Middle East

AJC hails UCLA Judicial Board decision on Israel trips

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)– AJC (American Jewish Committee) welcomes the UCLA Judicial Board decision that Lauren Rogers did no wrong by participating in an AJC Project Interchange educational seminar in Israel. Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) had brought the action against the UCLA junior after the Student Council on which she served rejected a

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Israel approves plan to double exports to China

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Israel’s ministerial committee on China affairs chaired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened Tuesday night, May 20, at the Prime Minister’s Office and approved a comprehensive action plan for advancing and expanding bilateral economic ties in order to double – within five years – Israeli exports to China, to approximately $

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International, Middle East

General tells NATO about women in Israel’s military

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM — The Women’s Affairs Advisor to the IDF Chief of Staff, Brigadier General Rachel Tevet-Wiesel, participated this week in the annual conference of NATO’s Committee on Gender Perspectives, which took place at the organization’s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Representatives from some 30 countries attended the conference to discuss the integration of women in military services

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International, Middle East

Survey finds diaspora Jews more liberal than Israelis

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — The Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) released a report on Wednesday, May 21, on the views of world Jewry concerning Israel’s character as a Jewish and democratic state. Following Justice Minister Tzipi Livni’s appointment of Professor Ruth Gavison to explore the constitutional anchoring of Israel’s Jewish and democratic character, Prof. Gavison

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International, Middle East, USA

Many religious sites are a matter of faith, not history

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Those tempted to think that Judaism is the most spiritual of the three religions that developed from Abraham should think again. True, Judaism does not have a man-god with lots of paintings and statues at its center, and it does not seek to conquer the world in order to advanced

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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East

Netanyahu honors Israel’s innovators

TEL AVIV (Press Release)— In an impressive ceremony at Tel Aviv University on May 19th during the university’s annual Board of Governors Meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu awarded the fourth annual Prime Minister’s Initiatives and Innovation Prize to Dafna Lifshitz, CEO of Appleseeds Academy. The grassroots organization will receive NIS 80,000 ($23,000) to further

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

ADL: No rush to judgment in ‘Nakba’ shootings

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today criticized the “rush to judgment” by the United Nations and others in the international community calling for unwarranted levels of investigation of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) relating to the shooting deaths of two Palestinian youths at the scene of violent attacks against Israeli soldiers on May

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International, Middle East

A meditation at Ha Kotel

JERUSALEM (Press Release)- “I couldn’t move”, “It was like magic” and “you must do it” were some the responses of the ten randomly selected strangers who participated in a guided meditation intended to connect them more deeply to the Western Wall. (Ha Kotel). In a seven minute video detailing the process, we can see French, Italian, American

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

UCLA’s Friedlander among Dan David Prize winners

  TEL AVIV (Press Release) — In a grand ceremony on May 18, during Tel Aviv University’s 2014 Board of Governors annual meeting, prestigious Dan David Prizes were awarded to seven scientists and intellectuals before an audience of prominent political, business, philanthropic, and academic figures from around the world. Among this years’ laureates were Prof. Saul

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

JNS news briefs: May 20, 2014

IDF chief ‘deeply concerned’ about reserves’ readiness due to budget cuts (JNS.org) Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz said Monday that he is “deeply concerned about the readiness of the reserves at the present time, as well as in the foreseeable future.” Gantz has warned that the budget cuts already

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Middle East

BGU engineers take 2nd place at int’l fair in Turkey

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — Three Israeli students from Ben Gurion University of the Negev won second place at the International Cultural and Academic Meeting of Engineering Students conference (ICAMES), a world-wide engineering project competition organized by the Engineering Society of Bogazici University in Istanbul. Gilad Keizler, Yuval Ben Zion and Nimrod Shalit’s final project in

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Bulgaria’s PM predicts terrorists who killed 5 Israelis will be caught; calls Israel ‘close ally’

    JERUSALEM (WJC) — Bulgaria’s leader has said his country was making progress in hunting down the terrorists responsible for the July 2012 terrorist attack in Burgas in which five Israelis were killed. “I perceive that soon we will be able to bring to justice those who are to be blamed for this terrorist

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International, Middle East