Editor’s note: Following is the text of a speech delivered at the American University in Cairo by U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo outlining American strategy in the Middle East. By Michael R. Pompeo CAIRO, Egypt — Thank you to Frank Ricciardone [President of American University and former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey] Thank you for […]
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By Moshe Phillips PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Are you or a family member planning to go on Birthright in 2019? Are you looking for something more than the average “Israel Experience?” Here are some ideas on what to see if you chose to extend your trip and your mind. Don’t give in to the critics of Israel who
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Jewish History, Middle East, Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Mordechai Kremnitzer, professor emeritus of law at the Hebrew University, cites in his Ha’aretz column of January 10 the old story about the man who murdered his parents and then claimed clemency in court because he was an orphan. Kremnitzer suggests that it’s an apt comment on Netanyahu calling early
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Middle EastThe Impure written and directed by Daniel Najenson; Spanish, Hebrew, and Yiddish with English subtitles; 69 minutes; to be shown during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 4 p.m., Monday, February 11, at the Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In the shtetls
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$1 million Genesis Prize awarded to Robert Kraft; who dedicates money to fight anti-Semitism Robert Kraft, American philanthropist and owner of the New England Patriots football team, has been named the 2019 Genesis Prize Laureate. The annual $1 million Genesis Prize, dubbed the “Jewish Nobel” by Time Magazine, honors extraordinary individuals for their outstanding professional
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International, Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, USABy Alon Ben-Meir and Arbana Xharra NEW YORK — The six Western Balkan countries —Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Albania, are “state captured” by corrupt politicians, linked with organized crime. These facts have been documented by various international reports, which are raising major concerns among EU officials on the enlargement process. These
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Alon Ben-Meir, InternationalBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the Palestinians have received 25 times more aid per capita than did the whole of Europe to rebuild their shattered countries after World War Two. And yet, many decades later, Palestinians still use the victimhood card of poverty and statelessness,
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Barry Shaw, International, Middle East-Third in a Series- By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — This is my last article for now dealing with some of the challenges the Jewish and black community face in their battle against racial intolerance and Anti-Semitism. The Women’s March demonstrated against Donald Trump at his inauguration. It was one of the
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International, Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USAThe Cousin (Ha Ben Dod) written, directed and starring Tzahi Grad; Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles; 93 minutes; to be shown during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 12, at Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Everyone has
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Milstein Family Foundation offers $16,000 for best student idea to promote Israel Seniors in high school and college students have been challenged by the Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation to devise an “out-of-the-box, pro-Israel initiative on campus and beyond — be it showing positive aspects of Israel, strengthening the U.S.-Israel alliance, or fighting anti-Israel
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USARedemption (Geula), by Joseph Madmony and Boaz Yehonatan Yacov; Hebrew language with English subtitles; 100 minutes; to be screened during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 14, at the Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego, and at 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 17 also at the Reading
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Cynthia Citron HOLLYWOOD, California — At some point in his life the thinking man will usually ask himself three important questions: Who—or what—am I? Where am I? and How did I get here? At this point in time a select group of thinking men have come up with two distinct hypotheses. Unfortunately, the two
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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — “Israel is doing a decent job of bringing people here but a terrible job of bringing these immigrants fully into the fold of the Jewish people. Because the only way to do that is to guarantee their full rights here in Israel and particularly to be married. And the
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Hebrew University distances itself from remarks of anti-IDF professor Five days following the incident in which a Hebrew University professor, Dr. Carola Hilfrich, scolded a student for wearing her IDF uniform to class, the university published a rare ad calling on students in uniform to come study at the university. “Students in Uniform? Welcome!” read
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