NEW YORK (Press Release)–Tu B’Shevat, the 15th of Shevat on the Jewish calendar—celebrated this year on Thursday, January 16, 2014—is the day that marks the beginning of a “new year” for trees. This is the season in which the earliest-blooming trees in the Land of Israel emerge from their winter sleep and begin a new […]
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Jewish Religion
NEW YORK (Press Release)–The President of EL AL Israel Airlines recently met with Israeli Mayors whose cities’ names adorn the airline’s fleet. At the meeting, EL AL President Elyezer Shkedy presented each mayor with a model of the plane that bears the name of their city. As the national airline of Israel, every plane is
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Travel and Food
COLOGNE, Germany (Press Release) — Authorities have charged an 88-year-old former member of an SS division with 25 counts of murder over allegations that he took part in the largest civilian massacre in Nazi-occupied France. Cologne state court spokesman Achim Hengstenberg said suspect Werner C., whose last name wasn’t given in accordance with German privacy
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International, Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — This Shabbat lucky Torah readers will chant Shirat Hayam, the Song of the Sea. Shirat Hayam is the poem the Israelites sang after they safely crossed the Sea of Reeds. Looking back, they saw the waters closing upon the pursuing Egyptians and knew that they were finally safe.
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Jewish ReligionBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―New Jersey Governor Chris Christie apologized for one of his aides ordering the closure of the George Washington Bridge’s entrance and exit lanes to and from Fort Lee, New Jersey, as a political reprisal either against the city’s Democratic mayor or the state’s Democratic Senate. Although Christie hopes to weather the
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Steve Kramer NETANYA, Israel — Michal and I recently attended a fascinating lecture by Genie Milgrom, an American citizen of Cuban heritage. Although raised as a Roman Catholic, Milgrom had an affinity towards Jews and the Jewish religion from an early age. She described her conviction for Judaism as something that you don’t know
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Travel and Food
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM — About 3.54 million tourists traveled to Israel in 2013, half a percent more than the previous record year of 2012 according to a report by the Israel Tourism Ministry. Jerusalem was the most popular city to visit , with 75% of all incoming tourist traffic visiting the capital. Tel Aviv
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Travel and Food
EL CAJON, California (Press Release) — When Star Bales, El Cajon’s newest council member, came to America from Iraq, one of her top goals was to get a college education. Although she spoke little English at the time, she started to take classes at Cuyamaca and Grossmont colleges in the early 1990s. She attended classes
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San Diego CountyAyatollah Ali Khamenei calls U.S. ‘Satan’ amid resumption of nuclear talks (JNS.org) Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made anti-American comments before Thursday’s resumption of nuclear talks between Iran and the European Union in Geneva. “We had announced previously that on certain issues, if we feel it is expedient, we would negotiate with the Satan
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International
PHILADELPHIA (Press Release) — The Philadelphia Museum of Art announced on Thursday, Jan. 9, the acquisition of one of the nation’s leading private collections of contemporary art, formed by Keith L. and Katherine Stein Sachs. Ranging in date from the 1950s to the present, the promised gift of 97 works from the Sachs Collection represents
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Travel and Food
NEW YORK (Press Release) The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Thursday reacted to the decision by France’s Council of State to uphold local government bans on the new show of Dieudonne M’Bala M’Bala, an anti-Semitic French comedian. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement: “Dieudonne is well aware of the laws in France,
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InternationalTEL AVIV (Press Release)— A recent Wellesley College graduate, Courtney White found a job in Malta at a forum that promotes cooperation between parliaments in the Mediterranean region. Her job involved producing communications materials and helping to organize meetings and events. But the Millerton, New York, native was more interested in a human crisis happening
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InternationalBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –It takes a certain chutzpah to write a book that announces something will—or won’t—happen, and that if it does or does not happen the world will look considerably different than it does today—or not. This is not like predicting snow for Thursday. But Ilan Berman’s Implosion: The End of Russia
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InternationalBy Aryeh Savir Renewed talk of territory exchanges between Israel and a future Palestinian state as part of a peace agreement, a proposition championed by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, has left many Arabs who have Israeli citizenship worried about losing their status as citizens of Israel. According to the Israeli daily Ma’ariv, Israel has proposed to the
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Middle East