Peres sends Nowruz greetings to Iranian people

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – President Shimon Peres delivered on Thursday, March 20, a festive greeting for Nowruz, the Persian New Year, and conducted interviews with Persian language radio stations ‘Israel Radio Persian’ and ‘Radio Farda’ (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty). President Peres began with the traditional greeting in Persian and said, “Iraniane Gerami, Novruzetan Piruz Bad”, which means […]

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Middle East

J*Company announces 2014-15 family season

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) – JCompany Youth Theatre’s 2014-2015 “Forever Families” Season takes family audiences on a journey with great stories with meaningful themes of young people searching for one thing – family.  Artistic Director Joey Landwehr decided on these musicals, based on his experiences, “The JCompany has always and continues to be a second home,

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Travel and Food

Novelist depicts survival in a dysfunctional family

J. Dylan Yates, The Belief in Angels, She Writes Press, ISBN 9781938314643, 314 pages, $16.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—This is a book bound to prompt mixed feelings among Jewish readers.  It’s well written, engrossing, and offers some important insights into how horror, shame and tragedy can be transmitted and mutated through the generations.

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Donald H. Harrison

JNS news briefs: March 20, 2014

Netanyahu plans first official visit to Panama by Israeli prime minister (JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning a rare five-day trip to Mexico, Colombia, and Panama on April 6 in an effort to bolster relations with Latin American countries, Israel Hayom reported. Netanyahu will be the first Israeli prime minister to visit Panama.

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International

Three ‘failed states’: Malaysia, Ukraine, Palestine

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–A “failed state” is one that is unable to function according to western expectations, either to protect and provide decent services to its citizens, or to behave responsibly in international relations. Like most concepts in social science, it is best to think of more or less, rather than if a state is

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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Spain trying to ‘reverse 500 years of injustice’

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The government of Spain “wants to right an historical wrong” against the Jewish people, declared Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, Spain’s Minister of Justice, at an AJC luncheon on Wednesday, March 19. The government initiative would offer Spanish citizenship to Jews who can trace their ancestry to the time of the forced expulsion of Jews

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International, Jewish History

ZOA: Obama praise of Abbas wrong, not warranted

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is deeply concerned and critical of President Barack Obama for praising Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas as “somebody who has consistently renounced violence, has consistently sought a diplomatic and peaceful solution that allows for two states, side by side, in peace and security” (‘Remarks by

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Middle East, USA

Jeffrey Richard to lead American Technion Society

NEW YORK  (Press Release)– The American Technion Society (ATS) announced on Wednesday, March 19,  that Jeffrey Richard, of Riverdale, N.Y., will become the organization’s new Executive Vice President in May, following a nationwide search. Melvyn H. Bloom, who has led the organization for the past three decades, will become Executive Vice President Emeritus. Richard, a fundraising

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Science, Medicine, & Education

ADL present Merkel with human rights prize

NEW YORK (Press Release) — In recognition of her “abiding commitment to promoting and protecting human rights at home and abroad,” the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, March 19,  presented German Chancellor Angela Merkel with its distinguished ADL Joseph Prize for Human Rights. In presenting the prize, ADL cited a number of accomplishments and actions that showed

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International

Colleges across country offering kosher dining services

By Susan L. Rosenbluth The Jewish Voice and Opinion ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey — The options for Orthodox-Jewish students looking for colleges outside the New York metropolitan area are greater than they have ever been before, according to an independent educational consultant. “Many schools with historically low numbers of Jews are actively working to recruit more

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Czech teaching assignment prompts candidate’s reflections on his American Jewish heritage

By Brad Weinreb SAN DIEGO — Masaryk University School of Law is located in Brno, the second largest city in the Czech Republic.  I spent two weeks there at the end of last November to teach a seminar course on “The Rights of Crime Victims in the United States.”  While the trip afforded experience interacting

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International, San Diego County