Israel suspends EU projects in Judea and Samaria (JNS.org) In an apparent response to the European Union’s recent decision to impose financial sanctions on Israeli communities located beyond the pre-1967 lines, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon on Thursday ordered Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Maj. Gen. Eitan Dangot to suspend several joint Israeli-EU projects […]
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International
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Adapted from Yasmina Khadra’s novel, The Attack deftly navigates the shoals of the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict. In an understated but convincing performance, Ali Suliman portrays Amin, an Israeli Arab surgeon who has achieved full integration into Israeli society. The film opens with him receiving a prestigious award from his Israeli
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Lawrence Baron
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Carl Levin, Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, wants to go to war in Syria — not with Syria, necessarily, but in Syria. And it’s not really war, although it involves weapons and American troops (in the air — Sen. Levin has been very explicit about “no boots
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenPutin plans Iran visit (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Russian President Vladimir Putin is planning to visit Tehran next month in an attempt to restart talks over Iran’s nuclear program, Russian media reported. The visit is reportedly scheduled for either August 12 or 16, according to Iranian and Russian foreign ministry officials speaking with Russian daily
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — I awoke Thursday morning to find that the most troublesome items in my inbox were an article pondering whether the editorials of the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, or Washington Post were the more or less anti-Israel; and an interchange between internet friends about the latest dribble from Roger
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastJERUSALEM (Press Release)– A bipartisan delegation of prominent San Diego-area officials is traveling in Israel for intensive dialogue and briefings. The educational seminar, led by Project Interchange, an educational institute of AJC, in cooperation with the JCRC (Jewish Community Relations Council) and the Jewish Federation of San Diego County, follows a similar seminar for San
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Travel and FoodBereaved families angered by plan to release Palestinian prisoners (JNS.org) Families of terror victims are harshly criticizing the Israeli government’s plan to release 85 Palestinians imprisoned prior to the 1993 Oslo Accords as a goodwill gesture to the Palestinian Authority ahead of renewed peace talks. Arnold Roth—whose 15-year-old daughter, Malki, was murdered along with 14
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International
Editor’s Note: The presentation by Max and Rose Schindler at Grossmont College made a deep impression on many listeners. We have run one news story already, and here is another account provided by a former editor of the Grossmont Summit. By William Dudley EL CAJON, California –Around fifty Grossmont College community members, including participants in
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San Diego County
By J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — A few weeks after President Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009, I predicted that a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians would be signed before the end of Obama’s second term eight years later. Some people thought that I was pessimistic. Obama had promised to appoint a
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — As a parent, grandparent, and psychologist, I am often considered to be something of an expert on parenting and child-rearing. In that capacity, I have frequently been asked to review or give an opinion about any of the plethora of books on the subject of raising one’s
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Jewish ReligionTEL AVIV (Press Release) — We know that breastfeeding has a positive impact on child development and health — including protection against illness. Now researchers from Tel Aviv University have shown that breastfeeding could also help protect against Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), the most commonly diagnosed neurobehavioral disorder in children and adolescents. Seeking to determine
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Science, Medicine, & Education
By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO–Why would a successful dentist leave a thriving practice in Mexico to start over in San Diego? Dr. Abraham Romanowsky did just that. Never one to back down from a challenge, he has sought to take the best path all of his life, starting with his education, the woman he married,
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Mimi Pollack, Travel and FoodBy Jonathan Licht, M.D. DEL MAR, California — My mother was born in 1930 and was a Zionist, a person who believed in establishing a Jewish homeland. My father was a computer scientist when computers took up an entire room. In 1960 he was asked to install for the Israel Defense Force their first computer. I was seven and even
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Middle EastBy Garry Fabian MELBOURNE, Australia — The political scene in general, and politicians in particular in most democracies have come to be seen as having lost any semblance of any idealism, and young people have turned away from becoming involved in the broader political life of their countries in any meaningful way. Yes we have
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Travel and Food