By Michael Zeff JERUSALEM (Tazpit) Two Palestinian men in their 20s drowned on Tuesday afternoon, April 26, in a pond in the Jordan Valley despite best efforts by Israeli volunteer rescuers. “Two teams of Israeli volunteer rescuers arrived on the scene immediately from Samaria and from the Jordan Valley,” Nathaniel, a Judea and Samaria regional
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Middle East
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Elie Shneour was born in France on December 11, 1925. The son of Zalman and Salomea Shneour, he had one sibling — Renee Shneour, who later became Spanish dancer Laura Toledo. Shneour was raised in Neuilly sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris. His family was of Jewish heritage, his father having emigrated from Czarist Russia
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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — The Foreign Minister of Nepal, Mahendra Bahadur Pandey thanked Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman on Tuesday, April 28, for the humanitarian aid that Israel has sent in the wake of the country’s devastating earthquake. Pandey noted that the Nepalese people deeply appreciate the aid being sent from Israel. Liberman thanked Nepalese authorities
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International, Middle EastPalestinian driver indicted in fatal Jerusalem car-ramming attack (JNS.org) The Jerusalem District Court on Monday indicted Palestinian driver Khaled Koutineh, 37, for the car-ramming and murder of 26-year-old Jewish man Shalom Yohai Sherki in Jerusalem on April 15. Shira Klein, 20, was seriously wounded in the alleged vehicular attack. The judges wrote in their indictment
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International, Middle East, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, part of the negotiating team on Iran’s nuclear program, said Monday the agreement sought by President Barack Obama’s administration will help “make the world safer.” She spoke to the Religious Action Committee of Reform Judaism. The State Department released the following transcription of
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Middle East, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Jeb Bush revealed that he is on the Paleolithic diet to lose weight. To one-up Bush, Ted Cruz disclosed that he is on the Neanderthal diet and only eats raw meat from animals he has shot himself while exercising his second amendment rights. * Russian hackers not only broke into
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel– How can a visitor experience the real Israel in seven days? If you’re my brother Charles, all you need do is hang out with us Kramers for a week. That just happened when my brother came to help Michal and me celebrate my birthday. Charles arrived on a Friday,
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, Travel and Food
LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — J* Company Youth Theatre launches its final production of Season 22 with the brilliant musical classic, West Side Story. Music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Arthur Laurents. Directed by Joey Landwehr, West Side Story is the award-winning adaptation of the classic romantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. Transported to
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Travel and Food
Israeli and American Jewish rescue efforts aid Nepal after devastating quake (JNS.org) As an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale continues to claim victims in Nepal—3,600 deaths as of Monday—a 260-member Israeli rescue team headed for Nepal to assist local authorities. The Israeli mission was delayed by 12 hours due to earthquake damage
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International, Middle East, USA
By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO –Under a sun drenched sky with a mild breeze, San Diego celebrated Israel. Or at least a few hundred people celebrated Israel. The attendance was significantly below the numbers of years gone by. Rather than any drop off in support for Israel, the likely factor is the stripped down version
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Travel and Food
LA JOLLA, California (SDONA)–Hillel of San Diego announced Sunday the appointment of a new director for its programs for Jewish students at the UC San Diego campus. Rabbi David Singer will begin work in La Jolla in July. He was previously founder and director of Makom, a spiritual community for millennials affiliated with one of Dallas’ largest
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Zack Pyzer JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — Three Israeli rescue and medical teams are responding to the disastrous earthquake that hammered Nepal on Saturday, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Deputy Spokesperson Alon Lavi told the Tazpit News Agency. The MFA will coordinate Israel’s efforts on the ground and liaise with the Nepalese government, Lavi said Sunday morning.
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International, Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM — The scenario seems quite feasible. A Muslim political party gains enough votes in the general election in a democratic European country to serve as the key element in the new government. At the same time massive Saudi-Arabian funding is channeled into the greatly depleted coffers of the country’s leading
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