CAPE TOWN, South Africa (WJC) –Anti-Israel campaigners in South Africa placed a severed pig’s head in the kosher section of a Cape Town market, reportedly to express “solidarity with the Palestinians”. The pig’s head was found in the kosher foods section of a Woolworths market and had been placed there by supporters of the Boycott, […]
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InternationalNetanyahu defends Jerusalem construction amid U.S., EU criticism (JNS.org) In the face of criticism from the United States and European Union, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday defended his decision to advance 1,060 new housing units in the Jerusalem neighborhoods of Ramat Shlomo and Har Homa, which are both located beyond the pre-1967 lines.
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Middle East
By Toby Klein Greenwald JERUSALEM–The gentle autumn wind foreshadows the holiday season as I locate a modest doorway on a tree-lined Jerusalem street, the side entrance to the elegant 90-year-old Yeshurun Synagogue. It leads to Yad HaRav Herzog, a research center which hosts, among other projects, the venture that is possibly the most momentous
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Toby Klein GreenwaldBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — It used to be that psychiatrists put insane people into insane asylums. However, today, everyone is seemingly insane. Sort of. Just look at the pathology of our youth, the dysfunction of our families, the violence in our day to day lives, the poisonous popular culture to which
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Michael MantellBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Honky is coming to the REP, opening Nov 7 th. I recently spoke with its white playwright, Greg Kalleres. He grew up in an upper-middle class suburb of Indianapolis. There are very clear-cut lines dividing the demographics of neighborhoods in this society. Which side of “the tracks” you grow
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Travel and FoodMEMPHIS, Tennessee (Press Release)– “We haven’t had this much attention since Elvis died!” That’s the assessment of the Memphis “100NewFamilies Committee” as word of mouth builds nationally amongst young Jewish families about possibly the best lifestyle alternative to the cold, expensive Northeast. In contrast to the outrageous costs of Jewish living in general (and housing
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Jewish Religion, USATEL AVIV (Press Release)– Difficulty in conceiving a child is a major challenge for one in seven heterosexual couples in America, especially for those over the age of 35. Now a new discovery by researchers at Tel Aviv University and Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer could boost the chances of conception in women undergoing
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationNEW YORK (WJC) — Putting perceived security concerns before conscience, US intelligence and law enforcement agencies likely employed over 1,000 Nazis as spies during the Cold War, sometimes ignoring or concealing their war crimes and helping them immigrate to the United States, according to the the author of a newly published book. Writing in the
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International, Jewish History, USANetanyahu approves construction of 1,060 new homes in Jerusalem (JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a directive on Monday to advance the construction of more than 1,000 new housing units in Jerusalem. According to the plan, 660 apartments will be built in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood and 400 will be built in Har Homa.
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International
By Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (Tazpit) –Keren Yemima Muscara died last night in Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, where she had been battling for her life. Keren was injured in an attack carried out by a Palestinian terrorist, associated with Hamas, who drove his car into her and others at the light rail station Wednesday
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Middle East
By Bonnie Baron SAN DIEGO — Ellen Berger will be among numerous artists and crafters at the Artisan Festival 2014 at Temple Emanu-El, 6299 Capri Drive on Sunday, Nov.2 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Women for Reform Judaism has issued an invitation for the public to meet 55 exhibitors, including Berger who was originally a textile
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There are several hot spots around Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv and Jerusalem are squabbling about the cancellation of school trips to the Holy City on account of the violence. Jerusalem politicians are calling their coastal colleagues unpatriotic. Almost all of the problems are on the edges of Palestinian or Arab
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — Maybe it’s because this travesty happened in the very heart—literally—of Canada, a land where I once lived and in which my first daughter was born. In the second such jihadist-driven act of murder there in one week, an emotionally-poisoned gunman invaded the halls of Ottawa’s parliamentary plaza and
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InternationalBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — When it comes to living really well, many confuse doing so with looking good, feeling good, or having the goods. This leads people to chase after such goods as fake tans, plastic surgery, feel good drugs, virtual friendships, the mansion on the hill—preferably overlooking the water, making
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