By Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — In the early part of the movie Exodus, blondish, blue-eyed Paul Newman, miscast as Haganah operative Ari Ben Canaan, leads a band of Holocaust survivors aboard the Cyprus docked sea vessel, Exodus, intent upon breaking the British blockade and making the illegal run to Palestine. The British discover the […]
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Middle East, USANetanyahu tours Be’er Sheva with Steve Forbes, hails city’s tech ‘revolution’ (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—joined by billionaire Steve Forbes, owner of the Forbes magazine—on Thursday toured Be’er Sheva and the southern Israeli city’s Advanced Technologies Park at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). Netanyahu discussed the area’s potential in the field
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor Masori ST AUGUSTINE, Florida — In this, the oldest European city of North America settled by Spaniards in 1565, I wondered whether any of the earliest soldiers might have been conversos — that is, former Jews who were forced to convert to Catholicism in order to remain
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Donald H. Harrison, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California –This past week, the Jews were studying about water, words, and rocks in the weekly cycle of Torah readings. The desert-wandering Hebrews were griping to Moses about being thirsty—they even repeated their infuriating refrain: “Take us back to Egypt!” Moses, a good man with anger-management issues, was instructed by
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USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — J Street and the Catholic Church proceeded on the same day, last Friday, to press for Israeli and Arab action to end the so-called occupation of Israel’s territories, and they were joined by a large Protestant denomination four days later. Ira Stup, a senior consultant to the J Street
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Middle East, USAObama admin. won’t enforce anti-BDS trade provision in Judea and Samaria (JNS.org) After President Barack Obama signed a trade bill that takes a stand against the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, his administration said the U.S. would not use the legislation to protect Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria. The Trans-Pacific Partnership bill,
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor Masori ORLANDO, Florida — Sometimes it is good to go to a place like Epcot at Disney World to regain a sense of perspective about our fellow Jews and Israel. We may feel, sometimes, that our narrative provides the text, or at least a major sub-text, for
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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAIran nuclear negotiations extended to July 7 (JNS.org) Nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 nations (U.S., U.K., France, Russia, China, and Germany) missed a June 30 deadline for a final agreement and have a new deadline of July 7. Last week, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected several key components agreed to under
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s time for the Jews to honor yet again their traditions to be a light unto the nations, and to show concern for the highest ideals of justice. Our first item of business ought to recognize that any ranking of national misery would not find Israel anywhere close to the
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAIsraeli border policewoman seriously wounded in latest Palestinian attack (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) An Israeli border policewoman was seriously wounded on Monday morning when she was stabbed by a Palestinian woman at Rachel’s Crossing, the main transit point between Jerusalem and Bethlehem. The attacker was arrested at the scene and brought in for questioning. Three
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International, Middle East, USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — The Obama administration and its negotiating partners will soon close a deal with Iran on the June 30 deadline, permitting Iran’s nuclear weapons program to proceed at full speed. But wait! The deadline will be extended, just as has been done many times during the interminable negotiations with
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International, Middle East, Steve Kramer, USABy Donald H. Harrison CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — The excitement was palpable in the hours on Sunday, June 28, before the ill-fated launch of the Falcon 9 Dragon rocket that was supposed to bring supplies and new science experiments for the astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Elementary, Middle and High School students from all
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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — You enjoy the complexities and nuances of policy debates? Try working your way through Israel’s efforts to deal with the gas found under its section of the Mediterranean. Several years after the discovery, we seem to be at a peak of dispute about sorting out who should control the stuff,
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By Donald H. Harrison WASHINGTON, D.C — Reflecting on a long career, and what she still would like to do in Congress, Rep. Susan Davis (D-California) suggested that she is more a social worker than a politician, which results in her having a different perspective on many issues. She met with my grandson, Shor, 14,
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