By Jonathan S. Tobin (JNS) If pro-Israel Republicans think former President Donald Trump will apologize or make amends in any way for choosing to have a public dinner at his Mar-a-Lago resort home with two notorious antisemites, they haven’t been paying attention to how he has conducted his public career. And if they think they […]
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Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USA
By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi) claims to be making progress. He’s offered Internal Security to Itamar Ben-Gvir, Interior and Health to Aryeh Deri, so far nothing to Smotrich, with Ben-Gvir saying that he won’t join a government without Smotrich. What will remain for Likud? And how will disappointed Likudniks vote with
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Ira Sharkansky, Israel, Opinion
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Many Jews are convinced that the laws and customs that originated with the rabbis were taught at Sinai to the Israelites during the days of Moses and are called “Oral Law,” even though the Torah itself states that only the Decalogue that people call The Ten
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion
Published by Reuters UK By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A far-rightist on track to a key post in Israel’s incoming government has warned his party not to try to move too quickly with its agenda, saying in a recording leaked on Sunday that some planned legislation could backfire. Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu last week promised
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Israel
This family biography traces the Sassoon family from its 19th century roots in Baghdad and its migration to Bombay, where it developed into an important merchant family specializing in such commodities as opium, textiles, and oil. The family also had banking operations in various cities, real estate holdings in China and other parts of Asia, and an international customer base centered on England. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Business & Finance, Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East
Here is a novel by a Jewish author that is built upon a male and female character who each suffer from a form of sexual dysfunction. Rebecca had been unable to achieve orgasm in lovemaking, and Kyle was forced, against his will, into a long-term sexual relationship by Jane, a powerful publisher of a popular fashion magazine who controlled his and many other people’s livelihoods. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
(JNS) Jerusalem District Police chief Doron Turgeman on Wednesday ordered the deployment of additional personnel in Jerusalem, following two deadly terrorist bombings in the city earlier in the day. Forces will be bolstered throughout the capital, with a specific focus on high-density public areas, according to a police statement. The alert level has been raised
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Israel, Middle East, USA
Published by Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has cancelled 200 out of some 15,500 permits issued to Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to work in its territory after a labourer was accused of planning to carry out a bombing, the Shin Bet security agency said on Thursday. The suspect, arrested on Oct. 30, told interrogators
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Israel
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Jewish Texans, estimated to number 176,000, should probably worry about the deep in the heartlessness of the Texas abortion law — with the reporting of Amanda Eid’s near-death experience. The majority of Texas lawmakers approved legislation that severely sickened Eid and almost killed her in late August because she
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Bruce Ticker, Opinion, USA
By Karmel Melamed (JNS) With the red carpet rolled out and Moroccan music filling the Em Habanim synagogue in Los Angeles last week, more than 400 of the city’s Moroccan and Sephardic Jews gathered to honor Moroccan Muslim anthropologist Aomar Boum for his two decades of promoting Moroccan Jewish history and encouraging warm relations between
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California, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Yaakov Lappin (JNS) Israel is set to become the first Western country to establish an aerial drone medical supply network that will link its major hospitals. Behind the achievement are the Rehovot-based Gadfin aero-logistics company, which makes a unique unmanned aircraft that takes off and lands vertically, and folds out its wings to fly
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Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Jonathan S. Tobin (JNS) A curious thing occurred at the end of 2020. A program that had been promoted by the organized American-Jewish community was proven to be a tremendous success. But not everyone was happy about it. So, the news that this program is now having budget problems will probably prompt mixed responses
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Israel, Opinion, USA
By Alex Gordon HAIFA, Israel — For 25 years I lived opposite the Opera House in Kiev and many times I was near the scene of this murder, near the first row of the parterre and the orchestra pit. As a lover of classical music, I was a frequent visitor to the Kiev Opera House,
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Alex Gordon, International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts
The question of turkey’s status as a permitted (kosher) bird is a topic that comes up every Thanksgiving holiday season. Nevertheless, many Orthodox Jews I personally know will never eat turkey since there is no tradition permitting it. [Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]
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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi