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Middle East, Eastern Europe challenge U.S.
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Two issues are at the roiling stage, and threatening the capacity of Barack Obama to run the world by means of his political wisdom and the aides he sends forth to do his work. Ukraine and Israel-Palestine are much different in the nature and what they threaten. Israel and Palestine are on
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAAnother combined holiday: Tax-over
By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO– Everyone made such a big deal about Thanksgiving and Hanukkah falling on the same day. Why is it that nobody notices that the first day of Passover falls on April 15th? No one has come up with a cool label like Thanksgivikah. This year, I think we should call April
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Sheryl RowlingFor Josh and Mira, it’s this year in Jerusalem!
JERUSALEM (Press Release)– Mira Haberfeld, 26, originally from Sacramento, California, immigrated to israel in 2012 and is now living in Jerusalem. Josh Carr, 26, who made Aliyah from Johannesburg, South Africa three years ago, is a Lone Soldier who served as a combatant in the Kfir Brigade and currently serves as a commander of the Krav Maga
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Middle EastNation mourns victims in Overland Park attacks
-Compiled from news reports- OVERLAND PARK, Kansas – A gunman opened fire in the parking lot of the Jewish Community Center in this Kansas City suburb, killing a man and his teenage grandson as they sat in their car on Sunday afternoon, April 12. A short while later, in the parking lot of Village
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USAGilo is hardly some Jewish ‘settlement’
By Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Testifying before Congress on April 9, Secretary of State John Kerry revealed the real reason for the absence of peace between Israel and the Palestinians. It turns out that it’s not the refusal of the Palestinian leadership to recognize Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish
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Middle EastPesach, Easter stories contain lessons for M.E. peace
By Jeremy Ben-Ami WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the past two weeks, those of us who believe deeply in Israeli-Palestinian peace have experienced a maelstrom of emotions as the current negotiations launched last summer by Secretary of State John Kerry teetered on the brink of collapse. So a break from the tension conveniently provided by
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Middle EastTime for an Israeli-Saudi alliance
By David Brin ENCINITAS, California — Veteran U.S. diplomat and Middle East expert Dennis Ross made some interesting points about President Obama’s trip to Saudi Arabia in an L.A. Times editorial: “Next Test for Obama: Soothing the Saudis.” He referred to the Saudis’ biggest concern, the rise of militant Shiite Islam and an axis of
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Middle EastArt exhibit portrays pain of eating disorders
By Maayan Jaffe/JNS.org TEL AVIV — “This is how I want to be—without fear. Independent. I want to be like a bird. I want to spread my wings.” So reads part of the description beneath one of the 30 paintings on display until the end of May at the ZOA House in Tel Aviv. The
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationJewish daughters tell of their moms in new book
By Debra Rubin/JNS.org Rachel Ament noticed that she and her friends often shared humorous anecdotes that were typically variations on a theme: overprotective, worrying Jewish moms who smothered them with love. That includes Ament’s own mother. “My mom is probably every Jewish stereotype scrunched into one,” the Washington, DC, resident tells JNS.org. “At the root
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Travel and FoodJNS news briefs: April 13, 2014
Immigration to Israel jumps 14% in first three months of 2014 (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The first three months of 2014 saw a 14-percent increase in the number of new immigrants to Israel compared to the same period of 2013, the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reported. According to CBS data, 3,623 new immigrants arrived
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InternationalIndyk and the myth of PLO’s cancelled covenant
By David Bedein JERUSALEM (IRNA) — Martin Indyk, is now the mediator between Israel and the PLO in negotiations that have continued in deadlock for the past six months Indyk’s record with the PLO should be examined. Indyk is the one of the people paved the way for Yassir Arafat and the PLO armed control over
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Middle EastRed Sea tourism group protests Egypt’s coal plans
HURGHADA, Egypt (ETN) –As the Egyptian government announced plans to use coal as an important source of energy, the Red Sea Tourism Investment Association based here rejected the plans to import coal, especially from South Africa, as it said that this would mean using Red Sea ports and could be a direct threat to Egypt’s tourism industry.
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Middle East, Travel and FoodIsrael’s coalition politics hamper peace efforts
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Though much suggests that both the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority prefer to blame the other than pay the price for peace, and notwithstanding US Secretary of State Kerry’s frustration – seemingly even more with Israel than with the Palestinians – talks are still going on. Whether
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