By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM — A new record for tourism in Israel was set this month as 339,000 tourists entered into Israel during October 2013, a 12% increase in comparison with last year’s numbers; 551,000 in total visited Israel during September and October, an increase of 3%. Tourism Minister Dr, Uzi Landau stated that: “Tourists […]
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Middle East
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―Former President George W. Bush will speak tonight at a fundraiser for the Messianic Jewish Bible Institute, an evangelical Christian group whose aim is to convert all Jews to accelerate the Second Coming of Christ. Fending off appeals by Jewish leaders to cancel his talk, Bush’s public relations team has come
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California — Ironically on an evening that television news was reporting the firing of a school bus driver for having a swastika and a personalized license plate reading “Not See,” a homonyn for “Nazi” on his private car, KPBS Television and Union Bank were feting 18 diverse individuals at
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Donald H. HarrisonPalestinian terrorist kills IDF soldier at Afula bus station (JNS.org) Israel Defense Forces soldier Eden Attias, 19, from Nazareth Illit, was stabbed to death by a Palestinian teenager Wednesday in the northern Israeli city of Afula, Israel Hayom reported. The terrorist attack took place around 8:30 a.m. aboard the 823 Egged bus from Nazareth Illit
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InternationalU.S. promised Pollard would be freed after 10 years (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Former Israeli cabinet minister Rafi Eitan, the ex-Mossad agent who operated Jonathan Pollard in the mid-1980s, told Army Radio on Monday that he handed over incriminating information about Pollard because the U.S. had promised Israel that Pollard would serve no more than
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InternationalHAIFA, ISRAEL (Press Release)–How do they celebrate Chanukah at the Technion? See below.
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Science, Medicine, & EducationABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (Press Release)–U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, meeting news media on Monday, tried to calm concerns in the region over the talks with Iran over its nuclear program. Following is a transcript provided by the U.S. State Department: FOREIGN MINISTER ABDALLAH: (Via interpreter) Good morning. May peace be upon you.
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Jewish Federation of San Diego County is mobilizing a communal response to the super Typhoon Haiyan, which has wrought widespread destruction in the Philippines. Our partners at the JDC are consulting with local officials, the Filipino Jewish community and global partners to assess the evolving situation on the ground in the
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San Diego CountyNEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) expressed disappointment that George W. Bush has decided to move ahead with plans to speak at a fundraising event in Texas for an evangelical group that aims to convert Jews to Christianity. The former president is scheduled to speak on November 14 at a fundraiser for the
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Jewish Religion
By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — God help our Veterans. Yes, this is the day originally termed “Armistice Day,” November 11, 1918—when the Great War (World War I) ended. Many saw that horrifically bloody conflict (The United States entered in the final year, 1917, but our “doughboys” were bludgeoned in ditches like the Europeans
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USA
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — A few years ago, when I was writing with a different hat, the Band of Brothers USMC Motorcycle Riding Club provided me with a list of companies providing free and discounted services to American military veterans in honor of Veteran’s Day. I wrote at the time: • Veterans Day
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Shoshana Bryen, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Now that Chris Christie has presidential momentum, the Tea Party is conducting opposition research to find skeletons in his past. One researcher is exploring a rumor about him being guilty of marital and political infidelity. Apparently there is footage of him in a threesome with a democratic president, and a tempestuous
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
French President Francois Hollande, in change of heart, will speak to Knesset (JNS.org) French President Francois Hollande, who initially said he did not intend to address the Israeli Knesset during his visit to Israel next week, announced Sunday that he changed his mind and will deliver a speech before the plenum after all. Hollande
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InternationalNEW YORK (Press Release) — Bonhams will offer two extraordinarily rare 1790 newspaper clippings in the inaugural Judaica sale on December 10, documenting President George Washington’s visit to the Touro Synagogue in Newport, RI, the oldest surviving Jewish Synagogue building in North America (est. $80,000-100,000). The experience would inspire Washington’s famous quote, “To bigotry no
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Jewish History