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Jewish news briefs: January 19, 2015

January 19, 2015

Hezbollah vows to avenge Israeli airstrike that killed members of terrorist group (JNS.org) Hezbollah vowed to avenge an Israeli airstrike in Syria that reportedly killed six of the Lebanon-based terrorist group’s members, including Jihad Mughniyeh, the son of late Hezbollah military commander Imad Mughniyeh. “Hezbollah’s leadership cannot accept the blow it received from the Israeli […]

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International, Middle East, USA

Martin Luther King Jr. and economic justice

January 18, 2015

Compiled by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (Independent-Vermont) on Sunday, Jan. 18, linked the Civil Rights struggles of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King with the proposals being forwarded by President Barack Obama to increase taxes on the wealthiest Americans. About King: the senator said in a statement issued by his

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Donald H. Harrison, USA

Martin Luther King Jr.: The man and the myth

January 18, 2015

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SALEM, Virginia—Serving here at Roanoke College as visiting lecturer for the MLK Holiday, it occurs to me that there is a discomfiting gap between our impression of King and the actuality of the man. Martin Luther King Jr. would have turned 86 years old the other day, January 15. As a

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USA

New Americans Museum debuts again

January 17, 2015

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Nonagenarian Deborah Szekely has succeeded at many enterprises, most notably as a visionary behind the Rancho La Puerta spa and resort in Tecate, Mexico, and the Golden Door spas that even found their way onto cruise ships. In 2010, she experienced what seemed like a failure when the New Americans

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Donald H. Harrison, International, USA

Last texts of a Hyper Cacher shooting victim

January 16, 2015

By Rabbi Rafi Andrusier LA MESA, California–Many of us are still reeling from the events in Paris last week. Besides for the massacre in Charlie Hebdo, four holy souls were murdered at Hyper Cacher, a kosher supermarket, shopping for Shabbat. I came across something remarkable today. Rabbi Hattab, father of the murdered Yoav Hattab, 21,

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International, Jewish Religion, USA

ADL: Turkey’s leaders spawn anti- Semitism

January 16, 2015

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Friday, Jan. 16, said it is increasingly disturbing to see Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu ratcheting up their anti-Israel rhetoric by using the tragedy of the Paris terror attacks to further virulently anti-Israel views, which contributes to a growing anti-Jewish atmosphere within

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Middle East, USA

Anti- Semitism makes a comeback in the West

January 16, 2015

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — On the day that we watched scenes from the funeral in Jerusalem of four French Jews who were murdered at a kosher market in Paris for being Jewish, I received my copy of the Johns Hopkins Magazine, an excellent publication from my alma mater. As I leafed through it,

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International, Middle East, Steve Kramer, USA

A diary of Paris in the aftermath

January 16, 2015

By Rabbi Avi Weiss PARIS — “A fire is burning” Vladimir (Ze’ev) Jabotinsky declared to European Jewry during the 1930s. Too few heeded his cry. As I leave Paris after a solidarity mission following terrorist attacks at Charlie Hebdo and Hyper Cacher, I offer a similar cry. While French prime minister Manuel Valls proclaimed, “France

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International, Middle East, USA

Gross hears what children sang while he was prisoner

January 15, 2015

NEW YORK (Press Release)–Alan Gross, the former prisoner held by Cuba, got to hear the song children from Solom Schechter School on Long Island composed and sang in his honor during daily programs during his imprisonment. The very special performance came during a meeting with Gross hosted by the Conference of Presidents of Major American

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International, USA

AJC says Turkey’s Erdogan slanders Netanyahu

January 15, 2015

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has denounced Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for “his ongoing diatribes against Israel and hateful, personal attacks targeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.” Erdogan condemned Netanyahu’s participation in Sunday’s rally in Paris against Islamist terrorism, accusing the Israeli leader of “state terrorism.” On Thursday, Jan 15, Erdogan

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Middle East, USA

Jerusalem Unity Prize dedicated to three slain teens

January 15, 2015

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin expressed support on Thursday, Jan. 15, for the recent launch of the Jerusalem Unity Prize in memory of three slain teen kidnap victims at a ceremony attended by the families of the three boys and Jerusalem’s Mayor, Nir Barkat, who has been the main initiator behind the initiative. The prize was

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Middle East, USA

Germany honors Ronald Lauder

January 15, 2015

WASHINGTON (WJC) –Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, was decorated with Germany’s highest honor, the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit. In a ceremony held at the German Embassy in Washington D.C., German Ambassador Peter Wittig presented the award to President Lauder on behalf of the President of Germany, Joachim Gauck,

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International, Middle East, USA

Daily Jewish news briefs: January 15, 2015

January 15, 2015

-Compiled by JNS.org ‘This is your land,’ Netanyahu tells Birthright participants at program’s 15th anniversary (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Taglit-Birthright Israel program celebrated 15 years of bringing young Jews (ages 18-26) on free 10-day trips to Israel on Wednesday evening in Jerusalem. The speakers and crowd at the event observed a moment of silence

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International, Middle East, USA

3 tips for improving matters in the Middle East

January 14, 2015

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Those of us academics who teach about the factors that influence public policy can find nothing more powerful than history. Policymaking starts with what is. How we got to where we are begins an endless quarrel, with each participant able to cite a cluster of economic, social, and personal elements and

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Jewish news briefs: January 19, 2015

Martin Luther King Jr. and economic justice

Martin Luther King Jr.: The man and the myth

New Americans Museum debuts again

Last texts of a Hyper Cacher shooting victim

ADL: Turkey’s leaders spawn anti- Semitism

Anti- Semitism makes a comeback in the West

A diary of Paris in the aftermath

Gross hears what children sang while he was prisoner

AJC says Turkey’s Erdogan slanders Netanyahu

Jerusalem Unity Prize dedicated to three slain teens

Germany honors Ronald Lauder

Daily Jewish news briefs: January 15, 2015

3 tips for improving matters in the Middle East

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