By Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The current exhibition of Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art – the first of its kind to be mounted in North America – is indeed an extraordinary revelation. Delacroix was one of the great creative minds of the nineteenth century: an artist who embodied […]
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Individuals who feel uncomfortable in their marriages often assume that the grass is greener elsewhere. It doesn’t need much of an upheaval for a partner to act on that fantasy and leave the existing union in the hope of greater success elsewhere. I can think of no better metaphor
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Middle EastMy Brilliant Friend, Book 1: Childhood and Adolescence by Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, 2018. By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — This novel, the first of a quartet, has become an international bestseller and has been widely praised in literary circles. So I was overjoyed when I was able to pick up a copy someone
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International
Brazil to move its embassy to Jerusalem Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro will move his country’s embassy to Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced during a meeting with Jewish leaders in Rio de Janeiro. Netanyahu explained, “Mr. Bolsonaro said, ‘I will move the embassy to Jerusalem. It’s not a question of if, just a question of
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Chaos in both of my countries. Israel’s government collapses, and calls an election for April 9th. The US government is wrapped up in a dispute about the wall, pull out from Syria, and several other claims about the President. Israel’s election came under dispute about a bill for drafting Haredim,
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA
Bennett and Shaked bolt Jewish Home party to create party called ‘The New Right’ Jewish Home party leader and Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, also of the Jewish Home, announced the formation of a new political party ahead of the upcoming national election in April, calling it “The New Right.” Addressing
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International, Jewish History, Middle East
By Gary E. Jacobs SAN DIEGO — As 2018 draws to a close, and I reflect on my first six months as board chair of JCC Association of North America, let me share some of the highlights of my year. Together, these are the things that provide meaning and measure as to why the JCC
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International, Middle East, San Diego County, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — To tip or not to tip? That is the question. And that is a subject that has occupied my thoughts inordinately for the last few days as the result of something that I witnessed with my own eyes. Until recently my Other Half (OH) and I regarded one
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Travel and FoodU.S. State Department supports Israel’s military action against Iranian forces in Syria The U.S. State Department issued the following statement on Thursday: “The United States fully supports Israel’s right to defend itself against Iranian regional actions that endanger Israeli national security and the safety of the Israeli people. Iranian support of and supply to terrorist
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy H. Applebaum SAN DIEGO — The pushke in my grandma’s kitchen, blue and white, with Hebrew lettering, sat in the corner of the counter. It was not remarkable; I saw the same one or similar ones in the houses of most of my relatives. In those days, in the infancy of the State of
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA–First in a series– By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The “secret” is out. According to the bigots, the Jews control the world! We own the media! Politicians do our bidding! The Jews “control” Wall Street! Have you heard about the old joke concerning two Jews who were dining at a Vienna
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Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Sports & Competitions, USA
By Jeffrey Cohan PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania — Acts of shocking violence stained 2018, from the beginning of the year to the end. To recall just a few, there was the mass murder of students at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL; the mass murder of Jews at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh; and, closer
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The World We Share, Travel and Food, USA
By Rabbi Yotav Eliach LAWRENCE, New York — The very sad truth is that the vast part of American Jewry that has willfully decided not take advantage of the Religious freedoms offered by the USA, and instead decided not to educate their children and now grandchildren in any shape or form to be Jewish, sits
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Jewish Religion, USA
Knesset passes law forbidding convicted terrorists from being released from prison early The Knesset passed a law on Tuesday night that will prevent the early release of convicted terrorists serving sentences in prison. The legislation, proposed by MKs Anat Berko (Likud) and Oded Forer (Yisrael Beiteinu), will deny terrorists the ability to be released after
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA