By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — One of the bitter ironies of contemporary Israel is that some of the Jews who claim to be the most ardent defenders of the Jewish faith, the Jewish people and the Jewish way of life – the ultra-Orthodox – behave like the non-Jewish thugs who still try to make life […]
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Middle EastHow effective is the BDS movement? By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — One of my readers suggested that I write another anti-boycott article. So I just took excerpts from Israel’s positive news over the last 3 weeks and will let you make up your minds as to whether or not there is a boycott. The
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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — In honor of Ramadan, which began on Wednesday evening, June 17, food vouchers totaling 1 million NIS will be provided to 2,600 needy families in the Arab community by the International Fellowship of Christian and Jews (IFCJ), headed by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein. Welfare departments throughout 69 municipalities, which the IFCJ provides assistance to on
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Middle EastScience minister eyes sending first Israeli female astronaut to space (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli Science, Technology and Space Minister Danny Danon has asked the Israel Space Agency (ISA) to begin searching for the first female Israeli astronaut to be sent to space. Danon’s quest comes 12 years after the first Israeli astronaut of any
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The Druze are part of the religious/ethnic/cultural mosaic that makes the Middle East a fascinating and dangerous place. There ought to be a sign wherever outsiders may enter the region. One line should read, Enter at your risk. Another line should read, Enter at our risk. Several American Presidents have
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAKing David-era inscription pieced together from broken jug (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A rare inscription dating back to the 10th century BCE, the estimated time of Jewish Kings David and Solomon, has recently been pieced together from fragments of a 3,000-year-old broken jar that were discovered near Israel’s Elah Valley. Letters in an ancient Canaanite
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By Anav Silverman HAIFA, Israel (Tazpit) – Over 150 leading medical researchers, healthcare policy makers and philanthropists gathered last week at northern Israel’s leading medical center, Ramban Hospital, for the “From Vision to Reality” summit. Former Israeli President Shimon Peres, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, world-renowned geneticist Mary-Claire King and Mariita and George Feldenkreis of Miami, chairman
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — “Strategy” is the summer watchword in Washington — strategy for handling ISIS, strategy for Syria, strategy for Middle East peace. The President says, “We don’t have, yet, a complete strategy” for ISIS, but presumably one will emerge. In this atmosphere, the debate over sending more American troops to Iraq, and
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USACypriot and Israeli leaders emphasize common threats in Jerusalem meetings (JNS.org) Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Israeli leaders emphasized their nations’ shared challenges while holding meetings in Jerusalem. “Israel and Cyprus are both small countries, and share common threats in the shape of radical Islam, Iran, and the ongoing conflict in Syria, to name but
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International, Middle East, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — It sometimes seems as if we’re living in a kind of science-fiction fantasy world in which, from the comfort of our home, we watch the dreadful events swirling around us while we remain cozily ensconced in our little cocoon of comfort and plenty. The images we see nightly
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Who’s winning? Nobody. Among the refrains we hear from Israelis, overseas friends, and those sitting on the fence is that Israel (the government and the people) do not do enough to explain themselves. Hah! The sounds of Israeli efforts to explain themselves are deafening to those who bother to listen.
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM — One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Mumbai, formerly Bombay, is home to the majority of India’s Jewish population. Among the 12 million people that make up the city, some 4,000 Jews live in the city. While many of India’s Jews have immigrated to Israel, the United
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International, Middle EastBy Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — On July 29, 1977, at Kfar Habad, a village near Tel Aviv, a bar mitzvah was in progress. After reading from the Torah, 13 year old, Shai Cohen spoke, “I promise you, father, that in my life I will never fail you. I will do my duty with
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Jewish History, Middle EastNearly half of Palestinians killed in Gaza war were armed, Israeli report finds (JNS.org) A new Israeli Foreign Ministry report on last summer’s Operation Protective Edge found that nearly half (44 percent) of the 2,125 Palestinians killed were confirmed to have been armed members of Hamas or other terrorist organizations. The 277-page report, titled “The
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