Green Dome: Trees to protect southern Israeli trains from rockets (JNS.org) Workers have started planting hundreds of trees along the train tracks leading from Asheklon to Sderot in southern Israel in an attempt to protect the trains and passengers on that line from rocket attacks, Israel Hayom reported. After consulting with experts, Israel Railways and […]
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Travel and FoodBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO–During the recent war with Gaza, many facets of the Israeli economy suffered. I had conflicting reports about whether concerts and theatre performances continued as scheduled and what effect the war had on the lives of some of my friends in the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. I recently emailed the person I
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Eileen Wingard, Middle East
SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, was en route to one of her appointments when she spotted this “crazy” plate. For those who don’t know Yiddish, meschugenah is how one Jewish person might describe to another person someone whose ideas or actions clearly are far beyond the bounds of reality.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
HAIFA (Press Release) — Administering synthetic marijuana (cannabinoids) soon after a traumatic event can prevent PTSD-like (post-traumatic stress disorder) symptoms in rats, caused by the trauma and by trauma reminders. This is according to a new study conducted by Nachshon Korem and Irit Akirav of the Department of Psychology at the University of Haifa, which
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TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Despite the revolutionary biotechnological advancements of the last few decades, an ideal anti-cancer treatment — one that’s immediately lethal to cancer cells, harmless to healthy cells, and resistant to cancer’s relapse — is still a dream. But a concept called “synthetic lethality” holds great promise for researchers. Two genes are
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WEST BRIDGEWATER, Massachusetts (Press Release)– Equal Exchange, Fair Trade Judaica, and T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights have announced the launch of the Jewish Fair Trade Partnership, through which Jewish institutions and individuals can purchase kosher Fair Trade coffee, tea and chocolate while supporting Jewish communal efforts to end modern-day slavery and support worker
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Jewish ReligionBy Ze’ev Ben-Yechiel JERUSALEM (TNA) — Hussam Hassan Qawasme, the Hamas mastermind behind the June kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens, has been indicted, according to a statement released Thursday, Sept. 4, by Israel’s Shin Bet security forces. The IDF military court announced the indictment nearly two months after Qawasme was arrested for his
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NEW YORK (WJC) — Cuba’s former leader Fidel Castro lashed out at Israel, the United States and Europe on Monday, saying Israel’s Mossad was behind the Islamic State movement and comparing NATO military representatives to the Nazi SS. In a column published by Cuban state medisa, the long-time Cuban leader also assailed US Senator John
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The current commotion is focused on Israel’s declaring as state land some 4,000 dunams (c 988 acres) just over the Green Line and west of Betar Ilit and Gush Etzion. The action has produced demands from the US to reverse the action, along with condemnations from the UN General
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastArab party’s former MK faces jail time over 2007 Syria visit (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Former Member of Knesset Said Nafa, who served for the Arab party Balad from 2007-13, was sentenced on Thursday by the Nazareth District Court to one year in prison after being convicted in April for visiting an enemy state and
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He teams up with State Department program honoring former Jewish U.S. Rep. Benjamin Gilman, R-New York WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The Shawn Carter Foundation (SCF), founded by Shawn “JAY Z” Carter and his mother, Gloria Carter, has increased its support for study abroad scholarships for U.S. undergraduate students with financial need through the U.S. Department
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International, San Diego County, USABy Ze’ev Ben-Yechiel JERUSALEM (TNA)–An Israeli civil rights group has filed a complaint in the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague against Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal over the July-August murders of 38 Gazan civilians. The motion by the Shurat Hadin Israel Law Center to bring Mashaal to the ICC was made possible by the
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Community leader and philanthropist Theresa Dupuis has been selected by the Jewish Federations of North America as a recipient of the 2014 Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award. The award recognizes an extraordinary woman who has set a high standard for philanthropy and volunteerism in her community. Dupuis will be recognized at the International
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San Diego CountyBy J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida –“Hamas was seriously beaten,” Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu told a group of skeptical reporters and columnists at a news conference, on the day after an open-ended ceasefire was declared. The IDF put figures on the “severe beating”. 603 Hamas soldiers, commonly called gunmen by the media and
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