By Karma Feinstein-Cohen KOKOMO, Indiana — In the days immediately preceding Passover the leaders of a pro-Israel organization traveled from Israel and Canada to Indiana to meet with over a 100 community members in three towns in what was labeled a “Rolling Educational Conference” with the title “Spreading Zionism Where It Matters” in part to help […]
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International, Middle East, USATEL AVIV (Press Release) — Anti-Semitic violence around the world dropped 9% from 2016 to 2017, but a “dramatic increase” of all other forms of anti-Semitic manifestations, including harassment and hate speech, has raised increasingly “grave concerns among Jews regarding their security and the continuation of communal life,” according to an annual report from Tel
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
SDEROT, Israel (Press Release) — MDA (Magen David Adom) volunteers took time from saving lives and on the eve of Memorial Day and Independence Day went to distribute over 1,000 packages of snacks to soldiers who are stationed along the Gaza border, and Gush Etzion. The volunteers met the Golani and Tank Corps soldiers, and
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Middle East
Thou Shalt innovate: How Israeli ingenuity Repairs the World by Avi Jorisch; © 2018; Gefen Publishing; ISBN 9789652-299345; 176 pages with 90 additional pages of acknowledgments, notes, bibliography, and index. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Discover a problem; figure out how to fix it; create a company to market your solution; and in
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The Israeli-American Council hosted more than 60 Democratic and Republican members of Congress during a special luncheon at the Library of Congress on Tuesday to mark the 70th birthday of the state of Israel. Featured attendees at the event included House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
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Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was either very brave or very foolish to adopt the “Mission Accomplished” slogan that hung behind President George W. Bush as he stood on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln in the early days of the Iraq war. Although the President never used those words, they were indelibly
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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Simon Sebag-Montefiore brings impeccable credentials to the monumental task of writing Jerusalem: The Biography. A history Ph.D. from Cambridge, he has been a banker and a foreign correspondent reporting on, among other events, the fall of the Soviet Union. He is also the great-great-nephew of Sir Moses Montefiore, the international
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release) — In honor of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, American Associates, an Israeli flag created by Rebecca Affachiner, often called “the Betsy Ross of Israel,” has been donated to the Ben-Gurion Archives at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev on the Sede Boqer Campus. Rebecca Affachiner
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Jewish History, Middle East
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — For more than 26 years I’ve been thinking about what’s near and far while looking east from our balcony. At first, we could see a bit of the Dead Sea, but the builders of Isaweea have gone skyward and cut off our view. Isaweea is the congestion off to
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, Travel and Food‘Mission Accomplished’ Tweets By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — “A perfectly executed strike last night. Thank you to France and the United Kingdom for their wisdom and the power of their fine Military. Could not have had a better result. Fake news is spending more time covering this story than on the Michael Cohen and
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International, Lawrence Baron, Middle East, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — As we’re about to celebrate 70 years of Jewish statehood, it seems appropriate to remind ourselves that, God beware, had there been no Israel there would today be only a fraction of the 15 million Jews – approaching the same number as before the Holocaust – who now inhabit
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By Esther Gelber ATLIT, Israel — To travel with a group of people who all have one shared passion, the love of the Land of Israel, is a special treat, especially on Yom HaShoah, a day that, in Israel, is marked by a country-wide shared two minute moment of silence and reflection. It is difficult
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Middle East, San Diego CountyBy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK –the ongoing Palestinian demonstration along the Israel-Gaza border has turned out to be, not surprisingly, violent. More than 30 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds injured. If these demonstrations continue through May 15 (Israel’s 70th anniversary) as planned by Hamas, scores more Palestinians will likely be killed, while increasing the
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –In recent years it has become customary in Israel, in addition to the official ceremonies marking Holocaust Day, for small groups of people, whether survivors, descendants of survivors, or simply those who feel a connection to the subject, to gather together in private homes and talk about their own
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Jewish History, Middle East