Syrian mortar explodes in Israeli territory (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A mortar shell fired from Syria exploded in Israeli territory on Monday morning, causing no injuries or damage, as fierce fighting continued between the Syrian military and rebels on the Syrian side of the border near the Quneitra border crossing. The Syrian military is reportedly
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Travel and Food
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) –On Monday, September 1, schools across Israel opened the school year, as 2,105,394 children took their places in the classrooms a week after a 50-day war with Hamas ended in a ceasefire agreement on August 26. In southern Israel, where cities and communities were most affected by Hamas rocket fire
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Americans for Peace Now (APN) joins its Israeli sister organization, Shalom Achshav (Peace Now), in strongly condemning the Israeli government’s decision to take over a large swath of West Bank land to expand Gva’ot, a settlement-in-the-making west of Bethlehem, as well as neighboring settlements. The Obama administration reportedly called on
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Middle East, USAIf you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle—Sun Tzu, The Art of War By
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USA
Running From Giants: The Holocaust Through the Eyes of a Child by Margareta Ackerman, Ph.D. Illustrations by Vivien Mildenberger. © 2013, ISBN: 9781492330967, 81 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—This book retells the stories of author Ackerman’s grandfather Srulik, who against all odds survived the Holocaust as a child after running away in
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish HistoryBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We’ve known for a long time that politics combines theater with serious business. How much of each can vary from place to place and within each place by circumstances. Israeli pundits are having fun with recordings of Netanyahu’s hyperbolic promises and subsequent behavior. The Prime Minister has lost ground with
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel –One of my readers asked for help in answering friends who have been “awakened” to anti-Zionism by Antony Lerman, who recently wrote, “The End of Liberal Zionism” (8/22/14) in The NY Times Sunday Review. Lerman writes on the subjects of anti-Semitism, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, multiculturalism, and the place of
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USA
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — Sgt. Shahar Shalev, aged 20, a fighter in the elite Paratrooper Recon Unit, died Sunday morning, August 31, of wounds he incurred during Operation ‘Protective Edge’. Shahar is the 72nd Israeli casualty of the operation and the 66th soldier to fall. Shalev was operating with his unit in Khan Yunis when it
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Middle EastBy Ze’ev Ben-Yechiel JERUSALEM (TNA)–An Israel Air Force Patriot missile shot down an unmanned drone Sunday afternoon August 31, that entered Israeli airspace near the Syrian border town of Kuneitra. As the Syrian civil war continues to spill over in the north, the IDF warns that it will not tolerate violations of the sovereignty of the
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Middle EastBy Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO– Through the centuries Jews in Europe were treated as if they were foreigners, interlopers, intruders and aliens; unwanted, unneeded and uninvited. But, overwhelmingly they originally came at the invitation of the local prince because of their skills and connections in commerce and crafts. However, as they succeeded and as the
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InternationalBy Rabbi Ben Kamin MONROVIA, California — It was a quiet, routine morning at the buffet breakfast at an agreeable family hotel in this Los Angeles suburb. People politely waited in turn for their jolt of coffee drawn from large standing thermoses; some were still half-asleep but all generally content with this modern American ritual
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USA
SACRAMENTO (Press Release)– Assemblyman Brian Jones (Republican-Santee) led the effort on Friday, Aug. 30, to secure passage of a resolution urging President Obama to expedite visa processing for Iraq’s minority groups and to lift the refugee quota cap for Iraqi-Christians during a time of religious persecution. Authored by Senator Joel Anderson, SJR 17 passed with
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Middle East, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—I know you are supposed to be intently listening during a performance of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, but a Summer Pops presentation on Thursday evening, Aug. 28, got me to thinking about how, for better or for worse, the minds of children can be imprinted forever. When
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Donald H. Harrison
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– On the Go: Transportation Solutions for Older Adults, a program of Jewish Family Service of San Diego, delivered its 200,000th ride Thursday, August 28, to more than 50 older adults who were going on an organized excursion to enjoy front-row seats at the Festival of Sail’s Tall Ship Parade. Founded in
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San Diego County