By Benjamin Runkle WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the surface, nothing seemed amiss. President Barack Obama began his remarks prior to Wednesday’s bilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by reaffirming “the unbreakable bond between the United States and Israel, and our ironclad commitment to making sure that Israel is secure.” Prime Minister Netanyahu responded
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Middle East, USABy Dorian De Wind AUSTIN, Texas — It was many years ago when I first heard about a Nazi death camp named Sobibór, nestled deep in the forests of the Lublin district of southeastern Poland. Sobibór was one of three Nazi extermination camps — the other two were Belzek and Treblinka — that had received
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Dorian de Wind, Jewish HistoryPalestinian Authority ordered to compensate victims of 2001 terrorist attack (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Jerusalem District Court has ordered the Palestinian Authority (PA) to pay restitution to the families of three people killed in a terrorist shooting attack in 2001. The decision concludes a 2009 lawsuit the victims’ families brought against the PA and
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JERUSALEM (WJC)– Israel has reacted angrily at last week’s announcement by the new Swedish government to recognize a Palestinian state. Aviv Shir-On, deputy director-general for Western Europe in the Israeli Foreign Minister, met with Carl Magnus Nesser, the Swedish ambassador to Israel, on Monday. Sweden is set to become the first major European country to
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International, Middle EastBy David Amos SAN DIEGO — In my last column, I made reference to the passing of Peter Eros, the conductor of the San Diego Symphony during the 1970’s and first part of the 80’s. I attended the memorial service which was held in his home town of Seattle, and promised to let you know
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San Diego CountyBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — I was pleased to learn of the extension until October 12 of The Pianist of Willesden Lane at the Lyceum Theatre. Pianist Mona Golabek, star of the one-woman show, has been a family friend since childhood. Both she and my sister, violinist Zina Schiff, were prodigies of Los Angeles’ Young
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — Israel’s President, Reuven Rivlin made a festive visit to the northern Israeli town of Kfar Yasif near Acre, in honor of the Muslim Feast of the Sacrifice, Eid al-Adha, which coincided with Yom Kippur this year. Rivlin took part in a main event which brought together hundreds of participants, among them local
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Middle EastBEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)—BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), EMC Corporation and Jerusalem Venture Partners recently announced the CyberSpark Industry Initiative, which will serve as a coordinating body for joint cyber industry activities with government agencies, the Israel Defense Force (IDF) and academia. The initiative will promote and
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationTEL AVIV (Press Release) — The incidence of type 1 childhood diabetes has been increasing rapidly worldwide. If blood sugar levels aren’t well-controlled, juvenile diabetes can affect nearly every organ of a child’s body. And while long-term complications of the disease develop gradually, they may become disabling and even life-threatening. The exact cause of juvenile
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Jewish Federation of San Diego County will host its second FEDTalks speaker series at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 30, at Scripps Research Institute (10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive, 92121). The FEDTalks series is modeled after the wildly successful TEDTalks in which speakers are challenged to give the talk of their lives
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San Diego CalendarBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — I published a book titled The Routines of Politics in 1970. It had a bit of academic success, making the point that politicians spend much of their time doing the same old things that they learned who knows how long ago. I’ll not bother with a new edition, but I see reinforcement,
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Laurie Baron Every night I watch the news Seeing many frightful clips. What’s the danger I must choose To dodge the next apocalypse? For Israelis it’s a bomb Developed by an ayatollah West Africans cannot be calm Until they’ve stopped Ebola. In Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Rage civil wars and crisis. Al Qaeda, Assad,
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — The White House has just lowered its standards regarding civilian casualties during warfare. Yahoo News headline, reporter Michael Isikoff (Sept. 30) “White House exempts Syria airstrikes from tight standards on civilian deaths amid reports of women and children killed in U.S. air offensive, official says the ‘near certainty’
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Steve KramerWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland), the Ranking Member on the House Appropriations Committee, has sent a letter to Education Secretary Arne Duncan urging him to immediately adopt standards to prevent imbalanced higher education programs with anti-Israel attitudes from receiving federal funding. Lowey’s letter to Duncan comes in response to a statement from several education and Jewish
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