By Aryeh Savir MIGDAL HA’EMEK, Israel (TNA)– Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman, Dean of the Migdal Ohr Institutions, sat in his home in Migdal Ha’emek, emotionally re-examining the piece of Torah parchment he was given. Cut by a Nazi almost 70 years ago from a Torah scroll in an Eastern European synagogue, the sacred parchment
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Jewish History, Middle East
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM — Thousands of non-Jews from across Europe and Eastern Europe saved Jewish lives from the horrors of the Holocaust, placing their lives and the lives of their families at risk. Over 25,000 known non-Jews have been recognized by Yad Vashem as “Righteous Among the Nations” including Christians and Muslims. Today many
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International, Jewish HistoryWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said on Monday, April 28, it was “startled and disappointed” by reports that Secretary of State John Kerry used the highly inappropriate and offensive term “apartheid” to warn what might become of Israel should an agreement not be reached with the Palestinians. Kerry reportedly said that Israel
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Middle East, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – San Diego’s communal Yom HaShoah observance on Sunday, April 27, focused on the Jews who met the Nazi scourge with “Defiance, Rebellion, Resistance,” including, but not limited to, the Jewish partisans who actively waged guerrilla warfare against the Germans. The featured speaker at the commemoration in the Garfield
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CountyBy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — This Sunday, as two Popes with sympathetic ties to the Jewish people were beatified, I sent the Hebrew blessing for hope to the Catholic house. It’s been my experience, personal and through the lens of history, that Rome has made genuine efforts to confront its longstanding degradation of
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InternationalBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM–An annual report on Anti-Semitism worldwide during 2013 was released Sunday, April 27, a day before Israel marks Yom Hashoa, the Holocaust day. The report, compiled by Prof. Dina Porat of the Moshe Kantor database for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Racism at Tel Aviv University in cooperation with the European Jewish
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International
MOSCOW, Russia (Press Release)– More than 1,000 young Russian Jews came together in Moscow this weekend for the ninth Limmud FSU Moscow conference, which unveiled new findings about this generation of post-Soviet Jews. This is the ninth Limmud FSU Moscow conference, organized entirely by a local team of volunteers in what is the biggest Jewish
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International
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — They are a familiar site in Jerusalem and across Israel – United Hatzalah volunteers rushing in their orange vests and red motorcycles to save lives during calls of emergency distress. Each of the 2,100 registered volunteers which include secular Israelis, Ultra-Orthodox, Arabs, settlers, and citizens across the spectrum, carry
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — An IDF doctor’s life-saving actions averted a tragedy which may have struck a Palestinian family. On Friday night, in the Palestinian village of Beitin near Ramallah, a month-old baby Palestinian baby started to choke in her home while playing with her sister. The mother brought the baby to an
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — The American Jewish Committee’s executive director, David Harris, said he was “dismayed” by racist comments attributed to Donald Sterling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, and said the NBA should take action against the basketball team owner. While the Jewish organization did not say so in its press release, it’s
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Sports & Competitions, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The language of empathy is hardwired into the consciousness of many higher mammals. Human beings share the capacity to experience empathy for others. Of course, human beings are different in one basic respect from the animal kingdom. Whereas empathy is something that is instinctual in the
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Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle EastBy Debra DeLee WASHINGTON, D.C. — APN (Americans for Peace Now)’s position is clear: Negotiations are the only route to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the only resolution to this conflict will be a mutually agreed-on two-state solution. However, the past nine months of peace efforts, led with admirable commitment and energy by Secretary of
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Middle East, USABy Marti Emerald SAN DIEGO — Did you know that an employee making the minimum wage in San Diego cannot meet the basic cost of living? A minimum wage job pays $16,000 a year and the cost of living in the region is nearly double that at $30,000 a year. In addition, nearly half of
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