Obama admin. won’t enforce anti-BDS trade provision in Judea and Samaria (JNS.org) After President Barack Obama signed a trade bill that takes a stand against the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, his administration said the U.S. would not use the legislation to protect Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria. The Trans-Pacific Partnership bill,
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor Masori ORLANDO, Florida — Sometimes it is good to go to a place like Epcot at Disney World to regain a sense of perspective about our fellow Jews and Israel. We may feel, sometimes, that our narrative provides the text, or at least a major sub-text, for
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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAIran nuclear negotiations extended to July 7 (JNS.org) Nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 nations (U.S., U.K., France, Russia, China, and Germany) missed a June 30 deadline for a final agreement and have a new deadline of July 7. Last week, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected several key components agreed to under
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International, Middle East, USABy Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — John Medved, a native of the Point Loma neighborhood, came up with a pretty unique idea that grew into a major success. In fact, it is so successful that he was recently awarded the ‘Bonei Zion’ Prize for his contribution to the State of Israel in a ceremony at the
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Middle East, Sheryl RowlingBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s time for the Jews to honor yet again their traditions to be a light unto the nations, and to show concern for the highest ideals of justice. Our first item of business ought to recognize that any ranking of national misery would not find Israel anywhere close to the
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAIsraeli border policewoman seriously wounded in latest Palestinian attack (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) An Israeli border policewoman was seriously wounded on Monday morning when she was stabbed by a Palestinian woman at Rachel’s Crossing, the main transit point between Jerusalem and Bethlehem. The attacker was arrested at the scene and brought in for questioning. Three
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International, Middle East, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — When South Carolina seceded from the Union in 1860, a new “South Carolina Sovereignty Flag” was created under the leadership of William Porcher Miles, a member of the state secession convention. That flag included an upright blue cross which included 15 white stars, plus a crescent moon and palm
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The Supreme Court struck down EPA regulations of toxic emissions from coal burning power plants as part of its series of rulings to create a post-glacial society. * Bobby Jindal ordered Louisiana state agencies not to recognize same sex marriages and posted a picture of his face superimposed over that
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — It might seem a little out of date, but it was interesting to sit in a pleasant Jerusalem home last week and listen to Benjamin Progrund’s lecture about his life as a journalist in South Africa when it was still an apartheid state. Benjamin Progrund was born in
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — The Obama administration and its negotiating partners will soon close a deal with Iran on the June 30 deadline, permitting Iran’s nuclear weapons program to proceed at full speed. But wait! The deadline will be extended, just as has been done many times during the interminable negotiations with
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International, Middle East, Steve Kramer, USABy Donald H. Harrison CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — The excitement was palpable in the hours on Sunday, June 28, before the ill-fated launch of the Falcon 9 Dragon rocket that was supposed to bring supplies and new science experiments for the astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Elementary, Middle and High School students from all
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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — You enjoy the complexities and nuances of policy debates? Try working your way through Israel’s efforts to deal with the gas found under its section of the Mediterranean. Several years after the discovery, we seem to be at a peak of dispute about sorting out who should control the stuff,
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