By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Amos Oz, the famous Israeli writer of worldwide acclaim, is also involved with film. While he occasionally defends Israel, Oz always remains true to his left wing ideology and ends up undercutting Israel’s reputation and status. Censored Voices, the new version of Oz’s previously unreleased documentary on the […]
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Middle East, Steve KramerBERLIN (Press Release) — The American Jewish Committee in Berlin is disputing a new study by the Technical University’s Center for Research on Anti-Semitism (ZfA) that charges Jewish and civil society organizations with exaggerating and exploiting anti-Semitic incidents in Berlin for their own gain. “We need studies that clearly define the problem of anti-Semitism instead of
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InternationalBy Yotam Rozenwald JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–According to a special report by Regavim, an Israeli NGO, the EU is actively funding and supporting the creation of illegal Bedouin villages in Area C. The EU provides the Bedouin with caravans which replace their traditional tents, thus creating permanent villages. The report claims the new villages are created with
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International, Middle EastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The regional office of the Anti-Defamation League has welcomed the prosecution of a La Mesa man on charges that he phoned death threats to the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) in San Diego. The ADL issued this statement on Thursday, Feb. 5: “Threats against individuals or organizations
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Donald H. Harrison, USASANTA CRUZ, California (SDJW)–Twenty four Jewish organizations have sent a joint letter to California Attorney General Kamala Harris asking that she respond to questions raised about whether professors at public colleges and universities may use the facilities and resources of those institutions for the purposes of anti- Israel propaganda. A request for comment from San
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USATEL AVIV (Press Release) — Traffic slows to a crawl, then a stop. You are trapped in a bottleneck nightmare, and late for a meeting. The stress takes a toll on you psychologically — but your body is at risk as well, according to a Tel Aviv University researcher. A new study by Prof. Ruth Defrin
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationLONDON (WJC) — Attacks against British Jews have reached a record high fueled by an explosion of violence in the Middle East. Hate crimes of anti-Semitism doubled to 1,168 in a single year for the first time last year, the latest study published by the Community Security Trust (CST) says. The main factor fueling the rise
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InternationalCampaign activity of Tzipi Livni’s husband seen as possible conflict of interest (JNS.org) The campaign activities of Naftali Spitzer, the husband of Hatnuah party Chairwoman Tzipi Livni, could be a conflict of interest for the Zionist Camp ticket in March’s Israeli elections. Spitzer has been very active in meetings and in defining the direction of
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Six weeks before the election, the focus of campaigning combines personal attacks, accusations of illegality, and bombastic solutions to serious problems that have little chance of implementation. Call it playing to the low side, or creative innovation. Your choice. Likud’s opponents are making a big deal about Sara’s bottles and her management
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Some trees at Mission Trails Regional Park received hugs and a special birthday song on Wednesday, February 4, from elementary school-aged Hebrew School pupils studying with Chabad of East County. The occasion was Tu B’Shevat, also known as the birthday of the trees. Normally, students at the Chabad school, taught by
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USACompiled by Donald H. Harrison Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, proposed rules on Wednesday, Feb. 4, to keep the Internet “neutral,” meaning that wealthy users could not gain preference or priority by paying more to their providers. The FCC’s chairman’s proposal — which now goes to a vote of the full Federal
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Donald H. Harrison, USABy Maor Cohen ORANIT, Israel — Three years ago, when I came to Ezer Mizion’s Donald Berman Rehabilitation Center, they explained to me that I would be working with children who have cancer and with children whose parents have cancer. All I came for was to donate some Legos but the angels at Ezer Mizion
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TAZPIT)–In honor of Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish holiday that marks the beginning of the new year for trees, youth volunteering with Leket Israel, on Wednesday, Feb. 4, picked excess fruit remaining on trees in people’s private gardens to give to the poor. Over 1,000 children and teens from across Israel including kibbutzim
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Jewish Religion, Middle East
By Alex Brummer AUSCHWITZ, Poland (WJC) — Wrapped in narrow striped blue and white scarves the survivors some ancient and frail, others upright, chests forward and proudly strong made their way out through the gate of death into the dark the snowflakes falling. They made the trudge through the crisp snow, in path dug alongside the
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