By Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — A few of my readers recently asked me to explain the difference between “Palestinians” living inside and outside of Israel’s borders. Who are the “Palestinians” anyway? First, see below: “Palestine” does not exist today as a nation-state, but at multiple times in history, including the present, it has […]
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Middle East, Steve KramerBy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Kalman Yeger spoke truth to power and power in turn spoke its concept of truth to Kalman Yeger. The saga of Kalman Yeger opened with his March 20 tweet: “Palestine does not exist.” Yeger’s bosses – the leadership team of New York City Council – have been in the
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Voting’s tomorrow, Tuesday, April 9th, but it may be more than a month before we know the real results. Sure, in this functioning democracy, we’ll know within 12 hours which parties receive how many seats in the Knesset. But none of them will get a majority. And then there’s the President’s
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –It’s Election Day in Israel on Tuesday. After a long campaign – not devoid of recriminations, fake news and accusations of real or imagined misdemeanors – we’ll finally be able to cast our votes. The country won’t return to normal the day after, because that’s when the horse trading about
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Middle EastLuxury Hotels Beckon (c) Edwin Black TEL AVIV — The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement [BDS] has taken particular aim at Israel’s tourism industry. Tourism accounts for about 11 percent of global GDP and 350 million jobs worldwide—more than ten percent of employment on the planet. In Israel, tourism is more than just sun, seashore,
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Edwin Black, Middle East, Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — This year Israel’s government seems to have moved April Fools’ Day to April 9: Election Day. But whereas on April 1 the pranks are usually harmless and sometimes even funny, this year’s April 9 is likely to be ominously serious. It’ll be a celebration of what’s often nowadays called
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Middle East
NEW YORK (Press Release) — Masa Israel Journey has announced the launch of Masa FastTrack Pro, a cutting-edge program that will serve as a pipeline for elite young professionals to be placed in Israel’s booming job market. This selective program is the first-of-its-kind for Masa, and is geared towards high-performing college graduates demonstrating a competitive
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Middle East, Travel and FoodBy H. Applebaum SAN DIEGO — Most of us are not familiar with the name Michel Bacos, yet he should be known to all Jews. I didn’t know his name until I read that he died a few days ago, and I am ashamed that I didn’t remember the hero of Entebbe, the Righteous Gentile
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International, Jewish History, Middle East
By Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — On March 11, the world lost someone who was very special, who made a mark and touched people with his voice, as a singer, a humorist and writer. Born in Tel Aviv in 1944, Danny Ben-Israel began his musical career while serving in the Israeli Defense Forces and enjoyed
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the past year, Hamas has led Palestinians to demonstrate and riot on Fridays along the Gaza-Israel fence. The civilians, of which there are many, provide cover for rocket and incendiary device-wielding terrorists and those who would cross the fence into Israel. This Saturday, Hamas is calling for increased
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
Mensch-Marks: Life Lessons of a Human Rabbi by Joshua Hammerman; © 2018 Helth Communications, Inc.; ISBN 9780757-321771; 250 pages plus appendix, $14.95 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Rabbi Joshua Hammerman is the spiritual leader of Temple Beth El in Stamford, Connecticut, as well as a journalist whose column appeared regularly in the Jewish
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Sports & Competitions, Travel and Food, USA
Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori STANFORD, California – The signature landmark on the Stanford University campus is the Hoover Tower, named for one of the students in its very first class, Herbert Hoover, who in 1929 would become the 31st President of the United States. Whereas today, admission to Stanford
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. Masori, Travel and Food, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s been a tense few days. After a rocket attack that destroyed a home north of Tel Aviv and wounded family members, the IDF responded with a massive destruction of empty buildings in Gaza. Included in the destruction was the building of the Hamas leader’s office. Then there was an
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — The madness that penetrates Congress and the White House was smoothly transferred to the cavernous Walter E. Washington Convention Center that sheltered AIPAC’s yearly gathering in Washington D.C. Vice President Mike Pence led the Republican crusade last week to exploit Jewish concerns, a spectacle which was shockingly shameless. He
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Middle East, USA