NEW YORK (Press Release) –AJC praised world leaders who have spoken out against Tuesday’s deadly Palestinian terror attack on a Jerusalem synagogue during morning prayers. Four worshipers were killed and at least six others wounded by the two terrorists who struck with guns, axes and knives. “Jerusalem is on edge, thanks to Palestinian incitement from […]
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International, Middle East, USATerror attack on Jerusalem synagogue kills 4, including 3 Americans (JNS.org) A terrorist attack on the Kehilat Bnei Torah synagogue in Jerusalem’s Har Nof neighborhood on Tuesday morning killed four Jewish worshippers, including three American citizens, and wounded at least eight others. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened an emergency security meeting at his office, saying
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Photo and Video by Hillel Maier, Tazpit News Agency By Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (Tazpit)– Early Tuesday morning, two Arabs armed with a gun, butchers knives, and an axe, attacked worshipers praying the morning prayers in a synagogue in Har Nof. Police said Uday and Ghassan Abu-Jamal entered the synagogue shooting a pistol and screaming “Allahu Akbar”,
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SAN DIEGO (Press release) — StandWithUs – San Diego will hold its annual “Festival of Lights” celebration on Sunday, December 7, at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines. Dr. Bob and Mao Shillman sponsor the gala and M. Zuhdi Jasser is the keynote speaker. Program begins at 5:30 pm with an appetizer & wine reception followed by program and dinner at 6:30pm.
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Middle East, San Diego Calendar, USAArabs riot after bus driver found dead despite police assessment of suicide (JNS.org) Riots broke out in eastern Jerusalem late Sunday night after rumors spread that an Arab bus driver had been murdered by “Jewish extremists.” According to the Israel Police, however, the bus driver in question committed suicide. The body of Yusuf Hassan Ramouni,
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM–Over five thousand Israeli Arabs are estimated to make the Hajj each year. This past year, 2200 Gazans also made the pilgrimage, according to the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of the Interior. The Hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam, took place from October 3rd – 7th. One of the biggest concerns
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International, Middle EastTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Doctors tell us that the frenzied pace of the modern 24-hour lifestyle — in which we struggle to juggle work commitments with the demands of family and daily life — is damaging to our health. But while life in the slow lane may be better, will it be any longer? It
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — The prominent Brazilian newspaper, O Globo reported recently that the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist group has links with Brazil’s largest criminal gang, First Capital Command (PCC). According to the O Globo report on November 9, the Brazilian government has tried to minimize the issue of Hezbollah activity in the region.
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International, Middle EastBy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON– “What if the Jews themselves were Nazis?,” mused French philosopher, Vladimir Jankélévitch in 1986. “That would be great. We would no longer have to feel sorry for them; they would have deserved what they got.” The recasting of Israelis, and, by extension, Jews as Nazis has, in fact, taken
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Jewish History, Middle East, Richard L. CravattsBy Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — Tensions between Druze and Israeli Arabs in a small Galilee town boiled over during the weekend, resulting in brawls that left more than forty people wounded. Fighting between Druze and Arab residents broke out over the weekend in Abu Snan, a small town in the Galilee. Abu Snan has
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Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –On 9th November 2014, on the very same day that Berliners and others were celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the fall of the wall that had divided their city in two, Jews were marking the seventy-sixth anniversary of the night on which Nazis all over Germany destroyed and vandalized
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle EastPoll: 77% of Israelis oppose bill to ban free newspapers (JNS.org) A new poll found that 77 percent of Israelis oppose the bill to ban free newspapers in Israel, which passed its preliminary Knesset reading on Nov. 12. The legislation targets the free daily Israel Hayom, the country’s top-read print newspaper for more than four
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International, Middle EastMADRID (WJC) — The Spanish legislature will hold a vote on the recognition of a Palestinian state. Lawmakers from the opposition Socialist Party have proposed a non-binding resolution text which is to be debated and voted on next Tuesday. According to media reports, the governing Popular Party of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will support the
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International, Middle EastBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — The Ministry of Economy Investment Center, headed by Nahum Itzkowitz, has authorized a string of financial benefits for industrial plants, companies, and corporations in the town of Sderot and the “Gaza envelope” communities. The financial benefits, totaling a NIS 20 million, include significant financial considerations that are part of a
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