Islamic 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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Middle East, USA
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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San Diego County
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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Travel and Food
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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International, Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release) –Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu said Tuesday, Feb. 10, he will speak to the U.S. Congress, notwithstanding President Obama’s opposition, because he believes the P5+1 negotiations with Iran pose a threat to Israel’s very survival. His office released the following statement: First, on behalf of the people of Israel, I wish to send
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International, Middle East
WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)—Congressman Peter Roskam (R-Illinois) and Congressman Juan Vargas (D-California) on Tuesday, Feb. 10, introduced the U.S.-Israel Trade and Commercial Enhancement Act. “This bipartisan bill would counter the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel and strengthen the U.S.-Israel economic relationship,” the two members of Congress said. Over the past several years,
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Middle East, USA
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — Thousands of books have made their way to Israel’s capital this week, as the Jerusalem International Book Fair opened its doors from February 8-12, in a tradition that has now gone on for 27 years. Since 1963, the Jerusalem book fair has served as a connection point between the
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Middle East
NEW YORK (WJC) — The last several decades saw a sharp decline in the number of Jews living in Europe, according to a report published Monday by the Pew Research Center, which is partly based on 2010 figure. The report estimates that there were 3.2 million European Jews in 1960, which fell to 2 million by
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