JNS news briefs: March 4, 2014

BDS movement will fail, Netanyahu says at AIPAC (JNS.org) The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel will fail, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference. “Beyond our traditional trading partners, countries throughout Asia, Africa, Latin America, these countries are flocking to Israel” wanting Israeli technology, Netanyahu said.

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International

Ukraine crisis leaves Jews feeling vulnerable

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–There is a Russian invasion or movement into Crimea, with threatening declarations from Kiev and Moscow, and more widespread mobilizations on both sides. Assessments are complicated by the penisula’s history, a majority of its population that is Russian ethnically and linguistically, some degree of autonomy for what is called the Autonomous Republic

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International, Ira Sharkansky

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, November 15, 1957, Part 3

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Adventures in SD History

U.S. deplores threats against Syria’s minorities

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — State Department Spokesman Jen Psaki issued the following statement Monday, March 3, on the situation in Syria: “The United States deplores continued threats against Christians and other minorities in Syria, who are increasingly targeted by extremists. Last week in Raqqa, the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIL) announced it

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Middle East, USA

Memories of seders past

By Cantor Sheldon Merel SAN DIEGO — I clearly remember the Seders I attended at the home of relatives during my Hebrew school days. I was proud to chant the “Ma Nishtana” and sing along in Hebrew. The group would sing the songs they knew, but talked most of the time. The conversation was not

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Jewish Religion

JNS news briefs: March 3, 2014

Documentary on recently deceased Holocaust survivor Alice Herz-Sommer wins Oscar (JNS.org) A documentary on Alice Herz-Sommer, who died last week at 110 and was at the time the world’s oldest Holocaust survivor, won an Oscar for Best Short Documentary at the Academy Awards on Sunday evening. Born in Prague in 1903, Herz-Sommer was an accomplished

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International

Sand and dust blanket Israel

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – After experiencing a record breaking snow storm in December and an extremely dry winter after that, Israel is now experiencing more unusual weather – a sand and dust storm from the Sahara has descended on the country, creating a grimy and eerie atmosphere. Such storms are not uncommon for this

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Middle East