By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The people who brought the world the story of David and Bathsheba are still at it. As we must be, having perpetuated ourselves for 3,000 years. Israeli media are concerned with hanky panky at high places. The police has become known as one large love nest, especially for aging and overweight senior […]
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By Jack Rosen NEW YORK — The election of Mauricio Macri as Argentina’s new president is a promising development, not just for his long-suffering nation, but for the prospects that Latin America can move successfully into a post-Chavez period of reintegration with the West. As Argentina works to reinvigorate its economy, abandon a provocative and
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International, USABy Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is calling on the U.S. Government to end the practice in the armed forces of denying security clearances for Jews who have family in Israel. The disturbing practice was brought to light again in a Wall Street Journal column this week. The practice is
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International, Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C.– The announcement of the restoration of Israel-Turkish relations should be seen in the context of Turkey having nowhere else to go. Turkey’s relations with Israel have been strained, to put it mildly, since 2010 when, through a non-profit organization, Turkey funded the 2010 Gaza Flotilla aimed at breaking the Israeli-Egyptian
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenNew Dolphin-class submarine leaves Germany for Israel (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The INS Rahav, the fifth in a planned fleet of six Israeli submarines, on Thursday left the shipyard in Kiel, Germany, and is scheduled to arrive in Israel in January. The submarine is carrying some 50 crew members, including a senior Israeli Navy officer.
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — God willing, I’m traveling to Israel for two weeks in January, to visit the combined resting places of my parents for the first time and to rejoice with my daughter Debra’s pregnancy (it’s twin girls!). It’s a bittersweet and healing journey of memory, life, and renewal at a particularly
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By Paul Wieder/JNS.org CHICAGO (JNS) Yes, he has seen the recent film The Martian. But unlike the other millions who have seen that movie, Barak Stoltz went much closer to Mars. Stoltz spent Hanukkah in the Utah desert, in a few cramped capsules that make up the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS). He lit his
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International, The World We Share, Travel and FoodBy Shalle’ McDonald/JNS.org When the government of Sweden recognized a Palestinian state in 2014 and significantly increased foreign aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA), it was unclear to what extent Swedish-Israeli relations might become further strained. Swedish leaders’ recent rhetoric on Israel seems to have provided the answer—and the picture is increasingly grim. Shortly after
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International, Middle EastKuwait Airways nixes NY-London route to avoid catering to Israelis (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Kuwait Airways has closed its New York-London route in the aftermath of a U.S. Transportation Department demand that the airline stop illegally discriminating against Israelis through its policy of refusing to sell them tickets, USA Today reported Tuesday. The Transportation Department
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Should we be whimsical or cynical? Let’s see if we can answer that question before proceeding with our day. Tuesday’s news featured a new poll showing that two-thirds of Palestinians support the current violence, and think it’ll improve their chances to achieve national goals. And Mahmoud Abbas, the sitting President
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastSwiss banks publish list of bank accounts that have been dormant for 60 years GENEVA (WJC) — Swiss banks on Wednesday published the names of more than 2,600 people whose bank accounts in Switzerland have lain dormant for more than 60 years, giving them or their heirs one last chance to claim their wealth before it reverts
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International, Jewish HistoryBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Most people want to fit in, to belong, to be part of a group, to be “one of the gang,” to share not only in the work but in the play, in the joking, the beer after a long day, the weekend golf or tennis games, the
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and Food, USABDS supporter refuses to have his Hillary Clinton book translated into Hebrew (JNS.org) An Israeli publisher seeking to purchase the rights to a book about Hillary Clinton’s presidential race was denied due to the author’s support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Israel Hayom reported. The New York-based publishing house Or Books had
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — A cartoon in Wednesday’s Ha’aretz shows President Reuven Rivlin and his wife at JFK International Airport waiting for a flight back home. He says to her: “Perhaps we should stay here a little longer.” It’s a comment on the wave of hatred with which the president has been greeted
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