Man said to suffer allergic reaction after eating kosher meal By Stuart Winer Illustrative photo of an Iberia airline plane touching down in Miami, Florida, 1985. (CC-BY-SA: Aero Icarus/Wikimedia) An Israeli man died overnight Tuesday after eating a meal on a plane to Miami, where he and his newlywed wife were traveling to for their […]
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Middle East, Travel and FoodThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Steering Committee voted Tuesday afternoon to adopt a resolution denying Israel’s rights to its own capital, Jerusalem. The vote took place on Israel’s Independence Day. 22 nations voted in favor of the resolution, compared to 10 which voted against it. 23 nations abstained. Among the countries
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International, Middle EastThe Senate Foreign Relations Committee will seek new sanctions against Iran but not Russia, although it will work on legislation to hinder Russia’s recent actions in Europe, which have included increased troop movement near NATO members’ borders as well as accusations of hacking efforts to influence European elections. “We’re not going to do a Russia
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International, Middle East, USAHost blames Judaism for Arab world’s woes, including high cost of living, citing fraudulent anti-Semitic text as proof By Times of Israel staff Jordanian TV host Ayed Alqam quotes from ‘The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ (Courtesy MEMRI) A program broadcast on Jordan’s Prime TV channel in April examined “The Protocols of the Elders
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Middle EastDavid P. Goldman Jews are sadly accustomed to becoming collateral damage in disputes in other peoples’ civil wars. Dr. Sebastian Gorka, a senior White House official, is one of the few gentile victims of a Jewish civil war. Dr. Gorka, long a Fox News commentator on counter-terrorism, will speak at the Jerusalem Post’s annual New
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Jewish History, Middle East, USASon Chemi Peres says his father left a compass and tools to help the country follow his path of making technology, not war By Shoshanna Solomon To die at the ripe age of 93 is a blessing in Israel, a country used to mourning young soldiers fallen in war who had only just started to
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Middle East, Obituaries & memorialsThe Palestinian movement Hamas has declared for the first time its willingness to accept a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders, without recognising Israel. Presenting a new document, the group which controls Gaza, dropped its long-standing call for the destruction of Israel. The rhetorical shift is being seen as an attempt by Hamas to soften
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JERUSALEM (Press Release) – Dina Samte, a blind member of the Bnei Menashe Jewish community, which claims descent from one of Israel’s Lost Tribes, on Saturday celebrated being chosen for the honor of lighting one of the Israel Independence Day torches at the official state ceremony, taking place this Tuesday. Samte also celebrated her 19th birthday
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International, Middle EastBy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — These are the springtime festival days of Israel—Holocaust Remembrance Day last week, Israel Independence Day today, Jerusalem Day soon. I remember when, several years ago, it was reported in the international media that a huge, luxury Cineplex was being constructed in the suburban Israeli community of Kfar-Saba. I retain
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Middle East, Travel and FoodUNESCO plans anti-Israel vote on Israel’s Independence Day (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The cultural body of the United Nations is expected to adopt a resolution Tuesday, on Israel’s Independence Day, classifying Israel as an “occupying power” in Jerusalem. UNESCO is also expected to conclude that the Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel’s Tomb, both Jewish
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Middle EastTEL AVIV, Israel (Press Release) — Chemiluminescence, or chemical light, is the principle behind the glow sticks (also known as light sticks) used at rock concerts and as quick tools to grab when the electricity goes out. But they can also be used to diagnose diseases by identifying concentrations of biological samples. A new mechanism developed
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We’re been in the week between the day to remember victims of the Holocaust, and the day to remember those who died in the defense of Israel or as the result of terror. Varda, who carries the Hebrew version of her Grandmother’s name, lights candles for that Grandmother, taken from
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastWhile 66% of Arabs see the overall situation as good, just 43.9% of the Jewish population agreed, according to new IDI study ahead of Israel’s 69th Independence Day By Stuart Winer Illustrative photo of an Israeli crowd. (Roni Schutzer/Flash90) More among Israel’s Arab community than its Jewish population are satisfied with life in Israel and
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Middle EastFormer Pink Floyd star and leading anti-Israel activist Roger Waters admitted that his push to get Radiohead to cancel an upcoming concert in Israel had failed. His comments came this past Wednesday at an hourlong discussion hosted by The New York Times newspaper and attended by a representative of the Washington Free Beacon website. The
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