WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations lauded the announcement by White House spokesman, Jay Carney, that a visa to enter the US will not be issued to the proposed Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations, Hamid Abutalebi, who was involved in the 1979 takeover of the American Embassy […]
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Middle East, USABy Stephen Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — After the latest collapse of negotiations with the Palestinians, Ya’ir Lapid, Israel’s Minister of Finance and leader of the left of Center Yesh Atid (There is a Future) political party, said that the extreme Right prefers to wait for the Messiah instead of reaching a solution. Will it
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Middle East, Steve Kramer
HAIFA, Israel — Students at Technion had an engineering challenge for Passover. They were to build a device that could cross “The Red Sea”–actually a small pool of water–and then fill a glass with wine, in order to celebrate the upcoming holiday. Above is a video of how they approached the challenge. __________________________________________________________________ Click here
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Maxine Dovere/JNS.org NEW YORK — On June 1, as it has for five decades, the annual Celebrate Israel Parade (formerly the Salute to Israel Parade)—billed as the American Jewish community’s largest show of pride and support for the Jewish state—steps off along Fifth Avenue in New York City. While the parade’s theme this
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Middle East, USATEL AVIV (Press Release)— Everyone knows the feeling. The dreaded “low battery” message sends you on a frantic search for a charge, but you finally lose the last drop of energy, and you’re stranded, out of touch. New technology out of Tel Aviv University may just save smartphone users in the near future. The Tel
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) – After seven years of construction and an investment of $150 million, the only internationally branded luxury hotel in Jerusalem, Waldorf Astoria, has officially opened for business right before the Passover holiday. Welcoming its first international guests who reserved rooms for the April opening on Thursday, April 10, the Waldorf
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Middle East, Travel and Food
SAN DIEGO (TOSD) –As world leaders wrangle with the issue of peace in the Middle East, a San Diego investor and philanthropist is actively pursuing ways to bring the Arab and Jewish communities together in a ground-breaking new venture. Jacobs Investments LLC founder Gary Jacobs’ business incubator NGTᶾ, or Next Generation Technology, reaches out to Arab
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Middle East, San Diego County
HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — What is social justice? 30 students and researchers from the University of Haifa and the University of Maryland tried to answer this very question in a bi-national seminar, held in the University of Haifa. Their conclusion: the term is so subjective that in some cases it might split the very
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — When writing about Sheldon Adelson, Thomas Friedman gets some things right, and others very wrong. He’s right to see Sheldon Adelson as an overly friendly threat against Israel. Friedman calls him “Iran’s Best Friend” in a recent NTY op-ed piece. If anyone currently active threatens the image of the Jew
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Lawrence Silverman, acting assistant secretary for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs of the U.S. State Department, testified on Wednesday, April 9, before the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Following is a transcript of his testimony, as provided by the U.S. State Department:
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Middle East, USA
By Anav Silverman BE’ER SHEVA. Israel (TNA) – The new “Samson” Squadron, a military transport plane purchased from the United States, was inaugurated into the Israel Air Force (IAF) on Wednesday, April 9, in the Nevatim airbase near Be’er Sheva. The modern aircraft, with a range of flight of nearly 4,000 km, will greatly strengthen the IAF aircraft
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Middle East
By Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn PHILADELPHIA –As debate rages over a new documentary about the “honor killings” of women by Islamic extremists around the world, former president Jimmy Carter has weighed in — and not on the side of oppressed women. The film, Honor Diaries, is being denounced by Islamist activists such as the
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Middle East, USA
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — A 3,300 year old coffin was exposed by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) containing the personal belongings of a wealthy Canaanite, possibly an official of the Egyptian Army. Among the items discovered is a gold signet ring bearing the name of the Egyptian Pharaoh Seti I. The rare artifacts
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationRISHON LEZION, Israel (Press Release) — The opening of a weibo micro-blogging account by President of Israel Shimon Peres highlights the emergence of the new media and the importance of public opinion in China’s dynamic information environment. The commercialization of the media in China and the rise of the Internet created an information-hungry, technology-savvy public that
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