COPENHAGEN, Denmark (WJC) — A poll showing 74 percent support for banning male circumcision comes as parliament prepares for a new round of political discussion on religious circumcision of boys. Nearly three fourths of Danes are in favor of banning the practice, a new poll has revealed, with just one out of ten respondents saying
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International, Jewish Religion
By Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (TNA)– Bus 143 was stoned near Pisgat Ze’ev, in Jerusalem at 7:45 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 22. The 143 bus line runs from Kochav Yaakov to the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem. There were no injuries, though the bus was damaged. Later in the afternoon, five Palestinian teenagers were arrested for throwing
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Middle EastYa’alon calls Turkey a Hamas headquarters (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) In a meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel at the Pentagon on Tuesday, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon criticized Turkey for the support it provides to Hamas. “Turkey is playing a cynical game,” Ya’alon told Hagel. “Hamas is supported by Turkey and Qatar. Hamas
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InternationalTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Climate change predictions for the Middle East, like other arid regions of the world, are alarming. In an area known for its water scarcity, rainfall is expected to decrease even further in the near future, spelling disaster for the functioning of unique ecosystems — hotspots of biodiversity and rich genetic fodder
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Middle East, The World We Share
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — The invitation from Gabriela Hartstein Auspitz Labson to a select circle of family and friends read: “You are invited to celebrate the sunrise of my second century.” The celebration, a Seudah Shlishit (third meal of Shabbat), took place Saturday, October 11, 2014, in a lovely room on the second
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Eileen Wingard, San Diego County, USA
ENCINITAS, California — There is nothing in the ethos of Rabbi Wayne Dosick that represents a compromise with compassion. His books are deeply informed with text and brimming with the kind of energy associated with divine sparks. His rabbinate is as touched by the stars as it is focused upon a single human soul that
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyReport: Obama seeks to bypass Congress, suspend Iran sanctions (JNS.org) President Barack Obama “will do everything in his power” to prevent Congress from voting on a nuclear agreement with Iran if one is reached by the Nov. 24 deadline, The New York Times reported Monday. “Even while negotiators argue over the number of centrifuges Iran
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Middle EastBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ President Obama chose Ron Klain as the country’s Ebola Czar. Carried away with his new title, Klain plans to instigate a pogrom against the epidemic. * Eric Duncan was the first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States and die from the disease. Two more Americans subsequently
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –You know the fog of battle, when the smoke, noise, and panic are so heavy as to confuse one’s views about what is happening, and which side has an advantage. Politics isn’t all that different. In this case, the fog is not so much the result of smoke as of confusing
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The German Templers were part of the ‘Christian Zionism’ movement whereby the European powers sought to establish their presence in the Holy Land after 1840. Following their charismatic leader, Christian Hoffman, these adherents of the German Lutheran church, primarily in Wurtemberg, established settlements in Jerusalem, Haifa, Galilee and
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle East
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Tarbuton has been named one of North America’s top 82 innovative Jewish organizations in the tenth annual Slingshot Guide. The Guide has become a go-to resource for volunteers, activists and donors looking for new opportunities and projects that, through their innovative nature, will ensure the Jewish community remains relevant and
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San Diego CountyLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) – San Diego’s internationally recognized San Diego Jewish Book Fair celebrates its 20th year with headliner Ari Shavit. Book Fair events will run from November 8 through November 16, and are presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS.
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Travel and FoodU.S. denies it prevented FBI from aiding search for Israeli soldier (JNS.org) A U.S. official denied a report published by Israel Hayom that the U.S. prevented the FBI from aiding Israel in the search for IDF soldier Oron Shaul, who was initially feared kidnapped during Operation Protective Edge. Shaul was later deemed to be killed
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Two chemical weapons-related stories this week should be considered separate, not necessarily interchangeable, parts of a whole. The first was that ISIS had used chemical weapons against Kurdish forces in Kobani, raising the question of where ISIS would have acquired such weapons. The second, in the New York Times, detailed
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