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Zuhdi Jasser, a Muslim for democracy, to speak Dec. 7

November 17, 2014

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, USA

JNS news briefs: November 17, 2014

November 17, 2014

Arabs 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 East

Israel, Territories, guard against MERS

November 17, 2014

By 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 East

For lizards it’s frequent sex or long life

November 17, 2014

TEL 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, & Education

Hezbollah smuggling weapons to Brazilian gangs

November 17, 2014

By 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 East

The Ivory Tower’s attempt to Nazify Jews

November 16, 2014

By 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. Cravatts

Muslims and Druze clash in Galilee

November 16, 2014

By 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 East

What terror unchecked can lead to

November 16, 2014

By 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 East

JNS news briefs: November 14, 2014

November 14, 2014

Poll: 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 East

Spain’s Parliament may be next to recognize Palestine

November 14, 2014

MADRID (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 East

Investment plan set for Sderot and environs

November 13, 2014

By 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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Middle East

Sinai: From spiritual paradise to hellish desert

November 13, 2014

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 East

Battlefield of birth leaves emotional scars

November 13, 2014

HAIFA, 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

Exploring the Oz family’s Lviv roots

November 13, 2014

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 East

Zuhdi Jasser, a Muslim for democracy, to speak Dec. 7

JNS news briefs: November 17, 2014

Israel, Territories, guard against MERS

For lizards it’s frequent sex or long life

Hezbollah smuggling weapons to Brazilian gangs

The Ivory Tower’s attempt to Nazify Jews

Muslims and Druze clash in Galilee

What terror unchecked can lead to

JNS news briefs: November 14, 2014

Spain’s Parliament may be next to recognize Palestine

Investment plan set for Sderot and environs

Sinai: From spiritual paradise to hellish desert

Battlefield of birth leaves emotional scars

Exploring the Oz family’s Lviv roots

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