By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Sir Simon Schama, celebrated historian, best-selling author, and TV personality was in Jerusalem the other day to give a lecture called, “Jewish Arguments Then and Now.” Starting with the two creation stories in the Book of Genesis and moving on through literature and history to important thinkers like Maimonides,
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA
World Jewish Congress denounces Palestinian terror attacks in Israel The World Jewish Congress (WJC) strongly condemns the brutal terror attacks which took place in recent days in Israel. Two Israeli soldiers were killed on Thursday in Givat Asaf, and several others were wounded, just miles from the scene of Sunday’s shocking attack in Ofra, in
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International, Middle East, USABy U.S. Rep. Susan Davis WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 116th Congress will be historic in many respects thanks to its freshman class. The incoming group of freshmen will be the most diverse ever elected to the House and Senate. In January, 42 women will be sworn in as new members, bringing the total number of
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San Diego County, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Sacred, now streaming at https://www.pbs.org/wnet/sacred/sacred-full-episode/, views life cycle events and religious practices through the lenses of more than 40 videographers stationed on five continents – Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, and South America. We see not only the well known western and eastern religions, but also tribal and
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA
Ten UC chancellors condemn academic boycott efforts against Israel In reply to a letter from 101 organizations and calls from thousands of concerned citizens, the University of California (UC) became the first university to issue a statement of condemnation against any attempts by faculty to implement an academic boycott of Israel on campus. “As chancellors
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Dave Schechter Atlanta Jewish Times MARIETTA, Georgia — On Roswell Road in Marietta, bordered on one side by a restaurant parking lot and on the other by Interstate 75, is a strip of grass and shrubbery with a sidewalk that leads to two memorials. Leo Frank, a Jew, was lynched on August 17, 1915, in
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, USA
By Mimi Pollack TIJUANA, Baja California, Mexico — Social classes are very defined in Mexico, so many times opportunity depends on what class you are born in. There is a woman in Tijuana who is determined to bring music into the lives of all children, no matter what their background is. When you first meet
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International, Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts
Memories, Miracles & Meaning: Insights of a Holocaust Survivor by Fanny Krasner Lebovits (with Selwyn Isakow and Sid Shapira); Mascot Books (c) 2019; ISBN 9781643-071909; 199 pages plus family tree, photos and glossary; $22.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – At 96, Fanny Krasner Lebovits is still going strong. I saw her as recently
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, USA
By Charles Jacobs BOSTON — The well-known hostility to supporters of Israel on campus is rapidly expanding into American high school classrooms where anti-Israel and anti-Western “lessons” often morph toward the anti-Semitic. There are increasing reports of Jewish students being silenced, intimidated, or bullied in high schools, which are becoming gateways to campus Jew-hatred. In
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USACoalition seeks pledge against Israel boycotts from university leaders In response to recent attempts by faculty to implement an academic boycott of Israel on campus and thwart student rights in the name of politics, thousands of parents, students, faculty, rabbis, educators and stakeholders have called on university leaders to sign the “University Leaders Statement Against the
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The terror organization Hezbollah has built tunnels from Lebanese territory into northern Israel; the intention was infiltration. It turns out, however, that Israel Defense Forces’ intelligence had been tracking them and last week entered southern Lebanon to destroy them. (You can watch the IDF video of a Hezbollah member
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – – The spotlight of the pro-Israel organization, StandWithUs, shone brightly Tuesday night, Dec. 11, on a Muslim reformer and a Christian evangelist. Both Shireen Qudosi, a national correspondent for the Clarion Project, and Sara Miller, the outgoing San Diego regional director of the StandWithUs organization, personify the
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, USA
House of Representatives adopts measure punishing use of human shields in combat The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has commended the U.S. House of Representatives for adopting the Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (H.R. 3342). This critical and timely legislation mandates new sanctions against Hamas, Hezbollah and foreign state agencies
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Yossef Ben-Meir and Manon Burbidge MARRAKECH, Morocco — December 2018 is gearing up to be a pivotal month for migration on the world stage, and the epicenter is here, in Marrakech, Morocco, with two high-level fora taking place concerning development and migration. However, in order for the discussions that take place at these conferences
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Yossef Ben-Meir