By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Israelis and Palestinians are caught up in what nowadays is often called competing narratives. The Israeli story is that Jews have always lived in the land of Israel. Even the majority of them who don’t subscribe to the dogma that the land has been given to them by God point to […]
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________________________________________________________ HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)– Prof. Gershon Galil of the Department of Biblical Studies at the University of Haifa has deciphered an inscription dating from the 10th century BCE (the period of King David’s reign), and has shown that this is a Hebrew inscription. The discovery makes this the earliest known Hebrew writing. The significance of
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — I admire Abba Eban, z”l, I do not agree with his view on governing by consensus. Eban wrote: “A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.” I have the opposite opinion: a consensus means that everyone has put aside their personal reservations
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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– City Council member Marti Emerald will speak on the state of the City from a Democrat’s perspective and take questions at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 20, at the Mission Hills home of Linda Brown, 1870 Sheridan. There are some complex issues due to the budget crisis. For example, some funds are earmarked for projects such
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Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Most Jews in the world are sure, or would like to be sure, that Israel has an unassailable case in dealing with the Palestinians. When the rest of the world, or at least much of it, thinks otherwise, Jews tend to ascribe it to two reasons: (1) the non-Jewish world has
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Middle EastSACRAMENTO (Press Release)–California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner on Thursday announced that the remaining 216 of 1,327 insurance companies licensed in California have responded to his request to provide data on their investments with companies doing business with Iran’s nuclear, energy and defense sectors. Because all licensed insurance companies have now complied with the data call, the
STOCKHOLM (WJC)—A former Swedish neo-Nazi suspected of involvement in the theft of the infamous Nazi German “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign from Auschwitz said he had acted as a middleman. “My role was to go get the sign in Poland. I was the middleman and was supposed to take care of the sale,” Anders Högström, 34,
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Travel and FoodDETROIT (WJC) –A man was taken off a Detroit-bound plane at Miami Airport after making anti-Semitic threats. According to a police report cited by US media, Mansour Mohammad Asad stood up as Northwest Airlines Flight 2485 was about to take off and shouted: “I am a Palestinian and want to kill all the Jews.” The
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Middle East, USAMUMBAI (Press Release)–The Chabad House in the Indian city of Mumbai, which was the site of a terrorist attack in November 2008, has received an anonymous letter warning of another attack. Israeli media reported that the hand-written letter included a picture of Hitler and included the message “Israel is dogs. We will strike again –
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Middle EastJERUSALEM (WJC)–United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon have uncovered ten bombs in a weapons cache near the Israeli border. According to the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, the arms were probably produced in Iran or Syria and planted near the border by Hezbollah fighters. Israel’s UN ambassador in New York, Gabriela Shalev, wrote in a letter to
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The 20th Anniversary San Diego Jewish Film Festival, sponsored by the Mizel Family Foundation, and presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS, will run February 10-21, 2010. The San Diego Jewish Film Festival showcases more than 50
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Travel and FoodRAMALLAH, Palestinian Authority (WJC)–Tayeb Abdel Rahim, director-general of the Presidency of the Palestinian Authority and a member of the Fatah Central Council, has claimed that Hamas had forged an alliance with Iran in a way that harmed Arab national security and Palestinian interests. “Hamas has turned the Palestinian cause into a cheap card in the
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C (WJC)–James von Brunn, the 89-year-old white supremacist accused of killing a security guard at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, has died. He was wounded in the attack he perpetrated on 10 June 2009, when guards returned fire after he had gone on a shooting rampage. However, the cause of death
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USABAGHDAD (WJC)–Iraq is planning to sue Israel for bombing its nuclear reactor at Osirak nearly three decades ago. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has instructed his Foreign Ministry to find out from the United Nations whether it can receive compensation from Israel. Israel’s Air Force bombed the reactor, which had not yet gone on line,
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