HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — What is social justice? 30 students and researchers from the University of Haifa and the University of Maryland tried to answer this very question in a bi-national seminar, held in the University of Haifa. Their conclusion: the term is so subjective that in some cases it might split the very
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — When writing about Sheldon Adelson, Thomas Friedman gets some things right, and others very wrong. He’s right to see Sheldon Adelson as an overly friendly threat against Israel. Friedman calls him “Iran’s Best Friend” in a recent NTY op-ed piece. If anyone currently active threatens the image of the Jew
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release)– Robert G. Sugarman, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, CEO, of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations called on the governments of the United States and Cuba to immediately renew negotiations to gain the release of Alan Gross, an American citizen who is on a hunger strike in his Cuban prison.
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International, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis honored six brave citizens on Wednesday, April 9, with the Citizens of Courage Award during the 25th annual event, which is held as part of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. “These individuals displayed extraordinary bravery in the face of serious crime,” DA Dumanis said.
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San Diego County
SAN DIEGO–As read by Melanie Rubin, our maven of license plate-speak, this one means something to the effect that we are loved in God’s eye. And the field of flowers in the background of the message tend to reinforce that idea. Have you smelled the flowers today?
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Lawrence Silverman, acting assistant secretary for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs of the U.S. State Department, testified on Wednesday, April 9, before the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Following is a transcript of his testimony, as provided by the U.S. State Department:
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Middle East, USA
Phyllis Chesler, An American Bride in Kabul, Palgrave MacMillan, © 2013, ISBN 9780230342217, 235 pages including index and bibliography, $27 cover price. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Feminist Phyllis Chesler tells of the most formative experience in her life, when as a college student she fell in love with a charming young man
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Donald H. Harrison
By Anav Silverman BE’ER SHEVA. Israel (TNA) – The new “Samson” Squadron, a military transport plane purchased from the United States, was inaugurated into the Israel Air Force (IAF) on Wednesday, April 9, in the Nevatim airbase near Be’er Sheva. The modern aircraft, with a range of flight of nearly 4,000 km, will greatly strengthen the IAF aircraft
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Middle East
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Wednesday, April 9, welcomed a decision by Brandeis University to withdraw its invitation to Ayaan Hirsi Ali to receive an honorary degree at commencement ceremonies on May 18 and attributed the “victory over hate” to a unified community response. CAIR, the nation’s largest Muslim
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn PHILADELPHIA –As debate rages over a new documentary about the “honor killings” of women by Islamic extremists around the world, former president Jimmy Carter has weighed in — and not on the side of oppressed women. The film, Honor Diaries, is being denounced by Islamist activists such as the
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Middle East, USA
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — A 3,300 year old coffin was exposed by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) containing the personal belongings of a wealthy Canaanite, possibly an official of the Egyptian Army. Among the items discovered is a gold signet ring bearing the name of the Egyptian Pharaoh Seti I. The rare artifacts
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
LONDON (WJC)– In a keynote speech in London, World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder has called on Jewish community and organizational leaders to step up the battle against the anti-Israel Boycott, Sanctions, and Divestment (BDS) movement, saying that this was perhaps the most important thing they would ever do. Such work “is not
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InternationalRISHON LEZION, Israel (Press Release) — The opening of a weibo micro-blogging account by President of Israel Shimon Peres highlights the emergence of the new media and the importance of public opinion in China’s dynamic information environment. The commercialization of the media in China and the rise of the Internet created an information-hungry, technology-savvy public that
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International, Middle East
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — Under the title “Why does the Chinese Government abuse many of his citizens?” Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, one of Israel’s leading rabbis, attacked on his website the Chinese Government for its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. Rabbi Aviner writes that he believes that even though this persecution is carried
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International, Middle East