Assad could prevail in Syrian civil war, minister says (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) There is a “real possibility” that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “could survive Syria’s civil war and even prevail in it” against the rebels trying to topple him, Israeli International Relations and Strategic Affairs Minister Dr. Yuval Steinitz told a group of foreign […]
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International
By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California–Robert F. Kennedy, 42, was shot several times in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel just before midnight on June 4, 1968. He had just won California Democratic presidential primary and seemed destined for the nomination. He lingered through the next day but wounds proved fatal and he died early
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Several items in Friday’s newspaper explain as well as anything where we are, and that we ain’t going anywhere else. The issue is Palestine, high on the international agenda since the 20’s of the last century. Prominent markers, after the Balfour Declaration, were the Peel Commission of 1936-37, various UN
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Nicole Bernstein has been appointed as the StandWithUs San Diego Regional Director. Bernstein brings with her 14 years of leadership experience in executive management, communications and marketing roles in the corporate and start-up worlds, and spent 10 of those years living and working in Israel after she made aliyah in
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San Diego County
By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO- There is a widely held belief that when one sex lives together exclusively, it is a breeding ground and invitation for homosexuality. This has been observed in same sex boarding schools, yeshivot, prisons and other facilities where cohabitation is limited to a single gender. Cygnet theater’s latest play, “R &
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Eva Trieger
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Dissension is nothing new in Jewish tradition. One of the most famous biblical disagreements is found in this week’s Torah portion, where we read about the famous controversy between Korah and Moses (Numbers 16ff.) Yet, unlike the debates between Hillel and Shammai, which for the most
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiBy Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO- A woman of valor, who can find? Apparently, Todd Salovey found six of them, right here in our own backyard! Eshet Chayil, a twenty-two verse poem found in the Book of Proverbs (Proverbs 31) pays tribute to a woman of valor for her energy, her righteousness and her capabilities. The
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Eva Trieger
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Although there was a notable sigh of disappointment when it was announced that the scheduled soloist for the evening, 92-year-old jazz cellist Fred Katz, was ill and unable to perform, the audience was well-compensated with two outstanding substitutes, woodwind jazz artist Norbert Sachel, who flew in from New York
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Eileen WingardBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Among the unpleasantness that Israeli Jews experience is the awareness that Jews along with Arabs and others are demonstrating against Israel. Noam Chomsky’s involvement in persuading Stephen Hawking to cancel his appearance at an Israeli conference was a prominent example, consistent with Chomsky’s record and perhaps reinforced by his own
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — In this week’s parasha we find one of the most infamous disputes of all Jewish history: that of Korach and his followers. Korach led an uprising against Moses and Aaron. He wanted to remove them from leadership and make himself ruler instead. Moses challenged him to a “duel.”
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Jewish Religion
By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — On Thursday, Sivan 28, 5764, June 17, 2004; Rebbetzin Pesha Leibowitz, a”h, returned her soul to her creator. “The Rebbetzin” as we called her, was at the same time very simple and very complex. I was privileged to be able to fly in from San Diego for the
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Jewish ReligionKerry authorizes $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt (JNS.org) U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry authorized $1.3 billion in U.S. military aid to Egypt last month despite writing himself in a memo that the U.S. is “not satisfied with the extent of Egypt’s progress” on its democracy, Reuters reported Thursday. The Secretary of State,
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International
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, June 5, it was revealed that that the current US (“I’ve got Israel’s back”) administration leaked to the media the specifications for the heretofore-secret US-Israel installation for Israel’s Arrow 3 missiles. It was quickly called just another leak from an administration already reeling from leaks; someone apologized.
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
By David Strom SAN DIEGO —I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits is her first novel in English. The main characters are religious Hasidic Jews, followers of the Satmar rebbe living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Josef Lichtenstein, an orthodox follower of the Satmar rebbe, was five years old when he witnessed the murder of his younger sister
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