By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — For some time on Saturday, July 26, and Sunday, July 27, it was not clear if there was a cease fire. A cease fire for humanitarian purposes (i.e., getting the bodies out of destroyed buildings) held, but then when Israel agreed to an extension Hamas did not. Several rockets and
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — When we children were living there some fifty years ago, it was still morning in Israel. There was no West Bank, no Gaza (they were occupied by Jordan and Egypt, respectively) and our elders, teachers, milkmen, booksellers, and postal workers were very often the still-tattooed survivors of Treblinka,
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-Twelfth in a Series- By Donald H. Harrison BLACKFOOT, Idaho –About the time that movie star Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism in association with her marriage to playwright Arthur Miller, potato farmers and marketers in Idaho were talking about how beautiful a woman she was. “She’s the kind of woman who would look good in
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Campaign Hits $210,000; $93,000 Must Be Raised Southwestern Jewish Press, May 30, 1958, Page 1 “The 1958 United Jewish Campaign Fund will be extended until every Jewish family has met its obligation by making a contribution,” it was announced this week by Chairman Harry Wax. With slightly over $210,000 already raised from over 1,250 contributors,
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JERUSALEM (TNA) – An Arab terrorist driving a car bomb was caught Sunday morning, July 27, at an IDF checkpoint near Beitar, about 6 miles south of Jerusalem. An initial investigation indicates that a massive terror attack was thwarted this morning. An Arab driver approached the checkpoint at a suspicious pace, thus alerting the soldiers
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Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – Hamas had been preparing a murderous massive assault on Israeli civilian targets during the upcoming Jewish New Year holiday, Rosh Hashanah – this according to anonymous sources in the Israeli security services cited by the Israeli daily Maariv. Hamas had been planning a surprise attack where 200 fighters would have
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Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA)– Despite rockets and mortars fired at several civilian targets Saturday night, which have severely wounded one civilian, the Security Cabinet voted to extend the humanitarian cease fire for another 24 hours on the UN’s behest, ending Sunday night at 9 PM. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, Finance
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Middle EastBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Kill the messenger! In the old days, the bearer of bad news had his head chopped off. It isn’t much better today. We have a tendency to get upset with whoever brings us news we don’t want to hear. We vent our anger or frustration on that
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-Eleventh in a Series- By Donald H. Harrison SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — As one drives north on the Interstate 15 towards Salt Lake City, a Jew might get the impression of being surrounded by a familiar heritage, and also by one that is altogether new. In Utah, one passes through the northwest corner of
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– What’s next? More of the same? Or some kind of cease fire that holds? We may be winding down. Hamas and its allies are firing fewer missiles. They may be pacing themselves toward the end of their supply. While there have been a few suicide bombers directed against Israeli soldiers, there
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON — Jews have been accused of harming and murdering non-Jews since the twelfth century in England, when Jewish convert to Catholicism, Theobald of Cambridge, mendaciously announced that European Jews ritually slaughtered Christian children each year and drank their blood during Passover season. That medieval blood libel, largely abandoned in
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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)—Low-wage workers and faith leaders met with Mayor Kevin Faulconer on Friday, July 25, to share stories of life on the city’s economic margins and call for his support for the soon-to-be-passed earned sick days and minimum wage ordinance. At the close of the conversation the Mayor stated that he still intended
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San Diego CountyNEW YORK (Press Release)– The Jewish Council for Public Affairs expressed grave alarm at reports that Hamas had planned a massive attack via tunnels burrowed deep into Israeli territory, and expressed support for Israeli efforts to destroy the network of tunnels. “The news that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed to his cabinet yesterday (Thursday, July
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) released the following statement on Friday, July 25, regarding Israel’s Iron Dome defense system: “The RJC welcomes Senator Mitch McConnell’s efforts to make the Senate’s proposed $225 million supplemental funding for Israel’s Iron Dome program a stand-alone bill. “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has bundled the Iron
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