At least 2 killed in hostage crisis at kosher grocery in Paris (JNS.org) While the French operation to apprehend the Islamist terrorists behind Wednesday’s deadly shooting at the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper continues, at least two people have been killed Friday in a developing hostage crisis at a kosher grocery store in the Porte de […]
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The costs of being a Jew have increased, especially outside of Israel. Americans report increased discomfort from what they hear and read, some of it from individuals who don’t seem to realize the people they are speaking to are Jews. Emotional costs may be greater than elsewhere on campuses, but anyone attuned
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release)–Dr. Stephen Hazan Arnoff, who successfully expanded programing and grew the 14th Street Y in New York while executive director there before going on to become the first director of the Office of Culture, Community, and Society at Shalem College in Jerusalem, has been chosen to succeed Allan Finkelstein as president and
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Jewish Religion, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) now midway through her fourth six-year term, said in a video interview with her grandson Zachary Rodham posted on You Tube that she will not seek reelection in 2016. In announcing her retirement, Boxer nearly announced Hillary Clinton’s bid for the presidency when
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Donald H. Harrison, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The U.S. State Department released an official response to the question of whether it believes the Palestine Authority can join the International Criminal Court. Here is a transcript of the statement. Question: Does the U.S. have a position regarding Palestinian efforts to accede to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court?
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International, Middle East, USA-Compiled by JNS.org– Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Iran must ‘immunize’ itself against nuclear sanctions (JNS.org) Ahead of the resumption of nuclear negotiations between Iran and Western powers, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for efforts to “immunize” Iran against sanctions. “What would you do if [negotiators] set a condition for lifting the sanctions
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International, Middle East, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Rabbi Jonah Pesner will serve as the Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC), the Washington, D.C. advocacy and social justice arm of North America’s largest Jewish Movement. Rabbi Pesner, an accomplished advocate with broad experience leading social justice campaigns, comes to the RAC with a mandate to deepen
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Jewish Religion, USANEW YORK (Press Release)– A group of campus leaders from 16 universities across the United States traveled to Israel on an Anti-Defamation League (ADL) mission, giving college students an up-close look at the complex issues within Israel and the Middle East. The 18 participants in the annual ADL Campus Leaders Mission to Israel spent eight
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
SAN DIEGO–Stacie Bresler Reinstein spotted this license plate. A lucky father (aba) is well loved!
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA(Editor’s Note: In this column, San Diego Jewish World will follow the doings of Jewish candidates and officeholders, boldfacing the names of known members of the Jewish community. We encourage readers to alert us to items that we might otherwise miss via donald.harrison@sdjewishworld.com) By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– At least four Jewish candidates may
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Donald H. Harrison, USA-Compiled by JNS.org- Palestinian unilateralism means Oslo Accords no longer valid, think tank says (JNS.org) The Palestinian Authority’s unilateral quest for statehood and other forms of recognition in the international arena is among 10 points illustrating why the 1993 Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinians are no longer valid, wrote Alan Baker, Israel’s former
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International, Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The horrific attack on a school in Pakistan by Taliban gunmen that killed 132 people, mainly children, returned that unhappy country to the news headlines for a few days. But only a few it’s gone again. It wasn’t supposed to be like that. In President Obama’s defining 2009
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA
By Ezra Friedlander NEW YORK–The term “true friend “is used so often that it’s a cliché but when used in context with the late Mario Cuomo it’s totally appropriate. As we mourn the passing of Governor Cuomo, I find myself going down memory lane. Growing up, still as a yeshiva student, before I officially entered
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USACompiled by JNS.org Southern Israelis protest IDF decision to end security for Gaza-border communities (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has decided to end its security presence along the communities adjacent to the Israel-Gaza border, sparking strong protests by the area’s residents. Following Operation Protective Edge, the IDF deployed hundreds of soldiers
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International, Middle East, USA