By 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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WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)— American Jewish World Service (AJWS), which provides direct financial support to grassroots organizations in Haiti, applauds Congress for passing the Assessing Progress in Haiti Act, which will ensure transparency in how U.S. funds are allocated to assist ongoing efforts to recover from the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. AJWS is the leading
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International, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Jewish Family Service’s Ways to Work program announced that it has issued its 100th loan since the program began in San Diego in 2012. Ways to Work provides low-interest car loans and education to credit-challenged, working families. The program allows for families to have a better quality of life and
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San Diego CountyBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─In a vote that split along party lines, the House Committee on Rules approved pursuing John Boehner’s lawsuit against President Obama. Coincidentally, President Obama introduced legislation to ban frivolous lawsuits. * Fiscal hawks are losing their plumage. Rick Perry dispatched 1,000 members of the Texas National Guard to deter unaccompanied
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By Dalia Burgana KIRYAT MALACHI, Israel — For the past two weeks, the lives of residents of Kiryat Malachi have been disrupted by many air raid sirens (referred to as “tzeva adom” or “red color) and echoes of rockets exploding in the area. A large part of the old, four-story apartment buildings in town are
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (WJC) — The chairman of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians, US Congressman Eliot L. Engel, has called on European nations to provide security measures for their respective Jewish communities. His call came in the wake of increased anti-Semitic violence around Europe, which has in part been sparked by the current conflict between
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NEW YORK (WJC) — The head of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) on Thursday said that appointment of Hungarian far-right publicist Péter Szentmihályi Szabó as Hungary’s ambassador to Italy was “clearly an affront to Jews”. WJC President Ronald Lauder urged Italy to refuse the accreditation of Szentmihályi Szabó, who has penned anti-Semitic texts in the
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InternationalIsrael ranks ‘very high’ on U.N. human development index (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel ranks 19th in the world in the United Nations’ Human Development Index for 2014, according to the U.N.’s 2014 Human Development Report, released Thursday. Israel is among 49 nations the report ranks as having “very high human development.” The report, titled
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