By Caren Besner BOYNTON BEACH, Florida — In classical Greek mythology , the Lernaean hydra was an enormous hideous serpent with numerous heads that ravaged the area around Lerna in the Peloponnese. According to legend, its very breath was so poisonous that whomever came into contact with it fell dead. The legendary hero Hercules, as […]
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International, Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Men’s Club of Beth Israel of San Diego has scheduled Dr. Sanford Lakoff as its featured speaker at a June 17 Dinner Forum. Lakoff, a professor emeritus of political science at UCSD, will proved an update on the Middle East. Lakoff earned his doctorate at Harvard, where he taught in the
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Middle East, San Diego CalendarBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — “Kick the Jewish State out of Football!” This is Racism, FIFA! If Israel has to go that extra mile for peace after multiple offers of concessions were roundly rejected, then the Palestinians, who are so far behind, have to go a full marathon distance just to catch up. But they
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Barry Shaw, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–The global human rights organization, Amnesty International released a report Tuesday, May 26, detailing Hamas abuses against Palestinians during Operation Protective Edge last summer. According to the report, Hamas tortured, abducted, and assaulted Fatah members and former PA security forces in Gaza under the cover of the conflict. Some victims died
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Middle EastIsraeli police chief looking into legalizing medical marijuana (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel Police Chief Insp. Gen. Yohanan Danino said he has decided to establish a professional committee to investigate the cannabis policies of other western nations and look into the ramifications of making medical marijuana use legal in Israel. “What will eventually happen here
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International, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — I didn’t think that I’d ever look back nostalgically at the time when Avigdor Lieberman was Israel’s foreign minister, but I’m already doing it, only a few weeks after he left that office to go into opposition. Recent events warrant it. For reasons which are still not clear, the foreign
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Middle East1,000-year-old Jewish marriage contract goes on display in Jerusalem (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) In honor of the wedding season that began after Lag Ba’Omer this month, the National Library of Israel is launching an exhibition about the ketubah, the Jewish marriage contract, featuring a rare 1,000-year-old ketubah that testifies to the presence of a Jewish
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s not easy. Perhaps it’s not wise, to comment on someone else’s politics. American officials, and lots of American Jews, especially those to the right and left extremes, often sound like loonies when expressing themselves about Israeli politics. Israelis have also blundered, at high cost. The greatest was Ariel Sharon’s certainty
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Land is scarce in the Jerusalem area, so I can consider myself very fortunate to have a small plot of land attached to my house. It is divided into terraced sections because of the lay of the land, which is actually the side of a hill. Thus the
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastBy Rabbi Ben Kamin BATH, Maine –Turns out we may have sacrificed hundreds of American lives just to have ISIS swallow up Baghdad. I’m not buying anything today but the fact that it’s about souls, not sales. Walking the streets of this definitive Maine village, with its decorous frame houses, classic churches, sweet bed-and-breakfasts, and
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USABy Steve Kramer TEL AVIV–The English Speaking Friends of Tel Aviv University (Friends of TAU) hosted Professor Asher Susser at its most recent monthly lecture. Susser, who earned his PhD in Modern Middle Eastern History at TAU and is presently the Director for External Affairs of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies there,
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Middle East, Steve KramerBy Sam Litvin SAN DIEGO –Two bucks. What’s two bucks? Well, that’s how much my lunch cost: two fish tacos. I’m working on a start-up which means I don’t eat great; but that’s by choice. On Shabbat, I’ll go to schul and I’ll probably give tzedaka. I’ll also do that on June 22nd, I’ll give
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International, Sam LitvinWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Marking Jewish-American Heritage Month (May), U.S. President Barack Obama addressed the Adas Israel Congregation in the nation’s capital on Friday, May 22. The following text was released by the White House: THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. (Applause.) Thank you, everybody. (Applause.) Thank you. Well, good morning, everybody! AUDIENCE: Good morning! THE
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–Eight years ago, an Israeli rancher from Moshav Zippori in the Lower Galilee region reached a breaking point. Thieves and marauders had been targeting Chaim Zilberman’s sprawling ranch; his land was burnt black and cattle fences cut down. On the verge of bankruptcy, the rancher told his family during a Friday Shabbat
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