By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — It was a bit of heaven; now it is a chunk of hell. Muslim extremists are killing each other in the wilderness where Moses received the Law; in Israel, hands are wringing and hearts are breaking. The New York Times reported Thursday that “militants who set up checkpoints […]
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Middle EastHAIFA, Israel (Press Release)– For about half the women in Israel, giving birth for the first time and the transition into motherhood is associated with moderate to severe crisis, according to a new study conducted at the University of Haifa that examined for the first time how deep the experience of crisis after giving birth
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
LVIV, Ukraine (Press Release)– Professor Fania Oz-Salzberger, the daughter of acclaimed Israeli novelist Amoz Oz, retraced the footsteps of her father’s best-selling memoir A Tale of Love and Darkness on Wednesday, Nov. 12, in the northern Ukrainian city of Rivne, as part of the four-day conference Limmud FSU Ukraine in Lviv. Oz-Salzberger, an author, historian and
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International, Jewish History, Middle EastTEL AVIV (Press Release)— For the first time in history, a spacecraft has landed on a comet. The momentous event represents the culmination of 35 years of research on comets by Prof. Akiva Bar-Nun of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Geosciences and other scientists working for the European Space Agency. At 08:35 GMT on Wednesday,
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JERUSALEM (WJC) — Three quarter of Jews world-wide can trace their ancestry to the Middle East, according to a report by the Israeli newspaper ‘Haaretz’. The paper quotes Bennett Greenspan, founder and president of Family Tree DNA, as saying that there was little doubt that today’s Jews had their roots in the Middle East and
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationU.S. issues latest criticism of Israeli construction in Jerusalem (JNS.org) The United States issued its latest criticism of Israeli construction in the Jewish state’s capital of Jerusalem following the preliminary approval of plans to build 200 new housing units in the neighborhood of Ramot, which is located beyond the 1949 armistice line. “We are deeply
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Middle East, USALOS ANGELES (Press Release)- The Israeli-American Council (IAC) and Beit Hatfutsot -The Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv have announced a new partnership to lead and expand the museum’s popular My Family Story, a family heritage program, throughout the United States. Now in its 20th year, My Family Story is a global educational initiative
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Jewish History, Middle East, USABy J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — Some random thoughts on recent events in Israel and Palestine. The Jews and Terror. Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, dedicated a square in Ramallah to the people that perpetrated the massacre at the Munich Olympic games in 1972. The Palestinians called them martyrs. Other Arabs
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By Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — Israel and Kenya signed an agreement Wednesday, Nov. 12, pledging to strengthen ties and increase cooperation between the two countries. Representatives from Kenya’s National Assembly met with their counterparts in the Knesset to sign the agreement in Israel. The agreement stated that Israel and Kenya’s “shared belief in the
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International, Middle East
NEW YORK (WJC) –Former US Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger was this year’s laureate of the World Jewish Congress Theodor Herzl Award. At the annual gala dinner in New York, the 91-year-old Kissinger was presented with the award by US journalist Barbara Walters. WJC President Ronald S. Lauder said in his address that “Henry
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Jewish History, Middle East, USANetanyahu: bill to ban free newspapers ‘shames the Knesset’ (JNS.org) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted legislation seeking to outlaw free newspapers in Israel, walking out of Wednesday’s preliminary vote on the bill. The Israeli Knesset came out in favor of a bill intended to shut down the free newspaper Israel Hayom. Netanyahu said the 43-23
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release) — “The escalating terrorist attacks in Jerusalem and other areas are of grave concern and must be put to an end. Israel must do everything possible to protect its citizens and restore peaceful conditions. The Palestinian Authority must immediately take steps to restore order. Mahmoud Abbas and other Palestinian officials must
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Middle East, USA
By Donald H. Harrison ENCINITAS, California—Ari Shavit, the Ha’aretz columnist who seeks a new narrative for Israel in his book My Promised Land, has called on Israel to engage in a “Marshall Plan” for the Gaza Strip, while at the same time dealing with Hamas “very strictly.” The Marshall Plan, named for U.S. Secretary of
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle EastTEL AVIV (Press Release)— As football players are learning, a violent blow to the head has the potential to cause mild to severe traumatic brain injury — physical damage to the brain that can be debilitating, even fatal. The long-term effects run the gamut of human functioning, from trouble communicating to extensive cognitive and behavioral
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