Middle East

A Jabotinsky Zionist reply To Ronald Lauder

By Moshe Phillips PHILADELPHIA —Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, following up his March 18 New York Times (“Israel’s Self-Inflicted Wounds”)  tirade against Israeli settlers and several other targets doubled down with a second op-ed in the Times on August 13 with an attack on Orthodox Jewish influence on Israeli politics (“Israel, This […]

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

Jewish groups, others mourn passing of John McCain

Updated August 27, 2018 A variety of Jewish groups issued statements mourning the death of U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona), who was the unsuccessful  Republican presidential nominee in 2008 against then Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois).  Texts of their statements follow. American Jewish Committee: The American Jewish Committee (AJC) mourns the passing of Senator John McCain.

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International, Middle East, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 23, 2018 (2 items)

This year’s fellows will research diverse topics at the Center for Jewish History The Center for Jewish History has welcomed a new cohort of fellows to spend the 2018-2019 academic year engaged in  research. They will be working with the Center’s Partners’ archives on their original projects. Varying in their disciplinary and chronological scope, the

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

For others it’s DIY, for her it’s Do- It- Themselves

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson DOMEYROT, France — One of the first things we encountered when we came to France was the prevalence of do-it-yourself (DIY) shops. Actually, shops would hardly be the right term, as they’re more something of an emporium. On that first visit Yigal thought he had died and gone to heaven. All there was

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle East, Travel and Food

Tonga’s love for the Jews of the Bible

Editor’s Note: This is the 25th in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego.  Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Travel and Food

Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 22, 2018 (3 items)

Jewish couples urged to get tested for Tay-Sachs JScreen (jscreen.org), a not-for-profit at home education and genetic carrier screening program, today highlighted September’s Tay-Sachs Awareness Month, encouraging people to get tested for genetic diseases so they can make informed decisions about family planning. JScreen’s expanded screening panel tests for more than 200 diseases, a significant development

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

NYU action awaited on boycott against Jewish students

By Martin Barillas NEW YORK — Human rights advocates are awaiting a response from New York University President Andrew Hamilton after writing letters urging him to take firm action regarding what the advocates regard as a discriminatory joint statement issued in April by 53 NYU campus student groups. On Monday, the Louis D. Brandeis Center

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 20, 2018 (2 items)

American Jewish Committee eulogizes former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan The American Jewish Committee, the global Jewish advocacy organization, mourns the passing of Kofi Annan, the Ghanaian diplomat and Nobel laureate who served with distinction as Secretary General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. “Kofi Annan, an individual of exceptional dignity, grace, and

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

What a Jewish teacher learns in United Arab Emirates

My Pashtun Rabbi: A Jew’s Search for Truth, Meaning, and Hope in the Muslim World by David Eden, BookBaby, (c) 2018, ISBN 9780692-086155. NEW YORK (Press Release) — A Jewish American working in the United Arab Emirates fears hostility but finds humanity in this debut memoir. Fleeing divorce and midlife crisis, journalist Eden left Ohio in

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Israeli ‘When the Smoke Clears’ examines PTS

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Making the rounds of Jewish film festivals is the Israeli documentary When the Smoke Clears, which recreates the battles in which several IDF soldiers were wounded and then follows each of these soldiers on the road to recovery. Almost everyone by now has heard of post-traumatic stress (PTS)

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