IDF: 3 mortars from Syria land in Golan (JNS.org) Three 82-millimeter mortar rounds fired from Syria landed inside the Golan Heights on Thursday, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), marking the third time in six days that Syria’s civil war affected the Jewish state. One mortat round fell near the Alonei Habashan community, about 700
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By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –The Republican Party needs to be introspective at this time of our country’s history. As I think about the collapse of the Romney campaign for the Presidency, I think Gov. Romney missed several opportunities to win this election. Part of the problem has a lot to
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USA
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — A reminder to the administration: the enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend. The friend of my friend is not necessarily my friend. And the friend of my enemy is not necessarily my enemy, but he may be not by my friend, either. Friends, in fact, are
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California — A recent study entitled Israel and the Campus counted a disproportionate number of anti-Israel incidents occurring on University of California and other elite campuses. It said “the most serious problem faced on campus is not from student activities, but from faculty” who “habitually abuse their academic freedom and have
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By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — Before I entered the classroom that evening, I already knew that Zalman would come prepared with some dazzling piece of scholarship. The regular reader of this column will remember that last week, the fourth session of the class I was leading using the book of Genesis to study
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Travel and FoodNorway is West’s most anti-Semitic and anti-Israel country, historian says (JNS.org) A major Norwegian historian and diplomat accused her own country of being “the most anti-Semitic country in the West” and attacked it for “biased support for only the Palestinian views” at a Jerusalem event on Tuesday. “The degree of anti-Israelism in Norway today
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The Tarbuton, Israeli Cultural Center has been named one of the nation’s 50 most innovative Jewish nonprofits in Slingshot ’12-‘13, a resource guide for Jewish innovation. The Tarbuton, Israeli Cultural Center was selected for this list because it offers creative Jewish and Israel education and multi-location Hebrew language classes through an
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San Diego CalendarBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — U.S. Presidential election returns suggest more of the same. No doubt about Obama’s victory, in both electoral and popular vote. However, talk about a “mandate” would be exaggerated. Not only is there a small difference in popular vote, and mixed results in House and Senate races, but talk of a mandate
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Ira Sharkansky, USA
RAMAT GAN, Israel (Press Release) — The Bar Ilan University “Israel Experience” GAP year has welcomed its largest group of students from San Diego. Bat-El Darey, Reena Moyal, Aaron Alpert and Rick Saxe have begun a year of undergraduate studies at the University’s campus near Tel Aviv. ‘Israel XP’ students take Jewish studies seminars in the
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Travel and FoodBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– Jewish candidates, noticeably Congressman Bob Filner in the San Diego mayoral race, came out on top in semi-official returns in local political races, but his contest it won’t be decided until after absentee and provisional ballots are counted. With all 784 of the city’s precincts counted, Filner led City
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Alina Dain Sharon/JNS.org It’s all over. Barack Obama has won a second term, and that means a presidential race that has lasted for more than a year has just taken a sharp nosedive. Akin to being suddenly deprived of your favorite reality TV show, you may feel a little lost, and may begin
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Jacob Kamaras and Alina Dain Sharon/JNS.org Capping a race that on a national level was largely defined by the economy but in the Jewish community turned into an extended debate over which candidate would steer the best course for the U.S.-Israel relationship, President Barack Obama defeated Republican challenger Mitt Romney to earn a
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Jacob Kamaras, Middle East, USALongtime friends Jessie Streich-Kest and Jacob Vogelman, two Brooklyn Jews in their 20s, were killed by a tree uprooted during the height of Hurricane Sandy. JNS.org interviews Vogelman’s father Lawrence and New York Congressman Jerrold Nadler, a friend of Streich-Kest’s family. By Maxine Dovere/JNS.org Jessie Streich-Kest and Jacob Vogelman, two Brooklyn Jews and friends from childhood who
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USABy Lisa Haney SAN DIEGO — Three years after initiating seed funding to increase the diversity of access points to Jewish life and inspire greater engagement, caring and stronger relationships with Israel, 18 projects supported by the Jewish Federation of San Diego County’s Community Innovation Fund are now underway. What have we learned that can
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