Middle East Roundup: September 18, 2015

  Declassified CIA report: Israeli offensive in Six-Day War surprised U.S. (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A newly declassified Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) report sheds new light on how the U.S. intelligence community viewed the outbreak of the 1967 Six-Day War, suggesting American officials were surprised by the clashes. “Hostilities began early this morning,” reads the

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International, Middle East, USA

Arab – Jewish holy-day battles have many precedents

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — An American cousin sent me a link to the PBS documentary, 1913: Seeds of Conflict, and asked if it was a fair and accurate presentation. I clicked, and received a message, “We’re sorry, but this video is not available in your region due to right restrictions.” The Internet being what it

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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion, Middle East

I-8 Jewish Travel: A world champion’s tennis club

–23rd in a Series– Exit 9, Waring Road, San Diego ~ Lake Murray Tennis Club By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Soft-spoken, easy-going Saul Snyder is easy to underestimate.  An opponent once told him, “you look like my accountant,” but that was before he faced Snyder across the tennis net, and lost.  He learned, as many

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, Travel and Food

New book offers kabalistic view of the Torah

The Aura of Torah: A Kabbalistic-Hasidic Commentary to the Weekly Readings by Rabbi Larry Tabick, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia;  ISBN 978-0-8276-0948-8 ©2014, $24.95, p. 291, plus appendices By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — Traditionally, Kabbalah is the secret knowledge in the Torah given to Moses on Mt. Sinai, passed down orally through the ages,

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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion