International

DVD Review: ‘Streit’s Matzo and the American Dream’

Streit’s Matzo and the American Dream by Michael Levine, © 2017 Menemsha Films, 83 minutes; available via Amazon. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Those of us with Eastern European origins could visit Ellis Island where immigrants were processed, then go to New York’s Lower East Side to tour the Tenement Museum, which recreates […]

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

Jew- hatred in Ireland basis of support for P.A., Gaza

By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel –Tuvia Tenenbom is a film-maker and best-selling author. He writes a series of books about the contemporary global pathology against Jews. His book ‘Catch the Jew’ highlights the anti-semitism behind the often faux support for the Palestinian cause.  This echoes the research I have done for my own book, ‘Fighting

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Barry Shaw, International, Middle East

Jerusalem Quartet provides a musical treat

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Experiencing music in the Conrad, the new home of the La Jolla Music Society, was a rare treat. At the April 9 concert, featuring the Jerusalem Quartet, the audience basked in the sunshine of sound projected by the Israeli musicians. The music floated gloriously in the fine acoustics

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Eileen Wingard, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, USA

OpEd: America’s major media is biased against Israel

By Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel —Too many American Jews are ignorant about what’s really going on in Israel. They think they are better equipped to determine Israel’s fate than Israelis are. I know where that comes from: “fake news” about Israel from the mass media. The majority of U.S. liberal Jews truly believe that

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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USA

AIPAC fosters Jewish unity

Shared support for Israel brings people together By Yonatan Spitz LOS ANGELES — In Israel and even now as a shaliach (Israeli emissary) in the U.S., I’ve often felt that the pro-Israel Jews of the Diaspora receive unfair criticism for supporting the Jewish state. At times, it seems impossible to get through a discussion about

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Middle East, USA

U.S., Israel strategize to counter terrorism

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Ambassador Nathan A. Sales, the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, will lead the U.S. interagency delegation to Jerusalem April 16 for the annual meeting of the U.S.-Israel Joint Counterterrorism Group, the State Department’s longest running strategic counterterrorism dialogue. The United States and Israel will discuss the shared terrorist threats facing our two

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Middle East, USA