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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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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

Many options for people dealing with Israel’s rabbinate

November 9, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– Both Chief Rabbis are in the news, doing their part to soothe or disturb in different corners of the complex phenomenon that is Judaism. The Sephardi Chief Rabbi has weighed in on the issue of the Temple Mount, and has aroused the ire of Naftali Bennett, head of what considers itself

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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion, Middle East

Children’s Literature review: ‘Gracie’s Night’

November 9, 2014

Gracie’s Night: A Hanukkah Story by Lynn Taylor Gordon, Illustrated by Laura Brown, © 2013 Cookie & Nudge Books, , ISBN 978-0-9857353-2-6, 30 pages, $8.95 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—In this beautifully illustrated story, Gracie lives in New York City with her father, who is a hard-working bus driver, and their dog, cat and

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion

Abraham and Lot: Who truly welcomed strangers?

November 7, 2014

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — There is a well-known Chassidic story about a man who treated an unkempt fellow traveler at an inn dismissively and disdainfully. They ended up traveling together to the next city. When they came to the next city the unkempt fellow was greeted with honor and affection by the

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