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Ex-Mossad chief to track down Russian Jewish genealogies

June 23, 2013

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Efraim Halevy, who has previously served as the Head of Israel’s Mossad Intelligence Agency, announced his personal commitment to a program which will help certify the Jewish identities of thousands of immigrants, primarily from the former Soviet Union. These certifications are mandatory under Israeli law for any couple of questionable ancestry […]

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AJC: Bennett’s comments on peace process ‘shortsighted’

June 23, 2013

NEW YORK (Press Release) –AJC criticized Naftali Bennett, Israel’s Minister of the Economy, for his recent call, in a Jerusalem speech, for an end to the vision of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “The attempt to establish a Palestinian state in our land has ended,” said Bennett, leader of the Jewish Home party.

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When a grandson finishes his IDF training

June 22, 2013

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — It is a matter of routine for the majority of Israel’s population that when children, whether boys or girls, reach the age of eighteen they go into one of the forces that make up the IDF in order to give two or three years of service to

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A Jordanian guide’s dream of peace

June 21, 2013

By David Amos SAN DIEGO –Every trip to Israel is an adventure, a revelation. No two trips are the same, and our recent ten day visit was no exception. Yes, we had the usual encounters with family and Israeli musicians, but after not being in Israel for years, we were treated to the country’s phenomenal

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East

Indecisive Obama slides into Syrian quagmire

June 21, 2013

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON D.C. — This is what happens when the President of the United States is dragged into making foreign and defense policy decisions, instead of determining American interests and then making policy to suit. And it is what happens when the president fails to make a clear case for those policies not

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Rouhani election not likely to change much in Iran

June 17, 2013

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 686 men who expressed their desire to run in Iran’s presidential election were whittled down to 8 — not by primaries, debates and polls, but by the six theologians and six jurists on the Guardian Council. The candidates had to be Iranian-born, over 21, and believe in “God,

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

Women’s status in Israel reflects a long ago age

June 14, 2013

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The subject of the status of women in Israel is a tricky one, because on the one hand Israel aspires to be a modern, democratic society, and in the public sphere women are treated as equals, on the whole. On the other hand, though, its laws

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Jordanians, Israelis learn to save lives together

June 13, 2013

By Anav Silverman BEERSHEVA, Israel — Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) graduated its first class of Jordanian and Israeli students who completed a special joint-emergency medicine BA program earlier this year. The first graduating class at the Israel-Jordan Academic Emergency Medicine Collaboration included 54 graduates who spent three years studying emergency medicine and

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Dogged police investigation shows gays’ clout in Israel

June 12, 2013

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israel is experiencing what may be a painful maturation of its gay and lesbian community. It comes with the unfolding of a long running police investigation into the shooting deaths of two and the wounding of 11, one of whom was seriously disabled, four years ago at a gay and

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Talking Turkey about the Middle East

June 12, 2013

By Lloyd Levy LONDON — The Middle East seems to be descending into quite unfathomable turmoil and barbarity. My own country Britain, is seemingly pushing harder than anyone to arm the “rebels” in Syria, hence potentially handing modern armaments to the likes of al-Qaida and other extremists. Why the British Government is so intent on

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Lloyd Levy, Middle East

Hispanic TV personalities taste Israel

June 11, 2013

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM — For Raul De Molina, an Emmy award winning co-host of a top-rated entertainment news show, El Gorda y la Flaca, a recent visit to Israel with a group of Hispanic media personalities rekindled a new kind of appreciation for food. The Latin superstar, who hosts the popular show on America’s

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Mayor Barkat glosses over issues at campaign event

June 10, 2013

By Judy Lash Balint JERUSALEM — A few weeks ago Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat opened his campaign headquarters in a historic building a few blocks from the Old City, just outside the popular Mamilla Alrov Mall. On Monday evening, June 10, at a campaign kick-off at a private home in the upscale Baka neighborhood, Mayor

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Kerry labors to promote stillborn negotiations

June 9, 2013

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Several items in Friday’s newspaper explain as well as anything where we are, and that we ain’t going anywhere else. The issue is Palestine, high on the international agenda since the 20’s of the last century. Prominent markers, after the Balfour Declaration, were the Peel Commission of 1936-37, various UN

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Pro-BDS Jews exemplify different U.S., Israeli cultures

June 7, 2013

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Among the unpleasantness that Israeli Jews experience is the awareness that Jews along with Arabs and others are demonstrating against Israel. Noam Chomsky’s involvement in persuading Stephen Hawking to cancel his appearance at an Israeli conference was a prominent example, consistent with Chomsky’s record and perhaps reinforced by his own

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Ex-Mossad chief to track down Russian Jewish genealogies

AJC: Bennett’s comments on peace process ‘shortsighted’

When a grandson finishes his IDF training

A Jordanian guide’s dream of peace

Indecisive Obama slides into Syrian quagmire

Rouhani election not likely to change much in Iran

Women’s status in Israel reflects a long ago age

Jordanians, Israelis learn to save lives together

Dogged police investigation shows gays’ clout in Israel

Talking Turkey about the Middle East

Hispanic TV personalities taste Israel

Mayor Barkat glosses over issues at campaign event

Kerry labors to promote stillborn negotiations

Pro-BDS Jews exemplify different U.S., Israeli cultures

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