Obama urges Erdogan to renew diplomatic ties with Israel (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) U.S. President Barack Obama spoke on the phone with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday and discussed with him the “importance of quickly concluding the normalization agreement with Israel.” According to a statement issued by the White House, the two […]
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InternationalBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO–This week’s D’var Torah was suggested by Norm Katz, Financial V.P. and regular Torah Reader at Tifereth Israel Synagogue. Norm will be reading Torah this Shabbat and leading our Torah Discussion Group with Bob Sherman following the service. The construction of the Mishkan, the traveling tent in which the Israelites
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Jewish Religion
SAN DIEGO (SDJW)– Two members of the Jewish community, Dianne Lee (Dee) Aker and Deborah Szekeley, will be among five local women to be inducted into the San Diego Women’s Hall of Fame on March 28th at the McMillin Event Center at 2875 Dewey Road at NTC at Liberty Station. Aker serves as interim director
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San Diego CountyBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Like its director George Clooney, The Monuments Men is debonair and handsome, but there’s always a nagging suspicion beneath the surface that it could be more intellectually substantial. Commemorating the Allied team that recovered paintings and sculptures seized by the Nazis provides a different perspective on World War II
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Travel and Food
PHILADELPHIA –For most Jews in the United States, hunting laws are not a concern. Following World War II, most Jews settled in urban or suburban areas, far from roaming turkeys, elk, bears, and deer outside of the occasional casualty in the highway emergency lane. Therefore, few even realize that the same seemingly archaic statutes that
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USA
NEW YORK (Press Release)–The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has called on member states of the Organization of American States to bring maximum pressure on the Venezuelan government to end its crackdown and respond positively to the demands of its own citizens. “Venezuela’s denial of the right of assembly, of freedom of speech and dissent, are
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InternationalNEW YORK (Press Release)–Adherents of the “sovereign citizen” movement are forming their own vigilante “grand juries” in counties across the United States in an attempt to exact pressure on local government officials to accede to their anti-government demands and whims. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which monitors domestic anti-government groups and reports on their activities, has
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USA
BRUSSELS (Press Release) – AJC’s Transatlantic Institute (TAI) celebrated its tenth anniversary with a gala dinner in Brussels. The evening was a celebration of the vital importance of the relationship between Europe and the U.S. “We are here tonight to celebrate our shared values,” AJC (American Jewish Committee) TAI Director Daniel Schwammenthal told the audience
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International
NEW YORK (Press Release) – Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America (HWZOA), on Thursday, Feb. 20, praised the progress at Hadassah Medical Center (HMO) following successful union negotiations and labor court decisions that resulted in doctors, nurses and non-medical staff returning to work this week. The hospital is now fully operational and back to
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Science, Medicine, & EducationLOS ANGELES (Press Release)– The Israeli American Council (IAC) has opened Sifriyat Pijama B’America’s (SP-BA) registration for the 2014-2015 school year. There are now 5,000 spots available for families to join the highly popular free Hebrew-language children’s book program on a first-come, first-served basis. Due to popular demand, IAC has made a total of 15,000
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Travel and Food
By Anav Silverman HAIFA, Israel–An estimated 130,000 people have been killed in Syria, and millions displaced during the past three years of the civil war. During that time, Israel has been at the forefront of providing medical care to wounded Syrians – with some 700 Syrians having received medical treatment in Israeli hospitals as well
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―The demonstrations in the Ukraine have tarnished the image of a state content with being heavily dependent on Russia. Internal memos reveal that the Ukraine expected to easily quell the protests and initially dismissed it as a “pussy riot.” Embarrassed that much of Kiev’s Independence Square has been reduced to ash
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – “It is the moral duty of the Jewish people to oppose the crimes against humanity occurring in China” said Deputy Speaker of the Knesset and Chair of the Liberal Lobby, MK Moshe Feiglin (Likud). MK Feiglin made this statement during a special session of the Liberal Lobby in the Israeli
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InternationalPresident Hassan Rouhani says Iran hopes for ‘liberation’ of Jerusalem (JNS.org) While the latest nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 powers took place in Vienna, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said during a Wednesday meeting in Tehran with Palestinian Parliament Speaker Salim Zanoun that one of Iran’s wishes as a nation is “liberation of the
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