A prominent New York university has drawn criticism for its upcoming panel discussion on anti-Semitism in the US, after it was announced that a prominent pro-Sharia law, anti-Zionist activist would be leading a panel featuring far-left, anti-Israel figures. The New School, a private research university in Manhattan, has organized a special event this month focusing
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Middle East, USAFor years, Rabbi Adin Even-Yisrael Steinsaltz, 80, has been working to make the Jewish library accessible to every Jew and anywhere in the world. With his own hands the rabbi built a life project that continues gaining momentum from day to day. Today, much of the Talmud has already been translated into several languages, including
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Israeli military humanitarians working with victims of the Syrian civil war will address some 700 San Diego community leaders Saturday evening, Nov. 18, at the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) San Diego Annual Gala. One of the local community’s largest events, the gala, co-chaired by David and Tamara
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Middle East, San Diego CalendarA prominent Saudi website has published an unprecedented interview with Israel’s army chief of staff, signalling closer cooperation between the two countries against regional rival, Iran. In an interview published by Elaph on Thursday, Lieutenant-General Gadi Eisenkot said that Israel is ready to share intelligence information to face the “threat” posed by Tehran. Israel’s military
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Middle EastBy Marissa Newman When new Labor chairman Avi Gabbay opined earlier this week that Israel’s Left “ forgot what it means to be Jewish,” echoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s infamous hot mic comment two decades ago, jaws dropped among dovish pundits and supporters of the center-left party. “In ’99 Netanyahu was caught on camera saying
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Middle EastUS officials have expressed “growing alarm” at the moves made recently by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince saying they could “damage US interests”, the New York Times reported. US diplomats along with officials from the Pentagon and Central Intelligence Agency say Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman “is behaving recklessly without sufficient consideration to the likely consequences
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Middle EastBy Raphael Ahren Sweden is eagerly seeking to improve the currently less-than-stellar relations between Stockholm and Jerusalem, the speaker of the country’s parliament said this week during a three-day trip to the region. “The purpose of my visit is to show that there’s a big interest in the Swedish side to have a good relationship
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International, Middle EastBy Stuart Winer Reform Jews clashed with ultra-Orthodox worshipers and security personnel at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Thursday, after attempting to pray at the site in celebration of newly ordained male and female rabbis. While members of the group, who fought security guards as they entered the Western Wall plaza with Torah scrolls, claimed
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Shoshanna Solomon When 21-year old Joseph Sokol moved to Israel in 2014 to study in Jerusalem’s Yeshiva Machon Meir, he found paying his rent in Israel from a bank in hometown of Los Angeles very inconvenient. “I had to transfer money from one bank account to my Israeli account and then change the money
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International, Middle East, USABy Jessica Steinberg In “The Museum,” a documentary about Jerusalem’s Israel Museum, filmmaker Ran Tal takes viewers on a tour behind the scenes, offering a masterful view of the tremendous cultural institution in just 74 minutes. Tal does the job delicately and carefully, using a wide view of staff members and visitors to show how
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Middle EastAttendees of the fourth annual Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom Muslim Jewish Women’s Leadership Conference held hands to form a circle around the entire room. Photos by Karen Mancinelli/Drew University Sheryl Olitzky, cofounder of the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom (SOSS), stood up before a largely female audience of some 630 Muslims and Jews and said, “For
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Middle East, USAAn unprecedented joint declaration released Wednesday by Members of Congress and Knesset has laid our core principles for a new paradigm to end the Israel-Palestinian Arab conflict ahead of an expected new push for Middle East peace by President Donald Trump. The declaration, signed by members of the Congressional Israel Victory Caucus (CIVC) and the
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Middle East, USAPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with the leadership of the Jewish community in Hevron and the Chairman of the Yesha Council, who wished to thank him for his efforts to develop and strengthen the Jewish community in Hevron, and especially for the development of the Hezekiah quarter in the holy city. The meeting was attended
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The Jews are just like everyone else, but different. Also Israel. The country of the Jews is like others, but different. This note is provoked by comment from an otherwise rational friend that Israel’s real borders are the Jordan and the Mediterranean. And his question about my description of Israeli Arabs. Was
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