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SDSU Jewish Studies program tells 2015 plans

December 28, 2014

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Jewish Studies Program at San Diego State University has announced its public schedule for 2015: • Its Spring lecture series “Israel in the 21st Century: New Hopes, New Challenges,” will feature noted scholars: Dr. Mark A. Heller, Principal Research Associate at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv; Dr. Mohammed Wattad, […]

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Falling in love in Israel interactive style

December 28, 2014

TEL AVIV, Israel (Press Release) – Want to determine how a couple falls in love? In Israel? A group of Tel Aviv students is utilizing the latest interactive video technology to tell a love story and give Israeli tourism a boost. The Tel Aviv University students are part of the StandWithUs Fellowship, an Israeli campus

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J Street founder’s 3 wishes for 2015

December 28, 2014

By Jeremy Ben-Ami WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a victory for those seeking political limits on art and speech in communal institutions, Washington’s Jewish Community Center has fired the artistic director of the acclaimed Theater J. His ouster caps a successful campaign by a small group of activists to shutter the theater over the content of its

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Middle East, USA

Debate over Yisael Beiteinu criminal charges

December 28, 2014

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The political situation in Israel is volatile, particularly before a general election. Only a few days ago I could speculate about Avigdor Lieberman not only as a kingmaker but as a potential king. He had spoken about his readiness to be prime minister. At the end of the piece

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Middle East

Sholem Aleichem and then some

December 28, 2014

By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO–Jeremy Dauber, is a professor of Yiddish literature at Columbia University, Director of Columbia’s Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies, teaches in the American Studies program and has written several books within these special areas of study. The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem: the Remarkable Life and Afterlife of the Man who

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Travel and Food

Lieberman party members in bribery probe

December 27, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Avigdor Lieberman is Israel’s Foreign Minister, as well as the ruling head of Israel Beitenu (Israel our Home), a political party originally focused on immigrants from the former Soviet Union with campaign posters in Russian and Hebrew. Lieberman began his political career as an activist in the Likud student organization at the

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

The modern war of Jew against Jew

December 27, 2014

By Caren Besner BOYNTON BEACH, Florida–Fratricide is an ugly word. It evokes the image of siblings in conflict with one another. The Old Testament is replete with stories of such disharmony, that serve both as a lesson in morality and a warning for future generations. The story of Cain and Abel, the enslavement of Joseph in

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Middle East, USA

Bloom’s Quest for a Jewish story a success

December 26, 2014

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Richard Quest is a popular news reporter and desk anchor for CNN, and while his name doesn’t sound Jewish, the British lawyer and journalist is Jewish. I once asked him a few years ago by email what kind of of ethnic name ”Quest” was, and he told me

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Travel and Food

Countering the anti- Semites

December 26, 2014

By Isaac Yetiv, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — In the 19th century, Wilhelm Marr , known as “the father of modern antisemitism,” coined the word “antisemitismus.” But the pathological hatred of Jews has a long history. In the antiquity, the Pharaoh who ‘didn’t know Joseph” decreed to kill all the Jewish newborn males; and Haman

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

JNS news briefs: December 26, 2014

December 26, 2014

Two arrested in connection to Thursday’s firebomb attack (JNS.org) Two Palestinian men have been arrested in connection to Thursday’s firebomb attack that injured a girl and her father. The two men were part of a group of 12 Palestinians that were arrested overnight Thursday, according to the Israeli Shin Bet security agency, the Jerusalem Post

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Middle East

What about those white biblical portrayals?

December 25, 2014

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Whenever Hollywood gets set to make a movie about stories from the Hebrew or Christian scriptures, there is always a public debate when the movies open about who should play the roles of God or Moses or Noah or Esther or Deborah. Should the actors be white people or

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Travel and Food

Global oddities: N. Korea, Islamism, U.S.

December 25, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Among the fascinations of politics are some oddities from various corners. Some are–fortunately–far from our daily experiences, but others are too close for complete comfort. One concerns North Korea. It is widely viewed as one of the most unpleasant of places, with a regime that cares little for its people.

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

When dairy meals were a Chanukah custom

December 25, 2014

By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — Last week, I reported that there is a minhag (custom) to eat latkes on Chanukah because they are made with oil. This makes sense as oil was part of the miracle when one day’s worth of oil burned for eight days. I was rather astonished to learn this

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Jewish Religion

Terror fire bombing leaves girl, 11, struggling for life

December 25, 2014

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit)– An 11-year-old girl was seriously wounded and her father lightly injured when Palestinians threw a firebomb at their car in Samaria, on Thursday evening, December 25. The young girl suffered from third degree burns to her face and upper body as the car burst into flames. The two were travelling on

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Middle East

SDSU Jewish Studies program tells 2015 plans

Falling in love in Israel interactive style

J Street founder’s 3 wishes for 2015

Debate over Yisael Beiteinu criminal charges

Sholem Aleichem and then some

Lieberman party members in bribery probe

The modern war of Jew against Jew

Bloom’s Quest for a Jewish story a success

Countering the anti- Semites

JNS news briefs: December 26, 2014

What about those white biblical portrayals?

Global oddities: N. Korea, Islamism, U.S.

When dairy meals were a Chanukah custom

Terror fire bombing leaves girl, 11, struggling for life

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