By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO–This week’s parasha begins with Yitzchak’s genealogy: “These are the generations of Yitzchak the son of Avraham. Avraham begot Yitzchak.” (Gen. 25:19) Usually when we think about generations of human beings and their descendants we are referring to their children, grandchildren, nephews and nieces, and other family members of the next
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Jewish ReligionShipment of knives and fireworks seized en route to eastern Jerusalem (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A massive shipment of weapons bound for the Beit Hanina neighborhood of eastern Jerusalem was intercepted by Israeli authorities on Thursday at the Ashdod port. The recipients of the cargo, sent from China, claimed they were receiving a shipment of
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The killing by two brothers of four Jews praying at a synagogue in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem–as well as a Druze police officer who came to their defense–has brought forth wide condemnation. But it has been mixed with support for the carnage. A Palestinian member of the Jordanian parliament
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Committed to fostering the future of health care in San Diego, more than 1,000 donors have contributed $131 million to UC San Diego’s Jacobs Medical Center. Included in the total are gifts that matched a donation of $25 million, meeting the Challenge goal of the initiative. The campus announced on Thursday,
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The San Diego Human Relations Commission (SDHRC) has chosen to honor the Hunger Advocacy Network (HAN) as one of the recipients of its 2014 Commission Partner Awards. Jewish Family Service (JFS) serves as the Network’s neutral convener and the Leichtag Foundation has provided generous funding to support the Network. The SDHRC recognizes
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San Diego CountyBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Fox News’ reporters are apoplectic about Obama’s Executive Order to defer the deportation of millions of undocumented aliens. They accuse him of permitting potential carriers of Ebola, drug dealers, felons, and terrorists to remain in the country. Meanwhile, the FCC has requested the network to change its slogan from “Fair
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PALO ALTO, California (Press Release)—The Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education (CASJE) has selected American Institutes for Research (AIR) to conduct its inaugural research project in Jewish Educational Leadership. This project is designed to begin creating a research base to inform and develop the practices and effectiveness of leaders in Jewish educational settings. CASJE,
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAEILAT, Israel (WJC) –Robert Singer, chief executive officer of the World Jewish Congress, praised the work of the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists in international organizations, in particular the United Nations. Addressing an IAJLJ convention in Eilat, Singer said: “There is a strange tendency – even in the West – to apply different
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JERUSALEM (WJC) — Israeli politicians on Thursday, Nov. 20, lambasted the mayor of the southern city of Ashkelon for ordering a halt of construction on bomb shelters in city kindergartens in order to keep Arab workers off the sites. Prime Minister Netanyahu and other senior Israeli politicians criticizing Mayor Itamar Shimoni’s announcement on Facebook that
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By Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–The Israeli Antiquities Authority is releasing a free app for iPhones and iPads. The app, called “Dig Quest,” is meant to help kids get a feel for what archaeologists do, and experience what it is like to discover artifacts from the past. The app features two simulated dig sites –
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Once again, the Obama administration has become disturbed about Jews building homes, neglecting to pressure Palestinian leaders to stop incitement against Jews and terror attacks on Israelis. The offense: permits were approved to construct less than 100 homes in a Jewish area of Jerusalem which happens to be beyond the
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Middle East, Steve KramerArab Knesset member’s aide: we’ll slaughter 50 Jews at soccer game (JNS.org) Israeli Knesset Security Chief Yosef Griff on Wednesday revoked the entry permit to the Knesset for Khaled Bashir, an aide to Arab MK Masud Ganaim (Ra’am-Ta’al), who was overheard by a Knesset security guard as saying “we’ll slaughter 50 Jews” at next Sunday’s
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Travel and FoodBy Jeremy Ben-Ami WASHINGTON, D.C. — We are still reeling from Tuesday’s horrible terrorist attack on a Jerusalem synagogue in which five people were killed during morning prayers, leaving four widows and 24 fatherless children on a single street in the neighborhood of Har Nof. How are we in the pro-peace community to respond to
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — Yaakov beseeched Hashem (G-d) that his descendents should not be unworthy (vis. Rashi – shelo tehay psul b’zari). It was crucial to Yaakov that Torah carry on throughout the generations. When we study, practice and transmit Torah, we are bringing nachas (pride and joy) to our patriarch Yaakov.
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