Middle East

Israel’s Cabinet seeks to improve Diaspora relations

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — The Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) presented its 2018 Annual Assessment of the Situation and Dynamics of the Jewish People on Sunday to the weekly Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. JPPI Co-Chairs Amb. Dennis Ross and Amb. Stuart Eizenstat and the Institute’s President Avinoam Bar-Yosef presented the findings

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International, Middle East, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: June 23-24, 2018 (3 Items)

American Jewish Committee expresses regret over Presbyterian Church’s pro-BDS stance The American Jewish Committee (AJC) regrets that the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), at its biennial General Assembly (GA), reaffirmed its support for BDS by adopting a measure opposing anti-BDS legislation. “The Church remains obsessively critical of Israel in its national utterances,” said Rabbi Noam Marans, AJC

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International, Middle East, USA

Church group adopts biased anti- Israel resolutions

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) – StandWithUs condemns anti-Israel resolutions and institutional bias at the 223rd Presbyterian Church USA General Assembly (PCUSA GA), which took place in St. Louis, Missouri from June 16-23, 2018. At the same time, we commend Presbyterians for Middle East Peace (PFMEP) and other supporters of reconciliation for pushing back and ensuring that

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Middle East, USA

‘Jacob and his Sons’ at the Israel Museum

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM — The exhibition of paintings by  Francisco de Zurburan, a seventeenth-century Spanish painter, has been a major attraction at the Israel Museum for the last few weeks. I had never heard of him, so I made use of a free morning to go and take a look. What met my eyes

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

New Jersey affirms Jewish connection to Jerusalem

TRENTON, New Jersey (Press Release) — The New Jersey Legislature on Thursday voted unanimously on a measure which affirms the historical connection of the Jewish people to Jerusalem and condemns efforts by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to deny Jews’ historical, religious, and cultural ties to Jerusalem. Avi Posnick, StandWithUs Northeast Managing

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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: June 21, 2018 (4 Items)

SAN DIEGO — Following are some of the stories of Jewish interest that hit our editor’s computer mail box at editor@sdjewishworld.com on Thursday, June 21. We are interested in local, national, and international news of Jewish interest, and welcome comments from members of the Jewish community about these news items. Bennet welcomes Herzog’s appointment as head of

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International, Middle East, USA

“Dr. Bob” Shillman receives Technion’s honorary PhD

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) Dr. Robert J. Shillman (known as “Doctor Bob”) of Rancho Santa Fe, California, is so beloved at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology that there is a bronze statue of him on a bench petting a stray cat. He befriended and subsequently adopted “Yitz” during a summer at the Technion nearly 50

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Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Jewish applause for U.S. withdrawal from UNHRC

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Malcolm Hoenlein, CEO/Executive Vice President of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations said “The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) was an important step that reflects the longstanding frustration and disappointment of the United States. The UNHRC has long been

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International, Middle East, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: June 20, 2018 (5 items)

SAN DIEGO — Following are some of the stories of Jewish interest that hit our editor’s computer mail box at editor@sdjewishworld.com on Wednesday, June 20. We are interested in local, national, and international news of Jewish interest, and welcome comments from members of the Jewish community about these news items. Tel Aviv University researchers perfect Archimedes Laser

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