By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — I am deeply saddened by the sudden death of Robert Wistrich, the world renowned expert on global anti-Semitism. I had the pleasure of chatting with Robert – not knowing that it would be for the last time – at the recent MFA Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism in Jerusalem. He […]
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Barry Shaw, International, Middle EastTwo Israeli police officers wounded in Jerusalem car-ramming attack (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Two Israeli Border Police officers were lightly wounded on Wednesday when an Arab terrorist rammed his vehicle into them in Jerusalem’s A-Tur neighborhood. The attacker was shot dead by another border policeman at the scene. Palestinian sources identified the dead terrorist as
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International, Middle East, USABy Arkady Mamaysky TARRYTOWN, New York–Many voices have been heard recently, including of course those of J Street, criticizing Prime Minister Netanyahu for the statement that he speaks for all Jews. I have the honor to be one of 320 million US citizens, and when it comes to my rights and responsibilities as a citizen
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Arkady Mamaysky, Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (SDJW)– There has been a reset at the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego and at the Leichtag Foundation. Marjory Kaplan is coming back, at least temporarily, as President and CEO of JCF. Charlene Seidle is returning to a full-time role at the Leichtag Foundation. Here is an announcement sent to members of
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San Diego CountyBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — A historic number of young French Jewish adults will be arriving to Israel this summer on the Taglit-Birthright Israel program. The educational organization will bring 1,500 French Jews to Israel to learn about the Jewish state and immerse them in their Jewish heritage. “This is the largest number of French
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International, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Professor Stephen Toope, the new Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, is in Jerusalem. On Tuesday he spoke at the Hebrew University under the auspices of its Centre for Canadian Studies about “Israel and the United Nations System.” There’s much to report from his
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International, Middle East, USA‘We build in Jerusalem,’ Netanyahu says after Jerusalem Day (JNS.org) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said he has a “clear position” that the Israeli government will “build in Jerusalem.” “I ordered the construction of the Har Homa neighborhood, and today there are tens of thousands of residents there, making it a city within a
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SAN DIEGO– Melanie Rubin, our license plate maven, caught this plate, which appears to be an abbreviation for the Hebrew word hemshech, which means “continuation.” Given that this plate also indicates that the car’s owner is a military veteran, we may conclude that he or she is continuing to provide service to the country.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Ira Sharkansky ROCHESTER, New York — This has become the American city we have visited most often in recent years. This reflects our son’s graduate work at the University of Rochester, and along the way to a degree marrying in to a local family. We approve of it all, and have enjoyed opportunities to
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Ira Sharkansky, USABy Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — Siobhan Sullivan, director of the Theater School at North Coast Rep Theater, kept a keen eye on two clusters of teens, as they ran lines, rehearsing for Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs. The set for our interview was an outdoor courtyard across the parking lot from the theater. Though
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Travel and FoodBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Psychologists and psychiatrists have defined the outburst of mystical ecstasy and identification with our ancient city as a known phenomenon that sometimes even requires hospitalization or sedation of the person affected. It has a distant echo in the sense of awe that occasionally envelops visitors to Florence, but no
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Winner of the Toronto Film Festival’s Award for Best Canadian film, Felix and Meira retells what in the hands of a less subtle director than Maxime Giroux could easily degenerate into a tawdry and trite story of a Chasidic Jewish woman trapped in her faith and marriage and falling
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