Shared support for Israel brings people together By Yonatan Spitz LOS ANGELES — In Israel and even now as a shaliach (Israeli emissary) in the U.S., I’ve often felt that the pro-Israel Jews of the Diaspora receive unfair criticism for supporting the Jewish state. At times, it seems impossible to get through a discussion about […]
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Ambassador Nathan A. Sales, the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, will lead the U.S. interagency delegation to Jerusalem April 16 for the annual meeting of the U.S.-Israel Joint Counterterrorism Group, the State Department’s longest running strategic counterterrorism dialogue. The United States and Israel will discuss the shared terrorist threats facing our two
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Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — During the Cold War, the Soviet Union seriously outspent the United States on military equipment. The U.S. and its NATO allies worried that the Russians would have such overwhelming military power that, at any moment, Soviet and Warsaw Pact forces could flood Western Europe, starting with
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International, Shoshana Bryen, Stephen D. Bryen, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — It must be only a matter of time before Team Trump accuses Ilhan Omar of overcooking hamburgers (a Seinfeld reference, to be explained for TV viewers who miss Seinfeld episodes). The Democratic congresswoman and our president, along with his Republican allies in Congress, overcooked their rhetoric when they traded
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USABy Gary Weitzman, DVM SAN DIEGO — A dog tied up in a backyard without access to food and water. Dozens of birds living in their own filth and feces, hoarded in a tiny apartment. A family cat experiencing prolonged suffering from a lack of veterinary care. These are just a few examples of the
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The World We Share, USA
LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — StandWithUs congratulates students at UC Santa Barbara and at Cornell Univrsity for defeating discriminatory divestment resolutions on April 11. The Associated Students of UC Santa Barbara (ASUCSB) rejected the legislation with a vote of 10 in favor, 14 against, and 0 abstaining. At Cornell, the Student Assembly rejected the legislation
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Genia Kutner Florida Jewish Journal DELRAY BEACH, Florida — During the war I was lucky to survive with my parents and brother; another died from pneumonia. He was 2 years old. I was 11. My brother was 13. When the Nazi’s neared our town – Pinsk in Poland – in 1941, we fled towards
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USABy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — I’ve known Sylvia for so long that I don’t remember how we met. We’ve done a few shows together and always greeted each other warmly whenever our paths crossed. So I was shocked and rather hurt by the following exchange. I had posted an article on Facebook about
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Eric George Tauber, International, Middle East, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The result of the Israeli election has demonstrated that the Israeli public’s movement to the right is now consolidated, and that its prospective reversal to the center and left-of-center is becoming increasingly unlikely. This outcome should give serious pause to every Jew and friend of Israel, as the consequences
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Kalman Yeger spoke truth to power and power in turn spoke its concept of truth to Kalman Yeger. The saga of Kalman Yeger opened with his March 20 tweet: “Palestine does not exist.” Yeger’s bosses – the leadership team of New York City Council – have been in the
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Middle East, USA
Story by Donald H. Harrison; site photos by Shor M. Masori ISLA VISTA, California – The news media often finds it easier to focus on bad news than on good news. Bad news is more dramatic. It’s easier to tell. It makes more compelling reading. Take the weather for instance. A storm will make
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. Masori, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — American Jewish Committee (AJC) is calling on the United States Supreme Court to uphold a lower court ruling blocking the addition of a question about citizenship to the 2020 census. “Ensuring an accurate census count in full compliance with the law” is vital, states an amicus brief filed by AJC
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USA
By Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — On March 11, the world lost someone who was very special, who made a mark and touched people with his voice, as a singer, a humorist and writer. Born in Tel Aviv in 1944, Danny Ben-Israel began his musical career while serving in the Israeli Defense Forces and enjoyed
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir, USA
Mensch-Marks: Life Lessons of a Human Rabbi by Joshua Hammerman; © 2018 Helth Communications, Inc.; ISBN 9780757-321771; 250 pages plus appendix, $14.95 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Rabbi Joshua Hammerman is the spiritual leader of Temple Beth El in Stamford, Connecticut, as well as a journalist whose column appeared regularly in the Jewish
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