WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The U.S. State Department issued the following statement on March 9, the eighth anniversary of Robert Levinson’s disappearance: We ask the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to work cooperatively with us on the investigation into Robert Levinson’s disappearance so we can ensure his safe return. Mr. Levinson went missing from […]
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BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release) – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Arizona State University (ASU) have expanded their partnership with a new joint research agreement. The expanded collaboration will establish new research initiatives as well as student exchanges. The two universities will collaborate in a number of areas, including cyber security, homeland security, nanotechnology, robotics, community
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release)– Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the following remarks at his weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday, March 8: Following my speech to Congress, we heard – over the weekend – several of the major powers’ foreign ministers saying that they do not see the need to reach an agreement forthwith and that they
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Middle East, USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Emeritus Professor Moshe Sharon of the Hebrew University famously lectured on negotiations in the Middle East. He wrote: “To achieve their goal, the Arabs took to the battlefield and to bazaar diplomacy. The most important rule in the bazaar is that if the vendor knows that you desire
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — After its improbable opening day last season in Australia, baseball will debut year this in the appropriately Midwestern locale of Chicago’s Wrigley Field. Cubs fans will be sanguine for a week or two. Like the clinging vines of that old ballyard, America will be green with hope. The All
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Sports & Competitions, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — I am not a great fan of looking far ahead of where we are. There are too many possibilities capable of foiling the most carefully plotted scenarios. A small country is especially vulnerable to who knows how many outside occurences, including the unexpected. That is doubly so in the chaotic
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–In a country where women are conscripted into the army one would expect gender equality in all spheres of public life, but it’s not like that in Israel. In anticipation of International Women’s Day on March 8, the subject has been discussed in the media. The forthcoming election has provided something
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Congressman Lee Zeldin, this week sent a letter to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen asking for information regarding the tax-exempt status of The PeaceWorks Network Foundation, most commonly known by the name “OneVoice,” after several media reports indicating OneVoice, a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, has been using
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(Editor’s Note: At Monte Vista High School in suburban Spring Valley, a gun was found along with narcotics in the locker of a 14-year-old student, who was arrested on Friday, March 6, according to Sheriff’s Deputies. Meanwhile in San Diego, four schools were placed on lockdown after an anonymous email threatened violence. In the following story,
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel One of the interesting facets of the Purim story is the tradition of giving a Purim Torah talk during the holiday. “Purim Torah” is a humorous and often satirical way of using biblical and Talmudic narratives in a manner that is creative and imaginative—but always funny, if not carnivalesque. Purim
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HARARE, Zimbabwe (WJC) –Tributes have flowed in for the late Sam Benatar, the president of the Zimbabwe Jewish Board of Deputies and one of Zimbabwe Jewry’s most experienced and active communal leaders. Benatar, 86, who was born in the small town of Concession in what was then Southern Rhodesia, passed away following a long illness
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International, Obituaries & memorialsBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — One message came through loud and clear from all of the speakers and presenters at the 2015 AIPAC Policy Conference that Judy and I just attended in Washington, D.C.: no matter who heads the governments in Washington or Jerusalem, nor the temporal disputes that arise from time to
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Middle East, USA7 injured in Palestinian vehicular terror attack in Jerusalem (JNS.org) Six Israeli policewomen and a female cyclist were moderately wounded Friday when a Palestinian terrorist driver ran them over near a light rail station in northern Jerusalem. The station, located on Shimon Hatzadik Street, is adjacent to a Border Police facility. The vehicular attack took
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Middle East, USABERKELEY, California (Press Release)–Ori Herschmann, a member of the Associated Students of University of California Senate, recently proposed a resolution condemning anti-Semitism. It was adopted on a 20-0 vote by his colleagues. In a news release, Herschman told what led up to his proposing the measure. “As a brother of AEPi, I saw the horrible
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