(JNS) Israel extended COVID-19 travel restrictions on Wednesday, adding Britain and Denmark to the list of “red” countries, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement. The government also extended the regulations restricting entry to and exit from Israel by an additional week until Dec. 29. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and key government
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International, Middle East
The much-loved Israel Broadcasting Association was disbanded (some say this was politically-motivated). Many of the familiar names and individuals vanished and a general shake-up of the tried and tested programming was introduced. Many new programs were introduced, but it was a relief to find that the classical music program could continue, albeit with set hours devoted to jazz and oriental music [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Nearly 50 young professionals came together at a private residence where they networked with other local Zionists and learned how JNF-USA partners (donors) play a direct role in keeping the land and people of Israel safe by aiding its heroic first responders. [Jewish National Fund-USA]
Young JNF Philanthropists Support Israel’s Fire and Rescue Team Read More »
Middle East, San Diego County, The World We Share, USA
Journalist, scholar and author M. Y. Berdichevsky (1865 – 1921) wrote for two different audiences. For the intelligentsia he wrote in Hebrew and German; for unsophisticated Eastern European Jews, he chose Yiddish, the language of the shtetl, small towns comprised mostly of Jews. Raised in Medzhibozh, western Ukraine, by his Hasidic father, the town’s rabbi, he spent his youth immersed in Judaism, but also began reading books produced in the Haskalah, Jewish Enlightenment, whose goals included preservation of Jewish heritage, revival of Hebrew, and integrating Jews into the ambient secular culture. [Fred R. Reiss, Ed.D]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, International
Please join the Leichtag Foundation and our partner Impact Cubed in providing emergency support to those most in need through these organizations we evaluated and funded [Charlene Seidle, Leichtag Foundation]
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San Diego County, The World We Share, USA
Future historians will consider this book a great find as it details over 20 years of protest, militancy, press releases, controversy, speeches, victories, and defeats in the campaign by secular American Jews to win the right of refuseniks in the Soviet Union to emigrate. [Donald H. Harrison]
A Detailed History of the Campaign to Free Soviet Jews Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, USA
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) joined with D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine, States United Democracy Center, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and Dechert LLP on Tuesday in filing a federal lawsuit to hold two violent groups accountable for the role they played in planning and carrying out the deadly January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. [Anti-Defamation League]
ADL Joins Civil Suit Against Proud Boys, Oath Keepers Read More »
USA
Dr. Shoshana Levin Fox has authored a book that will hold you spellbound. Section I is titled “Children.” These first eight chapters are the stories of Jack, Sasha, Annie and others (all the children’s names used are pseudonyms) – children who came into the Feuerstein Institute after having been diagnosed as autistic. They exited with new hope, not only for themselves, but for their parents, who were usually devastated by their children’s diagnoses and needed their own emotional propping up. [Toby Klein Greenwald]
Autism is Frequently Misdiagnosed, Israeli Psychologist Asserts Read More »
Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Toby Klein Greenwald
To date, nearly two hundred million Americans – just over 60 percent of the population – have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Recent reports indicate that unvaccinated adults are more than three times as likely to lean Republican. In other words, for every unvaccinated Democrat there are roughly three unvaccinated Republicans. An important question then not only for bioethicists but for all of us is whether there exists a moral obligation to vaccinate. [Sam Ben-Meir, Ph.D]
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Lifestyles, Sam Ben-Meir, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Published by Reuters ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan hosted Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday in the first-ever public meeting between the United Arab Emirates’ de facto ruler and an Israeli leader. Israel’s ambassador to Abu Dhabi, speaking ahead of the meeting, said the issue of
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Middle East
Donald Trump’s interview with Yedioth Aharonot, with a chilling summary was the headline of Friday’s front page. [Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D]
On Trump, Bibi, Biden, Bennett and Their Competitors Read More »
Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA
With about 45,000 residents, Tiberias is a relatively small town located on the western side of Lake Kinneret. The lake is one of Israel’s most popular holiday destinations, for tourists and Israelis alike. Named for the Roman Emperor Tiberius, the city is famed for the legendary rabbis who resided there, for its hot springs, and for Tiberias’ colorful lakeside promenade. [Steve Kramer]
A Trip to Tiberias on the Kinneret’s Western Shore Read More »
Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Steve Kramer, Travel and Food
A 2000-year-old synagogue from the Second Temple period was recently discovered in Migdal, a large Jewish settlement from this period. Migdal served as the main base for Yosef Ben Matityahu (Flavius Josephus) in his war against the Romans in the Galilee during the Great Revolt. This is the first time that two synagogues have been found in a single settlement from the Second Temple period, the time when Jesus of Nazareth was active. [University of Haifa]
Second Ancient Synagogue Found at Migdal, Israel Read More »
Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East
My grandmother brought up her sons, my father and his brother, in the spirit of loyalty to Communism. She herself could not have been a Bolshevik, for in her youth she had been tainted by her membership in the Menshevik Party. She did not hide her biography and taught her children to be honest and frank with their motherland and the Bolshevik party. In the upbringing of my uncle, her eldest son, my grandmother had tremendous success. [Alex Gordon]
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA