Israel’s first computerized sign language lexicon goes online (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel’s first online sign language lexicon launches Wednesday. In the lexicon—which is the fruit of two years of work by the Institute for the Advancement of Deaf Persons in Israel (IADPI)—users enter a word in Hebrew, English, Arabic, or Russian, and immediately, a
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The alleged division of Jerusalem.has brought forth a prolonged singing of our national anthem, oy gevalt. In order to deal with the recent wave of violence coming from the most restive of the Arab neighborhoods, exit roads have been staffed with police who search those leaving. Large concrete blocks have
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Editor’s Note: Temple Emanu-El will host an artisan’s fair–including those whose magic is in the kitchen– from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 1, at 6299 Capri Drive. Here is a first-person story from one of the vendors. By Yael Aires SAN DIEGO — I have always wanted to bake. Ever since I was a little
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San Diego CalendarBy Donald H. Harrison CORONADO, California – It is altogether fitting that the Lambs Players Theatre here in Coronado should be the one to debut a new musical, Oz, based on L. Frank Baum’s “The Wizard of Oz.” Baum used to vacation at the nearby Hotel del Coronado, and some of his later stories in
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Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — West Bank Palestinians are — and are known to be — the most privileged refugees in the world. They are not running; they do not have to. Unlike Syrians, no one is dropping barrel bombs on them, starving them, or refusing them entry — as Jordan does with Palestinians
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Jews and food, Jews and social movements, Jews and humor: they all go together like egg whites and egg yolks. Meet Robert Barsky, who grew up in a Jewish family in Canada and teaches now in the French and Italian departments at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Also holding
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Books, Poetry & Short StoriesIsraeli transportation minister floats ‘Jerusalem guard’ plan to secure city (JNS.org) A proposal to create a “Jerusalem guard”—a special police force comprising several thousand officers permanently deployed in Israel’s capital—is being considered by the Israeli Diplomatic-Security Cabinet, according to Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz. Katz said Monday that he presented the plan to the cabinet and
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Middle EastIsraelis on yacht rescue drowning Mideast refugees (JNS.org) On Sunday, a yacht from an Israeli civilian navigation school conducting training near the Turkish coast encountered and rescued 11 Syrian and Iraqi migrants whose boat had capsized, in addition to a 6-month-old baby who did not survive. The group of Israelis from the Ashdod-based Poseidon school
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The New York Times should do better than Jodi Rudoren. Her screed, presented as a lead article, deals with the suffering of Palestinians in East Jerusalem. It meets the elemental demands of balance by virtue of noting the violence directed by Palestinians at Israeli Jews, but its tilt is heavily
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Israelis usually distinguish between security and politics. Even political foes will support those in power when it comes to defending the country and its citizens. If they disagree, it may be because they believe that the measures aren’t harsh enough. Avigdor Lieberman, the leader of Yisrael Beiteinu now in opposition, has
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Middle EastBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York –When Ben Carson visited Israel for the first time in December 2014, he quizzed his guide about the Israeli system of government, asking “In the United States, we have Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. What do you have?” When the guide explained Israel’s parliamentary system in the Knesset, he asked “And what
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Isaac Yetiv , Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — The Democrat debate was a dull and boring staged performance with the main character, Hillary Clinton, and a few stage props, a statue here, a potted plant there. This was not a “debate;” this was a plebiscite, designed and orchestrated by the DNC leaders to achieve three
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USALA JOLLA, California (Press Release) – San Diego’s internationally recognized San Diego Jewish Book Fair celebrates its 21st year with many leading authors in their fields including: Steve Katz, David Gregory, Fern Mallis, Arlene Alda, Barney Frank, Jennifer Teege And Mitch Albom. Book Fair events will run from November 7 through November 16, and are
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Marcia Berneger, San Diego Calendar