By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM–Two days following the deadly terror attack on the kosher supermarket in Paris, veteran ZAKA volunteers from Israel traveled to France to join their volunteer colleagues in the Paris Zaka unit. On Sunday evening, January 11, ZAKA International Rescue Unit head Mati Goldstein and veteran ZAKA volunteer Dano Monkotovitz immediately flew […]
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International, Middle East
By Rabbi Chalom Boudjnah SAN DIEGO — I am shocked. I am horrified. This last week has been a tough week for France. First the killing of 11 people at Charlie Hebdo and then the killing of four hostages at a kosher supermarket (Hyper-Cachere) in Paris. There ass also the killing of a courageous policewoman
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International, Jewish History, San Diego County
NEW YORK (Press Release) –– The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) and Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc., are joining forces to raise awareness about human trafficking during January, which is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. The two national groups are kicking off their first-time partnership with a Jewish Community Day of Social
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USAHAIFA (Press Release)–Involuntary hospitalization of patients with anorexia nervosa in severe condition is not detrimental to their recovery process and achieves similar positive results to those of patients who were willingly hospitalized. This is according to a new study conducted by the University of Haifa. “This finding is very significant and should be a milestone
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Killing innocent civilians in the name of Allah has failed as a terrorist tactic when: French Muslims carry signs proclaiming, “Je suis Juif.” 1.5 million Parisians rally in the streets even without the incentive of free wine and cheese. Hamas condemns the Charlie Hebdo murders (but not the Hyper Cacher
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International, Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Alina Dain Sharon/JNS.org U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Mark Kirk (R-IL), and Bob Corker (R-TN) on Friday, Jan. 9, released a joint statement calling on the U.S. government to defund the Palestinian Authority (PA) over its decision to join the International Criminal Court (ICC). At the same time,
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Middle East, USABy Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — If I expected it to be comfortable to watch and contemplate and evaluate Ava DuVernay’s artistic triumph as director and un-credited screenwriter of Selma, then I devalued the deeply nuanced—and brave—realization of this unexpectedly brooding and appropriately disturbing movie. With imaginative, nimble performers who become, rather than play the
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USA
By Patricia Bennett SAN DIEGO– The headlines ache our hearts and race our minds: Carnage at Charlie Hebdo; kosher market killings. What can we do? Alienated youth are joining radical groups for meaning and identity in the face of social instability and lack of opportunity. When their sense of self is not developed because they lack
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By Yotam Rozenwald JERUSALEM (Tazpit) – Over 1,000 people took part in a solidarity rally for the French people organized by the Jerusalem municipality. The rally was held Sunday, Jan. 11, at the city council hall. Officials expressed support by the city of Jerusalem, for the French people and the Jewish community in France, in light
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CHICAGO (Press Release)– A week ago, Dr. Theresa Louise-Bender Pape, Deputy Associate Chief of Staff and Clinical Neuroscientist at the Edward Hines JR VA Hospital, was ready to give up. For months, she had been attempting to secure medical air transport for U.S. Army Sergeant Jordan Adams, who was languishing in a coma in
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Nothing is more boring that someone else’s weather. However, this is Jerusalem. And there is a policy angle to every story. Snow is a rarity. Until last year, it had only amounted to a 3-5 inches once every 5-10 years, with a dusting once or twice between then. Even a dusting frightens
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Natan Sharansky is by no means the only Israeli who says that Europe is doomed, at least as far as the Jews are concerned. In view of what has happened in Paris this week, one headline I saw described his words as prophetic. But it’s not only France that Sharansky has
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International, Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)—From the local level to the national and international, Jewish agencies on Friday, January 9, solidarity with France and condolences for the victims following a string of Islamist attacks against a French satire magazine, police officers, and customers in a kosher market. Michael Sonduck, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of
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International, Middle East, San Diego County, USABy Sean Savage/JNS.org In the wake of Islamist terror attacks that killed a combined 16 people at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine and a kosher supermarket in Paris, the leader of a prominent Christian-Jewish aid group told JNS.org that he is exploring ways to help French Jews immigrate to Israel. Brothers Cherif Kouachi and
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International, Middle East