By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Politics is a trait of advanced civilization. It allows dispute on the way to voting or some other way of deciding. Politics aspires to nonviolent resolutions of disagreements about who should be a leader, or what should be public policy. Politics is not always pretty or admirable. Sometimes it reaches a level […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastIsrael slams Abbas for ‘poisonous, hate-driven’ UN speech (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Hours after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, garnering overwhelming support for his bid to gain nonmember observer state status, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shot back, saying Abbas’s remarks were “not the words of
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International
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C –Before a radio interview this week, the host sent a list of questions that might arise. The answer to an extraordinary number of them was, “Because they could.” Because bad actors were reasonably sure no one (read: United States) would protest and even more sure no one would stop them.
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — My grandmother had a deep-seated distrust of non-Jews. Given her childhood, this was understandable. My grandmother grew up in Russia during a time of turmoil, ferment, and rabid anti-Semitism. She told me of the pogroms she and her family survived, and of the Cossacks beating her younger brother.
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Jewish Religion
By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO –Yaakov dwelt for years with the wicked Lavan. Nevertheless, he did not diminish his stringent mitzvah observance (vis. Rashi: Im Lavan garti, v;taryag mitzvos shamarti). A mitzvah is a precious gift for us to cherish always, wherever we are, whatever circumstances we find ourselves in, as the following true story
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Jewish Religion
By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — Like it or not, we all have a mortal time clock ticking somewhere in our bodies. For most it’s located in or around the heart. In playwright Marisa Wegrzny thought provoking but off the wall dark comedy “Hickorydickory”, the Wicker Family of ‘Wicker’s Watch & Clock Repair shop in
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By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — The tumultuous events of the Middle East may continue to reverberate from the insecurity and tribal impulses of men addicted with power and politics. But on the ground, and too often in the earth, remain the persons who actually settle these spiraling bursts of biblical conflict and apocalyptic
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Middle East
By Elisa Greenberg LA JOLLA, California –This December, I have the privilege of playing Yentl in J*Company’s production of Yentl. It is the story of a Jewish girl and her thirst for knowledge, despite the fact that she lives in a society where women’s roles were confined to mothers and wives. Yentl disguises herself as
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Travel and FoodBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — If we Jews would like to show our appreciation to those countries that sided with Israel on Thursday, Nov. 29, in the United Nations General Assembly vote on extending non-member state status to Palestine, we can do so by adjusting our travel plans. When you are planning a vacation,
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Donald H. HarrisonNetanyahu: Peace through negotiations, not ‘declarations at the UN’ (JNS.org) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that the Palestinian bid for United Nations recognition “will not change a thing, and certainly won’t hasten the establishment of a Palestinian state.” “Israel’s hand is perpetually extended toward peace, but no Palestinian state will exist without recognition
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InternationalBy David P. Goldman WASHINGTON, D.C. — How should we understand the apparently erratic behavior of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi? In September, he seemed an unreliable ally, if an ally at all, after his tardy and diffident response to mob attacks on America’s Cairo embassy. Morsi rose sharply in Western esteem after the
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Middle East
By Joel A Moskowitz M D LA JOLLA, California — Claudia Stevens, a multi-talented actress, singer, drummer, and historian brought to life “Madame F” on Monday evening, Nov. 26, at the Recital Hall of Mandeville Auditorium UCSD. Madame F is the abbreviated name for Fanja Fanelson (Goldstein) who was an award winning pianist. While she
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International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)–Dual US-Israeli citizens filed a lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and the State Department claiming that the US administration provided the Palestinian Authority with billions of dollars in aid money which were used to fund terrorist groups such as Hamas instead of supporting humanitarian causes, Yedioth Ahronoth reported. According to the lawsuit, the
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USAIran simulates nuclear weapon with triple the power of Hiroshima bomb (JNS.org) Computer simultions run by Iranian scientists reveal a nuclear weapon with more than three times the power of the bomb America dropped on Hiroshima during World War II, the Associated Press reported. The AP cited a diagram it obtained from anonymous officials featuring
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International