By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–The only museum in the world, dedicated to the history of the Ancient Near East from a biblical perspective, has a new exhibition examining the Babylonian exile of the Jewish people as never seen before. The Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem has amassed a collection of over 100 cuneiform tablets, original […]
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Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Cynthia Citron BEVERLY HILLS, California — If you are old enough to remember Joe McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee’s browbeating of prominent intellectuals in the 1950s, you may be excused for thinking that the play Hellman V. McCarthy refers to the Wisconsin Senator’s vicious attack on the political views of the celebrated playwright
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Travel and FoodHAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — A first of its kind genetic study confirms the history of the Druze community: The community began to form genetically in the 11th century AD, and there has since been no genetic impact of other ethnic groups on the community. This is according to a new study conducted by a
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday, Feb. 11, formally requested Congress to authorize the use of force against ISIL. Here is the text of his letter requesting that authorization: TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: The so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) poses a threat to the
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Middle East, USABy Yotam Rozenwald JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — The London based newspaper, Al Arabi Al Jadeed, reports that the Lebanese Terror organization, Hezbollah, planned to assassinate former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, back in 2009. The assassination was planned as pay back over the killing of Imad Mughniyeh who was Hezbollah’s international operations chief. Mughniyeh was assassinated
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Middle EastIslamic State-linked Sinai terror group claims to decapitate 10 Israeli spies (JNS.org) An Islamic State-linked terror group in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has decapitated 10 men whom the terror group accused of spying for Israel and Egypt. In a video posted online by Wilayat Sinai (Province of Sinai), which was formerly known as Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis,
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israel’s election campaign is settling down to right vs left, with several of the middle level and marginal parties campaigning on the basis of which camp they will join, a moderate level of nastiness between party leaders, and a higher level of nastiness between the two leading circulation newspapers. Zionist Union is
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Want to get active and healthy while also improving your romantic life? That’s right. The two go hand in hand. If you are concerned about your spouse’s/partner’s health, his/her weight or activity level, here’s a method for you to be a good role model for health, have
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LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — On February 8, the University of California Student Association’s (UCSA) voted 9 in favor, 1 against, and 6 abstaining, in favor of two divestment resolutions. One calls for divestment from American, Mexican, Russian, Turkish, Indonesian, Brazilian, Sri Lankan, and Egyptian government bonds. The other calls for divestment from certain companies that do business
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USALOS ANGELES (Press Release) — StandWithUs will hold its first community anti-BDS (Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions) conference from March 21-23, 2015 at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. BDS, an international propaganda campaign that seeks to delegitimize and erode support for the Jewish state, is the latest threat to Israel. This conference brings together the most comprehensive assembly of renowned
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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, USACompiled by Donald H. Harrison Vermont’s two United States senators—Democrat Patrick Leahy and Independent Bernie Sanders have announced they will boycott the speech of Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu to a Joint Session of Congress on March 3. Leahy released a statement on Tuesday saying: “The unfortunate way that House leaders have unilaterally arranged this,
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The Jewish Federation of San Diego County has appointed Lisa Kalal as Director of Women’s Philanthropy. She will lead the Women’s Philanthropy of Federation and Shalom San Diego, an initiative aimed towards connecting new residents and those who are unengaged with the San Diego Jewish community. Kalal will work closely with the CEO, Board of
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JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin visited the Tel Aviv offices of Google, to mark international ‘Safer Internet Day’. The President met with senior management of the company in Israel, including Meir Brand, Chairman of Google Israel, and Prof. Yossi Matias, Vice President, Engineering, at Google and the Managing Director of Google’s R&D
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JERUSALEM (Press Release)– President Reuven Rivlin and First Lady Nechama Rivlin hosted a special meeting of NA`AMAT, The Movement for the Advancement of the Status of Women, with the attendance of over one hundred and twenty representatives of the organization, from seven countries across North America, South America, and Europe. The meeting marked the
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