By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — Last week four Israelis were stabbed to death in Beer Sheva; two Border Police officers were shot to death in Hadera; five Israelis, including one Christian Arab police officer, were shot to death in the Haredi city of Bnei Brak; another Israeli was stabbed and seriously injured while riding […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, Opinion
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — It goes without saying that a certain amount of cognitive dissonance is inevitable in the psyche of anyone living in Western society in this day and age. Our mental balance depends on finding a way of coping with the situations in which we find ourselves. Recent events in
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Opinion
We’re interested in the turnaround of the Ford family, starting with automotive pioneer Henry Ford, who was a vicious antisemite, and continuing with his grandson Henry Ford II, known as “Hank the Deuce,” who became a large supporter of Jewish and Zionist causes, and onto Bill Ford, Ford Motor Co’s current executive chairman. who traveled in 2019 to Tel Aviv to inaugurate a new Ford Research Center there. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Business & Finance, California, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, Technology, Travel and Food, USA
(JNS Wire) As they navigated the challenges of the past two years, synagogues offered their members online programming for everything from Shabbat and High Holy Day services to Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. Now, as COVID-19 restrictions ease and congregations reunite in person, Jewish National Fund-USA has one message for rabbis nationwide: “Seize the moment. It’s
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Middle East, USA
By Elizabeth Kratz The Jewish Link In large and mid-sized American Jewish communities, 2022 means one can get a kosher version of virtually anything. While this is certainly sufficient for many consumers, a growing community of aficionados of gourmet food and beverage, particularly wine, sometimes laments the lack of opportunities to help kosher wine drinkers
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California, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
By Rep. Mike Levin Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — There’s no question we’re all feeling pain from high gas prices. The average price of regular gas in California is now around $6.00 per gallon. While Americans are hurting, politicians and pundits are pointing fingers and oversimplifying the problem to serve their narrative of
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International, Opinion, USA
By Dmitriy Shapiro (JNS) Deborah Lipstadt, U.S. President Joe Biden’s nominee to the position of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, was officially confirmed to the position by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday night. Lipstadt’s nomination was brought to the floor of the Senate by Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), who asked for unanimous consent
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USA
By Yaakov Lappin (JNS) The recent string of deadly terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians has once again brought into focus the Israel Police’s large number of missions and how these can stretch it to the limit. It was police officers who heroically entered into gun battles with heavily armed terrorists in Hadera and Bnei Brak
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Middle East
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — StandWithUs has launched a campaign, encouraging people to email the Administration and Congress, supporting the right of Congress to review all nuclear deals with Iran’s regime. “The American people have a right to know all the details of the proposed nuclear deal before it is finalized,” said Roz Rothstein, CEO
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International, Middle East, USA
Published by Reuters (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden offered condolences on Wednesday in a call with Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett a day after a Palestinian gunman killed five people in a Tel Aviv suburb, the latest in a string of fatal attacks, the White House said. “Biden … express(ed) his deepest condolences following
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Middle East
Published by DPA Following the bloodiest week in Israel for 16 years, Defence Minister Benny Gantz announced on Wednesday that 1,000 soldiers are to be deployed to support Israeli police in ensuring public safety. Following a shooting in the community of Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv that left five people dead on Tuesday, Israeli forces
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Middle East
By Dorian de Wind The Moderate Voice Boris Romantschenko, 96, was laid to rest March 24 in a simple funeral held in haste during a lull in the bombing of his hometown of Kharkiv and attended only by four loved ones — one of them his granddaughter, Julia Romantschenko. The Los Angeles Times has a
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Dorian de Wind, Holocaust, International, Middle East, Opinion, USA
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Natalie Shclover displayed courage and integrity when she confronted Israel-bashing at the University of Connecticut a month ago, yet she made an error in judgment that boomeranged on her and offset a more productive outcome. In an “open letter” posted by The Times of Israel, Shclover recalled spotting posters
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Bruce Ticker, Middle East, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — In the period following WW2, the U.S. became the undisputed leader of the Western democracies. It was challenged in its position as world leader only by the USSR, whose rule extended to poor, Third World countries, and those European countries seized at the end of WW2. By 1991,
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International, Middle East, Opinion, Steve Kramer, USA