By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Unattractive, stupid, lazy, lacking self-control…is that what you not-so-secretly think of the nearly 70% of adults with “overbesity,” that is, those affected by overweight or obesity? If so, read on. You may be a fat shaming bully and not even know it. I was working out in the […]
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Michael Mantell, Travel and Food
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) –Vandalism and garbage throwing is not a new phenomenon at the most ancient Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Amid the thousands of tombstones, some of which have been defaced or smashed into pieces, there are areas full of trash and litter left by local Palestinian youth
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International, Middle East
Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor Masori WASHINGTON, D.C.– Grandson Shor and I visited the nation’s capital so that he, among other activities, could be exposed to the venues that house the three branches of government We took public tours of the Supreme Court, the White House, and the U.S. Capitol. Rating
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Travel and Food, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the Appropriations Committee and the State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, on Thursday, June 25, issued the following statement on the decision of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to initiate charges against Israel at the International Criminal Court. “Today’s misguided action by Palestinian Authority President
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Middle East, USAPalestinians suspected of beating Israeli Jewish farmer to death (JNS.org) David Ben-Kafra, a 70-year-old Jewish farmer from Rehovot, was beaten to death on Wednesday in an orchard near Moshav Pedaya in central Israel. Several Palestinians are suspected of committing the murder. Ben-Kafra, who was found alive but critically wounded, was hospitalized at Assaf Harofeh Medical
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-Tenth in a series- Exit 3, Taylor Street, San Diego ~ Colorado House, Old Town San Diego State Historic Park By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Inside the false-front Colorado House, one may get the false impression that Joseph S. Mannasse spent most of his life as an agent for the Wells Fargo Company. In fact,
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, USABy Eric George Tauber CORONADO, California — “Here you are free and you have pride/Long as you stay on your own side.” Far from the idealistic melting pot, the working class neighborhoods of New York City were rife with conflict. The “wrong people” taking the “wrong street” were “asking for trouble.” West Side Story is
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israelis were primed for the publication of the United Nations Human Rights Council Report on Gaza 2014. Expectations were that there would be harsh condemnations of Israel, and thus the heads of the two right of center parties in the government responded as soon as the report was issued. Minister
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) voted in the minority, 247-180, against a partisan effort in the House to undermine a proposed rule to fight climate change. The bill that she opposed would delay a recent ruling by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce carbon emissions, sometimes referred to as greenhouse
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The World We Share, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–I surmise that I’m not the only member of the Israeli public who’d like to form an unbiased opinion about the report on last year’s Gaza war that has just published by the United Nations Human Rights Council. But even if I read the whole report and checked all its footnotes,
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Middle EastIsrael confronts crises By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel –If you analyze the news for the most serious problems affecting the planet, they would include disease, hunger, drought, natural disasters and terrorism. Israel’s superb work to combat these menaces deserves far more publicity. Here are some recent examples. The risk of contracting cancer is now estimated
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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationGaza rocket shatters two-week quiet period in southern Israel (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in an open area near the Yad Mordechai kibbutz in southern Israel on Tuesday night, ending two weeks of quiet in the area. While no injuries or damage were reported, the rocket launch prompted
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International, Middle East, USA
By Stephen Hazan Arnoff NEW YORK –A light faded from the world in recent days. Rami Wernik of blessed memory, zichrono l’vracha, was a phenomenal friend, husband and father; a scholar, teacher, mentor and leader; a man of dignity, humor, loyalty, generosity and truth — a light gone elsewhere after a heroic struggle with cancer. Something like
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Jewish Religion, Obituaries & memorials, USA