Google “Sukkah’s
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Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, Middle East, Sam Glaser, USAOther items in this column include: *Ethnic Studies *Political Bytes *San Diego Jewish World news *In memoriam By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School, now observing a nine-day holiday for Sukkot, will delay the resumption of its in-person classes until Wednesday, Oct. 14, two days after the holiday period’s
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Donald H. Harrison, Lifestyles, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sheryl Rowling, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — All Times Are Pacific Daylight Time Sunday, October 4 10 a.m. Moshe Halbertal and Eva Illouz, “Can Home Be a Shelter in Times of Pandemic?” The Reading Room, National Library of Israel. Monday, October 5 8:30 a.m. Yossi Beilin and Ido Aharoni, “The Future of Middle East Peace,” Temple
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By Bruce S. Ticker SAN DIEGO — They are both Palestinians. Leila Khalad hijacked a TWA flight a half-century ago and her fans in America encourage her to blab her head off. Rami Aman reached out to young Israelis a half-year ago, and Hamas jails him. This stark contrast brings to mind two familiar phrases:
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Bruce Ticker, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. —Think of Iran as a lobster body with two pincer arms. The north pincer is commonly referred to as the “Shiite Crescent” stretching from the body across Iraq, Syria and Lebanon to the Mediterranean Sea. It is both a lid on Iran’s primary enemies Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Israel and
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
By Yossef Ben-Meir and Ellen Hernandez MARRAKECH, Morocco — Harnessing the experiences and the history of religious and ethnic groups in Morocco must be a priority before the holders of that knowledge are lost to time. Moroccan-based civil associations, with the right support, are in an ideal position to gather and disseminate this knowledge for
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Yossef Ben-Meir