Middle East

Editor’s E-Mail Box: September 25, 2018 (4 items)

German court dismisses appeal against Kuwaiti Airways discriminatory policy A German court in Frankfurt on Tuesday rejected an appeal by an Israeli passenger barred from boarding a Kuwait Airways flight because of the airline’s strict policy of banning all Israelis. The case had been brought by the Israeli, represented by The Lawfare Project, after he […]

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International, Lawrence Baron, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food

Editor’s E-Mail Box: September 24, 2018 (2 items)

Pope Francis joins in commemoration of Holocaust victims in Lithuania The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has  welcomed the Pope’s compassionate words commemorating Lithuania Jewish Holocaust victims and strong remarks against contemporary anti-Semitism. The Pope spoke on the 75th anniversary of the liquidation of the Vilnius ghetto during a two-day visit to Lithuania, his first to

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

Are American Jews really horrified about Israel?

By Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — Dana Milbank, an American author and political op-ed columnist for The Washington Post, has horrified me by his latest article for his newspaper: “America’s Jews are watching Israel in horror” (washingtonpost.com 9/21/18) There’s been much talk about American Jews pulling away from Israel, which has undeniably occurred as

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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USA

Scaffolding movie constructs troubled youth’s story

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO —  Scaffolding, a Hebrew-language film with English subtitles, is a story of Asher (Asher Lax), a troubled 12th grade student, whose temper gets him in trouble with teachers, administrators, and other students alike.  Asher has no respect for boundaries, nevertheless he has about him an innate sense of justice. 

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Editor’s E-Mail Box: September 21, 2018 (7 items)

58 organizations seek sanction of professor who refuses recommendation for Israel-bound student After a University of Michigan (U-M) professor agreed to write a recommendation for a student and then reneged when he realized it was for study in Israel, 58 organizations demanded that U-M President Schissel sanction all U-M professors who engage in that or

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Anti- Israel disruption at UCI under police probe

(c) Edwin Black IRVINE, California — Campus police at University of California, Irvine will in the near future refer anti-Israeli event disruptors of a May 3, 2018 pro-Israel event to Orange County prosecutors, according to a UCI spokesperson. Referral will occur, says the spokesperson, as soon as the campus police investigation concludes. If so, UCI

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Edwin Black, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Israeli diplomat: Truth, peace under Palestinian attack

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Eitan Weiss, deputy chief of mission for the Israel Consulate General in Los Angeles, said during a lunch-time interview here on Thursday  that Israel’s Palestinian opponents neither want peace nor have any regard for the truth. Those pushing BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) against Israel “have no problems

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: September 17, 2018 (4 items)

Terrorist victim Ari Fuld mourned The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America had expressed its great sadness over the death of Ari Fuld zk”l, a U.S.-Israeli citizen who was killed over the weekend in Israel by a Palestinian terrorist. Fuld, 45, was attacked Sunday morning by a terrorist wielding a knife outside a shopping

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: September 14, 2018 (3 items)

World Jewish Congress condemns Neo-Nazi attack on Jewish restaurant The World Jewish Congress vehemently condemns the reprehensible antisemitic attack that took place recently on the sidelines of a neo-Nazi protest in the east German city of Chemnitz, in which masked assailants hurled rocks and bottles at a Jewish restaurant, injuring one person. “It is inconceivable

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Netanyahu alienates Jews around the world

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — “The State of Israel against the Jews” is the provocative title of an article in Friday’s Ha’aretz Magazine by Eva Illuz, professor of sociology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and author of many important books and articles on current affairs. She bases her contention on the highly publicized encounters

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International, Middle East, USA

Failing economy dampens Turkey’s Balkan influence

By Alon Ben-Meir and Arbana Xharra   NEW YORK — As Turkey’s President Erdogan runs out of money, he is now, more than any time before, using religion to exploit the Balkans, especially the states that are more susceptible to Islamic influence. Bosnia is at the fore of Erdogan’s ambitious Islamic agenda, where he is

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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East