NEW YORK (Press Release)–The shooter arrested in the killing of three individuals outside the Jewish institutions in Overland Park, Kansas is a white supremacist with a long history of promoting anti-Semitism and racism, according to a backgrounder released by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The suspect, identified by police as Frazier Cross, but who is also […]
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USAJewish groups react to Kansas City area shootings (JNS.org) Leading American Jewish groups reacted swiftly with an outpouring of support for the Kansas City Jewish community following Sunday afternoon’s shootings. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called the shootings “heinous and unspeakable acts of violence.” “We at the Jewish Federations stand in solidarity with the Jewish community in
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Travel and Food
TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Have you just fallen in love? Found the perfect job? Bought a shiny new car? You might attribute these judgments and decisions to a host of considered reasons and instincts, but you might also take a closer look at the beverage you drank, the chair you sat on, and shirt you
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday (April 13) in a Kansas City suburb, in a horrible hate crime, a man yelled “Heil Hitler” after murdering three innocent people because he saw them as “the other.” My prayers are with the victims and their families. Hitler didn’t “just” kill Jews — he was a mass murderer
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USA
TEL AVIV (eTN) — The Israeli airline Arkia will offer flights linking Tel Aviv with Lleida-Alguaire, near the Catalan Pyrenees in Spain. A total of 20 flights will be offered during the summer and 20 more during the winter between Tel Aviv and the Lleida-Alguaire Airport, the airline announced The new connection will start on
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International, Middle East, Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Two issues are at the roiling stage, and threatening the capacity of Barack Obama to run the world by means of his political wisdom and the aides he sends forth to do his work. Ukraine and Israel-Palestine are much different in the nature and what they threaten. Israel and Palestine are on
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO– Everyone made such a big deal about Thanksgiving and Hanukkah falling on the same day. Why is it that nobody notices that the first day of Passover falls on April 15th? No one has come up with a cool label like Thanksgivikah. This year, I think we should call April
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Sheryl Rowling
JERUSALEM (Press Release)– Mira Haberfeld, 26, originally from Sacramento, California, immigrated to israel in 2012 and is now living in Jerusalem. Josh Carr, 26, who made Aliyah from Johannesburg, South Africa three years ago, is a Lone Soldier who served as a combatant in the Kfir Brigade and currently serves as a commander of the Krav Maga
For Josh and Mira, it’s this year in Jerusalem! Read More »
Middle East
-Compiled from news reports- OVERLAND PARK, Kansas – A gunman opened fire in the parking lot of the Jewish Community Center in this Kansas City suburb, killing a man and his teenage grandson as they sat in their car on Sunday afternoon, April 12. A short while later, in the parking lot of Village
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USA
By Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Testifying before Congress on April 9, Secretary of State John Kerry revealed the real reason for the absence of peace between Israel and the Palestinians. It turns out that it’s not the refusal of the Palestinian leadership to recognize Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish
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Middle EastBy Jeremy Ben-Ami WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the past two weeks, those of us who believe deeply in Israeli-Palestinian peace have experienced a maelstrom of emotions as the current negotiations launched last summer by Secretary of State John Kerry teetered on the brink of collapse. So a break from the tension conveniently provided by
Pesach, Easter stories contain lessons for M.E. peace Read More »
Middle EastBy David Brin ENCINITAS, California — Veteran U.S. diplomat and Middle East expert Dennis Ross made some interesting points about President Obama’s trip to Saudi Arabia in an L.A. Times editorial: “Next Test for Obama: Soothing the Saudis.” He referred to the Saudis’ biggest concern, the rise of militant Shiite Islam and an axis of
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Middle East
By Maayan Jaffe/JNS.org TEL AVIV — “This is how I want to be—without fear. Independent. I want to be like a bird. I want to spread my wings.” So reads part of the description beneath one of the 30 paintings on display until the end of May at the ZOA House in Tel Aviv. The
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