Branko: In Praise of a Good Man’s Journey Through Life, by Stuart Tower, The Lighthouse Press, LLC Mobile Alabama. 2013, 473 pages. By David Strom CHULA VISTA, California — Bracha Horvitch was six years old, hiding under the floorboards of the house while he heard the curdling screams of his mother, father and two sisters as
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Travel and FoodJewish groups react to Kansas City area shootings (JNS.org) Leading American Jewish groups reacted swiftly with an outpouring of support for the Kansas City Jewish community following Sunday afternoon’s shootings. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called the shootings “heinous and unspeakable acts of violence.” “We at the Jewish Federations stand in solidarity with the Jewish community in
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TEL AVIV (eTN) — The Israeli airline Arkia will offer flights linking Tel Aviv with Lleida-Alguaire, near the Catalan Pyrenees in Spain. A total of 20 flights will be offered during the summer and 20 more during the winter between Tel Aviv and the Lleida-Alguaire Airport, the airline announced The new connection will start on
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By Debra Rubin/JNS.org Rachel Ament noticed that she and her friends often shared humorous anecdotes that were typically variations on a theme: overprotective, worrying Jewish moms who smothered them with love. That includes Ament’s own mother. “My mom is probably every Jewish stereotype scrunched into one,” the Washington, DC, resident tells JNS.org. “At the root
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HURGHADA, Egypt (ETN) –As the Egyptian government announced plans to use coal as an important source of energy, the Red Sea Tourism Investment Association based here rejected the plans to import coal, especially from South Africa, as it said that this would mean using Red Sea ports and could be a direct threat to Egypt’s tourism industry.
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — Of Many, a documentary produced by Chelsea Clinton, daughter of the former President Bill and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will make its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 17 in New York. Directed by Linda Mills, it features the friendship of Imam Khalid Latif and Rabbi Yehuda Sarna.
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HOLLYWOOD (Press Release)– With Passover rapidly approaching, Jenny Engel and Heather Goldberg of Spork Foods have created a nutritious and delicious Pistachio and Cranberry Studded Matzo Brittle recipe. The talented pair bring a fresh perspective and an element of fun to preparing any type of vegan cuisine. Aside from owning a Los Angeles-based gourmet vegan
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) – After seven years of construction and an investment of $150 million, the only internationally branded luxury hotel in Jerusalem, Waldorf Astoria, has officially opened for business right before the Passover holiday. Welcoming its first international guests who reserved rooms for the April opening on Thursday, April 10, the Waldorf
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By Ken Stone SAN DIEGO (TOSD) — “Blackfish” may have moved viewers and supporters of banning orca shows at SeaWorld of San Diego, but it had no clout Tuesday in Sacramento. Assembly Bill 2140, which would have put limits on Shamu displays and halted the San Diego park’s captive breeding program, was tabled by the Assembly
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By Ryan Dawes NEW YORK — As the story goes, when the Jews of 17th-century Prague feared for their lives, their rabbi went down to the river where he collected clay and fashioned it into the shape of a man. It came alive, and the golem was born. But the rabbi’s creation was all too
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By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week While the breakdown of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process grabs the latest headlines, a growing group of organizations is calling attention to what it believes to be a major obstacle in fostering understanding between Israelis and Palestinians: the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near
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Travel and FoodEditor’s Note: Our correspondent from Mevasseret Zion, Israel, has been visiting the United States and occasionally blogging about what she sees. Here is a report from Richmond, Virginia. By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson RICHMOND, Virginia — For me personally, the principal attraction of Richmond, Virginia is the presence there or in the vicinity of two first cousins
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Travel and Food, USABy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — The Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra, (TICO), now celebrating its 40th year, has begun this milestone season by programming two outstanding concerts. The first, in mid-November, The Glory of Hungarian Music, included Brahms’ Hungarian Dances, #5 and #6, Bartok’s Hungarian Sketches, Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody #3, Berlioz’ Rakotzy March and Dohnanyi’s Variations
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NEW YORK (Press Release)– No Place on Earth, a story of 38 Ukrainian Jews who hid in caves for two years to avoid detection by the Nazis, will be aired on the History Channel at 6 p.m., Saturday, April 26. This was the longest recorded sustained underground survival. Built upon interviews with the survivors, as
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