By Natasha Josefowitz LA JOLLA, California — Something amazing is happening right now, right here, right under our noses: A change in value systems. What is right and wrong is different today from just one or two generations ago. There is a clamor in the winds of the world for a new kind of justice,
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and Food, USAScott Pruitt (To the Melody of Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’) By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Why must you always fly in first class? Or need a booth with soundproof glass?
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The second Friday demonstration in the string of some half-dozen planned to peak on the Palestinian celebration of Nakba passed with only about 2/3 the number of demonstrators as last week, and half the deaths (9) said to be the result of IDF gunfire. The big prize for the Palestinians
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California –Flying into Memphis last Tuesday, through purple mists and hovering ghosts, the plane reeling from the clouds and rain, I felt Dr King’s sad spirit floating over the grayish Mississippi River, the verdant magnolia-laden landscape, and the brownish buildings below. The 50th anniversary of the assassination of Rev. Martin
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USABy Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — My wife Michal and I recently returned from a “vacation” to Florida, mainly to visit friends and relatives. It was a whirlwind trip, with many opportunities to check out the “Florida living.” After several weeks, we were happy to return to Israel to our new home in the
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USABy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — There can be no doubt that Jeremy Corbyn is a shrewd and canny politician. It takes a special talent to emerge from the radical left of his political party to become the potential next Prime Minister of Great Britain. He has cannily persuaded disillusioned Britons into believing that he can
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Barry Shaw, International, Middle EastBy Alon Ben-Meir and Arbana Xharra NEW YORK – Whenever Kosovo is mentioned we are reminded of the 90s, when Europe and the US provided shelter for hundreds of thousands of Albanians who resisted the tyrannical Milosevic regime. A few years later in 1999, the US, jointly with EU countries, launched NATO air strikes
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik, Orthodox rabbi and spiritual leader of the oldest Jewish congregation in the U.S., is the 2018 Canterbury Medalist for his public defense of religious liberty for people of all faiths. The Canterbury Medal, Becket’s highest honor, recognizes an individual who has demonstrated courage and commitment to
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Jewish Religion, USABy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Jeremy Corbyn represents the shameful, sneaky, face of anti-Semitism. The one that accepts Jews who subscribe to his radical brand of politics, the ones who will play by his rules. He’ll probably admit to admiring Karl Marx. He was a Jew with no other agenda except the Communist cause.
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Barry Shaw, International, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Amotz Aza-El, a respected Israeli journalist, writing in Thursday’s Jerusalem Post has compared the current prime minister of Israel to the biblical Aaron, the brother of Moses, who yielded to popular demand and built the Golden Calf: Aza-El argues: Like Aaron…. whose eloquence proved irrelevant when it was time
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International, Middle East
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth 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. By Donald H. Harrison MEDLOW BATH,
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The latest political farce has deepened this country’s status as a cynic’s paradise. Prime Minister Netanyahu, together with Interior Minister Ariyeh Deri, surprised us Monday afternoon with a dramatic announcement that Israel had signed an agreement with the UN Commission on Refugees that a number of western countries would accept
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Lloyd Levy LONDON, England –The Jewish Community in Britain has proclaimed “enough is enough“. The perceived anti-Semitism in the Labour Party has reached such a level, that British Jewry has demanded that the situation be addressed. For the famously reticent British Community, this must be almost unprecedented. Why the situation is so important, is
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International, Lloyd LevyBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The phrase, סלח לעווננו כי רב הוא in one of the Jewish penitential prayers is normally translated as, “Forgive us our iniquity for it is great.” However, with a little mischief it can also be rendered, “Forgive us our iniquity for he is a rabbi.” This second version seems
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