JERUSALEM (WJC)–Israel’s population now stands at more than 8.2 million, the Central Bureau of Statistics said on Monday, releasing its new figures on the eve of Rosh Hashana. They show that Israel has 8,252,500 inhabitants, three quarters of which (6,186,100) are Jews (75 percent of the total), 1,709,900 Arabs (20.7 percent) and 356,500 others (4.3
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has hailed the unanimous U.S. Senate adoption of the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act (S. 2673). This important measure, co-sponsored by Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Roy Blunt (R-MO), recognizes Israel is a major U.S. strategic partner, and broadens the U.S.-Israel alliance by promoting greater cooperation on security,
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–It risks the charge of banality to assert that Israel is a place with a multitude of historical layers, many of which intrude into its politics and international relations. The people who migrated, fought, conquered, suffered defeat, left, or stayed have made their mark on the names of places, changes in the
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Steve Kramer JERUSALEM — I had last visited the Temple Mount in 1982, on a synagogue-sponsored trip from New Jersey. My memories of that visit are hazy, but Michal and I got another chance just before Operation Protective Edge in Gaza. We joined a Tel Aviv University-sponsored trip, guided by archeologist/historian Dr. Stephen Rosenberg, whose
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Jewish History, Middle East, Steve Kramer
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) –It was a historical moment at Jerusalem’s Bible Lands Museum on Thursday night, September 18, as the world’s oldest known Jewish prayer book was displayed for the first time to the general public with leading Jewish and Christian figures present. The siddur, which is 1,200 years old, belongs to Steve
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — One tries hard to believe that mainstream journalism about the unrelenting Israeli-Palestinian conflict is unprejudiced and evenhanded. One wants to believe that the reporters are unleavened with impartiality and do not give in to their inevitable human biases. A glaring and hurtful exclusion in a renowned US newspaper
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Middle East, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release)– The American Jewish Committee (AJC) voiced profound disappointment regarding the Metropolitan Opera commitment to proceed with Death of Klinghoffer. The Met premier of this controversial opera is scheduled for October 20, 2014. The Met, apparently sensitive to mounting criticism of an opera that glorifies and romanticizes terrorism, has already canceled the simulcast
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Middle East, USABy Anav Silverman TEL AVIV–In a special initiative to enable families to spend the Jewish New Year together, an airlift of 21 flights from El- Al Airlines flying from 10 different international locations, IS bringing parents of lone soldiers serving in the IDF to Israel. Flights are taking off from New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, St.
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Middle East
JERUSALEM (Press Release)–Following one of the most stressful and difficult summers in recent years, more than 50 women from Sderot spent a day in Jerusalem with The Koby Mandell Foundation, taking part in healing and stress reducing activities. The Foundation, created by Seth and Sherri Mandell after the tragic murder of their son Koby 13 years
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
HAIFA (Press Release) — “In a region of collapsing countries that are in states of internal and external war, Israel must prepare for waves of immigrants from Arab countries to its territory, which may endanger its existence,” maintain Prof. Arnon Soffer, who holds the Reuven Chaikin Chair in Geostrategy, University of Haifa, and Dr. Anton
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s been a week since President Barack Obama’s great speech, and there has been little beyond solemn statements of support, along with reservations about doing anything concrete. The President boasted of a multi-nation coalition. In one statement it was claimed that 40 nations had signed on, with no American boots on
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release)–The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has called on Bolivian President Eva Morales to urgently take concrete measures to counter the rise in anti-Semitism, some of it violent, in the South American country. {Correction: The Bolivian President is Evo Morales, not Eva. He is a man, not a woman. Please see comments below}
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International, Middle EastBy Anav Silverman A memorial event with a special photo exhibition honoring the late Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon took place on Monday, September 15 in Minsk at the National History Museum of Belarus, from where Sharon’s parents immigrated to the Jewish State. The event was held as part of the Limmud FSU Belarus festival,
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International, Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)– With the high demand of travelers, EL AL Israel Airlines is preparing for a sweet new year by offering traditional in-flight holiday treats. In celebration of the festive season, passengers will enjoy a taste of traditional meals with apples and honey available on all flights Anyone interested in creating a honey cake
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Jewish Religion, Middle East