By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – a poll conducted for the Knesset TV channel reveals that the majority of Israelis oppose territorial concessions as part of a peace agreement with the Palestinian Authority. 61% of the Israeli public believes that Israel should not relinquish land in Judea and Samaria in exchange for a peace agreement; 39% […]
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Middle East
PARSIPPANY, New Jersey (Press Release)– Limmud FSU (former Soviet Union) and the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (the Fellowship) have announced a new global and long-term partnership designed to enhance and develop the activities of Limmud FSU and expand the organization worldwide. As part of the collaboration, the Fellowship will be a key partner in the
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Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-A report commissioned by Chris Christie and authored by lawyers he appointed has found that the New Jersey governor had no advance knowledge about the closing of the Fort Lee lanes on the George Washington Bridge. The lawyers belong to the prestigious legal firm Simian, Simian, and Simian. * Pope Francis
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — The immediate irony about the current spate of Bible-themed motion pictures is the apparent endorsement of many fundamentalist groups. The very folks who insist that the Bible was written by God are happy to let Hollywood spread fantastical, computer-enhanced, high definition recreations. These movies are essentially about two
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Jewish ReligionBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–It’s hard to know whether to smirk, guffaw, dismiss as not surprising and more of the same, or bemoan the dimming of American civilization due to a recent article in the New York Times about legislation in Georgia and other states in behalf of guns. The article describes a wave of pro-gun
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Deborah Fineblum/JNS.org Rather than feeling a sense of loss, leaving the second Passover seder behind in the U.S., or France, or Turkey, or any other country of origin is touted as a perk of living in Israel that new immigrants to the Jewish state (olim) mention in the same breath as the universal availability
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Deborah Fineblum/JNS.org Israel is a country that has spent more than six decades weaving the two formerly disparate basic branches of the Jewish family, Sephardim and Ashkenazim, into one people. These days, nary an eyebrow is raised as they hang out, date, and marry in the Jewish state, and most of their cultural differences
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Jewish Religion
By Michele Alperin/JNS.org As the intersection of family, Jewish memory, and the passions of contemporary politics and society, the Passover seder is said to be the most celebrated annual Jewish event in the United States. But it is not always easy to make all seder attendees feel the Haggadah’s mandate that in every generation, each
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Jewish ReligionBy Jeremy Ben-Ami The majority of world Jewry agrees today: the future, security and character of the state of Israel all depend on reaching a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. That’s why Secretary of State John Kerry’s push to achieve it is perhaps the most vital pro-Israel initiative since Bill Clinton was President. Right
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Middle East, USADETROIT (Press Release) — A survey of Detroit area Jews and Muslims reveals high levels of interest to learn more about the other, find ways to experience each community’s practices and customs, and engage in joint activities. “Both groups express willingness to engage with each other,” concludes the survey, Building a Shared Future: Understanding the
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Jewish Religion, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California —The Jerusalem Post featured an unusual article about the Chief Rabbi of Holon Rabbi Avraham Yosef, the son of the late Sefardic-Haredi leader, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. His son sits on the Israel Chief Rabbinate’s council and commands considerable influence in Orthodox politics in Israel and abroad. In
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiNEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) expressed shock and outrage regarding statements made by the founder of a new art school scheduled opening in the Chilean Patagonia publicly promoting the Nazi swastika and announcing plans to teach Adolf Hitler’s ideology in the school. ADL has called on the government of Chile to clearly condemn
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International
NEW YORK (WJC) — The World Jewish Congress (WJC) mourns the passing of the former chairman of the Lithuanian Jewish community, Simon Alperovitch (Simonas Alperavičius), a Holocaust survivor who led the Jewish revival in his native country culturally and politically. “An old-fashioned gentleman who spoke a beautiful Lithuanian Yiddish, Simon spearheaded his community’s restitution
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