By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — History is a mess. It’s filled with bad acts, feeding anger and demands for revenge, as well as lots of myths, half-truths, and just plain lies. Napoleon provided his share, as well as the line that history was myth that people believed. Jews have been creators and victims. There aren’t […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish History, Middle EastBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — When people of sound minds display clear signs of deviation from reality it demands of us to examine the symptom and expose the defect. For quite some time, Israelis and others that have clear-eyed views of the world have been increasingly troubled by leading influence and opinion makers who
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“Leba” is a Yiddish name meaning “beloved.” It could refer to the car or the driver, or possibly to both. Our license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, spotted it.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The decision by the Israeli government to create a parallel praying area at the Western Wall for egalitarian – largely Reform and Conservative – worshippers by extending the existing facility at the southern end has generated (a) enthusiasm from potential beneficiaries, (b) indifference from those who aren’t awed by the
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Those inclined to think that Israel is singled out for the nuttiness of criticisms directed against it might consider the presidential election campaign underway in the United States, as well as the bending and twisting by Europeans in the face of Muslim refugees on the way from the east and south.
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastArab Knesset members under fire for meeting with terrorists’ families (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein said Thursday that they plan to file personal complaints with the Knesset’s Ethics Committee against Arab MKs Hanin Zoabi, Jamal Zahalka, and Basel Ghattas, who met with the families of
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Two black South African students who traveled to Israel to learn if South African BDS advocates were telling the truth about “apartheid” in the Jewish state say the apartheid charge is bogus. Furthermore, said Miyelani Pinini, former president of the Student Representative Council at the University of Cape
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, USA
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Authority (Press Release) — U.S. Ambassador Daniel Sepulveda, deputy assistant secretary and U.S. coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, on Thursday, Feb. 4, hailed an agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority for the provision of 3G mobile phone services within the latter’s territory. Following is a transcript of his remarks delivered at
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Jeffrey Lipschultz ROCK ISLAND, Illinois –Thoughts this week fill my mind as we come to our new Parshah on Mishpatim that deals with the laws of the Torah and the command to adhere to all aspects of law, both small and large, to stand righteously with God. The laws are a sort of
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Jewish Religion, Sports & Competitions, USAPalestinian Authority’s Mahmoud Abbas hosts terrorists’ families at his office (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met Wednesday in his office with the relatives of 11 terrorists killed while carrying out attacks against Israelis in recent weeks. Thirty-one Israelis have been killed and 302 have been wounded in the wave of
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-42nd in a Series– Exit 13A, Jackson Drive, La Mesa ~ Chabad of East County By Donald H. Harrison LA MESA, California – If I were to ask you what a pioneer looks like, perhaps you would describe him as a man wearing a coonskin hat, a buckskin jacket and pants, and moccasins. Maybe you
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–One of the many debates in contemporary Israel is whether it’s to be a Jewish state or a state for all its citizens. Those who advocate the former usually also want Israel to be Jewish according to Halacha, Jewish law as understood by Orthodoxy (often of the extreme variety) to which
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Ghosts: Images of War by Carrie Zeidman; © 2015 Swiss Creek Publications; ISBN 978-0970227652; 71 pages; $40. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This is an unusual book of photo essays touring venues of the American Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War I, World War II and the Holocaust. Photojournalist Carrie Zeidman visits these places
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, USA
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (WJC)– Manuel Tenenbaum, the long-time head of the WJC’s Buenos Aires office and executive director of the Latin American Jewish Congress (LAJC) from 1978 to 2007, has died here in his home city at the age of 81. World Jewish Congress CEO Robert Singer declared: “Manuel Tenenbaum was greatly respected and admired
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