By J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — This column is being written on June the 7th, the 48th anniversary of the beginning of the Six Day War which resulted in the occupation of the West Bank in Gaza. June the 7th was a day I will never forget. I was never so scared from […]
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By Anav Silverman RAMAT GAN, Israel — An honorary Commander of the British Empire in the name of Queen Elizabeth II was conferred upon the President of Ben Gurion University, Professor Rivka Carmi yesterday. Carmi was honored by Buckingham Palace for her significant work in deepening academic and scientific links between the United Kingdom and
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationIsrael may nix funding for theater over Arab actor’s Jordan Valley boycott (JNS.org) Israeli Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev issued a strong rebuke of Arab-Israeli actor Norman Issa on Tuesday after Israel Hayom reported that he was unwilling to join his fellow cast members in the play Boomerang when they perform in the Jordan Valley.
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — In the background of this column is the recent one about the misadventures of great powers, and producing unintended outcomes. It could have employed Barbara Tuchman’s title, The March of Folly. Here the focus is on the diplomatic maneuvers, proclamations, politely announced policy preferences, along with the yelling, screaming and chanting
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAHosting Czech FM, Netanyahu says Palestinians set ‘perfect trap’ on peace talks (JNS.org) The Palestinian Authority rejects peace talks with Israel and then tries to get boycotts imposed on the Jewish state over the absence of peace talks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told visiting Czech Republic Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek in Jerusalem on Monday, calling
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International, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — President Reuven Rivlin has important things to say about many issues, e.g., the rights of Israel’s Arab citizens and the problem with haredi schools that don’t teach the basic curriculum and thus render their graduates unproductive and unemployable. But he has a blind spot about Reform and Conservative Judaism. Thus
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Middle East, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Helena Kagan was born in 1889 in Uzbekistan, where her father, who was originally from Lithuania, had been sent as a chemical engineer to establish and supervise the construction of glass-manufacturing plants there. In 1914, after qualifying as a physician, she settled in Jerusalem and was a pioneer
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationU.S. Supreme Court strikes down law allowing ‘Jerusalem, Israel’ on passports (JNS.org) The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down a law that enabled Americans born in Jerusalem—which the U.S. government does not recognize as a part of any country—to list “born in Israel” on their passports, on the grounds that Congress overstepped the president’s
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By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel –When our older son, Moshe, recently visited Israel, we took advantage of the weather and his experience (he’s an adventure tour leader) to go kayaking. While Israel’s Mediterranean coastline and the Red Sea resort Eilat both provide Israelis with plenty of water sports, the country has a dirth of
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Middle East, Steve KramerBy Rabbi Dow Marmur SAN DIEGO — Whereas during his term of office as president that ended a year ago, Shimon Peres was an outstanding spokesman for Israel on the world scene – and very much needed at the time when the foreign minister was virtually a persona non grata in many countries – his
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Following is a speech delivered on Sunday, June 7, by World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder at a forum in New York City sponsored by The Jerusalem Post. Underlined, bold-faced and capitalized portions reflect what Lauder emphasized By Ronald Lauder NEW YORK — I want to thank the Jerusalem Post for allowing me to begin
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International, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — In his book, Hansichim (The Princes), Gil Samsonov, who has worked for Binyamin Netanyahu as a PR person, describes in detail how Israel’s current prime minister is able to turn adversity to his advantage. For example, after the murder of Prime Minister Rabin, when Netanyahu was the leader of
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — Forty-eight years ago, June 7, 1967, the city of Jerusalem was reunified. It was the third day of Israel’s “lightning victory” in the Six Day War. Responding to Jordanian artillery, Israeli forces entered the Old City and fought bitter hand-to-hand battles en route to recapturing and reuniting the
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Thursday morning news, June 4, headlined a comment by the General Director of the French telecom giant Orange that he preferred to cancel the agreement with the Israeli affiliate, due to its violation of international law. He went on to say that he could not do as he wished, due
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