SAN DIEGO–There is a well-known Jewish folktale in which a poor young shepherd boy is chosen to be King by a magic bird that lands on his head. The boy rules wisely but has one strange habit: every day he retreats to a small shed he has built in back of the palace and remains
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Jewish ReligionAt least 2 killed in hostage crisis at kosher grocery in Paris (JNS.org) While the French operation to apprehend the Islamist terrorists behind Wednesday’s deadly shooting at the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper continues, at least two people have been killed Friday in a developing hostage crisis at a kosher grocery store in the Porte de
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The costs of being a Jew have increased, especially outside of Israel. Americans report increased discomfort from what they hear and read, some of it from individuals who don’t seem to realize the people they are speaking to are Jews. Emotional costs may be greater than elsewhere on campuses, but anyone attuned
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─In Memory of Charlie’s angels: Stephane Charbonnier, Jean Cabut, Georges Wolinski, Bernard Verlhac, Bernard Maris, Philippe Honoré, Michel Renaud, Mustapha Ourrad, Elsa Cayat, Frederic Boisseau, Franck Brinsolaro, and Ahmed Merabet. “If you’re going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can’t be politically correct when you do that.”
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NEW YORK (Press Release)–Dr. Stephen Hazan Arnoff, who successfully expanded programing and grew the 14th Street Y in New York while executive director there before going on to become the first director of the Office of Culture, Community, and Society at Shalem College in Jerusalem, has been chosen to succeed Allan Finkelstein as president and
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Jewish Religion, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Most of what’s happening in Israel these days and some of what’s happening in the rest of the world is viewed here in the context of the forthcoming general election. Thus the elaborate and drastic preparations to meet the expected snow storm – the first installment of each has been and
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Celebrating the San Diego Jewish Film Festival’s 25th Silver Anniversary, presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS, will run February 5-15, 2015. Sponsored by the Leichtag Foundation. The San Diego Jewish Film Festival showcases 96 films of the
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Travel and FoodBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) now midway through her fourth six-year term, said in a video interview with her grandson Zachary Rodham posted on You Tube that she will not seek reelection in 2016. In announcing her retirement, Boxer nearly announced Hillary Clinton’s bid for the presidency when
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Donald H. Harrison, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The U.S. State Department released an official response to the question of whether it believes the Palestine Authority can join the International Criminal Court. Here is a transcript of the statement. Question: Does the U.S. have a position regarding Palestinian efforts to accede to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court?
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International, Middle East, USATEL AVIV (Press Release)— Terrorist attacks around the world continue to grow in scope and severity. In the aftermath of such attacks, authorities are usually quick to address the needs of victims and their relatives. But what about terrorism’s impact on a general public seemingly distant from the scene of attacks — “indirect” victims of
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationPARIS (Press Release)—The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has criticized the decision by key media outlets in Great Britain and the United States—such as the London Daily Telegraph, the New York Times, CNN, and NBC—to omit or blur the Charlie Hebdo cartoon images that, according to confirmed reports, motivated the reprehensible attack on the paper’s offices
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Travel and FoodBy Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — 2015 – So what’s new? As we turn the pages of our calendars to begin a new secular year, what are the latest groundbreaking, life-changing discoveries, treatments and innovations to emerge from the Jewish State? Israeli medical researchers continually uncover vital new information about our complex biological makeup. Technion
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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education-Compiled by JNS.org– Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Iran must ‘immunize’ itself against nuclear sanctions (JNS.org) Ahead of the resumption of nuclear negotiations between Iran and Western powers, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for efforts to “immunize” Iran against sanctions. “What would you do if [negotiators] set a condition for lifting the sanctions
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International, Middle East, USABy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California–The seventh season of “Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices” will open Tuesday evening, January 13, at 7 p.m., in the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family JCC. Three local poets will be featured, Michael Mark, Lauren Ponder and Eleña Horvitz . Michael Mark, a native New Yorker, has had two published
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