By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California–For those of us who are attuned to every development in Middle Eastern news–worrying about violence in Syria and Egypt, negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, and the prospect of Iran getting the N-bomb–attending a town hall meeting such as the one Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) conducted at […]
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Aryeh Savir After months of indecision and several scandals, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yair Lapid decided today (20 Oct.) to appoint Dr. Karnit Flug as Governor of the Bank of Israel. Prime Minister Netanyahu and Finance Minister Lapid said, “We have been impressed by Dr. Flug’s performance as Acting Governor in
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Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro visited last Thursday (Oct. 17th) the terror tunnel uncovered by the IDF. He was taken on a tour of the tunnel network by Brig. Gen. Mickey Edelstein, Commander of the Gaza Division. “Even though I have seen the photos of the tunnel in the papers, the
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Tilia Klebenov Jacobs, Wrong Place, Wrong Time; Linden Tree Press, (c) 2013, ISBN 978-0615805597, 400 pages, cover price unlisted. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO- – While reading and enjoying this novel about an almost-ethical kidnapper, I kept wondering why the author had decided that the female victim in this story should be a well-educated
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Israel is a nuisance, and its Prime Minister the nuisance in chief, known for pompous talks at the United Nations, lecturing to the President of the United States about what is appropriate for both their countries, and reminding the world of Iranian perfidy while virtually all others are praising the openness of
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By Eric George Tauber SOLANA BEACH, California — The Belly Up was packed with an enthusiastic crowd, devotees of the Center for Jewish Culture, which brought her here. The packed house was surprising for a Sunday night. I mean, who still gets off for Columbus Day? An institution in this coastal city, The
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Travel and FoodIran sanctions lightening mulled by U.S. after Geneva talks (JNS.org) Following nuclear talks in Geneva, the Obama Administration is considering to lighten Iran sanctions by offering the Islamic Republic access to billions of dollars in frozen assets overseas in exchange for compliance with American requests to scale back its nuclear program, the New York Times
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InternationalBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — A man once brought some beautiful material to a tailor and asked him to make him a pair of pants. When he came back a week later, the pants were not ready. He came back two weeks after that, and they still weren’t ready. Finally, after six weeks
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Jewish ReligionBy Eylon Shamir SAN DIEGO — As an Israeli who resides in San Diego I’m a fervent believer that the future of Israel as a secure and democratic homeland for the Jewish people can only be achieved by resolving the Israel-Palestinian conflict and establishing the state of Palestine within the 1967 lines alongside the state
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Travel and FoodSecurity threats make Israel ‘global power’ in cyber defense, deputy FM Elkin says (JNS.org) Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Ze’ev Elkin said at a major global conference on cyber-security in South Korea that due to security threats faced by Israel, the Jewish state has “a record number of young people who enter the fields of technology
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InternationalBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — If the Palestinian movement believes it lives outside the laws of politics, nature and economics, it may be right. The PA and Hamas occupy a split territory with two feuding governments — both dictatorships with all the arbitrariness and lack of accountability implied by that; multiple armed services
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Ira Sharkansky The US economy and Gaza may sound like distinct issues, except that they are both high on my worry list. Two newspaper articles make the crucial points, even though one deals exclusively with the US economy and the other with Gaza, and neither mentions the other. One, in the Washington Post, puts
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California–Popular culture often adds its own midrashic spin to famous biblical stories. The episode known as the Akedah, “The Binding of Isaac” illustrates the harrowing chapter when Abraham almost saw his future go literally, “up in smoke.” Bob Dylan and Woody Allen both add a remarkable subtext to
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiIsrael tightens law banning indirect business dealings with Iran (JNS.org) The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee approved a set of guidelines on Tuesday that would effectively forbid Israelis from doing any business with Iran, Israel Hayom reported. The committee approved the guidelines required to enact the Struggle Against the Iranian Nuclear Program Law, which
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