By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The New York Times Israel correspondent, Jodi Rudoren, is dreaming along with Hamas of a seaport in Gaza. One can imagine that Thomas Friedman, Roger Cohen, and a few others from that otherwise distinguished newspaper are nodding in agreement. The editors gave the article considerable space with a large picture. […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — Forty-four years ago, an official of the Israel Government Press Office took me on a tour of the West Bank, which had been named by the Jordanians to contrast it to Jordan, the East Bank, a few years before the Jordanians were kicked out of the West
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Middle East
VIENNA (WJC)- The president of the Austrian Jewish Community, Oskar Deutsch, this week led a delegation of 10 Austrians on a solidarity mission to the south of Israel. The area for years has been under constant rocket fire from Hamas and other terrorist organizations in Gaza and suffered greatly in the recent round of fighting.
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International, Middle East
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) – A contingent of New York government officials and businessmen are spending three days in Israel on a unity visit this week. The bi-partisan delegation, which include Governor of New York State, Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Co-Leaders Dean Skelos and Jeff Klein, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver arrived in Israel
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Middle East, USATEL AVIV (Press Release)— Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diagnosed — and misdiagnosed — behavioral disorder in children in America, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Unfortunately, there are currently no reliable physiological markers to diagnose ADHD. Doctors generally diagnose the disorder by recording a medical and social
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
-Twentieth in a Series- By Donald H. Harrison CASCADE LOCKS, Oregon – Herman the Sturgeon is by far the biggest attraction at the Bonneville Fish Hatchery here. Approximately 70 years old, Herman is 10 feet long and weighs 450 pounds. He is midsize for his species, with some sturgeons having been known to grow to
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Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USA
TEL AVIV (Press Release) – Despite tensions surrounding the war in Gaza, 338 new Olim (immigrants) from the United States and Canada arrived in Israel on Tuesday morning, August 12, on an Aliyah charter flight to Israel. The special Nefesh B’Nefesh flight was organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption and
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Middle East, USABy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – Operation ‘Protective Edge’ has generated various financial challenges for Israel’s economy, as the financial activity slowed down during the operation and the costs of the military campaign will weigh heavily on Israel’s upcoming annual budget. One of the Israel’s most known financial segments, its tourism, has taken a big
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — As I look around me this mid-August morning in 2014 I see a number of crap shoots, or games of chance. We can argue what historical events they reflect. Among the candidates are the establishment of Israel in 1948, the Arab Spring that began toward the end of 2010 with
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
DENVER, Colorado (Press Release)– A generous gift from Colorado resident Francine Lavin Weaver has funded the first kosher retreat center in the Rocky Mountains, as part of Camp Ramah in the Rockies. Ramah announced the opening of the new Beit Kesher Retreat Center, which was dedicated on Sunday, August 3, with a festive opening
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Jewish Religion, USANEW YORK (Press Release)–The Foreign Press Association in Israel including almost 500 members from all parts of the media from 32 countries, issued a statement protesting “in the strongest terms the blatant, incessant, forceful and unorthodox methods employed by the Hamas authorities and their representatives against visiting international journalists in Gaza over the past month.”
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International, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – As part of $300 million in grants from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) announced that $1.02 million would go to fight homelessness among veterans in San Diego. Vietnam Veterans of San Diego will be the recipient of the VA grant. “I have seen first
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San Diego County, USASACRAMENTO (Press Release) – San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis joined Riverside County District Attorney Paul Zellerbach and Senator Marty Block (D-San Diego) on Monday, Aug. 11, to urge passage of a bill to treat human trafficking crimes committed by gang members with the same severity as 33 other gang offenses and another measure
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San Diego County, USANEW YORK (WJC) –Former American Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is identifying anti-Semitism as an important motivation for the international criticism of Israel’s incursion in Gaza, according to a new interview. “It is striking … that you have more than 170,000 people dead in Syria. … You have Russia massing battalions—Russia, that actually annexed
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Middle East, USA