A synagogue in the city of Petah Tikva was vandalized last week, BeHadrei Haredim reports, with a cross spray-painted across one of the house of prayer”s outer walls. On Thursday night, police received a report that two suspects were defacing the synagogue with graffiti. Police arrived on the scene and found that the synagogue had
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Middle EastFor the first time, a Jewish or pro-Israel organization is taking legal action against the faculty and student associations of a Canadian university. On August 3, Hasbara Fellowships Canada filed a formal complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, where it accused the student and faculty associations of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Mohammad Ghazal – Aug 13,2016 – Last updated at Aug 13,2016 Nahed Hattar AMMAN — Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar turned himself in to the Amman governor on Saturday after Prime Minister Hani Mulki ordered an investigation into a cartoon the journalist shared on Facebook. Amman Governor Khaled Abu Zeid listened to Hattar’s statement in
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Middle EastBy Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Isn’t Israeli food characterized by falafel, hummus and tehina? If you are drooling, licking your lips and nodding in eager anticipation of spicy, fried chickpeas with heady spices, think again! Film Director Roger Sherman has created a mind-blowing, gut busting culinary travelogue for the 27th San Diego Jewish Film
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Eva Trieger, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and FoodA series of articles in various Saudi news sources appears to be preparing the ground for greater cooperation with the Jewish state, according to Channel 2’s veteran Arab affairs analyst, Ehud Yaari, who quoted reports by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). Yaari said that there is absolutely no doubt that the articles are
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Middle EastPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called Israeli judoka Or Sasson Saturday evening and congratulated him on his Olympic bronze medal win. He also noted that by attempting to shake the hand of his defeated Egyptian rival – an approach that the Egyptian rebuffed – he had “shown Israel’s true face, as a strong nation that seeks
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International, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsAmnesty International on Friday demanded that Israel either charge or release Bilal Kayed, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist group who is on a hunger strike in protest of his administrative detention. “The Israeli authorities must release Kayed, or, if they have evidence that he has committed a
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Middle EastFrance on Thursday condemned Israel over last week’s demolition of several structures, funded by the French government, in a Palestinian village north of Jerusalem. “France condemns the Israeli army’s destruction of several structures funded by France in the Palestinian village of Nabi Samuel (West Bank) on August 3,” the French government said in a statement.
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International, Middle East, USAUS-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters say they have seized full control of the northern Syrian city of Manbij, liberating more than 2,000 civilian hostages who had been held as human shields. But relief for residents who had been forced to live under the so-called Islamic State group’s rule comes amid reports that remaining jihadists fled
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Middle East, USAA Syrian activist who became the face of the “White Helmet” civilian rescue force operating on the battlefields of Syria was killed by an airstrike on Thursday. Khaled Omar Harah, a painter and decorator before conflict erupted in 2011, was a member of the Syria Civil Defence, a group of nearly 3,000 volunteers who rush
By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Yes, there are anti-Israel Jews. They may be intelligent, or not. They may be religious, or not. But one thing they are, is ignorant. They obviously don’t follow Rabbi Hillel’s famous admonition: “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only
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Editor’s Note: San Diego Jewish World’s staff photographer Shor M. Masori, a teenager himself, joined Israeli and American teens on a whirlwind 10-day tour of Southern California attractions; the program an offshoot of the ongoing cooperation between the San Diego Zoo and the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo. The Israeli teens were all Jerusalem Zoo volunteers, while
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. Masori, Travel and Food, USAWASHINGTON — Despite repeatedly stating President Barack Obama was “the founder of ISIS,” Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Friday morning his original comments were sarcastic. Trump, in an early Friday morning tweet, criticized the “ratings challenged” CNN for seriously reporting his repeated statement that Obama “founded” the Islamic State. “THEY DON’T GET SARCASM?” he
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Middle East, USARome (dpa) – The exiled Iranian opposition activist whom Italy arrested and released after protests from human rights groups said in a Friday interview that Rome authorities had behaved shamefully towards him. Mehdi Khosravi, 37, was apprehended near Lake Como in northern Italy late Saturday after his name showed up on a wanted list supplied
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