By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The Marker, the economic supplement of Ha’aretz, celebrated the first year of the Netanyahu government with a front page story comparing the prime minister’s promises and accomplishments. The headline deals with the most recent great idea, to extend rail and improved road networks to the far corners of this small […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAHAIFA (Press Release)–Perception of second language speech is easier when it is spoken in the accent of the listener and not in the ‘original’ accent of that language, shows a new study from the University of Haifa. The study was published in the prestigious Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. Many adult schools teaching second languages insist
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Travel and FoodBy Barbara Kay LONDON–As all doctors know, untreated gangrene in a single limb can spread quickly through the body and lead to death. The most effective way to halt the progress of gangrene is to cut off the corrupting limb, a necessary sacrifice for the greater good. As with bodies, so with scientific credibility. As
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BROADS CAST — Ivonne Coll, June Gable, Barbara Niles, and Leslie Easterbrook at rehearsal for “Broads! the Musical” at the El Portal Forum Theatre in North Hollywood. Photo: Cynthia Citron __________________________________________________ By Cynthia Citron NORTH HOLLYWOOD – “I’m just blown away to see how theater in LA has changed in recent years,” June Gable said. “It’s
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Cynthia CitronSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The College Avenue Older Adult Center operated by Jewish Family Service inside Beth Jacob Congregation at 4855 College Avenue has announced the following activities during the month of March: Mondays: Classes and Activities offered: Aerobics with Kara Anderson (8:30 – 10 am, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays); Feeling Fit with Kara Anderson
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Eileen Wingard, San Diego CalendarNEW YORK (WJC)–Rabbi Bernard Lander, the founding president of the Jewish-sponsored academic institution Touro College, has died at the age of 94. Touro College, founded in 1971 in New York, today has 23,000 students in 29 locations around the world. Lander was Touro’s president from its inception until his death, making him one of the
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Travel and FoodGENEVA (WJC)—The UN Human Rights Council has begun discussions about Iran’s controversial record on human rights. A review was underway on Monday as part of a UN mechanism intended to hold all member states accountable on a range of human rights issues. Review and debate by the 47 countries that are members of the Geneva-based
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Travel and FoodLONDON (WJC) — Baroness Jenny Tonge, a senior member of the British opposition party Liberal Democrats, has been sacked as her party’s health policy spokeswoman in the House of Lords after she called on Israel to disprove allegations that its medical teams in Haiti harvested the organs of earthquake victims and sold them on for
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Middle EastPUNE, India (WJC)–A bomb that exploded in the German Bakery, a crowded café in the Indian city of Pune, on Saturday might have been meant to be detonated at the nearby Chabad house, Indian authorities have said. Nine people were killed in the blast and 57 wounded. The German Bakery is ony a few meters
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Israel radio announced that The Times of London was accusing Israel of “waging covert war across the Middle East.” The worry was that this would be the start of another campaign to condemn and delegitimize Israel, recruit support for boycotts of its exports and its academics, and arrange arrest warrants for officials
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — My reflections on the comments by Bradley Burston about the dangers of the political right in Israel (which has turned Prime Minister Netanyahu into a sort-of moderate unable to tame the hotheads) prompted a correspondent to ask how I myself see the situation. The fact that I wrote the
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Middle East, USABy Sara Appel-Lennon LA JOLLA, California—A Shabbos Mother,” written and directed by Inbar Namdar portrays how celebrating Shabbos (Sabbath) brings a family together. The film centers on a widow, Miriam, and her three daughters, Yael, Cheli, and Ella. Yael, the oldest sister and radio announcer, shows up for the Shabbos meal just 20 minutes before
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Congressman Bob Filner announced his co-sponsorship of H.R. 1074, a resolution that honors the life and courageous spirit of Miep Gies, who helped sustain Anne Frank’s family while they were in hiding and preserved her diary for future generations. “Were it not for Miep Gies, the world would never have met Anne
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Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Philip Graubart LA JOLLA, California –If you grew up in circumstances similar to mine (American, suburban, public high school), and with a similar sensibility, then a few weeks ago you felt a sharp pang of loss, with the death of J.D. Salinger. Many of us (actually, millions of us) had our first experience
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