LOS ANGELES (Press Release)—The Israeli-American Coalition for Action (IAC for Action) has named Jonathan C. Harris as its executive director. Harris will bring a deep expertise of Israel and Middle East policy—along with significant advocacy and lobbying experience in Washington, D.C.—to his role leading the IAC for Action team and implementing its advocacy agenda. Previously,
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Middle East, USA
By Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States is already militarily involved in Yemen, with special forces targeting al-Qaeda and Islamic State operatives who are then attacked by American drones. Thus far, however, it has stayed mostly outside the Yemeni civil war, in which Iranian-backed Houthi forces are fighting the Saudi-UAE-supported Yemeni government, although there are reports that
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — Disruptions of pro-Israel events by anti-Israel groups continue to intensify into physical aggression and violence across campuses and even into the community. As a result, Jewish and pro-Israel groups have started to explore the criminal aspects of such incidents. The invasion, disruption, and nose-to-nose intimidation of a May 17 Students
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Edwin Black, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu: The latest demonstration of Palestinians along the Gaza border with Israel that turned violent was no surprise to me or perhaps to a multitude of Israelis and Palestinians as well. This tragic confrontation that resulted in the death of 120 Palestinians was not the first and
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Elliott Abrams, who has had a distinguished career in the United States and still serves on its Council of Foreign Relations, lectured in Jerusalem on Tuesday. His subject was the current relationship between the State of Israel and American Jewry. What follows isn’t a report of what he said
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Jewish Agency for Israel and the Makom Board have named Abi Dauber Sterne as the new director of Makom — the Israel Education Lab. Makom educates leaders and creates content to embrace the vibrant complexity of Israel: the people, the place and the promise. Sterne comes to Makom from
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Middle East, USABEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release) — The first National Knowledge Center for the Study of Rare/Orphan Genetic Diseases has been established at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), in collaboration with Soroka University Medical Center and supported by the Israel Ministry of Science and Technology. The Center will advance research in rare genetic diseases by providing researchers with resources
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy 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
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, USAHAIFA, 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
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
SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — In an interview with The Times of Israel, U.S. Ambassador David Friedman set off a partisan firestorm when he told the news organization that Republicans are better friends to Israel than are Democrats. “The argument that I hear from some Democrats that Republicans are seizing the pro-Israel mantle is true, to a
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Middle East, USANEW 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
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