JERUSALEM (WJC) — Czech Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek has assured Israel that “despite reports in the media to the contrary, the Czech Republic does not intend to make any strategic change in its policies toward Israel.” With respect to a debate in several EU member states about the recognition of Palestinian statehood, Zaorálek said unilateral […]
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International, Middle EastArab terrorist drives car into Jerusalem crowd, killing 1 in another rail attack (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) An Arab terrorist intentionally ran his vehicle into a crowd of people near the Shimon Hatzadik light rail station in Jerusalem on Wednesday afternoon, killing one person and wounding at least 13 others. The terrorist was shot dead
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International
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Many readers of San Diego Jewish World live outside the United States so for them, principally, I thought I would provide some insight into how an American election works. Traditionally, today, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, is election day, but for weeks preceding the election we
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Donald H. Harrison, USABy Arnon Groiss JERUSALEM (IRNA) — On the 11th of Heshvan, which in 2014 fell on November 4, Jews observe the “yaarzeit” memorial for Rachel, the Biblical matriarch who bore Joseph and died in child birth as Benjamin was born. As part of our agency’s continuing reportage of the PA school books now used in the
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON–Since its founding in 2001, the radical campus group Students for Justice in Palestine has had as its mission to demonize Israel and promote a campaign to accuse the Jewish state of apartheid, racism, brutal occupation, and crimes against humanity, among other accusations. Its radical behavior has created a toxic
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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA3 Arabs from Jerusalem suspected of vandalizing Jewish gravestones (JNS.org) The Jerusalem Central Investigative Unit of the Israel Police on Monday arrested three Arab residents of eastern Jerusalem’s A-Tor neighborhood who are suspected of vandalizing Jewish gravestones on the Mount of Olives. The police launched the investigation after dozens of headstones were smashed. The oldest
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Middle East
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Jeff Silver, owner and founder of Rough Draft Brewing Company, a local craft brewery, will address the Beth Israel Men’s Club at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 19. Silver home-brewed beer for more than 20 years before going professional four years ago. Silver, who is also a member of Beth Israel,
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San Diego Calendar
BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)– In the largest MRI study to date, researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Carnegie Mellon University have shown that the brain anatomy in MRI scans of people with autism above age six is mostly indistinguishable from that of typically developing individuals and, therefore, of little clinical or scientific value.
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–The Israeli Consumer Price Index has fallen 0.3% for the month of September. This drop follows a 0.1% reduction in August. From September 2013 to September 2014, the Index has fallen 0.3% overall. If housing is not included in the index, it has fallen 1.2% over that period. Based on these
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Middle EastBy Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (Tazpit)—The Knesset approved a bill submitted by Member of Knesset Ayelet Shaked (Habayit HaYehudi), which effectively prevents the government from releasing prisoners in any future political deals. The bill creates a new charge in murder cases, “murder under extraordinarily severe circumstances.” Prisoners convicted of murder in this category, under the bill,
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Middle East
MUNICH, Germany (WJC)–German police have a possible lead on who was behind the theft of the ‘Arbeit macht frei’ (Work sets you free) sign from the former Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, near Munich, over the weekend. The entrance door containing the slogan was stolen under cover of darkness from the memorial site at Dachau
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International, Jewish ReligionBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Jewish wars. Not really wars, but a continuation of disputes going back at least to the time of Ezra. Jews have been quarreling about who is a Jew since then, and over the centuries have added numerous other squabbles. It all amounts to disputes among people who have been literate
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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — In a profoundly emotional and sincere “open letter” video to the late Brittany Maynard, another brave victim of glioblastoma–the devastating brain cancer–Maggie Karner, pleaded with Brittany not to end her life. Karner, whose own suffering is beyond words, begged Maynard to “squeeze every bit of
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USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — This past Friday night, we rejoiced when we heard the news about Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, who was finally released from having spent 214 days in a horrible Mexican prison. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this story, Tahmooressi was arrested on March 31 after
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International, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USA