Half the U.S. Senate now supports new Iran sanctions bill (JNS.org) Support among U.S. Senators for a new Iran sanctions bill has doubled since it was first proposed in December, rising to support by half the Senate. A total of 50 U.S. Senators from across party lines now support the Nuclear Weapons Free Iran Act […]
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International
NEW YORK (Press Release)– AJC, in a press release dated January 8, said the organization was “dismayed by the destruction of more than 50,000 books in an arson attack on a major Christian library in Tripoli, Lebanon. Al-Saeh library was targeted by a mob after a pamphlet insulting the Prophet Mohammed was allegedly found in
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Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Undergoing medical tests of various kinds invariably involves spending what seems like endless hours hanging around in hospital waiting rooms and corridors. Strange as it may seem, the most sophisticated modern medical procedures, engaging equipment almost equivalent to the engine of a jet fighter plane, require imbibing quantities
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Science, Medicine, & Education
By Anav Silverman German tourist, Eleonore Kastner, affectionately known as Oma Ella, celebrated her 104th birthday in a Dead Sea hotel with forty friends and family who traveled with her to Israel for the special event. Since she turned 100 four years ago, Oma Ella had decided that the time had come to “live a
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Trivia, Humor & Satire
SANTIAGO, Chile (WJC) — A Palestinian soccer team in Chile has ignited a controversy over its shirts, which show the entire map of Israel as Palestine. The uniforms of the Club Deportivo Palestino, which was founded in 1920 by Palestinian immigrants to Chile, use the map of Israel in place of the number 1
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InternationalBy Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO– Dear Money Maven, What is the Medicare Surtax? How will I know if it will apply to me? Worriedly, Concerned Taxpayer * Dear Concerned, As of 2013, you might have been impacted by the by the 3.8% Medicare Surtax. You shouldn’t worry: you just need to know how the calculation
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Sheryl Rowling
NEW YORK (Press Release) –The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations announced that the international Jewish fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi), has been voted into membership of the national umbrella organization. Conference Chairman Robert G. Sugarman and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, said that the admission of AEPi reflects the commitment to involve
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Israel receives a lot of unwelcome attention from the U.S., the UN and the EU. As others in the region see it, however, that makes Israel the most important country in the world, and Palestinians the world’s luckiest “refugees.” While withdrawing security and political assistance from most of the
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International, Shoshana Bryen
SAN DIEGO–Rabbi Michael Marmur, provost at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem, will discuss both Israel and the life and works of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel during the Shabbat he will serve as scholar in residence at Congregation Beth Israel, 9001 Towne Center Drive. Dr. Marmur will speak during a 6:30 p.m.
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San Diego Calendar
By Judy Lash Balint/JNS.org JERUSALEM—It’s 9:30 a.m. on a sunny Monday morning in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City. Two large groups of revelers almost collide in the alley leading to the main square. Both groups are accompanied by a clarinetist and a drummer belting out traditional “simcha” tunes, and in the middle
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastJudea and Samaria communities won’t be evacuated in peace deal, Netanyahu says (JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a Likud party faction meeting on Monday that there would be no evacuation of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria in a peace deal resulting from the current U.S.-brokered Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations. “A settlement freeze
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International
By Aryeh Savir Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, one of Israel’s most staunch supporters, is to visit Israel on January 19th. Israelis, who are moved by his support especially when viewing it against the prevalent anti-Israel sentiments usually voiced by world leaders, have found a unique way to thank him for his outstanding support. Citing
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Less than 20 000 Jews came on aliyah last year, mostly from Europe and the United States. Some 70 000 illegal immigrants are said to be currently in Israel, mostly from Africa. Whereas the Jewish Agency for Israel through its various affiliates is making valiant efforts to bring more Jews to
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Middle East