By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Will the real Donald Trump stand up? Opps. He doesn’t seem to be ready. We don’t know. It may take some time. We may never know. We’re not yet sure who is the real Barack Obama or Benyamin Netanyahu. Going back in history, we can ask the same about Richard
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAEditor’s Note: News articles to which this column alluded were a hoax. Apologizing for being taken in, Rabbi Samuel has filed an updated column, here linked. By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The riots and protests spreading around the country might give one the impression that these are spontaneous outbreaks, yet there
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USAWe didn’t want it darker, but we got it. Leonard Cohen is dead, right when we need him, right when we could use his wisdom and grace and spiritual sensibility the most. The man was always an enigma—a songwriter and poet who put out his first album at age 33 and headlined Coachella in his
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsThe Board of Trustees of Yeshiva University has elected Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman as the fifth president of Yeshiva University. He will officially begin his tenure in July 2017. “Rabbi Berman is a dynamic and inspirational leader, scholar and educator,” said YU Chairman Moshael J. Straus, who led the Presidential Selection Committee. “He possesses a
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAA majority of Americans say they are now more confident in President-elect Donald Trump after last Tuesday’s election, with respondents largely divided based on whether they supported Mr. Trump or Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Fifty-one percent said they are “more confident” in Mr. Trump, compared to 40 percent who said less confident and 9 percent
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USAWhen Justin Trudeau was elected prime minister of Canada and appointed a precedent-shattering 50:50 ratio of male and female appointees to his cabinet, his pithy comment was, “It’s 2015.” Unfortunately, under a Trump administration, the US is looking more like the 1970s. Fewer women are being considered by Trump for leadership positions than in any
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USANBA legends Michael Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. President Barack Obama named 21 recipients for the honor on Wednesday that included the three sports icons. The medals, the nation’s highest civilian honor a president can award, will be presented at the White
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Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAComedian Trevor Noah can’t recall the moment himself. But he says the scene in the Johannesburg delivery room when he was born was more than a bit uncomfortable. “I came out and there was just an akward pause,” recounts the host of The Daily Show. “All of these doctors are standing around, and there is
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International, Theatre, Film & BroadcastMoscow (dpa) – Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Wednesday declaring that his country will not become a member of the International Criminal Court. In his decree, Putin ordered Russia’s Foreign Ministry to inform the United Nations of his decision. Russia signed a treaty to establish the court in 2000, but did not
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InternationalSTEAM Register Staff Researchers have discovered a “Super-Earth” planet in orbit around the very bright nearby star known as GJ 536. The planet, which has been named GJ 536 b, has a mass around 5.4 Earth masses. And while it’s not in the star’s habitable zone, the planet’s short orbital period of 8.7 days and
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International, Science, Medicine, & EducationStephen Hawking believes that humanity has less than thousand years on Earth before a mass extinction occurs, the leading theoretical physicist said during a speech Tuesday at Oxford University Union, U.K. According to Hawking, the only way humans can avoid the possibility of extinction was to find another planet to inhabit. At the talk, Hawking
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International, The World We SharePM also plans trips to Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Singapore, Australia and West Africa in bid to combat UN’s automatic anti-Israel majority By Raphael Ahren Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with visiting Fiji Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, in Jerusalem, November 7, 2016. (Ohad Zwigenberg) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday announced an upcoming trip to the Republic
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International, Middle EastSupreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she was looking forward to Donald Trump”s naming of a ninth justice to fill out the high court. Ginsburg, speaking Monday at the annual Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly, was asked what the immediate impact of a Trump presidency would be. “The most immediate, a vacancy
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USAControversial legislation to ban mosque loudspeakers goes back to the drawing board By Times of Israel staff Health Minister Yaakov Litzman speaks at the 2016 Israel Medical Conference, Jerusalem, August 16, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASh90) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ultra-Orthodox coalition allies on Tuesday scuppered a Knesset vote scheduled for Wednesday on a controversial bill that
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