BRUSSELS (WJC) — Jewish schools in Brussels and Antwerp were closed Friday due to the heightened terror threat against sensitive targets, one day after the Belgian police conducted a wide anti-terror operation targeting jihadists who have returned from Syria. A suspected jihadist group targeted in a major anti-terror raid on Thursday had been planning to kill
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InternationalBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson LONDON–Spending a few days in London in January reminded me of the little ditty below by Robert Louis Stevenson, and although I now have the benefit of electric light, there’s no getting away from the long, dark nights, the late rising and early setting sun — if you manage to get a
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–A cartoon in last Friday’s Ha’aretz shows a narrow hilly road with two cars facing each other that cannot pass each other. The one going uphill is driven by Isaac (Buji) Herzog, the leader of the newly minted Zionist Camp, an amalgam of his Labour and Tzipi Livni’s Hat’nua. The other
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Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — On the day that we watched scenes from the funeral in Jerusalem of four French Jews who were murdered at a kosher market in Paris for being Jewish, I received my copy of the Johns Hopkins Magazine, an excellent publication from my alma mater. As I leafed through it,
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By Rabbi Avi Weiss PARIS — “A fire is burning” Vladimir (Ze’ev) Jabotinsky declared to European Jewry during the 1930s. Too few heeded his cry. As I leave Paris after a solidarity mission following terrorist attacks at Charlie Hebdo and Hyper Cacher, I offer a similar cry. While French prime minister Manuel Valls proclaimed, “France
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International, Middle East, USAIsraelis overwhelmingly support Netanyahu’s visit to Paris after attacks (JNS.org) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent trip to France following three Islamist terrorist attacks that killed a combined 17 people caused some controversy, but the overwhelming majority of Israelis support both his visit to Paris and his conduct while there, a new Israel Hayom poll shows.
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International, Middle EastBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — So you want to improve the way you and your spouse, partner, co-worker or friends at the gym communicate? There probably isn’t anyone anywhere that believes there isn’t room to improve in this most fundamental skill of life. If you disagree, at least do it agreeably. The
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Michael MantellBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Asking journalists to exercise more discretion instead of mocking other religions, Pope Francis asserted that if someone cursed his mother, he would punch him. Whatever happened to turning the other cheek? * Syria released a report about its economy indicating that oil was no longer its biggest export product. It
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
NEW YORK (Press Release)–Alan Gross, the former prisoner held by Cuba, got to hear the song children from Solom Schechter School on Long Island composed and sang in his honor during daily programs during his imprisonment. The very special performance came during a meeting with Gross hosted by the Conference of Presidents of Major American
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International, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—California Attorney General Kamala Harris already has announced her candidacy to succeed Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) who announced she won’t run for reelection in 2016. Among most talked about possible Democratic primary opponents (now that Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom has taken himself out of contention) is hedge fund manager and
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (Press Release) – More than 100 Auschwitz survivors from at least 17 countries will travel to Poland to participate in the observance of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz on January 27 for International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The official event has been organized by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyNEW YORK (Press Release) — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has denounced Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for “his ongoing diatribes against Israel and hateful, personal attacks targeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.” Erdogan condemned Netanyahu’s participation in Sunday’s rally in Paris against Islamist terrorism, accusing the Israeli leader of “state terrorism.” On Thursday, Jan 15, Erdogan
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Middle East, USABy Joe Gandelman SAN DIEGO — In the wake of the terrorist massacre in Paris, the new battle cry throughout the civilized world is “Je suis Charlie,” meaning “I am Charlie.” The phrase expresses solidarity for the four cartoonists and 13 others butchered by Islamic terrorists who attacked the satirical newspaper and a kosher market.
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JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin expressed support on Thursday, Jan. 15, for the recent launch of the Jerusalem Unity Prize in memory of three slain teen kidnap victims at a ceremony attended by the families of the three boys and Jerusalem’s Mayor, Nir Barkat, who has been the main initiator behind the initiative. The prize was
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