Israeli hospitals accepting more and more Palestinian patients

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM — A report published by The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Unit (COGAT) shows that 219,464 Palestinian patients received medical treatment in Israeli hospitals during 2012, 21,270 of them children. These numbers include the companions accompanying the patients in Israel. These numbers constitutes a dramatic increase in Palestinians receiving

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Of men and their sex drives in wine country and in politics

By Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California -While New York’s Anthony Weiner and  San Diego’s own Bob Filner are making front page news for their alleged sexcapades and perfidy, La Jolla Playhouse presents Sideways, the tale of a bachelor party gone most awry.  Sure, sexual misconduct is always titillating, but most especially when it’s so downright

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Eva Trieger

Phasing of prisoner release a test for negotiations

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — For several days we have heard the pluses and minuses of an apparently simple, but actually complex decision by Israeli government ministers to release some 104 prisoners for the sake of negotiations with the Palestinians. The decision is complex because it was made in principle, with important details left for

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

JNS news briefs: July 29, 2013

Hamas and Iran hold meetings to mend ties (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Despite differences over the civil war in Syria, senior Hamas officials met with Iranian and Hezbollah officials in Beirut last month in an effort to mend ties, the Saudi-owned newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reported Sunday. Palestinian sources cited in the report said “Important meetings

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International

Israel-Palestinian Authority talks to commence July 29

  WASHINGTON, D.C.  (Press Release)–The U.S. State Department on Sunday issued the following announcement about forthcoming talks between representatives of Israel and the Palestinian Authority: “Today, Secretary Kerry spoke with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and personally extended an invitation to send senior negotiating teams to Washington to formally resume

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Middle East

Collaboration key to building Jewish community

By Jennie Starr SAN DIEGO — Jewish collaboration requires a courtship to understand synergies and opportunities, overcome pitfalls, and create mutually beneficial collaboration. It’s about creating something new and great neither organization could do itself.  We reach new people, build different and better programming, or simply help nurture and support each other’s existence. This kind

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Travel and Food

Rabbi Lenore Bohm named as Waters of Eden executive director

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Board of Directors of Waters of Eden: San Diego Community Mikvah and Education Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Rabbi Lenore Bohm as its new Executive Director. She began her tenure in early July, 2013. Contemporaneous to assuming this position, Rabbi Bohm resigned from the Board of the Leichtag

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