JERUSALEM (Press Release) – Thirty Polish Jews who survived the Holocaust as children recently traveled from Kraków, Poland, to Israel for a special week-long visit to the Jewish state organized by Shavei Israel and funded by money raised from the inaugural Ride of the Living that was supported by members of the Jewish Community Center (JCC) of […]
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International, Jewish History, Middle EastBy Daniel Sokatch NEW YORK — Passover is my favorite holiday. Every year, we slow down, step back and commemorate what, in my opinion, is one of the greatest gifts the Jewish people have given to the world: the story of Exodus from Egypt, the ultimate narrative of hope, liberation, and possibility. This story, our
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USAIsrael applies to new China-led global investment bank (JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signed a letter of application to join the new China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Israel seeks to join roughly 40 countries, including several Western and Asian allies such as the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore Korea,
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International, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — A bittersweet irony it is that the freedom festival of Passover arrives on the 47th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and one day before the rebirth of hope—Easter Sunday. We go to our April festivals this year with a thousand cuts on our soul—from
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USABy Isaac Yetiv, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California –The tempest that has recently blown over US-Israel relations has one unique source, the personality and far-leftist ideology of one man, President Obama: his narcissistic belief and arrogant unilateral acts that are anathema to the American political system, his intolerance to dissenting views that brook no dissent from
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) issued the following statement on Wednesday, April 1, upon the announcement that a federal grand jury in Newark, N.J., has indicted Senator Robert Menendez: “AJC has had the pleasure and privilege of knowing Senator Menendez and working with him on a range of public policy issues
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-New York), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee and the Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, on Wedneday, April 1, issued the following statement on the Administration providing appropriated military assistance to Egypt: “At a time of rising instability across the Middle East, it is critical that allies
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The American people overwhelmingly expect congressional review of any nuclear agreement with Iran, according to three new polls. The Pew Research Center and Rasmussen Reports each found that more than 60 percent of respondents believe Congress should have final authority for approving a deal. A Quinnipiac University poll released on
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Middle East, USATEL AVIV (Press Release)— For the crew of the Starship Enterprise, Star Trek‘s “Tricorder” was an essential tool, a multifunctional hand-held device used to sense, compute, and record data in a threatening and unpredictable universe. It simplified a number of Starfleet tasks, scientific or combat-related, by beaming sensors at objects to obtain instant results. The
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationAfter Iranian threat to destroy Israel, Netanyahu urges ‘better deal’ on nukes (JNS.org) Following an Iranian military official’s reported threat to destroy Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday urged world powers to seek a “better deal” in their nuclear negotiations with Iran. Brig. Gen. Mohammad Reza Naqdi, the commander of Iran’s Basij militia, said
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Barack Obama had some nasty comments about Netanyahu’s election day call that Arabs were going to the polls “in droves,” which the President saw as Bibi’s eroding the meaning of democracy. In a post-election meeting with Arabs, Netanyahu said “I know that the things I said a few days ago
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — The Knesset opening session was buzzing with new faces, as 39 new Members of Knesset joined their veteran colleagues in the swearing in ceremony that took place in the Israeli parliament on Tuesday, March 31. New Likud MK Dr. Avraham Negusie, the only Israeli of Ethiopian origin to
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Netanyahu’s address to the United States Congress early this month may have been ill advised, but I’m among those who find it impossible to ignore what he said that Iran is threatening the very existence of Israel. Indeed, perhaps the deal now about to be struck in Switzerland
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Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (WJC) — In a video message, the hacker group Anonymous has threatened Israel with an “electronic Holocaust” over the Passover holiday. The massive cyber attack on 7 April would fall just over a week before Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day on 16 April. The video shows a masked figure in a suit and tie delivering a prepared statement, warning that
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