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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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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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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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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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Fielding more than 50 questions in half an hour from Supreme Court Justices, Alyza D. Lewin presented the case for enforcement of a 2002 law that gives American citizens born in Jerusalem the right to list their place of birth in U.S. passports as “Israel.” She argued alternatively (1) that “what goes
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Americans for Peace Now (APN) joins its Israeli sister organization, Israel’s Peace Now movement, in strongly condemning the Israeli authorities’ decision to proceed with an East Jerusalem construction project that has triggered deep disapproval among the international community, including in Washington. A spokesperson for the Department of State in Washington said
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Middle East, USAAdon Olam: A Search for Meaning by Rabbi Zalman Weiss, Menorah Books, Jerusalem; ISBN 9978-1-940516-12-7 ©2014, $24.95, p. 350, plus glossary. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — Ezra the Scribe, in 458 BCE, led a group of about eighteen hundred Jewish men together with their wives and children from the Babylon Captivity to their new home in
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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — Avraham was a model of chesed (kindness) and rachamim (mercy). His tent had a door on each side so that he could invite geusts wherever they might come from. These beautiful traits have been hallmarks of the Jewish people, handed down from generation to generation ever since, as
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Jewish Religion, USABy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Hollywood director Darren Aronofsky has been awarded a best original screenplay award for his movie Noah by an online, climate-themed movie awards program I am curating called the Cli Fi Movie Awards, dubbed “The Cliffies.” Aronofsky’s writing partner Ari Handel co-wrote the screenplay and received the award as well. He
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The World We ShareFrench kitchenware company’s website lists Israel as ‘Palestine’ (JNS.org) The French kitchenware company Tefal, which is known for its nonstick pans, is directing customers to “Palestine” for a store that is located in Israel. Although Tefal’s Jerusalem store is located in the Atarot industrial zone, which is not under Palestinian sovereignty, the drop-down menu for
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