By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– Would the creation of universally free Jewish pre-schools strengthen ties between Diaspora countries and Israel? That is one of the ideas under discussion among member agencies of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) and Israel’s government. Another area under consideration is the creation of strong follow-up programs in […]
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California– As Creator, and the Source of our being, God continuously brings our existence out of the abyss of nothingness, and is renewed with the possibility of new life. God’s love and compassion is bio-centric and embraces the universe in its totality. God’s power is not all-powerful (in
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Anathea E. Porter, Apocalypse Against Empire: Theologies of Resistance in Early Judaism Apocalypse; Wm. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, MI; ISBN 978-0-8028-7083-4 ©2014, $35 p. 462, including bibliography and indexes By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — I enjoy the amusement created by modern-day “prophets” declaring a forthcoming date to be the end of the
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TEL AVIV (Press Release) — In a unanimous decision, the Board of Directors has voted to appoint David Maimon as the new President and CEO of EL AL Israel Airlines. Maimon will replace Elyezer Shkedy who requested to resign after four years as President and CEO of the airline. The Board decided to appoint a
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JERUSALEM (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Friday, Jan. 31, called on Knesset Member Moti Yogev to apologize to US Secretary of State John Kerry for his disparaging comments about the Secretary’s attitudes towards Jews and Israel. ADL denounced Yogev’s accusations as “offensive, inflammatory and totally without any basis,” and stated that Secretary
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Friday, Jan. 31, condemned the anti-Semitic remarks of Laurent Louis, a member of Belgium’s lower house of parliament who asserted during a parliamentary debate that Zionists had organized and financed the Holocaust and subsequently gave the Nazi-like “quenelle” salute. ADL welcomed the strong and immediate
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International
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A set of guidelines issued by House Republicans called “The Standards for Immigration Reform” has been greeted with mixed reviews by Jewish organizations concerned with immigration. HIAS, formerly known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, said on Friday, Jan. 31, that it “welcomed the GOP Principles on Immigration Reform as an important
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USANEW YORK (Press Release) — The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed criticism and concern at President Barack Obama’s observations and assertions regarding Iran and its nuclear weapons program in his State of the Union address. The ZOA has pointed to five misleading claims on Iran in President Obama’s speech: 1. Since the Geneva agreement
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Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — In this week’s parasha the Children of Israel are commanded to build the Mishkan, the traveling Tabernacle (tent) in which they will worship God while traveling through the Sinai desert. Although the Torah records that God told the Israelites, “Build me a Sanctuary so that I may dwell
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Jewish ReligionArab man tries to breach Iron Dome battery (JNS.org) Israeli soldiers shot and wounded an Arab man who tried to breach the perimeter of an Iron Dome anti-rocket battery in Eilat on Thursday, Israel Hayom reported. The man, a resident of Haifa, approached the Iron Dome battery unarmed and was ordered by soldiers to stop.
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International
By Steve Kramer KIBBUTZ GESHER, Israel — Michal and I recently joined a full busload of hikers for a wonderful 8-mile trek sponsored by the English Speaking Residents Association (www.esra.org.il). It was just before Tu B’Shvat, the Jewish new year for trees. We couldn’t have picked a more perfect day to be among the hills,
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Steve Kramer, Travel and FoodBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―Venture capitalist Thomas Perkins apologized for drawing a parallel between the “progressive war on the American one percent, namely the ‘rich” and “Nazi Germany’s war on its ‘one percent,’ namely its Jews.” …This is a very dangerous drift in our American thinking. Kristallnacht was unthinkable in 1930; is its descendant “progressive”
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By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week Though the probability of success of the renewed efforts by Secretary of State John Kerry to forge a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is still uncertain, experts have expressed concern about a longstanding policy that could force the United States to lose much of its multilateral clout within the
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International
WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)- Faith questions from a groundbreaking new poll of 3839 members of the disability community were released today by RespectAbilityUSA, a non-profit organization working to enable people with disabilities to have the opportunity to achieve the American dream. The poll shows that Jews with disabilities and their families are far less engaged
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