Torah, Chazal, and Science By Rabbi Moshe Meiselman, Israel Bookshop, Lakewood, NJ ISBN 978-1-60091-243-6 ©2013, $36.95, p. 887, including appendices, bibliographical notes, and index Reviewed by Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California –What does it mean to know something? If you didn’t give an immediate answer, then how do you know that you know if you […]
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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionBy Ben Cohen/JNS.org Here’s the setting: a Middle Eastern state filled with skyscrapers and luxury hotels, and blessed with a booming business environment and the close friendship of the United States. Here’s the problem: a substantial segment of its population lives with the constant threat of deportation hanging over it. Its members cannot obtain birth
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Middle East
By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week WASHINGTON, D.C. –An analysis of recent letters sent by members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to President Barack Obama pledging support for the administration’s ongoing negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program reveal subtle, but crucial differences in tone. Though the idea of a letter on Iran occupied
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Middle East, USABy Morton A. Klein NEW YORK –Mahmoud Abbas has provided further proof, if any were needed, that he and the PA he heads have no interest in a genuine peace with Israel, but is only working towards Israel’s destruction. It is perfectly clear that Abbas is simply another Arab terrorist whose goal is Israel’s destruction.
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Middle EastBy Alex Traiman/JNS.org A recent border incident in which Israeli troops shot a Jordanian judge has highlighted the dualities of the Jewish state’s stable-yet-tenuous relations with its eastern neighbor. Judge Raed Za’eiter was shot dead on March 10 at the Allenby Bridge crossing, also known as the King Hussein Bridge, while allegedly trying to
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on Thursday, March 27, issued a statement marking the death of former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger, 85, who was raised in a Jewish family, but later became a Lutheran. The statement read as follows: “Today the entire Department of Defense mourns the passing of the 12th Secretary
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USANEW YORK (Press Release) – The heads of Jewish and Christian organizations and denominations met in an unprecedented summit in New York City on Thursday, March 26, to discuss strategies to strengthen and maintain relationships even in the face of significant disagreements. The gathering to discuss relationships and how we treat each other was the first to
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA
Baked Gefilte Fish Recipe courtesy of Chef Todd Gray & Ellen Kassoff Gray from their cookbook, “The New Jewish Table” (St. Martin’s Press) Makes 12 fish patties (6 servings) 1 1/2 pounds rockfish fillet 1/2 pound pike fillet 1/2 pound flounder fillet 8 cups fish stock 3/4 cup matzo meal 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
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Travel and Food
BOULDER, Colorado (Press Release) – Camp Inc., a newly-launched entrepreneurship camp for Jewish seventh to 12th graders, is giving young, budding business owners the opportunity to trade their bright ideas for free tuition this summer. The camp, which runs from June 22 – Aug. 6, 2014, is offering a free session to the three best product
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NEW YORK (Press Release)–Israel Tennis Centers coach and global ambassador Ronen Moralli just returned from an unprecedented trip to South Africa in which he helped train local coaches and underprivileged youth at the Arthur Ashe Tennis complex in Soweto. As reported in a recent edition of South African Jewish Report, the program is the
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International, Sports & Competitions
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — An Israeli mom from Jerusalem who developed a special harness to help her child walk on his feet, has launched her invention in the international market. Debby Elnatan, whose son Rotem suffers from cerebral palsy and is wheelchair bound, invented a device known as the Firefly Upsee, to help
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Science, Medicine, & Education
ROSEMONT, Pennsylvania (Press Release) — Duchesnay USA has received Kosher and Halal certifications for Diclegis® (doxylamine succinate 10mg and pyridoxine hydrochloride -vitamin B6– 10mg) delayed-release tablets, the only FDA-approved prescription treatment for nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP), more commonly known as morning sickness. Diclegis also received Kosher for Passover certification and confirmed as gluten, lactose and tartrazine
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HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–For the first time in academia, the University of Haifa has launched an academic course to combat the delegitimization of Israel on the Internet. The ‘Ambassadors Online’ Program, offered by the University’s Department of Multi-Disciplinary Studies as a four credit course, prepares students to be unofficial “ambassadors” for Israel on the
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — Humble, open and with an air of mischief, Lionel Goldstein sits outside the North Coast Rep Theater allowing me to interview him about the upcoming show. Mandate Memories will preview on April 9th and 10th and run through May 4th. A few seasons back, North Coast Rep was
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