By Daniel Sokatch SAN FRANCISCO — Today is Israel’s Independence Day. We have a lot to celebrate – and a lot to contemplate. In many ways, the very fact that Israel is here today is nothing short of a miracle. Israel is home to a diverse society, full of people from a wide spectrum of
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Middle East
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
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, & EducationBy 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 EastBROOKLYN, New York (Press Release) — At his bris (circumcision), they named him Imri. He was blessed that his parents merit bringing him to the chupah (wedding canopy), a simple, often –taken-for-granted blessing. At the time, it seemed simple. Now they are not so sure. In fact, they are not certain that his mother will
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Israel isn’t only changing the Jewish people, reflected in the ever more complicated relationship between it and the diaspora. It’s also changing Judaism. The book I’m currently reading, so far only available in Hebrew, gives its English title as The Israeli century and the Israelization of Judaism. The author,
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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle EastEditor’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 CountyJERUSALEM (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, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – There is no question that individual Jews have a lot of clout in Congress. Four of the 28 Jewish members of the House of Representatives hold important committee chairmanships. They are Democrats Eliot Engel on the Foreign Affairs Committee; Nita Lowey on Appropriations, Jerry Nadler on Judiciary; all
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USA
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, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –There seem to be many reasons for the recent barrage of some 700 rockets from Gaza into southern Israel that have taken lives on both sides: *An effort to prevent performers and audiences from abroad to come to the Eurovision contest in Tel Aviv; *Israel’s Independence Day celebrations which Palestinians
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International, Middle EastBy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania –On Sunday morning, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that children at an Islamic center in North Philadelphia ranted and sang songs that clearly called for Israel’s destruction. I previously spotted photos from a video on Facebook and some websites in which one girl said, “We will chop off their heads”
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Michael Berk Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — The sages of the Jewish people teach that words from the heart go straight to the heart. From the deepest part of mine, I write to tell you how alone Jews feel right now. Abandoned. The level of hatred Jews are experiencing is something
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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA
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