By Isaac Yetiv, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — In the 19th century, Wilhelm Marr , known as “the father of modern antisemitism,” coined the word “antisemitismus.” But the pathological hatred of Jews has a long history. In the antiquity, the Pharaoh who ‘didn’t know Joseph” decreed to kill all the Jewish newborn males; and Haman […]
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International, Jewish History, Middle EastTwo arrested in connection to Thursday’s firebomb attack (JNS.org) Two Palestinian men have been arrested in connection to Thursday’s firebomb attack that injured a girl and her father. The two men were part of a group of 12 Palestinians that were arrested overnight Thursday, according to the Israeli Shin Bet security agency, the Jerusalem Post
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Middle EastBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Whenever Hollywood gets set to make a movie about stories from the Hebrew or Christian scriptures, there is always a public debate when the movies open about who should play the roles of God or Moses or Noah or Esther or Deborah. Should the actors be white people or
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Among the fascinations of politics are some oddities from various corners. Some are–fortunately–far from our daily experiences, but others are too close for complete comfort. One concerns North Korea. It is widely viewed as one of the most unpleasant of places, with a regime that cares little for its people.
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — Last week, I reported that there is a minhag (custom) to eat latkes on Chanukah because they are made with oil. This makes sense as oil was part of the miracle when one day’s worth of oil burned for eight days. I was rather astonished to learn this
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Jewish ReligionBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit)– An 11-year-old girl was seriously wounded and her father lightly injured when Palestinians threw a firebomb at their car in Samaria, on Thursday evening, December 25. The young girl suffered from third degree burns to her face and upper body as the car burst into flames. The two were travelling on
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JERUSALEM (Press Release) — The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (The Fellowship) and Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF), in collaboration with the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel’s Soldiers (AWIS), provided “Fellowship Gift Cards” to over 9,000 soldiers in-need and Lone Soldiers currently serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) so they
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Middle EastHAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–Israel’s Anti-Trust Authority, Chief Prof. David Gilo, announced on Monday, Dec. 22, his decision to prevent the investing companies in Israel’s natural gas sector to hold stakes in both of Israel’s major offshore natural gas fields, obligating them to sell their stakes in one of the fields – Tamar or Leviathan. Prof. Brenda Shaffer,
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Middle EastIran warns Western powers against ‘illegitimate demands’ in nuclear talks (JNS.org) Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned Western countries against making “humiliating, illegitimate demands” in the ongoing negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. “I am confident that a comprehensive agreement is within reach,” Zarif wrote in separate letters to Western counterparts, the Mehrnews agency
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Middle EastBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D LA JOLLA, California — It was October 1939—I was twelve years old. My parents, my brother and I were sitting in the basement of our Paris apartment building with gas masks on. We did this every night as the sirens screeched and German planes flew overhead threatening to gas us. We
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International, Natasha Josefowitz, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — I was wrong when I speculated that Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s foreign minister, would take his party into Likud to challenge Binyamin Netanyahu for the leadership. But I’m not wrong in believing that Lieberman wants to be the next prime minister of Israel. He said as much in Wednesday’s Ha’aretz
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Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel –What is Palestinianism? According to journalist Ben Cohen, anti-Semitism has become less a political phenomenon, and more a social movement, with what he calls “Palestinianism” as its key ideology: “Palestinian Arabs have assumed the status of iconic, transcendental victims, as the Jews did for a brief period after World
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International, Middle East, Steve KramerWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Americans for Peace Now (APN) on Wednesday reiterated its call on the Obama administration to support French-led efforts to gain consensus around a United Nations Security Council laying out terms of reference and a timeline for Israeli-Palestinian, two-state negotiations. APN urged the Obama administration to reject efforts to delay such a resolution until
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International, Middle East, USAHAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — The issue of vaccination hesitancy and refusal often makes headlines in the media and worries health authorities. However, a new study by Dr. Anat Gesser-Edelsburg, Dr. Yaffa Shir-Raz and Prof. Manfred S. Green from University of Haifa, School of Public Health, published in the Journal of Risk Research suggests that even
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