By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Every story has a starting point. Don’t start with the Russian capture this week of two (or three) Ukrainian ships and the injury to three (or six) Ukrainian sailors. The Russian habit is to do as it likes with smaller countries and then announce that the other guy did […]
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Pitzer College faculty vote against Israel abroad programs draws criticism The faculty of Pitzer College, which is part of the Claremont Colleges consortium in California, on November 8 passed a motion to suspend the school’s study abroad exchange with the University of Haifa “until (a) the Israeli state ends its restrictions on entry to Israel
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — There’s evidence to suggest that much of the Muslim world is abandoning the Palestinians in favor of Israel. What in recent years had been covert has now become overt: Israel’s seemingly warm relationship with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf States. Prime Minister Netanyahu is about to return to the
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International, Middle East, USASDSU Jewish Studies Program sponsors Chanukah concert Dec. 4 San Diego State University’s Jewish Studies Program will present a Chanukah concert, “Shimmering Lights,” featuring Yale Strom’s Broken Consort at 7 p.m., Dec. 4, in the Smith Recital Hall. Strom, who serves as artist in residence for the Jewish Studies Program, says the concert will include
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By Rebbetzin Sara Krengel GUSH ETZION, Israel — I am an Orthodox Jew because I believe in the unbroken chain of Jewish Law for the last 3300 years. I am a Chassidic Jew because I believe in serving God with joy and love. I am a Chareidi Jew because I believe in serving God with
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — An hour or two before sending out my last column, Education Minister Bennett and Justice Minister Shaked announced that they were leaving the government. The withdrawal of their party, Jewish Home, would leave Bibi with less than a majority of the Knesset. A few minutes after sending the column, Bennett and
Netanyahyu coalition teeters but does not fall Read More »
Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
The Jewish American Paradox: Embracing Choice in a Changing World by Robert H. Mnookin; © 2018; Public Affairs, Hachette Book Group; ISBN 9781610-397513; 228 pages plus 80 pages of notes, acknowledgments and index; $28 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Author Robert Mnookin, a Harvard Law professor, argues that Jewish peoplehood should have permeable boundaries.
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – By now, many people have noticed that on sale at the U.S. Post Office is this year’s Hanukkah stamp, which features a papercut version of the 9-branched menorah (one arm being the shamash) set within an ancient oil jug, such as the one that might have contained the
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USAAmerican immigrants to Israel celebrate Thanksgiving Hundreds of Olim gathered in different parts of Israel Thursday night for traditional Thanksgiving dinners, hosted by Nefesh B’Nefesh. Events were held at the NBN Tel Aviv Hub, Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem, as well as Haifa and Beer Sheva as part of the KKL – NBN Go Beyond
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Middle East, USALawfare Project informs Airbnb it may face a lawsuit for delisting Israeli West Bank properties On Monday, home-rental company Airbnb announced that it was removing Israeli West Bank property listings. The decision follows years of pressure from the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, which tirelessly advocates for boycotts and other unlawful discriminatory business
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — It cannot be said often enough: one of the many good things about Israel is its robust law enforcement system. Nobody is above the law here. Those convicted in years past include a former prime minister, a former president and several cabinet members. And Prime Minister Netanyahu himself is
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Joint Hindu- Jewish celebration held for respective festivals of lights It was standing-room only for 425 Hindus and Jews who made a bit of history celebrating both Diwali and Chanukah at the Hindu-Jewish Festival of Lights at Temple Beth-El in Northbrook, IL on November 18. The event not only celebrated the two holidays, which occur
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The machinations of some of the leading politicians in Israel are sufficiently transparent to make it possible to draw one’s own conclusions irrespective of what they tell us. Thus, for example, Avigdor Lieberman’s decision to resign as minister of defense and withdraw his party from the coalition was probably
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Middle EastIsraeli law group demands Facebook remove Hamas account Israeli NGO Shurat HaDin has placed Facebook and its Israeli branch under formal legal notice for allowing Hamas’s Al-Aqsa TV to maintain Facebook and Instagram accounts. In a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook Israel general manager Adi Soffer-Teeri, Shurat HaDin claims that Facebook’s continual support
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