International

US ‘Extremely Troubled’ by Israeli Move to Lift Ban on Return to West Bank Settlements

Published by Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Washington is “extremely troubled” by a move by the Israeli parliament that paves the way for Jewish settlers to return to four West Bank settlements, State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said on Tuesday. Patel said the amendment of a 2005 law that ordered the settlements’ evacuation was “particularly provocative […]

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Israel

What Price Annexation?

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — The surest way to upset readers when writing about Israel is to trip over semantics. The surest way to upset me is to focus on semantics without addressing the larger issues facing Israel. I was zinged by no less an activist and writer than Stephen M. Flatow, whose daughter

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion

Historically Jewish Territories Are Not ‘Palestinian Territories’

To the editor: Bruce Ticker (“Israel is Our Business,” March 1) claims that the current Israeli government “has proposed annexing the Palestinian territories.” In fact, the government has not made any such proposal, and the platform of the ruling Likud party says nothing about annexing territories. Two of the smaller parties within the governing coalition

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Israel, Opinion

The Crocus Project and the Meaning of the Holocaust

By Jerry Klinger In March 2022, Martin Sugarman, the Chairman of the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation’s U.K. branch, shared with me a contact he had received. Susan Soyinka, from Penzance, Cornwall, had contacted him about possibly funding a Remembering Stone for Albert and Rosa Reuss. The Reusses were Austrian Jewish refugees who escaped

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Holocaust, International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Opinion

Obituaries: Women’s Museum Honorees Natasha Josefowitz, Rosalie Schwartz

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — Two honorees of the Women’s Museum of California died on March 15. One was author and columnist Natasha Josefowitz who was 96.  Lucid until the end, she had been writing columns for La Jolla Village News and San Diego Jewish World through the end of February.  An archive of her articles that appeared on

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, California, Natasha Josefowitz, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak Discusses Mideast Assassinations and Diplomacy in Candid Documentary

Israeli Filmmaker Ran Tal has put together a fascinating documentary in which former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak contemplates whether Middle Eastern history would have changed if plans to assassinate Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat had been approved during the 1970s by his superiors. At that time, Barak was an up and coming officer in the IDF, not important enough to make policy, but sufficiently well placed to carry it out. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Jewish History, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

ADI’s ‘Sea of Green’ Shines of the Light of Disability Inclusion on the Jerusalem Marathon

JERUSALEM — After days of wet and gloomy winter weather, the skies cleared over Israel’s capital city and ADI (adi-israel.org), Israel’s network of specialized rehabilitative care for those touched by and living with disability, brought the sunshine to the 12th annual Jerusalem Marathon. With hundreds of runners of all levels of ability, the ‘ADI Fleet’

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Israel, Sports & Competitions, USA

No White House Visit for Israel’s Netanyahu as US Concern Rises

Published by Reuters By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Eleven weeks into his third stint as Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to be received at the White House, signaling apparent U.S. unhappiness over the policies of his right-wing government. Most new Israeli leaders had visited the United States or met the president by this

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Israelis Paint ‘Red Line’ Leading to Supreme Court After Netanyahu Spurns Compromise

Published by Reuters By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Jerusalem woke on Thursday to the sight of a long red line painted by protesters along roads leading to Israel’s Supreme Court, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a compromise deal for his government’s planned judicial overhaul. Police said they had arrested five people who

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Israel

B’Shalom: Body Image, Military History, Baseball Classic, Jewish Political News

Kristine Schomaker’s eating disorder had made her feel “othered” since her girlhood. She tried to imagine herself as a slender blonde but when she looked into the mirror, she saw herself as she was, a very large woman. Rather than hide from her physical presence, she decided to embrace it. She invited 59 fellow artists to depict her in the nude. Sculptures, photographs, paintings, and drawings in various media resulted in an exhibition now being shown through April 13 at the Mesa College Art Gallery. [Donald H. Harrison]

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California, Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, Lifestyles, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, USA

The Story Behind a San Diego Couple’s Historic Gift to Israel

Documentary filmmaker Matthew Mishory has done a deep dive into the background of a San Diego couple who lived quietly, scrimped to such a point that they even reused their paper towels, and through their daughter made the largest philanthropic donation to Israel in the history of the Jewish state: $500 million. [Donald H. Harrison]

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California, Donald H. Harrison, Israel, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Scholz Expresses ‘Great Concern’ Over Netanyahu Reforms

Published by DPA German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has expressed his concerns about the controversial judicial reforms in Israel during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Berlin. “As partners who share democratic values and close friends of Israel, we are following this debate very closely – and I will not conceal this: with great concern,” Scholz

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