Middle East

Times Square billboard celebrates Israel’s 71st

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Masa Israel Journey, the largest immersive, long-term educational experiences for young adults ages 18-30, celebrated Israel’s birthday today in a big way—a billboard advertisement in Times Square, wishing Israel a happy “71 years young.” The billboards come the day after Masa’s live-broadcast Yom HaZikaron ceremony, which attracted thousands of participants […]

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Middle East, USA

Israelis grow new skin for toddler burn victim from P.A.

RAMAT GAN, Israel (Press Release) —  After barely escaping a house fire that burned 50% of her small body, 18-month-old Shams Ismail was rushed from the Palestinian town of Rantis to Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer in Israel,where she received life-saving treatment in the hospital’s renowned National Burn Unit. With the care and innovative treatment

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Sloppy media become Hamas mouth pieces

By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Accuracy is essential when reporting claims of Palestinian casualties during Palestinian-induced wars.  But accuracy is always the missing ingredient in the mainstream media when covering Palestinian wars against Israel. Instead they offer bland reporting damaging to Israel with such recent examples as a story about 20 Palestinian killed in

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Barry Shaw, Middle East

Yom HaZikaron: The pain and privilege of memory

Editor’s Note: Following are remarks delivered at the Yom HaZikaron observance Tuesday evening, May 7, at the Lawrence Family JCC. By Yiftach Levy LA JOLLA, California — We typically think of memory as a purely mental exercise – we remember in our heads and our imaginations – but remembering is a fully multisensory experience. We

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Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County

Lori Kaye, Pittsburgh victims mourned in Israel

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Tributes to the 12 Jews killed in the synagogue shootings of October 2018 in Pittsburgh and April 2019 in Poway took center stage Wednesday during The Jewish Agency for Israel’s memorial service for Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s annual day of remembrance for fallen soldiers and victims of terror attacks. The special guests

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Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, USA

SWU assails college’s bias against pro-Israel group

Editor’s Note: Following is a letter written by Roz Rothstein, StandWithUs co-founder and CEO and Yael Lerman, Director StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department to the top administrators of Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.. By Roz Rothstein LOS ANGELES — We write on behalf of StandWithUs (SWU), an international, non-profit, Israel education organization. We are alarmed and

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Citation honors U.S. volunteers in Israel’s 1948 war

By Jerry Klinger WEST POINT, New York — After 70 years, and considerable effort by the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, the volunteer veterans of Israel’s War of Independence were finally, officially, thanked by the State of Israel. A citation was presented by Major General Michael Edelstein, Israel Defense Attache to the U.S., in

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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Touring Israel’s Jordan Valley and the Galilee

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Politics isn’t going anywhere for several more weeks. Officials are busy with the ceremonies for Holocaust Memorial Day, then Memorial Day, and Independence Day. And meanwhile, the various parties likely to be in the government coalition are making extraordinary demands. Those may be whittled down as Bibi reaches the four

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Middle East, Travel and Food