By Mati Tuchfeld/Israel Hayom/JNS.org With the backdrop of the possibility of early elections in Israel, unprecedented tension has been reported in the relationship between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak. Netanyahu on Oct. 3 accused Barak of “working to undermine” him and straying from official government policy, telling his close associates […]
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Middle EastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Here are the endorsements of the San Diego Jewish World for local offices now being contested in San Diego County. Our publication focuses on open seats and upon those several offices where the challenger seems preferable to the incumbent. Comments, rebuttals, congratulations, and readers’ political commentary (so long as it is
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Sherwin Pomerantz JERUSALEM –It is always amazing to me that the depth of the Arab world’s unhappiness with our presence in this part of the world makes it impossible for them to recognize the benefits that some Arab governments have received as a direct result of our being here. A case in point is
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –This is as close as you’ll see to a mea culpa. Perhaps I misblogged when I let my cynicism about things American get the better of me, and chided the incident in an Eilat hotel where an American went postal, grabbed a gun from a security guard, killed one, barricaded himself
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By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO— Broadway/San Diego is launching a 25-city tour of the revival of Jekyll & Hyde that is expected make its way to Broadway where it will open in April at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. A pre- tour preview in San Diego garnered yet another standing ovation from opening night audiences. This
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By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 2011, Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority (PA), failed to win U.N. acceptance of Palestine as an independent state1. This year, he lowered the bar to upgraded status within the U.N. In the intervening year, Palestinian finances have collapsed, Palestinians have taken to the street to denounce
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Evelyn Gordon WASHINGTON, D.C. — Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas plans to seek UN recognition as a nonmember observer state this fall. His formal request to the UN General Assembly probably won’t be submitted until after the U.S. elections. But given how many parties may need to be lobbied, Washington should
The Iranian currency, the rial, is collapsing, and it is taking the Iranian economy with it. Iranian citizens are hungry for a normal life. But the Iranian regime doesn’t care—it will sacrifice anyone on the altar of the nuclear program, writes Boaz Bismuth. Boaz Bismuth/JNS.org At the start of this month, the Iranian currency—the rial—lost
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Middle EastBy Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS.org Many months of hard work by Democratic activists aiming to shore up Jewish support for U.S. President Barack Obama wasn’t undermined by arguments from his opponents. Instead, all it took was a cartoon drawing of a bomb. Despite the campaign waged by Jewish Republicans to draw attention to the antagonism between
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USA
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –When Israel’s leading theatrical company, Habima, was invited to perform Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice in Hebrew at the Globe Theatre in London last summer a flurry of opposing voices erupted. The usual vociferous pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel suspects trotted out their tried and tested arguments denigrating Israel’s government. It seemed
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Travel and FoodEvangelicals march in Jerusalem to support Israel (JNS.org) Thousands of evangelical Christians marched through the streets of Jerusalem Oct. 4 to show support for Israel. The annual march organized by the International Christian Embassy of Jerusalem drew more than 5,000 people from nearly 90 countries, as well as 25 international politicians. “This is the real
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International
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — In one of the most thrilling permutations of Christianity and Judaism, the Second Coming of Jesus is generally understood as being scheduled for the Jewish fall harvest festival, Sukkot. Since Sukkot—the sweet holiday of the little huts—is well on its way, I’d like to personally invite Jesus to
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Jewish ReligionBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — My colleague Shlomo Avineri is one of Israel’s wisest. His academic fields are political philosophy, European and Zionist politics. He had a stint at the peak of policymaking as Director General of the Foreign Ministry, and is a frequent contributor to op-ed pages of Israeli and overseas newspapers. Most
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — One of my guilty pleasures is reading spy and espionage books. Last week I stopped short after reading a sentence in The Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA by Antonio J. Mendez. Mendez was describing one-time pads which are used for secure encrypted
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