By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM–For a group of 34 Hong Kong businessmen, investors and entrepreneurs, a visit to Israel last week (May 18-22) proved to be an eye-opening experience. The group was on a mission led by Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK), a department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government that seeks foreign direct investment […]
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International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — With the Pope’s visit still echoing, it’s appropriate to reflect on religion, and its role in politics. Alongside the Pope in Bethlehem, Mahmoud Abbas proclaimed that all the problems are Israel’s fault, and that Palestinians are the true protectors of Christians hereabouts. He may have been hard pressed to assemble
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JERUSALEM (TNA)– After a visit at the Dome of the Rock and after descending from the Temple Mount Pope Francis visited the Western Wall (Kotel) on Monday (May 26), where he prayed and placed a note among the Kotel’s stones. Before approaching the Holy site the Pope received a briefing on the history of the
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Editor’s Note: The Vatican Information Service (VIS) has been providing step-by-step coverage of Pope Francis’s visit to Israel on Sunday, May 25, and Monday, May 26. Following is Part 2 of the VIS coverage: Meeting With Grand Mufti Meeting on Monday morning with the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Muhammed Hussein, Pope Francis pointed to the
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Middle East, Travel and Food
BRUSSELS (WJC) – “The surge of far-right and anti-Semitic parties in a number of countries is a shock and a reason for great worry. European leaders must address this problem urgently and come up with a strategy to fight extremism. The future of European Jewry is a stake if these forces are not reined in.
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InternationalPope Francis visits Western Wall, Yad Vashem on final day of Mideast trip (JNS.org) On Monday, the final day of his Mideast trip, Pope Francis visited the Western Wall and the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum, among other major sites in Jerusalem. At the Western Wall, the pope prayed by the remains of the Second Temple
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — AJC welcomed today’s presidential vote in Ukraine as a decisive victory for Petro Poroshenko and for the resilience of Ukrainian democracy. “Mr. Poroshenko won an impressive mandate, with no need for a run-off,” said AJC Executive Director David Harris. “And the Ukrainian people showed their determination to ensure that the country’s
Editor’s Note: The Vatican Information Service has been providing step-by-step coverage of Pope Francis’s visit to Israel. We are reprinting the dispatches in the interest of history. TEL AVIV (VIS) — Pope Francis on Sunday strongly condemned the shooting attack at a Jewish Museum in Brussels in his arrival address at Tel Aviv airport. Saturday’s
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Middle East, Travel and FoodEditor’s Note: The Vatican Information Service provides running coverage of the Pope’s visit to the Holy Land. In the interest of historians, we have strung together the dispatches from the Palestine Authority, and will do likewise, for the dispatches from Israel proper. BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Authority (VIS) — At 7.30 Sunday morning, May 25, the Pope
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The Eight Day Test Southwestern Jewish Press, April 4, 1958, Page 11 By Rose Lee Rothblatt Call it Pesach or call it Passover, But know that nothing could be greater; Than for all Jews to earnestly observe The first and second seders. Sponge cake instead of apple pie, Wine instead of beer; Nuts instead of
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Adventures in SD History
Living Beyond Terrorism: Israeli Stories of Hope and Healing by Dr. Zieva Konvisser, Gefen Publishing House (April 2014), 356 pages. By Ruthan Brodsky/JNS.org For Dr. Zieva Konvisser of Orchard Lake, Mich., an interest in Israeli survivors of terrorism began years ago when she heard the stories of the few members of her family from Vilna,
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationJERUSALEM (Press Release)–President Shimon Peres, on Sunday morning, May 25, spoke with Maurice Sosnowski, President of the Coordinating Committee of Belgian Jewish Organizations, and expressed his condolences to the community: “We are with you in this difficult time. We share your sense of shock and profound sadness. If there is anything that we can do,
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