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Repair the World Mobilizes Communities to Join the #ServiceMovement This #WorldWaterDay

(JNS Wire) Repair the World, an organization that mobilizes Jews and their communities to take action to pursue a just world, igniting a lifelong commitment to service, today encouraged either in-person or virtual volunteering to support meeting vital community needs this World Water Day. Celebrated on March 22, #WorldWaterDay is an annual United Nations Observance that celebrates […]

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USA

From Israel to Ukraine, Self-Reliance is Key

By Ben Cohen (JNS) “The unrestrained assault by ___ military, police and paramilitary forces, under the direction of President ___, on ___ civilians has created a massive humanitarian catastrophe which also threatens to destabilize the surrounding region. Hundreds of thousands of people have been expelled ruthlessly from ___ by the ___ authorities. We condemn these

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International, Middle East, Opinion, USA

Jewish Philosophers Believed in Truth, Whatever Its Source Might Be

Rabbi Samuel is also a prodigious author of books on Jewish religion, Jewish ethics, philosophy, and social issues. A recent book was God and the Pandemic, A Judaic Reflection on the Coronavirus.” Other works include sets of books on how both Philo and Maimonides understood each of the five books of the Torah. The two interpreters of the Jewish religion lived respectively in 1st Century Alexandria, Egypt, and in 12th Century Spain. [Donald H. Harrison]

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California, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA

Two Peoples, Two Problems for Israel

By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — Israel is faced by two dangerous peoples, each presenting Israelis with an implacable enemy which strives for Israel’s destruction. The rulers of Iran are Persian Shi’ite religious fanatics whose aim is to lead a resurgent worldwide Islamic Caliphate. (Persians, who ruthlessly control the many minorities in Iran, are

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International, Middle East, Opinion, Steve Kramer, USA

Putin ‘Fundamentally Miscalculated’ in Ukraine, Amb. Dennis Ross Tells JNF-USA Event

By Jacob Kamaras SAN DIEGO — A Jewish audience would normally expect Ambassador Dennis Ross, who served as a foreign policy adviser in five U.S. presidential administrations, to speak about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But on March 15 at Jewish National Fund-USA’s Gould Legacy Society Appreciation Luncheon, Ross acknowledged that it was incumbent upon him to

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International, Jacob Kamaras, Middle East, USA

Amnesty International’s Catch-22 on Israel as a Jewish State

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Amnesty International America’s Paul O’Brien asserts a Catch-22 form of logic to undermine Israeli Jews if the Jewish state ceases to function as a Jewish state. Addressing the Women’s National Democratic Club in Washington last week, O’Brien suggested that Israel should no longer operate as a Jewish state while

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Bruce Ticker, Middle East, Opinion, USA

Rep. Jacobs Calls Zelensky’s Address to Congress ‘Heart-Wrenching and Inspiring’

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA-53), who is Jewish and whose district is in San Diego County, on Wednesday released the following statement in reaction to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s address to Congress via video from Kyiv: “President Zelensky’s speech this morning to Congress, in the middle of an unjustified attack

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International, San Diego County, USA

A Double Standard for Free Speech at Vanderbilt

By Richard L. Cravatts (JNS) Vanderbilt’s Chabad hosted a speaking event on Feb. 23 by Rudy Rochman, who describes himself as a “Jewish and Israel rights activist” who has “the intention,” as Chabad put it, “of creating a productive conversation around the issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the history of Judaism and anti-Semitism.” Rochman, a

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Middle East, Opinion, Richard L. Cravatts, USA

Where Will We Draw the Line in Ukraine?

By Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — With last week’s bombing of a maternity ward, the increased targeting of Ukrainian civilians, and the strike against a military base just miles from the Polish border, the brutality and audacity of Russian forces will only grow as Vladimir Putin becomes increasingly desperate to crush Ukraine’s government, its independence,

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International, Opinion, Sam Ben-Meir, USA

Jerusalem International Fellows Inaugurates Cultural Residency Program in Eastern and Western Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Four artists, from Brazil, India, Mexico, and the United States will participate in the Jerusalem International Fellows  program, a 10-week residency for leading performing artists, choreographers, visual artists, and urban planners from around the world, who wish to collaborate with independent artists, ensembles, and cultural institutions in eastern and western Jerusalem.

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International, Middle East, The Arts, USA

Israel Emerging

By Shoshana Bryen (JNS) We’ve become accustomed to ongoing and vicious denunciations of Israel in the United Nations, Amnesty International, the International Court of Justice and the European Union; Iran and its proxies Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis; and more recently, “The Squad,” Black Lives Matter and BDS. We’ve become accustomed, too, to telling ourselves

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International, Middle East, Opinion, Shoshana Bryen, USA