Middle East

Fix it! say American Jews; like Israelis, they differ how

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s good that American Jews still concern themselves with Israel. One can hope for better information among them, and more sanity at the extremes. Being Jews, however, those are probably hopes to be frustrated. The range of what we hear isn’t all that different from what Israelis express. Likewise, the […]

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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Love, not conflict, drives this pro- Israel novel

Good Heart by Alan Newman, Gefen Publishing House, © 2018, ISBN 9789652-299550; 251 pages including acknowledgments, glossary, and author’s biography, $15.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –An interesting aspect of this multi-generational, multi-ethnic, and dual religious novel is that love, rather than conflict, pulls the plot along.  Among the central characters in this ode

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USA

Israel provides mass casualty training for world

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — Twenty-five health care practitioners from around the world are currently taking part in a two-week course in dealing with Mass Casualty Situations (MCS) at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.  They join more than 500 decision-makers and field personnel in the field of trauma from 61 countries have completed Rambam’s international

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

‘Wings of Eagles’ airlift from Yemen retold by aviator

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – To fellow aviators, perhaps, Elgen M. Long is best known as the man who in 1971 first flew around the world over both the North and South Poles.  Additionally, he is admired for his research into the disappearance of aviators Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan in 1937

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA

JNF: Plant your way to Israel

NEW YORK  (Pres Release) — Jewish National Fund on Friday revealed its new Plant Your Way website that easily allows individuals to raise money for a future trip to Israel while helping build the land of Israel. First introduced in 2000, Plant Your Way has allowed many hundreds of young people a personal fundraising platform to

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Middle East, USA

Christie’s to auction 63 art lots from Israel Museum

PARIS (Press Release) – As part of the June 8 sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art, Christie’s is pleased to partner with the Israel Museum in Jerusalem to offer a selection of works from the Vera & Arturo Schwarz Collection. The selection of 63 lots will be offered in Paris. From its inception, the Israel

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International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Stand With Us condemns US Campaign for Pal. Rights

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)  — StandWithUs strongly condemns the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) for its ties to recognized terrorist groups. As reported in Tablet Magazine, USCPR is providing fiscal sponsorship to a coalition that includes Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). This is yet another example of how

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Middle East, USA

Book offers new ways to tour Jerusalem

Jerusalem: The Experiential Guidebook by Tali Kaplinski Tarlow, ScaVentures, Jerusalem, © 2018, p. 198, plus supplemental material, NIS 150, about $42.00. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California –  Jerusalem is surely a must-see by anyone visiting Israel, and author Tali K. Tarlow gives us an unusual twist to an epic visit – a scavenger hunt to

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Middle East

Six Israeli professors heading for San Diego

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel Initiative (SDII) announced on Wednesday that in the 2018-2019 Academic Year, six Israeli visiting professors will teach 17 classes on modern Israel on San Diego university campuses. “By bringing Israel studies to campuses, we can significantly help change the dialogue,” commented SDII directorn Susan Lapidus.

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Business Wire founder donates $10 million to U of Haifa

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)— University of Haifa on Wednesday announced it has received a $10 million donation from well-known American philanthropist, Lorry I. Lokey, for the construction of a new campus that will consist of at least four buildings located throughout the Port of Haifa and the city’s downtown area. Lokey, the founder of Business

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Action demanded against Columbia professor

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Alums for Campus Fairness (ACF)-Columbia/Barnard Chapter sent a letter May 29  to Columbia President Lee Bollinger expressing concern at the university’s failure to investigate the recent anti-Semtitic actions of Professor Hamid Dabashi who teaches in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies (MESAAS).  The letter was signed by over 30 faculty and

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA