Middle East

Middle East Roundup: September 16, 2015

Netanyahu vows to stem terror wave after fatal Rosh Hashanah attack (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened an emergency meeting in Jerusalem on Tuesday night to discuss ways to stem the recent surge of rock-throwing and firebombing attacks in Israel’s capital, including the killing of 64-year-old Jerusalem resident Alexander Levlovich in […]

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International, Middle East, USA

JFS, others call for U.S. to admit Syrian refugees

SAN DIEGO (SDONA)– Local Jewish organizations are joining a national effort to ask President Obama to allow 100,000 more Syrian refugees to settle in the United States. Jewish Family Service of San Diego and the Leichtag Foundation in Encinitas are joining HIAS, the oldest international migration and refugee resettlement agency in the U.S., to petition the government. As over

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Middle East, San Diego County, USA

Appeal for unity on the day after Senate’s Iran vote

By Stephen M. Greenberg and Malcolm Hoenlein NEW YORK — For more than a decade, the Conference of Presidents has been addressing the dangers posed by the extremist Islamist regime in Iran. We have been at the forefront sounding alarms about Iran’s drive for regional hegemony, support for terrorist organizations, including Hamas and Hezbollah, gross

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Middle East, USA

New Year’s resolution: ‘Call me a Jew!’

By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — Somebody wrote me a nasty letter recently after something I wrote about Jews and social justice. “You just wrote that because you’re a Jew,” spouted my critic.  To this branding, I say, thank you!  Thank you! Thank you for attributing to me the greatest possible ethnic compliment.  Call me

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Jewish news briefs: September 11, 2015

EU parliament backs labels for products made beyond Israel’s pre-1967 lines (BreakingIsraelNews.com/JNS.org) On Thursday, the European Union’s parliament overwhelmingly voted in favor of a resolution to differentiate labels on products made in Judea and Samaria, eastern Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights from those made in the rest of Israel. The labels were backed by 525 European

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International, Middle East, USA

U.C. to debate anti- Semitism’s definition

By Ben Cohen/JNS.org WASHINGTON, D.C. (JNS.org)– On Sept. 17, the Regents of the 10-school University of California (UC) system will discuss a statement of principles against intolerance. Alarmed by a rash of anti-Semitic incidents on UC campuses, a large number of Jewish scholars and activists have urged that the Regents adopt, in the context of their

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Secular Israelis to hear the sound of the shofar

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–This year, the call of the shofar will be made accessible to thousands of Israelis, many of whom have never previously heard the blast of the shofar traditionally sounded on Rosh Hashanah in the synagogue. After 15 years of expanding Yom Kippur programs to 295 locations across the country, Tzohar, the

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Jewish Religion, Middle East