Travel and Food

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–My insight of the evening, while enjoying Haydn’s Symphony #96, Bartok’s Concerto #2 for piano and orchestra, and Schubert’s Symphony # 9: This isn’t politics. Zubin Mehta was in control. The Israeli Philharmonic was was in tune and orderly. I did not notice a stray note, protest, or lack of compliance throughout

TEHRAN (WJC)–One person was reportedly killed and dozens of opposition supporters arrested on Monday, Feb. 14,  while taking part in a banned rally in the capital Tehran in support of the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. The rallies amounted to a test of strength for the reformist opposition, which had not taken to the streets

TEL AVIV (Press Release)— In the not-too-distant past, young people aspired to become lawyers and doctors. Now they yearn to achieve the celebrity of a Mark Zuckerberg or Oprah Winfrey — and these goals extend to adults as well. This has wreaked havoc with our self-image, says a Tel Aviv University psychologist, and undermined our

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Shortly after Hosni Mubarak resigned as Egypt’s President on Friday, U.S. President Barack Obama lauded the demonstrators whose persistence led to that resignation.  Here is a text of his remarks delivered at the White House: THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, everybody.  There are very few moments in our lives where we have the

NEW YORK (Press Releases) — Various Jewish communal organizations and leaders reacted on Friday to the announcement that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has stepped down and has passed power to the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces. Anti-Defamation League: Robert G. Sugarman, ADL National Chair and Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director issued the following

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We have known for a long time that politicians talk, usually without having any effect. However, we have also learned to listen more carefully to some politicians than to others. When the President of the United States speaks, the world may not shake immediately, but it is more likely to

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Thursday  announced the identification of The Lebanese Canadian Bank SAL together with its subsidiaries (LCB) as a financial institution of primary money laundering concern under Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Section 311) for the bank’s role in facilitating the money laundering activities of

NEW YORK (Press Release)— Speaking to a private, invitation-only audience of American Friends of Tel Aviv University on February 4,  Prof. Asher Susser, Senior Research Fellow at Tel Aviv University’s Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, called the recent upheaval in Egypt indicative of a potentially greater Islamist influence in the region,