By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Ashkenzaic Jews remember Haman’s evil by making noise with a greggar whenever Haman’s name is said at the Megillah reading. How do Moroccan Jews note Haman’s wickedness? A. They make a three cornered pastry similar to a hamantashen, but it is filled with red strawberries, representing the blood […]
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Jewish Religion, Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest dialogued with reporters on Tuesday, March 4, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Congress and President Obama responded at the White House. Following is the transcript of questions and answers related to Netanyahu’s speech. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. You all just had an opportunity
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Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release)– Returning to Israel following his speech to a joint meeting of the United State Congress, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu answered President Obama’s criticism that he had offered nothing new. In reply, Netanyahu said: “I return to Israel knowing that Israel’s concerns regarding the impending deal with Iran are better understood. That the
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Middle East, USABy J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — As advertised, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech to the joint session of Congress was a Republican show conceived by Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer with the avid cooperation of Speaker John Boehner. For Bibi, it was a powerful campaign speech for the Israeli elections on March 17th. He is lagging
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Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)– On Sunday, April 19, at 1:30 p.m. the Jewish Federation of San Diego County will present a special Holocaust commemoration (Yom HaShoah) program. The theme of this year’s annual commemoration is: From Auschwitz to Activism – 70 Years on From the Holocaust. The event will be held at the Lawrence Family
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San Diego CalendarBy Mort Klein and Daniel Mandel NEW YORK (Press Release)– In an interview on the PBS television ‘Charlie Rose’ program, President Barack Obama’s National Security Adviser, Susan Rice, said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to accept the invitation of House Speaker John Boehner to address Congress on the issue of Iran’s looming nuclear threat had “injected a
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Middle East, USAHAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–Do you work in customer services? If you do, it is better to express your positive interpersonal feelings naturally. Suppressing the benevolent interpersonal emotions of employees for customers has a negative impact on customer satisfaction, as indicated for the first time in a new study conducted by Prof. Dana Yagil of the
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SAN FRANCISCO (Press Release) — The San Francisco-based Jim Joseph Foundation announced grant awards from its two winter board meetings totaling nearly $24 million to organizations and institutions engaged in Jewish education. The Foundation focuses on creating effective and compelling Jewish learning experiences for youth and young adults in the United States. “These two rounds of grant
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPARIS (WJC) — France has issued international arrest warrants for three men suspected of involvement in a deadly attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris in 1982, a judicial source told the news agency AFP on Wednesday. The three suspects who live in Jordan, Norway and the West Bank were named as part of the
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International, Middle EastMONTREUX, Switzerland (Press Release) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday, March 4, defended the P5+1 talks with Iran following a negotiating session. While he did not mention Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by name, his comments addressed some of the issues Netanyahu raised on March 4 in his address to Congress SECRETARY
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Middle East, USABy Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org “There was nothing new in it.” With those six words, President Barack Obama tried to dismiss the significance of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress on March 3. But there was, in fact, something very new and very important in the speech—something which Mr. Obama understandably wants to keep out
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PARIS (Press Release) – World Jewish Congress CEO Robert Singer met on Tuesday, March 3, with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Irina Bokova in Paris to discuss the importance of addressing anti-Semitism through UNESCO and building a stronger partnership between the two organizations. The meeting followed Bokova’s recent veto of the inclusion of
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By U.S. Reps Peter Roskam, Lee Zeldin, Doug Lamborn and Leonard Lance WASHINGTON, D.C. — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered a thoughtful and urgent message to the world community through the bully pulpit of the House Chamber: Israel, the United States and global forces for peace can find a solution to Iran’s march toward a
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