By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — I have never met anyone, apart from Arabs who describe themselves as Palestinians, who really give a genuine damn about the Palestinians unless it is linked by an umbilical cord to the hatred of Israel. Somehow the two things are welded together to the extent that you have to think […]
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Barry Shaw, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — F.W. de Klerk, the former prime minister of South Africa who helped to bring peace to his country, has just been visiting Israel. There’re no indications that he found a clone or even a counterpart here. Nor are there signs that a Mandela is waiting on the Palestinian side. On
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Edward L. Rubin NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Among the many tragic consequences of the ISIS attacks in Paris is one that, understandably, has not received much attention but needs to be taken seriously. Paris is the site of the 2015 U.N. Climate Change Conference, to be held from November 30 to December 11. This widely attended
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DEL MAR — Jewish men from throughout San Diego County will attend the free Men’s Event sponsored by the Jewish Federation of San Diego County from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 16, at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd. Featured speaker will be Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, who served as the
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Middle East, San Diego CalendarBy Jeremy Ben-Ami NEW YORK — Is it safe to wait at a light rail station in Jerusalem? What about grabbing a cup of coffee at an outdoor café in Europe? Getting on a plane? Terror is real; its goal straightforward–to instill fear. And right now, fear and insecurity are real in the United States,
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By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — The ESRA Hiking Club (esra.org.il) ventured south to the hills of the northern Negev recently for one of the most beautiful hikes that I’ve done in Israel. We were heading towards the Yeruham Park and Lake, where there are green groves and a manmade lake in the
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, Travel and FoodOECD lauds high education rates among Israelis (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel has one of the highest-educated populations of any country in the developed world, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) latest global education report, released on Tuesday. The “Education at a Glance 2015” report found that 85 percent of Israelis
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Routines are everywhere, with everyone. Almost all our waking hours we are employing one or another. How we brush our teeth, fix our breakfast, drive to where we’ve been before, get ready for bed. They are crucial for government and politics. Just as an individual cannot be bothered to ponder at
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Joe Gandelman SAN DIEGO — If there is ever a movie that cries out for being seen NOW it’s filmmaker Robert Rippberger’s 7 Days in Syria. When it was completed some months ago it was a solid documentary about the Syrian Civil War that took you so inside the devastation that you could almost
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Jewish History, Joe Gandelman, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Recent discussions on the Internet deal with the moral question concerning asylum for Syrian refugees. This issue is especially a matter of concern for the European countries as well. More specifically for Jews, is the comparison between Syrians of today and the German Jewish refugees
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By Steve Diamond SAN DIEGO — The email ad for the first annual Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Cycling Tour of Israel appeared in my inbox in early August – and immediately caught my eye. I’m a retired U.S. Navy senior officer, and my daughter, Rami, just finished her service as a Lone
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Middle East, San Diego County, Sports & CompetitionsHummus a long time favorite in the Middle East (JNS.org) The Middle East has gone through monumental changes over thousands of years, but one thing has never changed: an affinity for hummus. This conclusion was reached after fava seeds were discovered during an excavation by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) in the Galilee, showing
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Middle EastBy David Amos SAN DIEGO — The second half of October, just a month ago, turned out to be very special. From the 19th to the 23rd, I was invited to conduct the London Philharmonic in the city’s Abbey Road Studios. The following week takes only one word: Israel. Here are the details of both destinations.
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International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsAvis refuses to rent car over businessman’s Israeli identity (JNS.org) The Avis car rental agency refused to provide an Israeli businessman with a rental vehicle because of his Israeli identity, the New York Observer reported Sunday. Dov Bergwerk, a senior executive at Israeli pharmaceutical giant Teva, said that on Friday he and his wife
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