By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSARET ZION, Israel — It was one of those weird coincidences that sometimes makes me wonder what is going on in the world, or at least in my own little world. One evening last week we went to see the Swiss film, The Divine Order, because it had been recommended by a
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle EastJerusalem: The Experiential Guidebook by Tali Kaplinski Tarlow, ScaVentures, Jerusalem, © 2018, p. 198, plus supplemental material, NIS 150, about $42.00. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – Jerusalem is surely a must-see by anyone visiting Israel, and author Tali K. Tarlow gives us an unusual twist to an epic visit – a scavenger hunt to
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Middle East
Editor’s Note: This is the 13th in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 By Donald
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Limited violence is less than limited war. There were 130 or so dozen rockets and mortars fired toward Israel, with limited damage and a few injuries, all less than critical. It took a hour or two for the government and IDF to decide on the response. As expected, it was
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Oliver B. Pollak MESCHEDE, Germany — The celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Eslohe Football (soccer) club was pretext for the Goldschmidt and Bachmann family reunion in Germany. Two Goldschmidt brothers were charter organizers. Eight cousins and 13 of their spouses, children, significant others, and friends took the better part of two days to celebrate, schmooze and
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International, Jewish History, Oliver Pollak
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel Initiative (SDII) announced on Wednesday that in the 2018-2019 Academic Year, six Israeli visiting professors will teach 17 classes on modern Israel on San Diego university campuses. “By bringing Israel studies to campuses, we can significantly help change the dialogue,” commented SDII directorn Susan Lapidus.
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAHAIFA, Israel (Press Release)— University of Haifa on Wednesday announced it has received a $10 million donation from well-known American philanthropist, Lorry I. Lokey, for the construction of a new campus that will consist of at least four buildings located throughout the Port of Haifa and the city’s downtown area. Lokey, the founder of Business
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) — Alums for Campus Fairness (ACF)-Columbia/Barnard Chapter sent a letter May 29 to Columbia President Lee Bollinger expressing concern at the university’s failure to investigate the recent anti-Semtitic actions of Professor Hamid Dabashi who teaches in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies (MESAAS). The letter was signed by over 30 faculty and
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – On the recent attacks by Hamas against Israel, the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) on Wednesday released the following statement from National Chairman Senator Norm Coleman: “Today we call on all Americans, regardless of political party, to rally in support of Israel after it suffered a new, extended round of terrorist
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Middle East, USABy Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — When International Farhud Day was proclaimed at a conference convened at the United Nations headquarters on June 1, 2015, its proponents wanted to achieve more than merely establish a commemoration of the ghastly 1941 Arab-Nazi pogrom in Baghdad that killed and injured hundreds of Iraqi Jews. Farhud means violent dispossession.
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Edwin Black, International, Jewish Religion, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release) — The California Republican Party and the Republican Jewish Coalition issued the following statements Tuesday regarding the congressional race in CA-11: California Republican Party Chairman Jim Brulte said:“Tonight, the California Republican Party’s Board of Directors took swift and decisive action to eliminate any support for John Fitzgerald due to anti-Semitic comments he
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Middle East, USASACRAMENTO, California (Press Release) – Responding to a disturbing spike in hate rhetoric and anti-Semitism, the State Assembly voted overwhelmingly with unanimous bipartisan support to demonstrate its commitment to Holocaust education Tuesday and called on Congress to urge Poland to abandon a gag rule that seems to encourage revisionist history. More than 60 Assembly members
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International, Jewish History, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of a comprehensive report on religious freedom around the world, the U.S. State Department on Wednesday issued its report and analysis of religious freedom issues in Israel and the Golan Heights as well as in the Palestinian Authority and Gaza.. ISRAEL AND THE GOLAN HEIGHTS Executive Summary A report on
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Jewish History, Middle East, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK –In early April, Trump stated that the US should withdraw its military forces from Syria. Secretary of Defense Mattis seems to have persuaded Trump to postpone this plan for at least six months, citing strategic necessity, with which I fully agree. Beyond that, however, US forces must not only remain
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East, USA