By Binyamin Kagedan/JNS.org Religion and language interact in curious ways. Language, as the modern theorists have understood it, is in essence a culturally bounded system by which we decide and establish that one thing is not another thing. Language creates mental categories of difference that we typically take for granted; for example, that a chair […]
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Jewish Religion
By Robert Gluck/JNS.org The history of the knish represents more than just the lineage of a fried, dumpling-like food. It demonstrates the often-central role of food in communities and cultural legacies. Laura Silver knows that all too well. She has consumed knishes on three different continents, and her exhaustive research on the iconic potato treat
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Travel and Food
By Sean Savage/JNS.org Since the 2011 revolution that ousted longtime Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the Arab world’s most populous country has faced an uncertain future. Briefly ruled by the long-repressed Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt was retaken by its dominant military in response to widespread dissatisfaction with the rule of president Mohamed Morsi, a Brotherhood member.
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Middle East
By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week WASHINGTON, D.C. (JNS) — Members of Reform and Conservative synagogues have signed on to recent full-page advertisements in Jewish newspapers around the country, blasting their denomination’s leaders for supporting the (eventually failed) bid of the self-labeled “pro-Israel, pro-peace” lobby J Street to join the Conference of Presidents of Major American
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Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (SDJW) — Defense Attorney Dan Greene is defending the former administrator of the Army Navy Academy in Carlsbad against charges of child molestation. In the case which has attracted considerable publicity, Greene pleads for the public to withhold judgment about the charges against Jeffrey Barton “I’m telling you they are not true,” Greene
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San Diego County
By Donald H. Harrison DEL MAR, California – As Fred Schenk, president of the San Diego County Fair board, tells the story, he was driving in November 2012 to his law offices in San Diego, when the Beatles song “Here Comes the Sun” came on the radio, and he started singing along. The thought struck
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Donald H. HarrisonSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–On Sunday, June 8, 6-8pm, at the House of Israel in Balboa Park, there will be a complimentary open house with light refreshments to display the results of its “Call for Art.” This is a “Call” for artists from around the world to submit work reflecting the artists’ impression of Israel. Via
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congressman Eliot Engel’s amendment requiring the mandatory use of alternative fuel vehicles in the federal fleet was adopted into the FY2015 the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. The Congressman is a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The amendment codifies the
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) released the following statement applauding passage of the FY 2015 Commerce, Justice, & Science Appropriations Bill: “With the passage of the FY2015 Commerce, Justice, & Science Appropriations bill this morning (May 30), the House is continuing its work to ensure that tax dollars are
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – In the wake of the tragic shootings in Isla Vista near the University of California, Santa Barbara last week, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) on Friday, May 30, announced that she will be introducing legislation soon to help provide families and close associates of a potentially dangerous person with new
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USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―Eric Shinseki tendered his resignation after weeks of revelations about lengthy waits for appointments at VA hospitals for returning veterans, some of whom died before they could be seen. The problem was discovered when insurance actuarial tables revealed that the mortality rate for injured soldiers in Afghanistan was lower than for
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — In response to the House of Representatives’ passage of the Thompson-King Amendment to provide $19.5 million to improve background check records related to gun purchases, Rachel Laser, Deputy Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, issued the following statement: “The scars of gun violence are present in too
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USA
NORTH BETHESDA, Maryland (Press Release)– Former Israeli Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister, IDF Lt. Gen. (Res.) Shaul Mofaz, told the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Washington D.C. Chapter on Thursday, May 29, that Islamic extremists are not only waging war on Arab leaders but preparing to launch new terror campaigns against
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International, Middle East
WASHINGTON, D.C.(Press Release) – Congressman Alan Grayson (D-Florida) introduced legislation on Thursday, May 29, to protect reporters and journalists from being compelled to reveal confidential sources. Grayson’s measure was added to H.R. 4660, the ‘Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act’, and prohibits the Department of Justice from using funds to force journalists to
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