113 bereaved boys take part in mass bar mitzvah at Western Wall (JNS.org) The Jewish charity Colel Chabad on Monday hosted a mass bar mitzvah celebration at the Western Wall in Jerusalem for 113 boys who had lost a parent. Each boy received a new set of tallit and tefillin as well as a dress […]
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — A delegation of eight ZAKA International Rescue Unit volunteers flew in the early hours of Monday morning to assist in the search and recovery mission at the site of the Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps. ZAKA volunteers will offer their extensive experience and expertise in international
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle EastWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)—Congressman Peter Roskam (R-Illinois), co-chair of the House Republican Israel Caucus, sent a letter to President Obama expressing concern with recent reports that his Administration plans to “reevaluate” its policy towards Israel, including potentially reducing support for Israel at the United Nations. In his letter, Roskam wrote: “Throughout its history, Israel has
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is urging the Virginia State Bar to reconsider its decision to cancel plans to hold its 2015 Midyear Legal Seminar in Israel. The cancellation, according to the Washington Post, came in response to a petition by some state bar members protesting Israeli security procedures regarding visitors.
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Middle East, USATEL AVIV (Press Release) — From smartphones and tablets to computer monitors and interactive TV screens, electronic displays are everywhere. As the demand for instant, constant communication grows, so too does the urgency for more convenient portable devices — especially devices, like computer displays, that can be easily rolled up and put away, rather than requiring
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressional legislators were astonished last year to learn that the Palestinian Authority was issuing monthly payouts totaling $3-7 million as salaries and other financial rewards to specific terrorists and their families. The money was channeled, in part, through the Ministry of Prisoners pursuant to the Law of the Prisoner. The
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Edwin Black, Middle East, USABy J. J. Surbeck SAN DIEGO — On March 21, 2015, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, head of the Reform movement gave a speech at the 5th J Street National Conference in Washington, D.C. (see http://tinyurl.com/nc6ffrk). This was an astonishing, not to say disturbing speech.He started off by reciting the usual obligatory mantra, without even seemingly realizing how absurd it
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Middle East, USAJewish Democrats ask White House to tone down criticism of Netanyahu (JNS.org) In a meeting with deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes, a dozen Jewish Democrats serving in the House of Representatives asked the White House to tone down its criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his statements on the peace process. The
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JERUSALEM (Press Release) –The Prime Minister’s Office’s Israel-China task force, led by the National Economic Council and the Israel Export Institute, will be launched at the China-Israel Cooperation Conference at the Dan Hotel in Tel Aviv. For the first time, there will be a dialogue on China combining the business sector, academia and government in
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JERUSALEM (WJC) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the outline of a nuclear agreement between Iran and Western powers as even “worse” than he had feared. “While [world powers] convene to sign this deal, Iran’s proxies in Yemen are seizing large swaths of land with an aim to overtake Bab al-Mandab strait so that they
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s not easy–it may not be possible–to identify the real Barack Obama. We can say the same about other–perhaps all–politicians who reach the top of a steep climb. Yet the Obama puzzle is especially daunting, given his position at the head of the most powerful country of them all. His
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release)– Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a telephone discussion with Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman of Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, that she thinks “we need to all work together to return the special US-Israel relationship to constructive footing, to get back to basic shared concerns and
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM–It goes without saying that countless families in Israel are unable to afford the Passover Seder meal but two charitable organizations, Leket Israel and Colel Chabad are working to change that reality. Colel Chabad, the oldest continuously running social services organization in Israel, founded in 1788, has been charged by the
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Arieh Deri is something of a political genius. Born in Morocco in 1959 he came at an early age to Israel with his family. To save him from the squalor in which they were then forced to live, his parents sent him to a yeshiva where he shone. He soon joined
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