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Anti- Israel protests create hostile campuses for Jews

SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) –In its annual report on anti-Semitic activity on U.S. campuses, released today, AMCHA Initiative found that Israel-related anti-Semitic incidents were considerably more likely to contribute to a hostile environment for Jewish students than incidents involving classic anti-Semitism.  And a close analysis of incidents from 2015 to the first half of 2018 revealed that […]

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Zenia and Chava: Two Lodz survivors – novelists

By Goldie Morgentaler LETHBRIDGE, Alberta, Canada — My mother’s best friend when she was growing up in Poland in the 1930s was Zenia Marcinkowska. Zenia would grow up to be an acclaimed novelist in Sweden under the name Zenia Larsson. My mother would also become a writer, the Yiddish novelist Chava Rosenfarb. So this is

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History

Naming the enemy: Islamic extremism, a.k.a jihad

By Eric Rozenman and Shoshana Bryen The Jewish Policy Center WASHINGTON, D.C. — Psychiatrists tell their patients they have to “name their fears.” A fear that cannot be named cannot be understood or faced. An unnamed threat cannot be defeated. This is particularly true of what is called the threat of “terrorism.” A recent Washington

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International, Middle East, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 7, 2018 (6 items)

North American rabbis protest Israel’s law forbidding LGBTQ surrogacy Nearly 600 rabbis representing Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist Jewish communities from across the United States and Canada signed an open letter that calls on ultra-Orthodox rabbis in Israel to retract recent homophobic comments and asks the governing coalition of the Knesset to immediately reverse recent

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Haganah learned an important lesson in Western Galilee

By Steve Kramer YECHIAM, Israel — There’s no end to adventures in Israel, despite it’s relatively small size. The regions of the country are tremendously varied, from the 9,200-foot high Mt. Hermon, to the many valleys nestled between mountains and hills, to the hundreds of miles of beaches at sea level, to the Dead Sea,

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Jewish History, Middle East, Steve Kramer

Israel’s high S&P rating boosts Kahlon’s prospects

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — “It’s the economy stupid,” the slogan that helped Bill Clinton to defeat George H. W. Bush to become US President, may help Moshe Kahlon, currently Israel’s finance minister, to become the country’s next prime minister. Whereas Clinton’s inspiration is said to have been James Carville, the American political commentator and

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Middle East

John Monash celebrated on centenary of his knighthood

By Garry Fabian MELBOURNE, Australia — On August 8, 1918, Lieutenant General John Monash in recognition of his leadership in the important battle of Hamel, was knighted in the field by King George V. Military historians claim that this battle shortened the war by 18 months, as the German High Command declared that this underlined that

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International, Obituaries & memorials

Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 3, 2018 (2 items)

World Jewish Congress challenges British Labour party on Anti-Semitism “The World Jewish Congress strongly supports the unified stance of British Jewry in urging the Labour Party, and indeed the government itself, to adopt the working definition of anti-Semitism agreed upon by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance,” said WJC President Ronald S. Lauder. “A solution to

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

More products on the market for the Jewish consumer

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – We hear often about declining rates of affiliation in the Jewish community, but retailers apparently are not overly concerned.  Affiliated or not, many Jews still identify with Jewish traditions, customs, and history, and therein lies some marketing opportunities. For example, Daniela and Gabriela Apeloig have created a new

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Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food, USA

Prosecutors seek more UCLA disruption material

(c) Edwin Black LOS ANGELES –City prosecutor Spencer Hart, who is reviewing the belligerent shutdown of a Students Supporting Israel panel at the University of California-Los Angeles on May 17, has requested additional investigative materials from the UCLA Police, according to a prosecution source. The request on Case 18-1206 was transmitted to UCLA campus Detective

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Edwin Black, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA