Islamist rioters storm multinational peacekeeping force base in Sinai (JNS.org) Amid the recent wave of riots and angry protests across the Muslim world over a film portraying the Prophet Muhammad in a negative light, dozens of Salafist Islamist gunmen stormed a Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) base in Al-Jora in the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday,
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InternationalIn a full interview with Israel Hayom, which provides exclusive news for JNS.org in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the claim that he is using the Iran issue to harm President Barack Obama’s re-election bid. By Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dedicates much of his time to thinking about how
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO— A school in Sha’ar Hanegev–sister region to the Jewish Federaton of San Diego–that had been dedicated with the help of San Diegans including the Viterbi and Ellman families–recently was honored on its first day of classes with a visit by Israel’s first President Shimon Peres. The following video combines some of the highlights
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Travel and Food
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Attitude is everything. But in hard times, it’s a lot easier to sit and complain rather than do something about bettering our life circumstances and attitudes. I am reminded of an old story I came across almost 10 years ago, which I filed away for a
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi
By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — We have become afraid to speak honestly and directly. We don’t want to upset, offend, or step on someone’s toes. We fear being seen as aggressive, pushy, opinionated, demanding, or critical so intensely that we often pussyfoot around and avoid what really needs to be said. And
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and Food
By Loren Kantor STUDIO CITY, California — Manhattan is a sweet little gem of a movie made by Woody Allen in 1979. Shot in gorgeous black & white, the film opens with a stunning montage of New York set to the strains of Gershwin’s Rhapsody In Blue. Unlike Scorsese’s gritty Mean Streets & Sidney
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO –In light of the murderous meltdown in so many Arab quarters, many commentators note the contrasting modernity and true democracy in Israel. They celebrate Israel’s postmodern cyber culture and Western avant-gardism. This says a great deal about the miraculous Jewish state, but it ultimately oversimplifies. Israel is a lot
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Middle EastBy Robert G. Sugarman and Abraham H. Foxman NEW YORK–The start of a New Year always offers an opportunity to reflect on the events of the past year and to contemplate what lies ahead for the Jewish people and the state of Israel. It has been a year of momentous change both at home and
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Middle East
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an effort to protect the delicate sensibilities of Egyptian rioters who invaded the American Embassy and tore down the American flag, Secretary of State Clinton accepted at face value the claim that the rioters were just so outraged and horrified by an anti-Muslim movie that they couldn’t control
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Shoshana Bryen, USA
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — After Torah School on Wednesday, Judaica teacher Cheryl Katz, told me about her experience teaching her students about parashat Nitzavim: “You stand this day, all of you, before the Lord your God…to enter into the Covenant of the Lord your God….” (Deut. 29:9-11) She was trying to explain
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Jewish ReligionBy Jeffrey F. Barken/JNS.org Speaking over lively klezmer music in a Krakow café, Canadian author and freelance journalist Menachem Kaiser wonders if Jewish readers are comfortable with the term “Jewish fiction.” Kaiser is a recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship in Lithuania, where he teaches creative writing. His story, Din, was recently published alongside several prominent
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Travel and FoodBy Israel Hayom and JNS.org Israel stepped up security after a controversial American film, Innocence of Muslims, sparked protests at U.S. embassies in Libya, Egypt and Yemen. In Libya, U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other diplomats were killed. Several dozen protesters from the Islamic Movement’s northern branch demonstrated outside the U.S. Embassy in
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Middle EastSome U.S. counties late in sending ballots to voters in Israel (JNS.org) Several U.S. counties are planning to send out absentee ballots to registered voters living abroad later than is required by federal law, essentially rendering these votes irrelevant, Israel Hayom reported. In a statement issued by iVoteIsrael— a group of American expats living in
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — An Israeli should be careful in criticizing the United States. One reason is pragmatic. The United States–like all the rulers of empires in the past–holds our fate in its hands. True, the United States does not aspire to rule in the fashion of Rome or latter day Britain, but the
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East