By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Some Israeli and American realities, from the perspective of various media– First, are three items from a recent edition of Ha’aretz. One of the lead items in the Hebrew language internet edition told of plans to build a 9-story yeshiva for newly religious Jews in the problematic neighborhood of Sheikh […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastJERUSALEM (Press Release)–U.S. university student leaders traveling in Israel with AJC’s Project Interchange got the surprise of their lives today when U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry dropped by a briefing being conducted by State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki. Psaki conducted a wide-ranging, in-depth briefing for the AJC Project Interchange student delegation on the ongoing
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JERUSALEM (Press Release) – World Jewish Congress CEO Robert Singer on Friday, Jan. 3, congratulated Andrea Gergely on her election as chair of the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS). “WUJS is fortunate to have an outstanding young activist like Andi as its new chairman,” Singer said. “I wish Andi much success in her new
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InternationalNetanyahu: Abbas missed opportunity by not condemning Palestinian terrorism (JNS.org) In a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas missed an opportunity by not condemning the recent wave of Palestinian terrorism against Israel. “Peace means ending incitement;
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InternationalBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The general Israeli public is on the whole soft-hearted and empathetic towards those in need. The scenes we see on TV almost nightly of Syrian refugees pouring across the borders into Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, sheltering from the snow or sweltering in the heat inside the flimsy tents
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — It’s not just the Arabs, Iran, the United Nations and the EU which present Israel with problems. There are internal ones as well. I’m not talking about a lack of democracy or sidelining of minorities or the shrinking middle class. Israel is one of the most vibrant democracies
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Middle East, Steve KramerNEW YORK (Press Release)– World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder on Thursday, Jan. 2, commended the 100 US universities that have publicly denounced the American Studies Association (ASA) boycott of Israel. “It is heartening that the leaders of so many great American universities have stepped forward to condemn the ASA’s discriminatory and pernicious assault
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USAJERUSALEM (Press Release) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the latter’s office on Thursday, Jan. 2. Here is a transcript, as provided by the U.S. State Department, of their comments to the media: PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: Welcome back to Jerusalem, John. I want to use this
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– If you believe that the Messiah has to be Jewish and if you accept patrilineal descent as a valid criterion for Jewish status, John Kerry may be your man. His paternal grandmother was Ida Lowe and her husband Frederick Kohn. Both were born Jewish but converted to Christianity. Kohn became
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Middle EastPro-Israel campus groups denied presentation at Modern Language Association confab (JNS.org) The pro-Israel campus groups Hillel International and the Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC) have been denied the right to present a discussion on Israel at the Jan. 9-12 Modern Language Association (MLA) convention in Chicago, JNS.org has learned. MLA’s convention includes a roundtable discussion
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Peres to deliver to the White House Knesset petition for release of Pollard (JNS.org) Israeli President Shimon Peres said he will deliver a petition to the White House urging U.S. President Barack Obama to release convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard. The petition, which was presented to Peres by Labor MK Nachman Shai and HaBayit HaYehudi
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NEW YORK (Press Release)– “As of today, more than ninety university presidents and chancellors have released statements rejecting the American Studies Association’s recent decision to boycott Israeli academic institutions,” said Robert G. Sugarman, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. The leaders expressed their appreciation
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USAAyatollah’s ‘rabid dog’ remark tops 2013 list of anti-Semitic/anti-Israel slurs (JNS.org) Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s remark that Israel is the “rabid dog” of the Middle East topped the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s list of the top 10 anti-Semitic or anti-Israel slurs of 2013. Following Khamenei on the list were Turkish Prime Minister Recep
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By Anav Silverman EFRAT, Israel — On a day where snow still covers the Judean hills, a Jewish doctor from Efrat drives into the neighboring Palestinian village called Wadi Nis. He is greeted by the local Palestinian villagers with smiles and warm hellos. “There’s the doctor,” says one Palestinian woman to another as Dr. Yitzchak
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