By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California–It’s been reported that hundreds of copies of Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl have been defaced at public libraries across Tokyo. Apparently, some 265 copies of the books have been ravaged at over thirty municipal libraries since the start of 2014–this is not an isolated act. A
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InternationalPalestinian Authority owes Israel Electric Company $389 million (JNS.org) If the Israel Electric Company (IEC) were a private entity, it would shut off electricity to the Palestinian Authority because of the PA’s outstanding bill of 1.37 billion shekels ($389 million), IEC Chairman Yiftah Ron-Tal told the Knesset Finance Committee on Tuesday. “People complain about
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InternationalBy Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — I have written and lectured extensively on the topic of Jewish leadership. I have frequently indicated that I consider Moses our teacher, Moshe Rabbeinu, a role model for those who would be leaders. Once, after a lecture on just this topic, I opened the floor to a
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Jewish Religion
By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — Well, the superb Fountain Theatre and its resident genius-in-chief, Stephen Sachs, have done it again. They’ve mounted a just-about-perfect production: Chaim Potok’s classic novel My Name is Asher Lev, adapted for the stage by Aaron Posner. Set in 1950s Crown Heights, the Brooklyn home of the ultra-Orthodox Lubavitcher Jews,
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Travel and Food
NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) announced that the Center for Pastoral Education at JTS received an Ignition Grant from the Covenant Foundation in support of a new initiative to create a web-based long-distance teaching program for clergy and lay leaders. The project, overseen by Rabbi Ute Steyer, will draw on the richness
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Science, Medicine, & Education
YEMIN ORDE, Israel (Press Release) — For Eitan, Yemin Orde’s 14-year-old artistic wonder, strengthening his confidence by expressing himself through his beautiful original oil paintings was important to helping him excel in his studies. Eitan and his family arrived in Israel from a small town in northwest France when he was a youngster. He
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Travel and Food
NEW YORK (Press Release) — AJC welcomed the successful conclusion of the fifth annual Germany-Israel bilateral consultations. A large German delegation led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, including 16 Cabinet ministers, visited Israel for two days. They engaged in intense discussions on a wide range of issues with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Cabinet “The
NEW YORK (Press Release)– On February 19 in Jerusalem, the LEGAL GROUNDS group, which is educating Israelis about and campaigning for Israel’s rights to all of the lands of the Jewish State, including the areas located beyond ‘the Green Line,’ presented its case at the Knesset. This was in the context of a discussion about
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Travel and Food
NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has welcomed reports that the National Football League is considering how to discourage the use of offensive slurs during the course of games. The NFL’s Competition Committee reportedly is contemplating a policy that would penalize a player 15 yards for using discriminatory language — including the
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Travel and FoodBy Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Many powerful lessons are learned first-hand. Others are absorbed through observation and osmosis. Still, other maxims are taught us by loved ones and internalized until they become like a codon in our own discrete DNA. Wiesenthal a one-man play conveys many things, but most pointedly, a rejection of collective
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Travel and Food
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The San Diego Diplomacy Council and the Women’s Museum of California will be hosting a Global Social Gathering 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on March 12. At the event there will be 17 U.S. Department of State sponsored visitors from Angola, Armenia, Croatia, Denmark, Iceland, India, Israel, Madagascar, Nepal, Nigeria,
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NEW YORK (Press Release)— The Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI), a large-scale biomarker study sponsored by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF), is expanding to study individuals with genetic mutations associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD), including individuals within the Ashkenazic Jewish community. In San Diego, lead investigator Douglas Galasko, MD, Professor of
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Science, Medicine, & EducationChristians legally granted separate representation from Muslim Arabs (JNS.org) A bill that allows the Israeli government to legally recognize Arab Christians as a separate national identity for the first time has passed the Israeli Knesset. The law, which passed 31-6 on its third reading, allows Arab Christians to identify solely as Christian, separate from the
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