By Aryeh Savir President Elect Reuven Rivlin is to be sworn in this Thursday as Israel’s 10th president, amid Operation ‘Protective Edge’. Following a meeting with Knesset Chairman Yuli Edelstein on Sunday, July 20, they have decided together to hold the ceremony in a reduced and downscaled fashion. In a joint statement they said: “The […]
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Middle East
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — Captain Yisrael Yokel, an IDF reserves Deputy Company Commander, was called up twelve days ago for Operation ‘Protective Edge. He did not hesitate and went immediately, leaving behind his wife Tamar and five young children, who were forced to cope on their own with the rocket and sirens. Yisarel’s
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israel was ready to accept a cease fire after a week of destroying enough of Hamas’ assets from the air. At the time, the death toll was less than 50. Israel is still ready to accept a cease fire, while suffering its own casualties from the ground assault, numbered as
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA)–The IDF is continuing to broaden its ground operation in the Gaza Strip. Its current primary objective is to seek and destroy tunnels used by Hamas terrorists. Ground forces, armor, artillery and Special Forces are participating in the action. Reports indicate that the forces are meeting formidable opposition by Hamas. Hamas
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-Eighth in a series– By Donald H. Harrison BOULDER CITY, Nevada – Whereas the watchword of this publication is “There’s a Jewish Story Everywhere,” at the Hoover Dam, apparently, the motto is slightly different: “There’s a Statistic Everywhere.” Or so one might believe watching an introductory video and taking a math-laden tour of the
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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USA
By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California –Even the fabled Cincinnati high school, Woodward, is no more—bulldozed into rubble more than a generation after a host of us, now aging and sentimental, lived through the best and worst of the 1960s within its rumbling, sometimes treacherous walls. My lifelong friend Steve, who is seen
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — A ground operation has begun, spurred by the penetration into Israel of 13 Hamas fighters from a tunnel dug under the border, which followed several days of media discussion about the danger to Israel of numerous tunnels that have defied years of efforts to locate them before they are used.
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — By now, many of us are probably wondering: Who are the winners and losers in the Gaza conflict? The answers we shall consider, might surprise you. Some of you might think that Israel has emerged as the biggest winner. At first blush, this might seem true.
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle EastBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Since airlines are now prohibited from flying over the Ukraine, United Airlines has updated its motto: “Fly the friendly skies and avoid the hostile ones.” * The Kalashnikov Concern, the manufacturer of AK-47s, is one of the companies affected by the new sanctions President Obama has imposed on Russia. In response
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
BUENOS AIRES (WJC) – In an unprecedented video message to the World Jewish Congress’ Latin American branch on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attack against the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires, Pope Francis has expressed his solidarity with the Jewish community of Argentina and made an impassioned call for justice.
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InternationalIDF soldier killed as Israel begins ground invasion into Gaza (JNS.org) Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Nahal Brigade Staff Sgt. Eitan Barak, 20, was killed as Israel on Thursday began a ground operation in Gaza with the goal of eliminating the threat of terror tunnels. “We cannot solve the issue of the tunnels from the air
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Last Sunday, my daughter Margalit left for Israel. She is the Senior Director of Birthright Israel Experience for the Jewish Taglit Birthright Federation of Greater Los Angeles. She is accompanying one of the trips. Last week she spent most of her time fielding phone calls from anxious participants
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Travel and Food
–Seventh in a series– By Donald H. Harrison PRIMM, Nevada – As grandson Shor and I drove through the California desert, we saw shimmering in front of us what seemed a scene out of Oz, or maybe Xanadu: some tall structures including a giant roller coaster. Was this one of those fabled desert mirages often
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Jewish History, Travel and Food, USA“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” —Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –Anyone following the news might wonder: Why is Israel entering into Gaza—again?! Didn’t they just they
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East