Gruesome 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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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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By 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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By 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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By Eva Trieger POWAY, California- Move over Adrian Peterson and Peyton Manning. There is a new NFL star waiting in the wings…..Meet Max Brett. This sixteen year old rising junior at Westview High School is going places. Sure, the Vikings and the Broncos may not know him yet, but if you were to ask
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Eva Trieger, San Diego CountyBy Ira Sharkansky We’ve been traveling between relatives in the land that has been home to several generations of wandering Sharkanskys. Family members and others we are encountering look on Israel with a combination of admiration and disappointment. Some of those disappointed want it to be more aggressive in solving its problems, while some want
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By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — The Z in the latest summer blockbuster World War Z stands for zombies, but bloggers on the Aljazeera English website claim the Z stands for Zionist propaganda. On the other hand, Jeffrey Goldberg of The Bloomberg View calls the movie “’the most pro-Israel movie ever made. Or at
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Lawrence BaronNetanyahu reportedly taps Dermer as next ambassador to U.S. (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to appoint his close aide Ron Dermer as Israel’s next ambassador to the United States, Army Radio reported Friday. According to the report, Dermer’s candidacy as ambassador has been in question for some time, as he
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InternationalPrayers for the Welfare of the State & for the Welfare of the State of Israel by Rabbi Avraham Steinberg. Publisher: Yad Harav Herzog/ OU PRESS; 1st edition, 2012. 179 pages. Price: $18.95 Rating **** By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — As we approach the Jewish holiday of Tisha’ B’ Av (The Ninth
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By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES– Peter Lefcourt’s The Assassination of Leon Trotsky: A Comedy is alleged to be in a similar vein as Michael Frayn’s ever-popular play Noises Off. The most significant difference is that Frayn continually rewrote his play from its original incarnation in 1982 to its most recent revival in 2002. Lefcourt’s play
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Cynthia CitronTEL AVIV (Press Release)— In the months following a stroke, patients undergo hours of rehabilitation to restore movement, speech, and overall functionality. But many still return home without the ability to perform daily tasks, such as dressing, cooking or driving. Now occupational therapist Dr. Debbie Rand of Tel Aviv University’s Stanley Steyer School of Health
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Science, Medicine, & EducationNetanyahu: peace ‘founded on security, not goodwill’ (JNS.org) On the day U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was set to arrive in Israel for his latest attempt to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said peace “is founded on security, not goodwill.” “Without security we will not be able to defend ourselves
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By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK–Jewish people teach Jewish values to their children, and to all who wish to be informed about their faith. If one is asked “Should I or should I not?” we generally respond with clear and certain advice: “Yes, you should”, if the value is a positive one, or
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