WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) on Wednesday, Feb. 19, responded to the announcement that President Obama has appointed Robert Malley to serve as a senior director of the National Security Council, a powerful post inside the White House. RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks stated: “We are profoundly disappointed to see Robert […]
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Middle EastJERUSALEM (Press Release)–Israeli Ministers Avigdor Liberman, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Tzipy Livni, Minister of Justice and Dr. Yuval Steinitz, Minister of Intelligence and Strategic Affairs, as well as Opposition Leader Yitzhak Herzog and Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat addressed leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in briefings Tuesday, Feb. 18,
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JERUSALEM (Press Release) – The Knesset’s Committee for Aliyah, Absorption and Diaspora, headed by MK Yoel Razvozov visited Nefesh B’Nefesh offices on Tuesday morning, Feb. 18. The committee toured the various departments of the organization and was able to experience the organization’s activities to encourage and increase Aliyah from North America firsthand. Various options to
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) –The five Palestinian suspects arrested in connection with the rock attack that left three-year-old Adele Biton from the Yakir community in critical condition nearly one year ago, heard from Adele’s mother during their trial last Thursday, February 13. In March 2013, three-year-old Adele Biton was critically injured following a Palestinian
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By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA)– The remnants of a rural town that was lived in for approximately two centuries during the Second Temple Period were uncovered near the ‘Burma Road’, on the main route to Jerusalem. In June 2013, Israel Natural Gas Lines began construction of the 35km-long project, which runs from the coast
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — A sizable majority of American Jews support Israel. With respect to those who do and don’t, one of the stronger explanations is affiliation with a temple or synagogue. Affiliated Jews are more likely to support Israel, and the Orthodox stand out as more supportive than those in other congregations. No
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– Chapter 16 of the memoir, Once Upon a Country, by the distinguished Palestinian public intellectual, spokesman, activist, philosopher and current president of Al Quds University Sari Nusseibeh is called, “Annex Us!” It tells how he rattled Israelis and confused Palestinians by proposing that Israel annex the West Bank and Gaza.
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Middle EastJERUSALEM–The President of the EU Parliament, Martin Schulz, came to Israel and addressed the Knesset in what was mostly a ceremonial occasion to demonstrate his credentials as a friend of Israel and an opponent of boycotts. But one poorly crafted sentence brought forth an uproar. It didn’t help that he was speaking in German. There
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Thanks to Martin Schulz, president of the European parliament, and Naftali Bennett, Israeli cabinet minister and leader of the Habaayit Hayehudi party, we’ve all become experts on the amount of water Arab residents of the West Bank get in comparison to what their neighbors, the settlers, use. You don’t need any
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Middle EastBy Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel –Israelis know that the Jewish State cannot afford to lose a single war or conflict. In fact prevention of any loss of innocent life is paramount to Israelis. And a determined “refusal to give up” is almost a national character trait that can be seen in many other aspects of
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Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA)–The Palestinian Authority announced last weekthat it will be giving an additional $46 million a year to released prisoners, including hundreds of murderers of civilians, this according to a report by the Palestinian Media Watch (PMW). This new funding is an addition to the tens of millions the PA already gives in
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–They may hear, but they don’t listen. Almost any TV panel of politicians will illustrate it. Before a panelist has an opportunity to say what s/he has been asked to talk about, there’ll be frequent interruptions from other panelists. Sometimes, even a moderator or an interviewer, having asked the question, interrupts
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–There is a long tradition, no less prominent in Judaism than in other cultures, of voluntary service and donations collected for the benefit of the needy or some other public purpose. There is also a long list of eleemosynary organizations that have gone bad, with leaders using the resources collected for their
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TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Prof. Irad Malkin, an expert in Classics at Tel Aviv University’s Department of History, has been awarded the 2014 Israel Prize in the field of General History. The prize will be awarded in Jerusalem on the eve of Israel’s Independence Day in May 2014. In awarding the prize, the Israel
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