White House: Meetings in Israel ‘candid, intense’

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The White House issued the following statement on Thursday, May 8:  “Following productive bilateral meetings with Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Peres and National Security Advisor Yossi Cohen on May 7, National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice and the U.S. delegation participated in the U.S.-Israel Consultative Group meetings in Jerusalem on

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Middle East, USA

San Diego poets provide a variety of sentiment

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California –This season’s final evening of Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices, May 6th, in the Astor Judaica Library, JCC,  featured three outstanding poets from the San Diego County Jewish Community. Lee Ben-Yehuda read from her book, The Dreaming (2013). A former elementary teacher, she is a licensed Marriage, Family and Child Counselor and

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Travel and Food

Hamas threats against Israel should be taken seriously

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sometimes it is braggadocio. Sometimes it is the last rhetorical shot before making a political change previously thought impossible.  But sometimes, just sometimes, it is truth as the teller sees it. Hamas released a video for Israel’s 66th anniversary, entitled “No Hope,” (a play on Israel’s national anthem, Hatikva,

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

Obama on the Shoah: Silence is evil’s co- conspirator

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)–Following is the text of the speech given by President Barack Obama on Wednesday evening, May 7, to a USC Shoah Foundation dinner at the Century Plaza Hotel: THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you so much.  (Applause.)  Thank you. Thank you so much.  Please, please, everybody have a seat. Well, thank you, Steven {Spielberg}, for

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Jewish History, USA

Israel to UN: Prevent terrorists from getting WMD’s

  By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, addressed the Security Council in New York on Wednesday, May 7, during a special debate on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The debate took place one decade after the UN Security Council passed resolution 1540 to enforce measures against

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International, Middle East

Netanyahu names winners for initiatives, innovation

JERUSALEM  (Press Release)– Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu will on 19 May 2014 at  Tel Aviv University award the Prime Minister’s Prize for Initiatives and Innovation for the fourth time. The Prize was founded by the Prime Minister to award to initiatives and innovation that make a special contribution to society and are of far-reaching socio-economic

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Peres to Rice: World should pressure Hamas

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — President Shimon Peres held a diplomatic working meeting on Wednesday, May,  with US National Security Advisor Susan Rice at the President’s Residence. They discussed the major issues on the agenda today including the diplomatic situation between Israel and the Palestinians, the Iranian negotiations and the strategic relations between Israel and the

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Middle East, USA

First women kashrut inspectors certified in Israel

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Nine women have completed the Israeli Chief Rabbinate’s exams to become kashrut inspectors, the newspaper ‘Haaretz‘ reports. The country’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau approved the move over the objections of some council members. Emunah, the Orthodox women’s movement, battled to end the ban on women, and called the move “an achievement of historic significance.” The rabbinate said

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

JNS news briefs: May 8, 2014

  Obama receives humanity award from Spielberg’s Holocaust history foundation (JNS.org) Famed filmmaker Steven Spielberg’s Holocaust history foundation, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, on Wednesday presented President Barack Obama with the Ambassador for Humanity Award at a gala event in Los Angeles. Obama, citing the Syrian civil war and kidnappings

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