Ron Paul condemned over speaking engagement (JNS.org) Ron Paul, a former Texas congressman and Republican presidential candidate, has been condemned for plans to speak at a conference hosted by the Fatima Center, an anti-Semitic fringe Catholic group. “For Ron Paul to associate himself with such a disreputable, hateful religious movement is simply beyond comprehension,” American […]
JNS news briefs: September 9, 2013 Read More »
International
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Relationships between Roman Catholics and Jews have improved in the past and, with a few possible blips, may continue to improve under Pope Francis, whereas the relationships between Catholicism and militant Islam has been fast deteriorating. So observes Michael Cool in a “journalistic biography” of the Argentine-born
The many challenges facing Pope Francis Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonState Department acquiesces to ‘blame Israel’ ploy PARIS (Press Release) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hosted a meeting in Paris on Sunday with a Ministerial Delegation assigned by the Arab League’s Peace Initiative Committee. The delegation included Ministers of Foreign Affairs and permanent representatives of Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi
Jewish Citizen: Kerry on Palestinians, AJC on Syria Read More »
Jewish History
By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Perry Chen. You may remember hearing this name associated with Comic Con, two time Oscar winner Bill Plympton and Disney director, Rich Moore. But Perry Chen is an animator in his own right. He sketched himself onto the animation scene in 2011, with a collaborative animated short film entitled
Boy artist demonstrates his animation technique Read More »
Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There are signs of desperation in the Obama-Kerry campaign to obtain support for an attack on Syria from the Congress, the public, and European governments.. Or is it a Kerry-Obama campaign? The Secretary of State has been furthest out in his claims of a moral imperative, and is now conjuring
Maybe it makes more sense to attack Iran Read More »
Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
M. Hirsh Goldberg, It All Started With a Deli: The Attmans of Lombard Street; Baltimore: Apprentice House, 2003, ISBN 978-1-934074-28-2, 194 pages, $26.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– Here is a book that will make Jewish Marylanders (the term almost seems a contradiction) kvell over the potential of a good corned beef sandwich. Back
The houses corned beef built Read More »
Donald H. Harrison
By Isaac Yetiv , Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — The Jewish immigrants to the United States at the turn of the previous century, fleeing the pogroms and persecutions in Eastern Europe, chanted their hope to reach “the goldeneh medineh,” the golden country. And so did the masses of new immigrants from other parts of the
AWFul government: Abuse, Waste Fraud Read More »
USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The complexities of the US-Russian-Syrian issues are shaping up to be a spectacular lesson for students of public policy. On the one hand there are these considerations. . . On the other hand are these. . . In the light of these conditions, what should be the policy of the
Russia could be key to ending Syria’s chemical use Read More »
Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California –They all look well in the photo. Under sunny skies and tight security in St. Petersburg, Russia, the leaders of several key nations gathered and discussed issues—mostly in the economic realm. On the glaringly clear and shockingly factual gassing and chemical genocide of Syrian adults and children by their
Syrian debate: Where’s the moral outrage? Read More »
International
Paula L. Freedman, My Basmati Bat Mitzvah, New York: Amulet Books, ISBN 978-1-4197-0806-0, 256 pages, $16.95. Ages: 10-14. * Avirama Golan, Little Naomi, Little Chick, illustrated by Raaya Karas, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, ISBN 978-0-8028-5427-8, 34 pages, $17. Ages: Preschooler By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Grandfather that I am,
The globalization of Jewish children’s literature Read More »
Donald H. Harrison
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — President Obama has asked for congressional authorization to conduct a limited military strike against Syria. He realizes that time is of the essence because the strike must be launched before the House Republicans shut down the government rather than increase the debt limit. Other members of the House
Humoring the headlines: September 6, 2013 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — A friend of mine in Israel told me the following story: Shortly after the Yom Kippur War in 1973 a young man went to enroll in a basic Judaism class in Israel. My friend asked him why he wanted to study the Torah. The young man, whose name was
Let’s not sacrifice our Isaacs Read More »
Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States has not made the case that the national security interest of the United States requires the use of military force in Syria. Others have made the case for regime change, punishment, and deterrence against future use of non-conventional weapons by Syria, Iran or North Korea; and
U.S. objectives in Syria remain muddled Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
Editor’s Note: Coverage shall resume on the Monday following Rosh Hashanah Muslims riot on Temple Mount before Rosh Hashanah (JNS.org) Hours before Rosh Hashanah started in Israel, hundreds of Muslim worshippers threw rocks at police officers and Jewish visitors at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount on Wednesday morning, according to Israel Hayom. A large police force was
JNS news briefs: September 4, 2013 Read More »
International