By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The group that hacked SONY Studios has threatened to attack theatres that screen The Interview, a comedy in which Seth Rogen and James Franco are recruited by the CIA to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Without this publicity, the movie probably would have bombed without the help of terrorists.
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By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — In glitzy outfits with bling and cling, cascading auburn tresses framing her starlet face, the Israeli hip-hop violinist, Miri Ben-Ari, has climbed to a top spot in the world of pop music. Ben-Ari began classical violin lessons at the age of five, in Tel Aviv, winning scholarships from the
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Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– It seems to me that the main argument of the Israeli Left is that international law and Jewish values offer the best protection for the country. Opposing this stance, the Israeli Right argues that military security and the survival of the Jewish people must be the primary guides of the
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Middle EastHezbollah arrests Israeli Mossad spy that infiltrated its ranks (JNS.org) The Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah said an official in its external branch has been arrested for spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency. The Mossad agent was part of Hezbollah Unit 910, which carries out operations against specific Israeli targets, and allegedly prevented such attacks, the
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By Chris Jennewein SAN DIEGO (Times of San Diego) — A leading scholar of modern Israel said the Jewish state’s future depends on the creation of a separate Palestinian homeland in the West Bank. “Every time Israel makes it harder to build a viable Palestinian state, we make Hezbollah and Hamas stronger,” said Peter
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Chris Jennewein, Middle EastBy Michael Mantell, PhD SAN DIEGO — There is a little known custom involving Chanukah gelt worth understanding. It was customary to give children Chanukah gelt on the fifth day of the holiday. Why the fifth day? It’s the only day of Chanukah that can never come out on Shabbat. You see Chanukah never starts
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — At Alan Clemmons’s Myrtle Beach law firm in South Carolina, the Israeli flag proudly flies alongside the U.S. and state flag. While the South Carolina state representative put the flag up several months ago, it is not the only public show of support that Clemmons has shown towards Israel
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)– Americans for Peace Now (APN) on Monday, Dec. 15, called on the Obama Administration to support action in the United Nations Security Council regarding Israel-Palestine that supports a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. APN president and CEO Debra DeLee commented: “APN supports the current effort, led by France, to build consensus
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CHICAGO (Press Release)- To celebrate and recognize the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah which begins on December 16, audiobook and video publisher Dreamscape Media has announced that it is making The Miracle of Hanukkah, a musical re-telling of the holiday story for younger listeners, available as a free download. The story is but one chapter from the Dreamscape children’s audiobook, Bible Stories and
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Travel and Food
MODI’IN, Israel (Press Release)– Young new Olim from ages 3-10, who made Aliyah to Israel from the U.S. this past summer with the help of Nefesh B’Nefesh, the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption, The Jewish Agency for Israel and Keren Kayemet L’Israel, celebrated Chanukah at a special Nefesh B’Nefesh gathering in Modi’in. At the event, these young Olim tasted their first
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Michael Lederer is an American novelist living in Berlin and he often travels around Europe by train: trains to Poland, trains to France, trains to Italy. When news reached me theother day that Germany’s Deutsche Bahn railway company had decided to end the sleeper service between Berlin and
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Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO–This year, the first night of Chanukah is Tuesday December 16, 2014, at which time we will light one Chanukah light plus the shamash. The second night we light 2 lights plus a shamash. The third night we light 3 lights plus a shamash, and so on and so forth
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Jewish ReligionNEW YORK (Press Release)– Israel’s war against Hamas terror, rising anti-Semitism in Europe, the shootings at the Overland Park, Kansas Jewish community center by a career white supremacist, a noticeable rise in anti-Israel activity on campus, and the proliferation of anti-Jewish hate speech on the Internet topped the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) annual list of top
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International, Middle East, USAThe Rise and Decline of Civilizations: Lessons for the Jewish People by Shalom Salomon Wald, Academic Studies Press, Boston and Jerusalem; ISBN 978-1-61811-377-1 ©2014, $33.00, p. 372, plus appendices, bibliography, notes, and index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — Physical scientists think that the world can be explained by theories and their concomitant mathematical equations.
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