By Toby Klein Greenwald JERUSALEM–These latest parshiot (chapters) of the Torah readings remind me of the summer and fall of 2001, when the women of the Raise Your Spirits Theatre put on the production Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat to sold-out audiences who came on bulletproof buses from all over Israel to our […]
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, Toby Klein GreenwaldBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Entry to politics does not require a test of intelligence, or even political savvy. The best most recent evidence appears in reports associated with Tsipi Livni and John Kerry. Livni–along with Shimon Peres–advised John Kerry to postpone action on the Palestinians’ request of the UN Security Council to grant it statehood
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — When partners fall out with each other, the fallout can be devastating. In marriage it’s called divorce, but, of course, it occurs in many other situations. In Israel, it has just become an election issue with possible serious consequences. The late Ovadia Yosef, a former Sephardi chief rabbi of
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By Sam Litvin SUSIYA, Israel — It was a most unusual heat on a December morning in the hills south of Hebron. The white rocks stacked in serpentine order reflected light heavenward while the green patches in between them soaked up the rays. The light disappeared inside the ancient caves and cisterns of the old
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Middle East, Sam Litvin, Travel and FoodBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — They arrest you for having any opinion that isn’t theirs. They arrest you for demanding elections; the last thing they want is to know you want different leadership. They arrest you for having a Facebook page that is out of step, or you don’t have Facebook at all.
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SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – Twenty-two advocacy groups on Monday, Dec. 22, applauded University of California (UC) Provost Aimee Dorr and UC administrators for protecting the well-bring of Jewish students. For the first time ever, UC administrators publicly affirmed that UC faculty are prohibited from bringing hateful anti-Semitic propaganda and the boycott of Israel into
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPalestinian terrorist indicted for fatally stabbing Israeli woman in Alon Shvut (JNS.org) An indictment for murder was filed Sunday at the Samaria Military Court against Maher Hamdi al-Ashalmoun, the Palestinian terrorist who fatally stabbed 26-year-old Israeli woman Dahlia Lemkus last month at the entrance to the community of Alon Shvut in Gush Etzion. According to
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International, Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (WJC) — Despite a rise of 7 % of the immigration to Israel from North America, aliyah from France to Israel this year will be more than double that from the United States, according to figures revealed by the Jewish Agency for Israel in Jerusalem. Based on the current pace, the number of French
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International, Middle EastTEL AVIV (Press Release)— The health effects of air pollution are a major concern for urban populations all over the world. Children, the elderly, and people with impaired respiratory systems (such as asthmatics) tend to be especially sensitive to the impact of exposure to ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, and particulate matter. A recent study
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–The oldest continuously running social welfare organization in Israel, Colel Chabad, is hosting its annual retreat for 260 orphans and widows this Chanukah. For the past ten years, Colel Chabad has organized a variety of therapeutic activities specifically designed for children who have lost parents in recent years, as well those
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By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Evan Centanni makes maps. Global maps, regional maps, geopolitical maps, Middle East maps, conflict maps. trouble-spot maps. Based inthe American Northwest, Centanni grew up there and double-majored in linguistics and international studies at the University of Oregon. Welcome to Political Geography Now (www.PolGeoNow.com), Centanni’s brainchild of a website
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Editor’s Note: Over the years, freelance writer Judy Lash Balint has written numerous articles appearing in San Diego Jewish World, and now she has a new job as an English-language radio broadcaster from Jerusalem. We want to wish her lots of mazal, while passing on to our readers information about how you can catch her broadcasts about
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NEW YORK (Press Release)–Aware that many people never get to hear or read the speeches made at the United Nations, the World Jewish Congress has distributed an address made by Israel’s Ambassador Ron Prosor to the General Assembly. It follows: Mr. President, I stand before the world as a proud representative of the State of
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CHULA VISTA (Press Release)–Representatives of Chabad, the Chaldean Community, and Latinos for Israel will be among those joining forces at 4:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 28 for “A Night to Bless Jerusalem” at the South Bay Baptist Church, 960 Fifth Avenue, Chula Vista. Rabbi Mendel Polichenco, Chabad director for Mexico, will be joined by Mark Arabo
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