Middle East

I-8 Jewish travel — University of San Diego Law School

-Fifth in a Series- Exit 2: Morena Boulevard: University of San Diego By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In the news and in movie theaters that show such films as The Lady in Gold, perplexing questions continue to arise about who is the rightful owner of art works seized by the Nazis before and during […]

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, Travel and Food, USA

Positively Israel ~ May 20, 2015

“Israel: The Cream of the Crop” By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — The Jewish festival of Shavuot (Pentacost) celebrates Israel’s wheat harvest and the source of the prosperity it generates. Israel’s agricultural technology is bringing prosperity to those nations willing to recognize the true benevolent nature of the Jewish State. The theme of Expo 2015,

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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Jewish news briefs: May 20, 2015

Two Israeli police officers wounded in Jerusalem car-ramming attack (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Two Israeli Border Police officers were lightly wounded on Wednesday when an Arab terrorist rammed his vehicle into them in Jerusalem’s A-Tur neighborhood. The attacker was shot dead by another border policeman at the scene. Palestinian sources identified the dead terrorist as

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International, Middle East, USA

Israel should not reject U.N. resolutions out of hand

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Professor Stephen Toope, the new Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, is in Jerusalem. On Tuesday he spoke at the Hebrew University under the auspices of its Centre for Canadian Studies about “Israel and the United Nations System.” There’s much to report from his

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International, Middle East, USA

The ‘Jerusalem syndrome’ and holiday bullying

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson  MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Psychologists and psychiatrists have defined the outburst of mystical ecstasy and identification with our ancient city as a known phenomenon that sometimes even requires hospitalization or sedation of the person affected. It has a distant echo in the sense of awe that occasionally envelops visitors to Florence, but no

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East