JERUSALEM (WJC) — Israel has rejected a Palestinian plan to impose a three-year deadline to end the Israeli occupation of the West Bank as a “gimmick.” A draft resolution, submitted by Jordan to the Security Council of the United Nations on Wednesday, also calls for a peace agreement to be reached within a year. Israeli […]
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International, Middle East, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA) is offering a weekly New Parent Participation class held every Friday. “This class is for children ages birth to 18 months,” said Yael Edelstein, Director of SDJA’s Early Childhood Center, “so long as they are accompanied by an adult – whether it be a mommy,
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
SAN DIEGO–License plate maven Melanie Rubin found herself another intriguing one. Sara, we know, was the wife of Abram — before Hashem gave them both an ‘h’ in their names to become Sarah and Abraham. F1?– well that is known only by the driver of this car and his/her friends. But we can imagine that
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — The Oscars telecast on February 22 is most likely to be a toned-down event from the usual fare in the wake of the massive international hacking of the Sony Picture Entertainment computer system. Whereas past Oscars presented millions of TV viewers worldwide with ribald jokes and trendy selfies
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It sounds worse than it really is. This is an optimist’s view of Israel’s condition with itself and in the world. Most of the resolutions seeming to recognize a Palestinian state are advisory. Resolutions expressing the sense of the house, but not requiring action, are a dime a dozen among
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO –The Talmud tells us that after the Greeks were defeated and expelled from the Land of Israel, the Maccabees entered the Temple and removed all of the pagan idols that had been placed there. They cleaned the Temple and rededicated it to the worship of God. The Talmud adds that
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Jewish HistoryBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Are we going to have to cut ourselves off from the news and other media, in order to hold on to our mental equanimity? This week has been particularly hard for consumers of the news media, like myself. Many people thought that the evil that threatened the world had
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle EastIsraeli-Canadian architect wins prestigious award for Singapore hotel (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has awarded the Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie with its 2015 Gold Medal for his international work in planning structures in public and cultural spaces. The AIA Gold Medal is considered the most prestigious award in the field
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Middle East, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) — The American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (AAJLJ) presented its 2014 Pursuit of Justice award on December 15 to renowned criminal defense attorney Benjamin Brafman at the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, Shearith Israel. Attorney Brafman joined a lengthy list of distinguished lawyers and judges who previously received the AAJLJ’s
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USABy Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Hanukkah has brought us a gift from Congress. The latest “Tax Extender” bill allows deductible charitable contributions to be made directly from your IRA. Why is this a benefit, you might ask? Ordinarily, a charitable deduction is an itemized deduction that can be subject to phase-outs (reducing your tax
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Sheryl RowlingPHILADELPHIA (Press Release)–In anticipation of Philadelphia’s citywide commemoration of the gay rights movement in 2015, the National Museum of American Jewish History is launching “LGBT Stories: A Collecting Project,” a new website that focuses on Jewish Americans in the barrier-breaking movement for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender rights during the twentieth century and beyond. “The
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USA
JERUSALEM (Press Release)– As the first graduates of the Taglit Fellows program begin staffing Winter 2014/2015 trips and look to positively affect the Jewish journeys of their trip participants, the Taglit-Birthright Israel organization is preparing to host its second cohort of 100 Taglit Fellows at a training seminar in late January due to the already
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Middle East, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release)— The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is strongly declaring that President Barack Obama, who has this week freed three convicted spies who spied for an enemy regime, Cuba, must free Jonathan Pollard, who spied for an American ally, Israel. The ZOA further notes that one of the convicted spies freed by President
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