SAN DIEGO — The U-T’s “Night and Day” section posed to restaurateur Charles Kaufman of Bread & Cie Café the question of what restaurant, other than his own of course, is his favorite. He picked Counterpoint at 830 25th St., complimenting its food and ambience, but most of all its staff, whom he described as […]
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San Diego County
By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the possible GOP presidential contender who raised the hackles of many a pro-Israel Republican with an off-the-cuff remark in March about the “occupied territories” of the West Bank, will get another chance to appeal to high-profile Jewish donors this Sunday.
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Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release) –“Price tag” attacks — violence by radical settlers imposing a “cost” on divergence from their political agenda – have reached epidemic levels inside Israel, with nearly daily incidents over the last few months. In particular, attacks on Arab property and mosques inside Israel are on the upswing. In response, the NIF-convened Tag
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Middle East
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – Wall paintings recounting the Crusader history of Jerusalem were recently exposed by chance when the sisters of Saint-Louis Hospital, near the Old City of Jerusalem, were organizing the storerooms. In addition, a burst water pipe in the building revealed drawings that were concealed beneath modern plaster and paint. The
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Middle East
JERUSALEM (Press Release) – The 2014 Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Prizes were awarded Thursday, May 15 at an official ceremony in the Knesset, hosted by the Speaker of the Knesset MK Yuli (Yoel) Edelstein. Nefesh B’Nefesh works in partnership with the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption, The Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael and JNF
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Middle East, USA
DELMAR, New York (Press Release)–The Bronfman Fellowships has selected its 28th cohort of high school students, among them a varsity hockey player who founded a popular prayer service at her school; a saxophonist, clarinetist and composer who has performed at Lincoln Center; an avid participant in Revolutionary War reenactments; and a budding scientist who works
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — It’s not every day I get mail from a rabbi, but every once in a while it happens and I love it. It just so happens today I got mail from both a rabbi in Britain and a psychiatrist in Milwaukee whose son is a rabbi. I think
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The World We ShareWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird told the AJC Global Forum that his nation favors a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,“ but “there can be no constructive discussion with anyone wedded to Israel’s destruction. There can be no bargaining over Israel’s existence.” Addressing the Global Forum closing plenary session, Baird
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East
By Anav Silverman MA’ALE REHAVAM, Israel — Moriya Kaniel and her three children were among three Israeli families who were ordered to evacuate their homes in Ma’ale Rehavam because of a court-ordered home demolition operation carried out by Israeli security forces on Wednesday, May 15. Eight buildings including the homes of three Israeli families were
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Middle EastBy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON — By this week, the Rialto Unified School District school board outside of Los Angeles was in full damage control, fending off universal opprobrium over a third-quarter English Language Arts argumentative writing/research project given to 2,000 eighth-graders. The breathtakingly ill-conceived assignment asked students to “read and discuss multiple,
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Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USASACRAMENTO, California (Press Release) – Shocked at UCLA’s recent refusal to protect Jewish students, AMCHA Initiative represented seven organizations at Thursday’s Board of Regents meeting, demanding the Regents, President Janet Napolitano and UCLA Chancellor Gene Block intervene against0000000000000000 the bullying and intimidation tactics of UCLA’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). A letter from AMCHA Initiative, the
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – Lawyers have sent a letter to Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary General, requesting that the UN review and reconsider any acceptance by the UN of the Palestinian requests for accession to international conventions, pending fulfillment of the legal and moral requirements set out in international law and practice. On
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International, Middle East
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJC) — An agreement has been reached between the US and Iraqi governments under which the Iraqi Jewish Archive (IJA)will remain in the United States for an unspecified period. The archive contains around 2,700 restored Jewish books and thousands of documents. The US spent more than US$ 3 million to restore the texts.
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Jewish History, Middle East, USAIsrael seeking recognition of Yom Kippur as U.N. holiday (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel has launched a campaign to have Yom Kippur recognized as an official holiday on the United Nations calendar. The U.N. officially recognizes 10 holidays, including Christmas and Eid al-Fitr. Absent from the official holidays is a Jewish one. A holiday at
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