By 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, USABy Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — Just about four years ago, we had to make a very difficult decision. My daughter had attended the San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA) for nine years – from kindergarten through eighth grade, to the cusp of high school. But we needed to make a decision on where she would
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — OK, before you go all holier than thou critical, or laugh so hard you can’t pay attention to this content of this article, here’s what being “All FFF’d Up” means when it comes to the secret sauce of being fit. It means if you are going to
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Michael Mantell, Travel and Food
By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO –As a fourth generation Californian with a keen sense of curiosity and adventure, Ken Kramer was a natural as the host and producer of, “Ken Kramer’s About San Diego,” a local, long time show that explored the places and people of San Diego until his retirement earlier this year. Kramer,
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Mimi Pollack, San Diego CountyBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Though it’s still true that Israel’s neighbors are – to use an understatement – less than cordial in their relationship to the Jewish state, things may not be as grim as they seem and as they used to be. Some of the neighbors have acquired external and internal enemies of their
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Middle EastBy Edwin Black UNITED NATIONS, New York–While I was speaking to the packed room, a woman I did not know, sitting in the front row, slowly shook her tear-stained head in disbelief and muttered softly … barely audible … “I never thought I would hear these words in this building.” The woman, it turns out,
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Edwin Black, International, Middle EastBy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA–With the rationale of bigots inherently difficult to comprehend, new anti-Semitic angles in the Charleston massacre emerged over the weekend. Murder suspect Dylann Storm Roof’s reported take on Jews corresponds with that of a like-minded Brit twit who plans commotion across the pond. Roof’s anti-Semitic sentiments, almost as repugnant as his
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USAHow Free Will Works: The Blueprint to Take Charge of Your Life, Health, and Happiness by Dovid Lieberman, Feldheim Publishers, New York; ISBN 978-1-4675-6353-6 ©2015, $19.99, p. 324, plus glossary By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — Judaism has a theological problem with regard to free will. People have a sense of self-agency and self-determination;
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