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In David’s time, Israel and Palistin were allies

December 15, 2014

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — In two articles recently published in leading journals (Ugarit Forschungen and Semitica), Prof. Gershon Galil of the University of Haifa (Department of Biblical Studies) presented important information about the period of David’s reign, based on new archaeological and epigraphic data unearthed in northwestern Syria and southern Turkey. Prof. Galil points

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P.A. plans new U.N. push for statehood

December 15, 2014

UNITED NATIONS (WJC) — The PA plans to submit a draft resolution on ending the Israeli occupation to the United Nations Security Council and will seek a vote on it as early as this Wednesday, senior Palestinian officials said Sunday night, according to ‘Haaretz‘. The resolution sets out a two-year timetable for Israel to withdraw

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International

Jewish schools locked down in Sydney

December 15, 2014

SYDNEY, Australia (WJC) –More than a dozen people were being held hostage on Monday by a gunman who forced them to display a flag of the Islamic State in the window. The building in which the café is located also contains government offices. Armed officers surrounded the Lindt Chocolat Café in Martin Place in Sydney’s

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International

JNS news briefs: December 15, 2014

December 15, 2014

Hamas marks 27th anniversary with vow that ‘Zionist entity will disappear’ (JNS.org) The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas on Sunday celebrated the 27th anniversary of its founding with military parades and a display of weapons and ammunition, including a drone manufactured in Gaza. A film clip screened at one of the demonstrations showed a silhouette that

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Middle East

5 ways to remove stress from the holidays

December 14, 2014

By Michael Mantell, PhD SAN DIEGO — “I’m so hurried at this time of the year, I don’t have time to breathe,” my Caffeinated Corner buddy spouted on and on. What’s a Caffeinated Corner? Oh, that’s the group I see nearly every morning at the local Starbucks where we sit and over coffee and a

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Michael Mantell

Split widens between Israeli and Diaspora Jews

December 14, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Jews have had a Diaspora at least since the middle of the sixth century before the common era. During the time of the Second Temple, a substantial number, perhaps even a majority, lived outside of the Judean homeland. The Jerusalem-centered Diaspora figures in Christian anti-Semitism, via the episode of Jesus overturning the

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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

A ‘Molotov!’ heard round the world

December 14, 2014

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Not only is the Hannukah menorah going to light up with brilliance this month, but Twitter has also lit up with some hilarious Hannukah humor. “I plan to start saying a hearty ‘Molotov!’ to all my Jewish friends,” Jeff Chu, a reporter at Fast Company, tweeted the other

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Trivia, Humor & Satire

Balloon hannukiah to be lit at Grossmont Center

December 14, 2014

LA MESA, California (Press Release) – Chabad of El Cajon has arranged a Chanukah celebration outside the Bath & Body Works at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21, according to Rabbi Rafi Andrusier. The event will include live music, dancing, gelt, fresh latkes, coffee, a grand raffle, visits from elected officials, and the lighting of a

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Jewish Religion, San Diego Calendar

The man who made Tevye famous

December 14, 2014

By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — In the late 1800’s, a man who lived in a shtetel (small town) near Kiev (Russia) wrote a story about his milkman, Tevya. It was an unlikely story written in an unlikely language. At that time Jewish writers wrote either in Hebrew or the language of the country within

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Travel and Food

Fit yourself with a personal GPS system

December 13, 2014

By Michael Mantell, PhD SAN DIEGO — A client recently bought an expensive new car. He hasn’t been the same since. He’s been ranting about how expensive it is, how he shouldn’t have spent so much, and on and on. I asked him about what type of options he put into it and he angrily spewed, “A

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Michael Mantell

Why Chanukah is important to Christmas

December 13, 2014

By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California–Hanukkah, the little holiday that could, begins with the lighting of the first candle against the darkness this Tuesday, December 16. Year after year, the assessments begin and the questions accumulate: Is Hanukkah the Jewish Christmas? Which one came first and how are they related? (Of course, the real inquiry

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Jewish History

Herzog- Livni coalition gives hope of peace

December 13, 2014

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Isaac Herzog may have betrayed – or at least tampered with – what was left of the Socialist ideology of Israel’s Labour Party, but judging by recent polls, he and his partner Tzipi Livni have emerged as possible alternatives to Binyamin Netanyahu. He has also vindicated three of his

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Middle East

Israeli embassy inaugurates farm in Senegal

December 13, 2014

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM–An initiative of the Israeli embassy in Senegal recently led to the inauguration of a drip-irrigated vegetable farm in the city of Fatick earlier in December. Managed by a group of Senegalese women, the farm plot was established following a request made by the First Lady of Senegal, Marième Faye Sall, to

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International, Middle East

Wave of anti- Israel resolutions counter- productive

December 12, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–We are feeling a wave of resolutions, almost none of them binding on their governments, being taken by European parliaments, in favor of recognizing the State of Palestine. Expressions from Irish leftists supporting their resolution ring like the most barbaric of anti-Semitism. They accuse Israel of slaughtering and raping Palestinians since 1948,

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

In David’s time, Israel and Palistin were allies

P.A. plans new U.N. push for statehood

Jewish schools locked down in Sydney

JNS news briefs: December 15, 2014

5 ways to remove stress from the holidays

Split widens between Israeli and Diaspora Jews

A ‘Molotov!’ heard round the world

Balloon hannukiah to be lit at Grossmont Center

The man who made Tevye famous

Fit yourself with a personal GPS system

Why Chanukah is important to Christmas

Herzog- Livni coalition gives hope of peace

Israeli embassy inaugurates farm in Senegal

Wave of anti- Israel resolutions counter- productive

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