ROME (WJC) — Returning to Rome from his visit to the Holy Land, Pope Francis told reporters that he won’t allow the beatification of his wartime predecessor Pius XII, who stands accused of not speaking out enough against the Holocaust. Francis told reporters on the plane that without a confirmed miracle on his record, the […]
SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release)– A California Public Records Act inquiry, requested by AMCHA Initiative, revealed that San Francisco State University (SFSU) Professor Rabab Abdulhadi received more than $7,000 from SFSU to fly to Jordan, the West Bank and Israel to meet with members of known terrorist organizations. Abdulhadi was the faculty advisor to the
By Aryeh Savir RAHAT, Israel (Press Release)–Minister of Economy Naftali Bennett inaugurated on Tuesday, May 27, two Riyan Employment Guidance Centers for the Bedouin population in Lakiya and Rahat in southern Israel. Other centers have been in operation since 2013 in accordance with the government decision No. 3708, a program to promote economic growth and
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM–For a group of 34 Hong Kong businessmen, investors and entrepreneurs, a visit to Israel last week (May 18-22) proved to be an eye-opening experience. The group was on a mission led by Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK), a department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government that seeks foreign direct investment
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International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — With the Pope’s visit still echoing, it’s appropriate to reflect on religion, and its role in politics. Alongside the Pope in Bethlehem, Mahmoud Abbas proclaimed that all the problems are Israel’s fault, and that Palestinians are the true protectors of Christians hereabouts. He may have been hard pressed to assemble
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA
JERUSALEM (TNA)– After a visit at the Dome of the Rock and after descending from the Temple Mount Pope Francis visited the Western Wall (Kotel) on Monday (May 26), where he prayed and placed a note among the Kotel’s stones. Before approaching the Holy site the Pope received a briefing on the history of the
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Editor’s Note: The Vatican Information Service (VIS) has been providing step-by-step coverage of Pope Francis’s visit to Israel on Sunday, May 25, and Monday, May 26. Following is Part 2 of the VIS coverage: Meeting With Grand Mufti Meeting on Monday morning with the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Muhammed Hussein, Pope Francis pointed to the
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Middle East, Travel and Food
BRUSSELS (WJC) – “The surge of far-right and anti-Semitic parties in a number of countries is a shock and a reason for great worry. European leaders must address this problem urgently and come up with a strategy to fight extremism. The future of European Jewry is a stake if these forces are not reined in.
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InternationalPope Francis visits Western Wall, Yad Vashem on final day of Mideast trip (JNS.org) On Monday, the final day of his Mideast trip, Pope Francis visited the Western Wall and the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum, among other major sites in Jerusalem. At the Western Wall, the pope prayed by the remains of the Second Temple
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — AJC welcomed today’s presidential vote in Ukraine as a decisive victory for Petro Poroshenko and for the resilience of Ukrainian democracy. “Mr. Poroshenko won an impressive mandate, with no need for a run-off,” said AJC Executive Director David Harris. “And the Ukrainian people showed their determination to ensure that the country’s
Editor’s Note: The Vatican Information Service has been providing step-by-step coverage of Pope Francis’s visit to Israel. We are reprinting the dispatches in the interest of history. TEL AVIV (VIS) — Pope Francis on Sunday strongly condemned the shooting attack at a Jewish Museum in Brussels in his arrival address at Tel Aviv airport. Saturday’s
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Middle East, Travel and FoodEditor’s Note: The Vatican Information Service provides running coverage of the Pope’s visit to the Holy Land. In the interest of historians, we have strung together the dispatches from the Palestine Authority, and will do likewise, for the dispatches from Israel proper. BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Authority (VIS) — At 7.30 Sunday morning, May 25, the Pope
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Living Beyond Terrorism: Israeli Stories of Hope and Healing by Dr. Zieva Konvisser, Gefen Publishing House (April 2014), 356 pages. By Ruthan Brodsky/JNS.org For Dr. Zieva Konvisser of Orchard Lake, Mich., an interest in Israeli survivors of terrorism began years ago when she heard the stories of the few members of her family from Vilna,
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