By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — As you know, Israel is a very small country in area, roughly the size of New Jersey, with a similar long, narrow shape. Recently Michal and I went on a tour with the ESRA group (English Speaking Residents Association) to a northern part of the Negev Desert in […]
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, Travel and Food
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — When it all started, just about two years ago, everyone thought that the nasty bug known as Corona, or COVID-19, would soon come to an end. When it didn’t, precautionary measures were put into effect, with lockdowns, quarantine and the wearing of masks. People had to keep a
JERUSALEM (Press Release) — On Wednesday morning, December 29, following a week of gloomy weather, the Negev clouds gave way to abundant sunshine and an atmosphere of heightened hope and humanity, as ADI, Israel’s most comprehensive provider of residential and rehabilitative care for individuals with severe disabilities, hosted its First Annual “Race for Inclusion.” The
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Middle East, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — During a panel on rising antisemitism and ways to address it in the workplace, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Commissioner Andrea Lucas, for the very first time, commented on the Brandeis Center’s complaint of antisemitism at Stanford University, calling the allegations, “deeply troubling.” Lucas specifically highlighted serious concerns about the
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USA
Haftorah reading for B’Shallah (Exodus 3:17-17:16) is Judges 4:4-5:31. By Irv Jacobs, M.D. LA JOLLA, California — These passages tell a triumphant story of Deborah, first in prose, then by a poetic version. The setting is mid-12th Century BCE, during the alleged “conquest” of the land, which became northern Israel. The northern tribes were involved
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Irv Jacobs, MD
By Stuart Hershkowitz (JNS) Prior to the intensification of the Omicron variant, the Israeli economy had received multiple forecasts for strong growth in 2022. The Jewish state’s own finance ministry projected 4.7 percent growth for the economy this year (following 7.1 percent growth in 2021), while the OECD predicted 4.9 percent growth in Israel’s GDP for 2022 and 4
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Middle East, Opinion
By Mimi Pollack LA MESA, California — Donald Harrison is a true mensch, and I am sure many would agree with me. He has been a voice for the Jewish community in San Diego County for many years with his highly regarded online newspaper, San Diego Jewish World. However, he is also aware of time
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Donald H. Harrison, Mimi Pollack, San Diego County
(JNS) Negotiations in Vienna over a possible return to the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement are proceeding slowly despite signs of progress in late December, France’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. “They are slow, too slow and that creates a gap that jeopardizes the chance of finding a solution that respects the interests of all sides,”
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International, Middle East, USA
Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – A neo-Nazi leader was sentenced to seven years in prison on Tuesday for threatening journalists and activists campaigning against anti-Semitism, the US Justice Department said. Kaleb Cole, 25, a leader of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, was convicted in the western US state of Washington of mailing threatening communications,
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Middle East
By Israel Kasnett (JNS) For two years now, since the outbreak of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, hotels in Israel have seen dramatic drops in stays by incoming tourists; tour guides have lost most, if not all, of their business; and restaurants and other business owners who rely heavily on visitor traffic have suffered catastrophic and
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Middle East, Travel and Food
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Jewish Community Foundation San Diego (JCF) has facilitated grants on behalf of a collective of donors to twelve local nonprofits as part of its new and innovative giv4 homelessness in san diego initiative. This initiative, designed to engage all of San Diego in supporting solutions to homelessness, collects donations
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San Diego County
SOLANA BEACH, California (Press Release) — The North Coast Repertory Theatre’s “Tuesday Night Comics” — arguably the funniest night of comedy in San Diego — takes place on February 1, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. Mark Christopher Lawrence taps into his extensive list of talented comedian friends and shares the North Coast Rep stage with them.
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Rabbi Dovid Sapirman, the author of Tranquility and Travail, is a Haredi rabbi. Many Haredi Jews are very conservative and have more fundamental ideas than other Jews. One of Rabbi Sapirman’s views, which many non-Haredi Jews do accept, is that God is involved with matters here
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion
LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — StandWithUs has initiated a mass campaign to counter the permanent, open-ended “Commission of Inquiry” created by the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on May 27, 2021. The campaign includes a petition that “rejects the legitimacy of this inquiry” and contains valuable resources for people to learn more about anti-Israel bias
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International, Middle East, USA