By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — I was thrilled to read the Yom Limmud roster of speakers and see that the distinguished music professor of the Hebrew University, Edwin Seroussi, was going to give two lectures during the day of learning, Sunday, August 24 at the Lawrence Family JCC. Since hearing about his series […]
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Travel and Food
TEL AVIV (Press Release) — In 1934, American archaeologist Nelson Glueck named one of the largest known copper production sites of the Levant “Slaves’ Hill.” This hilltop station, located deep in Israel’s Arava Valley, seemed to bear all the marks of an Iron Age slave camp — fiery furnaces, harsh desert conditions, and a massive
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ze’ev Ben-Yechiel JERUSALEM (TNA)–Israeli security forces announced on Thursday, August 28, the arrests of 27 Israeli Arabs suspected of drug dealing for Hizbollah. The arrests, carried out by the General Security Service (GSS) and the Israel Police, followed weeks of widespread investigation into smuggling activities conducted between Israeli and Lebanese dealers that involved
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Travel and FoodBy Ze’ev Ben-Yechiel JERUSALEM (TNA) — The United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) has come under increasing fire in recent weeks for aiding Hamas in the terror group’s war against Israel, with one advocacy group lodging a formal complaint against the organization. As evidence seems to continue to emerge of the use of the agency’s
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Middle East
LONDON (WJC) — Muslim and Jewish leaders in the UK on Thursday issued a joint statement calling for interfaith cooperation and condemnation of civilian deaths in Gaza, saying they should not “import conflict,” but rather “export peace.” The Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) condemned civilian deaths and
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International, Middle EastReport: Netanyahu, Abbas met secretly in Jordan before cease-fire (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Jordanian newspaper Al Ghad reported Thursday that several days before the cease-fire agreement struck between Israel and Hamas on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas secretly met in the Jordanian capital of Amman. According to the
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Travel and FoodBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—I don’t know if it is more environmentally sensitive to go to a movie house or to watch the same film at home on a DVD. I suppose it would depend on the driving distance required for each option divided by the number of people in your party intending to
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish ReligionBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — This year it begins on Wednesday evening, September 25th. Our chance, once again, to reset the “character clock” and start renewed, fresh, and cleansed. With the beginning of the “High Holidays,” Jews throughout the world are offered the opportunity again to join in the oldest, most
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell
MADRID, Spain (WJC)–The Spanish clothing retailer Zara has stopped the sale of its ‘sheriff’ children’s T-shirt which bore resemblance to the clothes Jewish concentration camp inmates were forced to wear in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. The Zara version sported horizontal rather than vertical stripes. However, the shirt bore a large six-pointed yellow
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International
TEL AVIV (Press Release)— Some 30 percent of all positive hospital blood culture samples are discarded every day because they’re “contaminated” — they reflect the presence of skin germs instead of specific disease-causing bacteria. Rather than toss these compromised samples into the trash, clinicians may be able to use the resistance profiles of skin bacteria
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Jewish Historical Society of San Diego has issued a reminder about a 20-part series to be shown in September on Turner Classic Movies cable station about Jewish life. “The Projected Image: The Jewish Experience on Film,” will be cablecast on five Tuesday nights in September, beginning on Sept. 2.
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)– Americans for Peace Now (APN) issued the following statement on Wednesday, August 27: “APN welcomes the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that was implemented yesterday (Tuesday, April 26). We hope fervently that this ceasefire holds, sparing both Israelis and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip further terror and bloodshed. We know, however,
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Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel –On August 19 Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu said, “In the stormy Middle East, one needs a combination of strength and patience. The IDF has considerable strength and the Eternal People has proven that it does not fear a long road. It could yet take time and one must be
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Middle East, Steve KramerBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Hamas lost this war, despite its claims of victory. Israel did not win, but there has been no clear winner of any war since 1945. Hamas suffered more than 2,100 deaths, 11,000 injuries and a shortage of medical facilities, as well as massive destruction. The cease fire provided nothing more than
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East