Is Bernie Sanders angling to become vice president? Up until now, he has adamantly denied that he is interested in being Hillary Clinton’s running mate, and earlier in the day, he floated his own possibilities for the second slot, should he become the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. The message seemed clear: he is not interested […]
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See previous story: The candidates on Israel: https://www.sdjewishworld.com/2016/04/26/maryland-senate-race-two-democrats-vary-israel/ BALTIMORE—Chris Van Hollen, a former state lawmaker who has risen rapidly through the ranks of the Democratic leadership in Washington, won the party’s nomination for Maryland’s open Senate seat Tuesday, emerging from a spirited primary to become the front-runner to succeed retiring Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski. The
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Middle East, USAJERUSALEM — Ha’aretz’s cartoonist has summarized a substantial slice of what concerns us this week. He depicts one variety of religious Jew wanting to perform a sacrifice on the Temple Mount, and another Jew, unkempt and secular, walking his dog in the opposite direction. The Jew leading a young goat in the direction of the Temple
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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion, Middle East
By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — “You’re a liar. Get out of my classroom!” These words were hurled at Danna Horwood, during a recent presentation of her grandparents’ life story. Sentiments such as these have caused Horwood to take up the mantle and teach our youth about the Holocaust, so that it can never
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International, Jewish HistoryEgypt, which currently holds a seat as a non-permanent member on the United Nations Security Council, has called a meeting of the international body to discuss last week”s declaration by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that “the Golan Heights will always remain under Israeli control. Israel will never withdraw from the Golan Heights.” The statement
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International, Middle EastUK Labour Party MP Naz Shah has declared that all Israeli Jews should be “relocated” to the United States. She even suggested that the British government could pay for the “transportation costs” of removing Jews from the Middle East. Her statements were uncovered by the website Guido Fawkes, which found a number of social media
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International, Middle East
Hundreds of Jewish pilgrims flocked to Hevron on Monday for a rare opportunity to visit the tomb of Othniel ben Kenaz, the first of the Jewish judges to rule the Israelites after the death of Joshua. The tomb is located in the Palestinian-controlled section of Hevron (which encompasses the vast majority of the holy city),
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Jewish Religion, Middle East
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Ido Aharoni, Consul General of Israel in New York, will be the featured speaker at a free Love of Israel brunch sponsored by the Jewish National Fund on Sunday, May 1. The event, to be held from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Del Mar Marriott, 11966 El Camino Real,
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Middle East, San Diego County, USA
Israeli doctors performed life-saving surgery on a 3 year-old Palestinian Arab from Gaza last month, they revealed Tuesday, insisting to the press that politics has no effect on human life and obligation. Three year-old Saliman was suffering from a benign tumor on his spine – and was close to paralysis. “The pathology of the child
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationCairo (dpa) – Police in Cairo were taking no chances Monday that widespread anger about the Egyptian government’s decision to transfer two islands to Saudi Arabian control could result in planned public protests, with heightened deployments visible across the city. Anger about the transfer of the strategic Red Sea islands over to Saudi Arabia has
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Middle East
AFP — When saxophonist Eli Degibri left Israel at the age of 18 to study jazz at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, he knew he’d come back home one day. It took 15 years, which included playing with jazz greats like Herbie Hancock and Al Foster in New York, where he also
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsAs the world marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Monday tweeted that he too, is a fan of The Bard, and highlighted “The Merchant of Venice” — famous for its derogatory depiction of Jewish moneylender Shylock — as being in “accordance with Western values.” “I have read
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
A group of self-described “progressive” Jewish students at Harvard Law School has rallied behind Husam El-Qoulaq, a Students for Justice in Palestine activist who smeared former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni as “smelly”, during a panel discussion earlier this month. During the event, which included guest speakers Dennis Ross and MK Livni (Zionist Camp), El-Qoulaq
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
WASHINGTON, DC — On Tuesday, April 26, Maryland Democratic voters will choose between two hopefuls running to replace retiring US Senator Barbara Mikulski, the longest-serving female senator in American history. While Reps. Chris Van Hollen and Donna Edwards each hold similar, if not the same, positions on most issues, they differ dramatically on one particular
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