By Aryeh Savir, Hernan Leon and David Surjanyi JERUSALEM (TNA) After a violent wave of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic protests around the world, Israel is finally receiving a show of support at various points across the globe. More than 2,000 people at Montevideo, Uruguay, came together to show support for Israel in an event that was
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International, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–On Tuesday, July 22, 2014, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) filed a 30-page amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the Court to uphold the right of American citizens born in Jerusalem to have “Israel” listed as their birthplace on their passports, certifications of nationality and registrations of birth. The brief
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Middle East, USA
By Anav Silverman KIBBUTZ EIN HASHLOSHA, Israel (TNA) – For Danny Cohen of Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha, it is hope that keeps the 50-year-old farmer living on the Gaza border. Originally from Argentina, Cohen is the head of the kibbutz’s emergency response team and is among the 60 kibbutz members who have remained on the kibbutz
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Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Here’s what I would tell the United Nations: Esteemed Delegates of the United Nations, I have come to address you today as a stand-in for Prime Minister Netanyahu, who is constrained by political correctness and the code of diplomacy from saying much of what needs to be said. You
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International, Middle East, Steve KramerIsraeli officials blast Obama’s demand of ‘unconditional’cease-fire (JNS.org) Israeli officials expressed outrages on Monday after U.S. President Barack Obama urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to announce an “immediate, unconditional humanitarian cease-fire” in Gaza. In a statement about a phone call between the two leaders, the White House said Obama “underscored the enduring importance of ensuring
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International, Middle East, USABy 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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Middle East
-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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Donald H. Harrison, USA
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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Natasha Josefowitz
-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, USA