WASHINGTON, DC. (Press Release) — U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer on Wednesday, June 18, called for the immediate release of the three teenage boys who went missing in Israel’s West Bank last Thursday. One of the boys, Naftali Frenkel, is a dual citizen of Israel and the United States. On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
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Middle East, USA
HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–Sondra Berk of San Diego, has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology on June 15 for her leadership and dedication to the Technion and the San Diego community. A natural leader and passionate advocate for the Technion, Berk is a long-time member of the American Technion Society
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Lung cancer causes more deaths in the U.S. than the next three most common cancers combined (colon, breast, and pancreatic). The reason for the striking mortality rate is simple: poor detection. Lung cancer attacks without leaving any fingerprints, quietly afflicting its victims and metastasizing uncontrollably — to the point of
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – Two massive fires broke out Tuesday, June 17, in the Jerusalem area, one in the Giloh neighborhood and one near Abu-Gosh, on the main route between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The fire in Abu Gosh caused the shutting down of route No. 1 between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv for
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Middle East
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, met Wednesday, June 18, with the families of the kidnapped boys Eyal Yifrah, Naftali Frankel and Gilad Sha’ar. The meeting was attended by the parents of the boys and representatives of the police and the military who are in constant contact with the families. During
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Life on the borders of cultures has been brought again to the fore in the crisis of three boys. We are seeing how far apart we are from Palestinians who celebrate the kidnapping, compare it to Israel’s imprisonment of their heroes who we see as murderers. And how far apart
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East-World Jewish Congress report- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has urged the immediate release of the three teenagers kidnapped in the West Bank last Thursday. “Those who perpetrated this act want to destroy us [the Palestinians],” Abbas said during a visit to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. “The three young men are human beings just like us
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Middle EastGelb explains Simulcast cancellation of “The Death of Klinghoffer” (JNS.org) “I’m convinced that the opera is not anti-Semitic,” New York Metropolitan Opera’s Leslie Gelb said in a statement in which he announced a simulcast of “The Death of Klinghoffer” at AMC theatres would be canceled, but live performances at the Met would proceed. “But
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By Anav Silverman KALUNSA, Israel — This Arab city in central Israel last week held a fundraising event called ‘A Smile of Hope’ for a leading Israeli disabilities organization, Beit Issie Shapiro and its Sindian Center, which serves the Kalansua community and Arabs from across the Southern Triangle. The event is believed to be
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee and Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, on Tuesday, JUne 17, released the following statement regarding three Israeli teenagers kidnapped in the West Bank: “My thoughts are with the three Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped in the West Bank last
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Middle East, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release)- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) welcomes the Metropolitan Opera and AMC Theaters for canceling the planned live HD transmission of the anti-Semitic, anti-Israel Opera “Death of Klinghoffer” to 2,000 theaters in 66 countries around the world. But it is distressing that the Metropolitan Opera has still not canceled the eight
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) —Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-California) on Tuesday, June 17, released the following statement on the capture of Abu Khatallah in Benghazi, Libya: “I am pleased the United States has captured Abu Khatallah, one of the terrorists believed to be responsible for the September 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack that killed
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Middle East, USABUENOS AIRES (WJC) — The World Jewish Congress on Tuesday, June 17, voiced its concern about the recent official registration in Argentina of a neo-Nazi party, Bandera Vecinal, a status that allows the party to compete in the 2015 presidential elections. “This ugly party espouses the ideology and revels in the trappings of the Hitler
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Middle East
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Disgusting! As occasionally happens, one day last week I found myself trailing behind my husband as he undertook several missions involving the purchase of equipment connected with repairs to the house and improvements in the garden. Thus it was that I found myself looking around in an admittedly
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