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Does the theory of evolution need updating?

November 24, 2014

The Evolution Revolution: Why Thinking People are Rethinking the Theory of Evolution by Lee Spetner, Judaica Press, Brooklyn, NY; ISBN 978-1-60763-155-2 ©2014, $17.95, p. 145, plus references and index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California –Showing that common descent, the belief that all of life has a universal ancestor, first proposed by Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis in […]

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Nationality bill shakes Israel’s ruling coalition

November 24, 2014

By Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — Fierce debate, both inside Israel and abroad, has been raging over a piece of legislation that would become a Basic Law. This legislation, dubbed “the Nationality Bill”, would enshrine in law the definition of Israel as a state of the Jewish people. Basic Laws are the building blocks of

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Jewish History, Middle East

Who are Abraham and Sarah’s other descendants?

November 21, 2014

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO–This week’s parasha begins with Yitzchak’s genealogy: “These are the generations of Yitzchak the son of Avraham. Avraham begot Yitzchak.” (Gen. 25:19) Usually when we think about generations of human beings and their descendants we are referring to their children, grandchildren, nephews and nieces, and other family members of the next

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Jewish Religion

The good examples of Reb. Aharon Kotler

November 19, 2014

By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — Yaakov beseeched Hashem (G-d) that his descendents should not be unworthy (vis. Rashi – shelo tehay psul b’zari). It was crucial to Yaakov that Torah carry on throughout the generations. When we study, practice and transmit Torah, we are bringing nachas (pride and joy) to our patriarch Yaakov.

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Jewish Religion

Symbolic brit milah held day after synagogue massacre

November 19, 2014

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — It was prayer as usual at the Jerusalem synagogue on Wednesday morning following the devastating Palestinian terror attack that left four rabbis and a Druze policeman dead the previous day. The morning Shacharit prayer services were full of worshipers and men studying Torah, as security guards and border police milled

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

JNS news briefs: November 17, 2014

November 17, 2014

Arabs riot after bus driver found dead despite police assessment of suicide (JNS.org) Riots broke out in eastern Jerusalem late Sunday night after rumors spread that an Arab bus driver had been murdered by “Jewish extremists.” According to the Israel Police, however, the bus driver in question committed suicide. The body of Yusuf Hassan Ramouni,

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East

The Ivory Tower’s attempt to Nazify Jews

November 16, 2014

By Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON– “What if the Jews themselves were Nazis?,” mused French philosopher, Vladimir Jankélévitch in 1986. “That would be great. We would no longer have to feel sorry for them; they would have deserved what they got.” The recasting of Israelis, and, by extension, Jews as Nazis has, in fact, taken

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Jewish History, Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts

The Holocaust and the Temple Library

November 16, 2014

By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — In setting up and maintaining a library for a Temple, the librarian is faced with a number of choices as to where to place and how to shape the collection on the Holocaust. The following are a few of my thoughts on the matter. While it is important to

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History

Should columnist say ‘Gentiles’ or ‘Goyim?’

November 15, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — I have known Dick Sharkansky since my first memory. Our families lived for a while in the same building on Belmont Street, and sometime during our second year, I’m pretty sure that he bit my finger . He may have a different set of memories. We were in the same

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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion, USA

Canada extradites bombing suspect to France

November 14, 2014

OTTAWA, Canada (WJC) — Canada’s Supreme Court has paved the way for the extradition to France of a suspect in the 1980 terrorist attack against the Copernic Synagogue in Paris. The decision brings to an end 60-year-old Hassan Diab’s six-year legal battle to avoid what he said would be an unfair prosecution in France for a

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International, Jewish History

Grave matter: Buy now, die later

November 14, 2014

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO–A few years ago our daughter, Margalit, called Judy on a Monday afternoon. Knowing it was my day off she asked, “What are you doing?” Judy hesitated and said, “You don’t want to know.” Margalit persisted, “Why won’t you tell me?” Judy said, “Alright, if you really want to know,

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Jewish Religion

Exploring the Oz family’s Lviv roots

November 13, 2014

LVIV, Ukraine (Press Release)– Professor Fania Oz-Salzberger, the daughter of acclaimed Israeli novelist Amoz Oz, retraced the footsteps of her father’s best-selling memoir A Tale of Love and Darkness on Wednesday, Nov. 12, in the northern Ukrainian city of Rivne, as part of the four-day conference Limmud FSU Ukraine in Lviv. Oz-Salzberger, an author, historian and

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

2 Jewish groups to expand ‘My Family Story’

November 12, 2014

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)- The Israeli-American Council (IAC) and Beit Hatfutsot -The Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv have announced a new partnership to lead and expand the museum’s popular My Family Story, a family heritage program, throughout the United States. Now in its 20th year, My Family Story is a global educational initiative

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Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Kissinger feted by World Jewish Congress

November 12, 2014

NEW YORK (WJC) –Former US Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger was this year’s laureate of the World Jewish Congress Theodor Herzl Award. At the annual gala dinner in New York, the 91-year-old Kissinger was presented with the award by US journalist Barbara Walters. WJC President Ronald S. Lauder said in his address that “Henry

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Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Does the theory of evolution need updating?

Nationality bill shakes Israel’s ruling coalition

Who are Abraham and Sarah’s other descendants?

The good examples of Reb. Aharon Kotler

Symbolic brit milah held day after synagogue massacre

JNS news briefs: November 17, 2014

The Ivory Tower’s attempt to Nazify Jews

The Holocaust and the Temple Library

Should columnist say ‘Gentiles’ or ‘Goyim?’

Canada extradites bombing suspect to France

Grave matter: Buy now, die later

Exploring the Oz family’s Lviv roots

2 Jewish groups to expand ‘My Family Story’

Kissinger feted by World Jewish Congress

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