By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The founding myths of numerous tribes describe them at the center of creation, along with their version of an almighty force which created them and everything else. Us, too. But who else has something like the Hebrew Bible, where our ancestors described themselves, and their relations with lesser others. Some believe that […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Isaac Yetiv, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California –A few days after Pope Francis recognized the “State of Palestine,” he honored the “Chairman of the Palestinian Authority” Mahmoud Abbas, in a ceremony at the Vatican, and called him “the Angel of Peace,” thus adding insult to injury. He also insulted History twice: First, because
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Middle East, USABy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — Across Israel, various cities have been twinned with sister cities in the United States as well as internationally. Ashkelon is paired with Sacramento, California; Bnei Brak with Lakewood, New Jersey; Ariel with Mobile, Alabama; Jerusalem with New York City and the list goes on. Most recently, Hadera, known as
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Middle East, USASouthern Israelis call for stronger response to Gaza rocket fire (JNS.org) Following Tuesday’s rocket fire launched from the Gaza Strip into the Gan Yavne area near Ashdod, residents of southern Israel are demanding a tougher response to the cross-border rocket attacks from the Hamas-controlled Palestinian enclave. “I expect our country to respond with force to
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International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USAWho Cares? By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — It’s clear from recent anti-Israel resolutions that the United Nations doesn’t care what happens in the Middle East. In contrast, Israel continues unfazed to perform the good deeds that a caring world really should be cheering. Another two wounded Syrians were brought in for emergency care last
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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We ShareBy Caren Besner BOYNTON BEACH, Florida — In classical Greek mythology , the Lernaean hydra was an enormous hideous serpent with numerous heads that ravaged the area around Lerna in the Peloponnese. According to legend, its very breath was so poisonous that whomever came into contact with it fell dead. The legendary hero Hercules, as
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International, Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Men’s Club of Beth Israel of San Diego has scheduled Dr. Sanford Lakoff as its featured speaker at a June 17 Dinner Forum. Lakoff, a professor emeritus of political science at UCSD, will proved an update on the Middle East. Lakoff earned his doctorate at Harvard, where he taught in the
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Middle East, San Diego CalendarBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — “Kick the Jewish State out of Football!” This is Racism, FIFA! If Israel has to go that extra mile for peace after multiple offers of concessions were roundly rejected, then the Palestinians, who are so far behind, have to go a full marathon distance just to catch up. But they
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Barry Shaw, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–The global human rights organization, Amnesty International released a report Tuesday, May 26, detailing Hamas abuses against Palestinians during Operation Protective Edge last summer. According to the report, Hamas tortured, abducted, and assaulted Fatah members and former PA security forces in Gaza under the cover of the conflict. Some victims died
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Middle EastIsraeli police chief looking into legalizing medical marijuana (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel Police Chief Insp. Gen. Yohanan Danino said he has decided to establish a professional committee to investigate the cannabis policies of other western nations and look into the ramifications of making medical marijuana use legal in Israel. “What will eventually happen here
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International, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — I didn’t think that I’d ever look back nostalgically at the time when Avigdor Lieberman was Israel’s foreign minister, but I’m already doing it, only a few weeks after he left that office to go into opposition. Recent events warrant it. For reasons which are still not clear, the foreign
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Middle East1,000-year-old Jewish marriage contract goes on display in Jerusalem (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) In honor of the wedding season that began after Lag Ba’Omer this month, the National Library of Israel is launching an exhibition about the ketubah, the Jewish marriage contract, featuring a rare 1,000-year-old ketubah that testifies to the presence of a Jewish
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s not easy. Perhaps it’s not wise, to comment on someone else’s politics. American officials, and lots of American Jews, especially those to the right and left extremes, often sound like loonies when expressing themselves about Israeli politics. Israelis have also blundered, at high cost. The greatest was Ariel Sharon’s certainty
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Land is scarce in the Jerusalem area, so I can consider myself very fortunate to have a small plot of land attached to my house. It is divided into terraced sections because of the lay of the land, which is actually the side of a hill. Thus the
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