By Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — Israel and the United States announced the continuation of a sale of 19 new F-35 multipurpose fighter planes to Israel, as well as approval for a second squadron. Israel Aerospace Industries will be assembling the wings of this new fighter, which will also include Israeli-made components. The assembly line […]
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International, Middle East, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The current buzzword in American politics is “quarantine.” * Governor Christie imposed a quarantine for all people returning from travel in Ebola-stricken areas of Africa and interned a nurse who had worked there in a make-shift tent near a hospital. After yielding to pressure to allow her to return home,
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Amid the international clamor against Israel for settlement over the 1967 border and other actions said to harm Palestinians, there is a contrary view of Palestinians harming themselves. Or more accurately, various figures claiming to be Palestinian leaders harming the people, seemingly for the sake of Palestine. It appeared most
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastSenior Obama administration official calls Netanyahu ‘chickenshit’ (JNS.org) A senior Obama administration official told The Atlantic magazine’s Jeffrey Goldberg that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “chickenshit.” “The other day I was talking to a senior Obama administration official about the foreign leader who seems to frustrate the White House and the State Department the
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) responded to a spate of troubling expressions of hostility toward Israel coming from the Obama administration in recent days. RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks said: “Last week, the Obama administration went out of its way to ‘humiliate‘ a top Israeli official in retaliation for private remarks for
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Middle East, USASAN DIEGO COUNTY, California (Press Release) — The San Diego Center for Jewish Culture’s Mandelbaum Family Lecture Series in Coronado and Scholar Lecture Series in Carlsbad continue their seasons with filmmaker and author James (Jim) D. Long. His lecture titled, “The Riddle of the Exodus” will take place in the Shulman Auditorium of the Carlsbad
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By Toby Klein Greenwald JERUSALEM–President Reuven “Ruby” Rivlin has broken many molds already since taking office. He may be the most citizen-friendly president ever to sit in that hallowed position, is truly dedicated to bridging the gaps in Israeli society and is a born and bred Jerusalemite, of the Rivlin family, descendants of the Vilna
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Middle East, The World We Share, Toby Klein GreenwaldTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Asthma, which inflames and narrows the airways, has become more common in recent years. While there is no known cure, asthma can be managed with medication and by avoiding allergens and other triggers. A new study by a Tel Aviv University researcher points to a convenient, free way to manage acute
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationNEW YORK (Press Release)– In response to an urgent request from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s president, Prof. Rivka Carmi, American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (AABGU) raised $1 million for a “Wartime Assistance for Students” fund to help those who served in Operation Protective Edge, volunteered in the community or were otherwise affected
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – With tensions in Jerusalem and beyond rising to a boiling point, Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu and members of his cabinet have initiated a series of highly inflammatory steps and have been using incendiary language in recent days. Americans for Peace Now (APN) said Tuesday, Oct. 28, that it is “angered
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Selwyn Isakow, a private investor who helped organize last weekend’s Shabbat San Diego events, said attendance statistics were impressive but the true test of the events that brought so many Jews together is whether it will spur many people to seek deeper levels of involvement with the Jewish community. Isakow told
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyBy Joe Gandelman TORONTO, Canada– Is Mel Brooks smiling? Brooks’ 1968 comedy The Producers dealt with an outrageous, fictitious Broadway musical called Springtime for Hitler that trivialized Nazism and became a surprise hit. The New York Metropolitan Opera is now presenting The Death of Klinghoffer, which tries to explain the point of view of PLF members
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International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USASANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release)– Fifteen Jewish and education advocacy groups on Tuyesday, Oct. 28, wrote to the presidents of more than 100 universities with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapters to warn them of an internal SJP document containing a strategy for disrupting pro-Israel student events, conduct subject to prosecution under state criminal laws. In
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TBILISI, Georgia (WJC) — European rabbis have called on governments throughout the continent to pass laws targeting hate speech against Jews. The call was made in a resolution passed by the standing committee of the WJC affiliated Conference of European Rabbis, or CER, which convened last week in Tbilisi, Georgia.“We call on additional countries to
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