By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Inertia is a force in government as well as physics. It took World War II to create more than 100 new countries and rearrange the forces most important. Germany and Japan were the big losers. Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Portugal were not far behind. The next big […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBUENOS AIRES (WJC)–Argentina has recognized a Palestinian state within the borders preceding the 1967 Six Day War, according to a note sent from President Cristina Fernández to Palestinian Autonomy President Mahmoud Abbas. The move follows that of Brazil, which last week also recognized a Palestinian state. Kirchner on Monday sent the note to Abbas announcing
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. –The Congressional Research Service has issued a report on Hamas, which, though it contains no dramatic surprises, may prove useful background for observers of the Palestinian terror group. Here is a link to the report which compares Hamas to Hezbollah in Lebanon, and contrasts its local orientation with the pan-national goals of al Qaeda.
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Travel and FoodFrom Zionist Organization of America: NEW YORK (Press Release)– We now know that President Barack Hussein Obama apparently intentionally misled Israel when demanding that Israel must make substantial one-sided concessions to the Palestinian Authority in order to gain support from the Arab nations to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons. This above stated fact is
Posted by Ari Alexander on December 06, 2010 at 04:47 PM EST WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ari Alexander, deputy director at the Center for Faith-based & Community Initiatives and the Coordinator of Global Engagement at the United States Agency for International Development, issued a statement on Monday detailing the response of the American government to the
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (Press Release)– Stereotypes about Jews and money – the notions that Jews are cheap and miserly, or that they horde money, or control the banks and levers of international finance – have endured through the centuries and thrive even today. The pernicious stereotype about an alleged connection of Jews to money is one
New Foxman book debunks persistent myths about Jews and money Read More »
Jewish Religion
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO–A blessed rain has fallen over the scorched and smoking northern hills of Israel, where Elijah once blasted the idolaters of the Carmel Mountain, and where the mystics wrote their tomes in Safed. The people of Israel, a beautiful farrago-state of clenched faith and flaring rage, have heard the precious words
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Now that the Carmel fire near Haifa is contained, the real work of rebuilding tattered homes, communities, and Israel’s gorgeous northern areas begins. Accordingly, J Street announced a $10,000 matching fund to help rebuild the communities affected by the disaster. With matching donations from the J Street community, the organization
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–In response to the New START treaty pending in the Senate, Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, sent a letter to Senators urging ratification. The full text of the letter follows: Dear Senator: On behalf of the Union for Reform Judaism, whose more than 900 congregations
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USA
By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — There is a very important—one might say, life-and-death—distinction that should be made in considering U.S. counterterrorism policy. Certainly, U.S. forces have had many successes in stopping intended terrorist attacks against the United States. Yet there have also been a number of failures in the war against terrorism or al-Qaida
TEL AVIV (Press Release)― Naukrtis, a Greek trade emporium on Egyptian soil, has long captured the imagination of archaeologists and historians. Not only is the presence of a Greek trading settlement in Egypt during the 7th and 6th century B.C.E. surprising, but the Greeks that lived there in harmony hailed from several Greek states which
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Science, Medicine, & EducationHAIFA (Press Release)–The University of Haifa’s School of Social Work has set out to provide assistance to the Regional Council of Hof Hacarmel in the wake of the massive fire. Hof Hacarmel is the regional council responsible for managing much of the area affected by the great fire in the Carmel Mountains over the past
U of Haifa’s School of Social Work faculty to help provide post-fire counseling Read More »
Middle East
By Judy Lash Balint JERUSALEM, Monday, Dec 6 — Light rain and a change in the direction of the wind overnight signaled the end of the 4-day fires in the Carmel Forest. This morning, as grey skies and cooler temperatures blanketed the country, officials announced that the foreign fire-fighting help would be heading home and
Haifa fire controlled; experts suggest letting landscape recover on its own Read More »
Middle East
By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — Take the intense drama of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, add the unique unmelody of a Stephen Sondheim-ish score, and set it in a jazzed-up version of the three-story house in August-Osage County, and you have a semblance of the excruciatingly moving madness of Next to Normal, the Tony
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Cynthia Citron