NY Times questions Kerry’s Middle East focus (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Against a backdrop of raging civil war in Syria and emerging chaos in Egypt, the New York Times asked in a report on Tuesday whether the Obama administration is doing the right thing by focusing now on advancing the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. “The Israeli-Palestinian […]
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International
By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — Every so often, I come across a sentence of another person’s writing which expresses one of my own thoughts in a language far superior to my own. Over the years, I have contemplated and written about the concepts of “honesty” and “integrity” and the difference between the
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Jewish Religion
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM–Asael Shabo is excited as he talks about his participation in the European Wheelchair Basketball Championships taking place from June 26 – July 8. The 19-year-old competed for his first time on Israel’s national wheelchair basketball team in Frankfurt, Germany against several European teams. Although the Israeli men’s team won one game
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Travel and Food
By Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California –If you’re old enough to remember Dr. Seuss’ The Sneetches then you will understand the message of Tribes. This play is essentially describing the phenomenon of inclusion and exclusion. When we recognize others who look like us, dress like us, and talk like us, we know they are one
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Eva Trieger
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — How much territory does Israel need to be secure in the absence of peace with its Palestinian neighbors? Is that different from how much security Israel is entitled to under that circumstance? Who decides? And why is an American general trying to find out? These are not trick questions
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
By David Strom SAN DIEGO–For someone who does not know much about the birth of Christianity, The Liars’ Gospel provided easy access into those biblical times. The author, Naomi Alderman, a British award winning writer, gives what I believe to be a Jewish view of the times. She reimagines the life of Jesus, from the
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Jewish Religion
By Norman Greene SAN DIEGO –It’s a strange name for a restaurant and the parking could be a little more convenient, but the food was delicious, the wine list interesting and the prices quite good. I liked our friendly, efficient service and the relaxed atmosphere at Lupi on La Jolla Boulevard in the Bird Rock
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San Diego County, Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–A political analyst should never say never. Things change. Politicians generally mask their intentions, and occasionally surprise constituents with their flexibility. Remember Nixon’s opening to China. John Kerry may be hoping for something like that from Benyamin Netanyahu, and maybe even from Mahmoud Abbas. It may happen, but unlikely is a legitimate
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida –The two men sat side by side with clenched jaws as they faced the press after a two-hour emotional meeting. They were the presidents of the two greatest superpowers, the United States and Russia. What to do about the two-year-old civil war in Syria that has divided the
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Middle EastGruesome video reveals fate of Syrian Catholic priest (JNS.org) A new video has emerged that possibly reveals the fate of Syrian Catholic Priest Francois Murad, who was reportedly killed last week by Islamic terrorists. Last week, the Vatican’s official news agency reported that Syrian Priest Francois Murad, 49, was killed in Gassanieh in northern Syria
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International
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — As a child of the early sixties, I could remember watching the George Reeves’ Adventures of Superman show on television. Back then, the show did not feature super-sized villains like those that we have grown used to seeing over the past thirty years or so. No, Superman generally
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Travel and FoodBy Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO -What could be bad? A summer’s night, the outdoor Lowell Davies Theater at the Old Globe, and the prospect of enjoying an evening with the Bard. It’s a mechiah, as my Nana used to say. Or maybe she wouldn’t have said that if she’d known we were to bear witness
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Eva TriegerBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It is tempting to watch American foreign policy and Russian foreign policy and assign all the naiveté and sloppy thinking to one and all the clever, chess-playing skills to the other. But that would be wrong. Neither side is very clever and Russia’s hand — and that of the
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –Brad Pitt’s latest horror film, World War Z, started making me think of more practical questions regarding the existence of zombies. With the ongoing saga of election fraud, and in light of the Supreme Court ruling regarding election manipulations, I thought I would share some tongue-in-cheek and
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi