Nature’s God, The Heretical Origins of the American Republic by Matthew Stewart, Norton & Co., New York; ISBN 978-0-393-06454-4 ©2014, $28.95, p. 435, plus Notes and Index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — When I first read the title of Matthew Stewart’s newest book, Nature’s God, The Heretical Origins of the American Republic, I
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Fred Reiss, EdD, USABy Tammi Rossman-Benjamin/JNS.org Amid the current unrest in Israel and Gaza, Jews around the world have been targeted for attack. Virulently anti-Israel demonstrations and activities in cities across Europe and around the world have resulted in frightening anti-Jewish violence. Meanwhile, in the U.S. right now, school is out and students are safe. But there is little
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) and Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) introduced the Survivor Outreach and Support Campus Act (S.O.S. Campus Act), legislation that would require colleges and universities to establish an independent, on-campus advocate to support survivors of sexual assault. “Survivors of sexual assault deserve an advocate who
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Congressman Brad Sherman (D-California), the Ranking Member of the terrorism subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded the unanimous passage of H.R. 5041, the Naftali Fraenkel Rewards for Justice Act of 2014 in the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, July 30. Sherman is the chief democratic cosponsor of this
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Middle East, USABy Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Dear Money Maven: Q: I don’t want to work until plotz! What is the best way to save for retirement? A: Oy, if only everyone had the sechel to ask that question! The power of compounding can give you a greater accumulation of funds by saving regularly and early.
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Sheryl RowlingBy J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida –Many weeks ago, J.J. Goldberg published a column in the Forward which accused Bibi Netanyahu of allowing the public to pray and agitate for 18 days for the return of the kidnapped boys while he knew that the boys had been murdered. According to Goldberg, the Israeli and
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Middle EastNEW YORK (WJC) – The Prime Minister of France, Manuel Valls, is reiterating his determination to fight anti-Semitism and hate speech in the troubled republic. “You know my determination, and that of the government, to put an end to the rhetoric of hatred and to hold its propagators accountable to French justice,” Valls wrote in
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InternationalNEW YORK (Press Release)– The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is urging several Latin American countries to reconsider their decision to recall their ambassadors from Israel. “There simply is no rational reason for such a punitive action against the only truly democratic nation in the Middle East,” said AJC Executive Director David Harris. El Salvador today
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International, Middle EastBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) –For many husbands, fathers, sons and brothers currently serving in Operation Protective Edge, it’s been a long few days or even weeks stationed on the front lines or in battle. But for families back home it can feel like a lifetime- with many having gone for extended periods of time
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Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) –A disagreement about targeting the Hamas leaders broke out Tuesday night, July 29, during the Security Cabinet meeting, according to a report by Yisrael Hayom. Minister of Finance Yair Lapid demanded that the Hamas leaders, including Khaled Mashal and Ismail Haniyeh who are in Qatar, be targeted as part of
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Middle EastFive fallen IDF soldiers laid to rest (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Five Israeli soldiers who were killed by terrorists near the Gaza border on Monday were laid to rest on Tuesday, July 29. They were killed when terrorists emerged from a cross-border tunnel about 150 meters inside Israel and fired an anti-tank missile at an
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Travel and Food
-Thirteenth in a series- By Donald H. Harrison BUTTE, Montana – In this old west city where the very first mayor was Jewish, Montana’s oldest synagogue may be on the verge of dying. Meanwhile, at the city’s annual Montana Folk Festival, the klezmer music of Yiddish-speaking Eastern European Jews is periodically reincarnated. Thus summer visitors
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Lots of questions Why Hamas attacked in the first place? Why it continues to attack, especially from within the time frame of the cease fire that it requested? Why has the US sided with the most radical of the Muslim governments? Why has the Israeli government dithered about escalating beyond
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – Operation ‘Protective Edge’ is currently at a point where it is unclear if it will stop completely or if it will be broadened to other areas in Gaza. The IDF is demanding Israel’s political leadership reach a decision regarding the next steps of the ground offensive in the
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